So far mid 80's for me as well. And I am sure that will go up as the devs patch and rework all that needs to be reworked as well as they can.

so far im very pleased with it, wish it would of been cheaper for past owners but as it stands 7/10, with more patchs and if was cheaper and more maps. 9/10

Virtually all pros have stopped playing. How's that for a review?

If you mean online playing Dota 2, EU3 and D3 then yeah, they're online.

How is EU3?  I see Radioactive playing it quite frequently...

I'm glad the pros if you can call them that aren't playing our group of 6 plays sins regularl for our game nights. We get the memory chugs but considering the size of some of the maps we play on that's not surprising. It's kept us entertained for many many hours on end. so from the 6 of us it's at least 85 to 90

As for balance everyone is different your ideas of balance don't match mine so who is right?

A game without campaign, lacking scope/tech tree of typical 4X/Civ games?

SivCorp's review -

Sins of a Solar Empire : Rebellion

Definition : 4X real time strategy space game

Scale - 9/10 

 -- Simply massive, seamless scale from single fighter to Titan to galaxy.  Support for very large fleet battles.  Adjustable speeds on many game stats at the start of the game open up many different game play styles.  Only limited by 32bit engine.  

 -1 for old engine

Gameplay - 8/10

 -- A fun game from start to finish.  Length of multiplayer games may deter some players, but winning isn't determined by your clicks per minute... it actually captures some strategy.  Overall game has a steep learning curve from basics to expert, but many strategies and multiple win conditions leave the game wide open for different styles of gameplay.

 -1 for lack of campaign 

 -1 for balance and bug issues

Graphics - 9/10

 -- The engine upgrade on shadows and surfaces was a very good upgrade to the ships.  Most models look absolutely stunning now.  The only problem now is the limited engine.  Particle counts are low once many ships are all in battle, and the strike craft and mines issues bog down the engine in late game play.

 -1 for engine limitations

Support - 9/10

 -- Support and patches for this game have continued from the developer from day one.  Modding options have been continually added to the engine for many diverse mods.  Many bugs have been found and continually crushed by the developers over many years now.  The only drawback is the limits of ICO/steam.

 -1 for ICO/steam limitations (matchmaking, map transfer, ect.)

Longevity - 9/10

 -- I haven't stopped playing this game from the first day it came out.  The wide modding support has aided in this extensively.  The balance issues may cause problems for some MP's, but single play or comp stomps can be quite entertaining with all the different ways to get to victory.

 -1 for balance and some modding issues (updated tools?)

Total - 44/50 - x2 = 88/100

An enjoyable space game with great scale, style and replayablity, but brought down by its engines age and missing key gameplay elements.  

There's plenty of people who only play RTS game single player too. Besides Sins, I've only played a little C&C Generals online. Fair amount of Rise of Nations with friends. Rest of my collection multiplayer hasn't been touched.

Gotta say, deathmatch mode -min/max tech levels (start tier 4, max tier 7 -last tier unavailable), slider for resource multiplier, and option for 'fleet start' would certainly give the game an edge.

Boy, back in the day UT/Diablo 2/Starcraft were my holy trinity. UT Instagib + ZeroPing Mutator (which added in client side prediction, a big deal for my self at the time with 56k) will always be one of the greatest moments of gaming for me of all time.

The problem with Rebellion is a problem that so many large games with small teams have: Balance. I mean beyond the technical bugs which have been annoying and particularly plaguing some people it's the balance that a game lives or dies by in this category.

I feel that Rebellion like Trinity will need time to mature for proper balance to occur, whether this is 6mo's to a year is anyone's guess. Looking at games like Sword of the Stars #1 you see the same issues that if reviewed at launch and never having given a second look at it years later one would think the game sucks, potential yes, but sucks in reality.