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[RedAngel]

how did it all begin?

to me, a very close follower of the gaming industry, Ironclad and Stardock was not very known. i knew they existed, but not any games from them really. they were just there, the background drop of the dark space in contrast to the bright stars of Valve, Rockstar, Dice, Paradox... in hindsight, what a ironic way of describing them to my friends...

some time pass, and i hear of a new game in town, being in early development. it was to be a RTS on a big scale in space. im interested, as i am a fan of sci fi games, and was expecting nothing at all really.

the game was to be known as Sins of a Solar Empire.

time passed, and when it came out i bought it, thinking "what is this? 4x? epic scale? meh, i heard it before... same old "we made a amazing game!" and the reality lack a lot.

install it, and fire it up... and 14 hours (yes, four-teen-hours) i realised i had just played the most epic game i ever saw. Sins had caught me with its MASSIVE maps, its very complex yet easily understandable tech tree, its way of microing yet macroing the economy of your empire, the fleets and the diversity each ship offered, the capital ships and their immense power... all of it, and much more, was to grab me and would not let go after 14 hours of straight gaming. with some occasional food added to my hungry belly, i might confess.

and then, when i saw Trinity on Steam, with both its expansion backs and the original, i did not hesitate a second. i bought it for myself, and two friends, and we enjoyed a wholesale game of it, with all there was with star forts, envoy cruisers, diplomatic toe tripping, pirate bribing... and good god, i was stuck again. i have now the original game, and the trinity pack. then i saw the preview of Rebellion and, after checking the website, also this game.

Stardock and Ironclad. all who make theese games you just made... i owe you so much fun, so much joy, so much rage because that little battleship did not get out of the gravity well fast enough... i owe you a lot more than just buying theese games i did. i would pay you again for the joy you gave me.

i salute you, as one of the most bright stars on the sky of gaming heaven, where you easily compete for a place in my all star hall of games, where giants such as Half Life, Doom and other, similarly epic titles reside. you people have impressed me beyond any other gaming companies, and you have rightfully been called pioneers.

thank you.

Red Angel

[Wunderbar_007]

Haha, I was just thinking "how did I ever get into Sins?"

[DeadDove]

Wunderbar_007, on 23 February 2012 - 09:49 AM, said:

Haha, I was just thinking "how did I ever get into Sins?"

I found out about it because I was a fan of Galactic Civilizations II. I pre-ordered Sins and played the beta (the second one i think) and loved it. I was a bit disappointed that it wasn't a 3D space RTS the way Homeworld was (why hasn't anyone tried to bring that back!?), but Sins was just as good in its own way.

[psychoblair]

DeadDove, on 23 February 2012 - 10:38 AM, said:

I found out about it because I was a fan of Galactic Civilizations II. I pre-ordered Sins and played the beta (the second one i think) and loved it. I was a bit disappointed that it wasn't a 3D space RTS the way Homeworld was (why hasn't anyone tried to bring that back!?), but Sins was just as good in its own way.

I think I too was trying to fill in the void left by Homeworld, and found that Sins was so good for its own reasons. There is an active facebook group for Homeworld 3 that is always trying to get support. Look into it if you're a fan.

[Wunderbar_007]

Ahaha, funny enough I never played Homeworld games. I was into Supreme Commander from the start and i became spoiled by it. No other RTS did it for me anymore. Then I was reading one day about a game which compared itself (in some ways) to supreme commander. I didn't think it was possible but i tried it anyway. I was SOLD as it was perfect. I bought the Trinity version and had day long LAN games with my best friend on it eversince. I'm hoping to join online community with Rebellion, but i'm afraid i'll get owned and discouraged from trying it further.

Then recently, I began wondering about Homeworld as everyone is raving about it, and some of my ancient PC gamer mags praised it to no end. Not sure why I never gave it a try before. Anyway, as a collector (sort of) I manage to snag a Game of the Year Box for Homeworld and once it came, gave it a try. Loved it from the start. It was hard as hell but I got used to the mechanics quickly. I have yet to finish it (lots and lots of work in a masters program) but I just today bought Cataclysm and HW2 to complete my collection. Can't wait to dive back into them.

So yea...my little story

Edited by Wunderbar_007, 23 February 2012 - 01:31 PM.

[JosieBerry]

Thanks Red Angel - we are thankful for fans like you!

RedAngel, on 23 February 2012 - 09:42 AM, said:

install it, and fire it up... and 14 hours (yes, four-teen-hours) i realised i had just played the most epic game i ever saw.

Nice!

[Sarudak]

You have fans like this because you build awesome stuff. If you build it they will come!

[CraigFraser]

Thanks Red Angel, means a lot

[Rahsan]

The thank you should be for you guys for creating those amazing games.

[IanD967]

14 hours? pff! my first game taken me 8 days to complete haha and I have NEVER had such an amazing fight against an AI before then. he was a slippery bugger and about 2 days (I was jobless at the time so I had alot of time and played it about 12 hours a day) and 24 hours of them (roughly) was spent dealing with a stalemate at a planetry chokepoint where I had the levels, experience and skill of my ships (I was playing the awesome TEC with a couple of cap ships too including the Marza, Dunov, Kol and  Akkan) against sheer numbers from the AI. whenever I had taken out a giant fleet and tried to regroup what remained of my fleet (and to reinforce it) they just sent another one in!

It came to the point I was forced to try and create a 2nd fleet to get behind them which almost crippled my economy. while my primary fleet was still fighting I got the other fleet past the enemy and managed to start making them fight on 2 fronts which eventually secured me the win

I have very fond memories of that game. I fell in-love with it so much I had bought it shortly after (I did pirate the game to see what it was like) and got both micro-expansions when possible and got a few of my friends to buy the game just purely what I told them about my first game (they love it aswell).

I truely love sins and though I haven't played it recently I am trying to hold off untill I get my hands on Rebellion! and as for this game? I am really looking forward to what they can do with this hybrid design of Moba and RTS

Edited by IanD967, 27 February 2012 - 04:25 AM.