Comments on: Sins of a Solar Empire – Impressions http://levelingdown.com/2009/05/27/sins-of-a-solar-empire-impressions/ Aging Hardcore Gamers Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:59:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: eeyore http://levelingdown.com/2009/05/27/sins-of-a-solar-empire-impressions/#comment-374 eeyore Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:28:18 +0000 http://espion4ge.wordpress.com/?p=2835#comment-374 haha there's a few tricks to the last mission in dual strike. you use battle choppers to stop the computer from acquiring all the bottom cities, and then just build a lot of infantry to deal with ooziums. 3 mech infantry can take out an oozium no problem. it gets even easier if you use sami as your CO, cause she gets better infantry, and her super power lets you capture cities in one turn. when i mean a lot of infantry, i mean a lot. i bumped into the unit limit (50) playing that mission haha haha there’s a few tricks to the last mission in dual strike. you use battle choppers to stop the computer from acquiring all the bottom cities, and then just build a lot of infantry to deal with ooziums. 3 mech infantry can take out an oozium no problem.

it gets even easier if you use sami as your CO, cause she gets better infantry, and her super power lets you capture cities in one turn.

when i mean a lot of infantry, i mean a lot. i bumped into the unit limit (50) playing that mission haha

]]> By: cmfl3x http://levelingdown.com/2009/05/27/sins-of-a-solar-empire-impressions/#comment-373 cmfl3x Sat, 30 May 2009 02:29:13 +0000 http://espion4ge.wordpress.com/?p=2835#comment-373 The last mission in Dual Strike was so hard! but yes, great series. I have no problem with the episodic Starcraft 2 either. The way I see it, Blizzard has never let us down before so if they think this is what needs to be done I trust them. That being said, when's the release date gonna be released!? I need a Blizzard countdown to a countdown a la Kojima The last mission in Dual Strike was so hard! but yes, great series. I have no problem with the episodic Starcraft 2 either. The way I see it, Blizzard has never let us down before so if they think this is what needs to be done I trust them. That being said, when’s the release date gonna be released!? I need a Blizzard countdown to a countdown a la Kojima

]]> By: eeyore http://levelingdown.com/2009/05/27/sins-of-a-solar-empire-impressions/#comment-372 eeyore Thu, 28 May 2009 21:33:26 +0000 http://espion4ge.wordpress.com/?p=2835#comment-372 agreed, starcraft 2 will eat up many, many hours. there seems to be some hate over blizzard releasing it over 3 games, but the way i see it is a main game, with 2 expansion packs. except instead of having 3 racial campaigns, with about 9-10 maps each, it's just one big racial campaign per game with about 25+ levels. i still recommend finishing dual strike, though sadly i lost interest after beating the campaign. multiplayer turn-based strategy games are also not my thing (like civ revolutions or master of orion) also i was playing warcraft 1 on dos box. invisible water elementals are so op lol agreed, starcraft 2 will eat up many, many hours. there seems to be some hate over blizzard releasing it over 3 games, but the way i see it is a main game, with 2 expansion packs. except instead of having 3 racial campaigns, with about 9-10 maps each, it’s just one big racial campaign per game with about 25+ levels.

i still recommend finishing dual strike, though sadly i lost interest after beating the campaign. multiplayer turn-based strategy games are also not my thing (like civ revolutions or master of orion)

also i was playing warcraft 1 on dos box. invisible water elementals are so op lol

]]> By: espion4ge http://levelingdown.com/2009/05/27/sins-of-a-solar-empire-impressions/#comment-371 espion4ge Thu, 28 May 2009 15:13:14 +0000 http://espion4ge.wordpress.com/?p=2835#comment-371 sins is in real time, but honestly, it's more of a 4x strategy game that falls in line more with civilization than say, starcraft. i think with the starcraft 2 beta around the corner and eventually starcraft 2 later this year, we'll finally have a rts to commit heavily into again - perhaps together! agreed with advance wars - great game. i beat the original one on the gba, but didn't get get a chance to play too far into dual strike. i think i got about halfway through the days of ruin though, which i seemed to like more than dual strike. for some reason i found dual strike more confusing than i liked with combat in the sky and ground or something. sins is in real time, but honestly, it’s more of a 4x strategy game that falls in line more with civilization than say, starcraft. i think with the starcraft 2 beta around the corner and eventually starcraft 2 later this year, we’ll finally have a rts to commit heavily into again – perhaps together!

agreed with advance wars – great game. i beat the original one on the gba, but didn’t get get a chance to play too far into dual strike. i think i got about halfway through the days of ruin though, which i seemed to like more than dual strike. for some reason i found dual strike more confusing than i liked with combat in the sky and ground or something.

]]> By: eeyore http://levelingdown.com/2009/05/27/sins-of-a-solar-empire-impressions/#comment-370 eeyore Wed, 27 May 2009 15:55:16 +0000 http://espion4ge.wordpress.com/?p=2835#comment-370 i heard good things about this game too, but i haven't really been committing to any rts games. i feel a need to commit heavily into multiplayer, since that's where the fun really is. but multiplayer is only fun when a lot of other people play it- no one wants to wait a long time to find a game, and it's more fun to play with friends. that being said, i've been having a lot of fun replaying dune 2 using dosbox. that game still plays well, even though it has no multiplayer and the ai is retarded. i also remember the introduction being really cool when i was younger, but it's really cheesy now haha. i also just finished the campaign in advanced wars dual strike. it's not an rts, but it's such an awesome, awesome series. i heard good things about this game too, but i haven’t really been committing to any rts games. i feel a need to commit heavily into multiplayer, since that’s where the fun really is. but multiplayer is only fun when a lot of other people play it- no one wants to wait a long time to find a game, and it’s more fun to play with friends.

that being said, i’ve been having a lot of fun replaying dune 2 using dosbox. that game still plays well, even though it has no multiplayer and the ai is retarded. i also remember the introduction being really cool when i was younger, but it’s really cheesy now haha.

i also just finished the campaign in advanced wars dual strike. it’s not an rts, but it’s such an awesome, awesome series.

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