How does this compare to Sins of a Solar Empire?

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I love Sins, and am considering buying the GAlCiv2 pack. I was wondering how Galciv compares to Sins. Same depth of strategy, but with more of a storyline, or what? I am not a fan of multiplayer, so I won't miss that

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Gal Civ 2 is a turn-based strategy whereas Sins is a Real-Time.  Gal Civ 2 has waaaaay more depth than Sins.  I love Sins and Gal Civ 2, I think if you like one you will probably like the other too, even though they are quite different. 

In Gal Civ there are many more races than in Sins and you can also make your own race to play as (or against), you also get to make your own ships designing them completely from scratch, which is totally awesome and of course missing from Sins.  Games in Gal Civ can take a very long time to play (weeks or months) depending on what settings/map size/number of opponents etc you use.

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Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

also, where sins is mostly a war game (at least vanilla sins), galciv2 has many winning strategies...diplomacy, galactic influence, etc.  it IS much slower paced though (I like that) so be warned. :)  and enjoy.

Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

ok, have to be honest, the very first impression was "eww, why do people talk so highly of this?"

It is VERY overwhelming if you just dive in and try to figure it out. However, after watching through the tutorials, and actually reading the manual a bit, and giving it a second chance, I can say this has potential for some awesomeness. Adjusting to the change of pace is a challenge though. Is there any way to speed things up, especially at the beginning? Or do I just need to focus on single tech trees and not try to get everything available?

 

Other winning strategies? Bah.. diplomacy is what you use while you are researching bigger guns :)

Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Quoting Cougarshamn, reply 5
ok, have to be honest, the very first impression was "eww, why do people talk so highly of this?"
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Same here. Game "rested" for a year on my PC until I dug deeper... It has some depth you won't see in the beginning. Esp. when you go to higher difficulty levels and struggle to find out how to survive...

Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Quoting Cougarshamn, reply 5
ok, have to be honest, the very first impression was "eww, why do people talk so highly of this?"

It is VERY overwhelming if you just dive in and try to figure it out. However, after watching through the tutorials, and actually reading the manual a bit, and giving it a second chance, I can say this has potential for some awesomeness. Adjusting to the change of pace is a challenge though. Is there any way to speed things up, especially at the beginning? Or do I just need to focus on single tech trees and not try to get everything available?


Other winning strategies? Bah.. diplomacy is what you use while you are researching bigger guns

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It took me a looong time to really wrap my head around this game.  Now it's my favorite.  Stick with it.  And read this: 

 

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