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20 May

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion v1.82 Released

Ironclad Games and Stardock Entertainment are pleased to announce the final release of Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion v1.82 today. This latest version addresses balance issues in the Stellar Phenomena DLC.

Changes include:

Stellar Phenomena DLC

Halved asteroidCounts on Graveyard and DenseDebris templates in AsteroidDef to improve performance.
Updated GalaxyScenarioDef uncolonizable gravity wells w/resources to be guarded by Pirates, not neutral factions.
Removed defenders from Antimatter Fountain.
Changed ShatteredMoon defender template from LocalMilitiaWeak to LocalMilitiaWeakUncolonizable.
Updated Allegiance progression in Gameplay.Constants on the later stages to drop by .05 on levels 7-8. This should help prevent very distant planets from instantly going neutral from Open Rebellion.
Added potential for 0-2 (from 0) neutral crystal extractors at Comets.
Increased minimum neutral crystal extractor count to 2 (from 1) at Ice Fields.
Increased minimum neutral metal/crystal extractor count to 1 (from 0) at Radiation Storms.
Increased minimum neutral metal extractor count to 1 (from 0) at Shattered Moon.
Increased random event allegiance check from 240 to 600 seconds. This should help prevent distant colonies from succumbing to Open Rebellion before the player can do anything about it.
Reduced minimum allegiance threshold for random events from 30% to 15%.
Increased max respawn count on Magnetic Storm from 4 to 9.
Increased max respawn count on Plasma Storm from 4 to 9.
Reduced trigger weight on Partisans event from 25% to 10%.
Reduced trigger weight on Open Rebellion event from 10% to 5%.
Reduced fleet point range on Open Rebellion event from 150/350 to 100/250.
Increased volume on random event warning sound by 3db.
Dramatically shortened Pulsar particle so that it doesn't touch other gravity wells and made the tails less sharp.
Removed Fighters from target list on Gas Giant's pre-explode buff since they can never lose it; will still take damage from nearby explosions.
Added new Commodity Boom random event: one random planet (including neutrals) may now undergo a resource boom where extractor and refinery rates are increased by 30% for 5 minutes. Should never appear on: Dead Asteroids, Pirate Bases, Antimatter Fountains, Magnetic Clouds or Wormholes. (Thanks to Goafan for the suggestion!)

Forbidden Worlds DLC

Removed 'Ferrus' from PlanetRandomUncolonizable in GalaxyScenarioDefs.
Removed 'FerrusFair' from PlanetRandomUncolonizableFair in GalaxyScenarioDefs.
Added new planet bonuses to GalaxyScenarioDefs (thanks Goafan!).
Changed Rusted Core planet bonus to no longer require points in exploration.

Revised AI bonus income rates to try and scale less drastically past Normal.

Misc.

Updated SDActivate.exe so folks shouldn't need to open up IE if it fails on new installs.

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Reviews

“Bigger and more stable than ever, Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion will happily strip-mine your life of its free time.”
86/100 – PC Gamer
“...this is the ultimate version of Sins of a Solar Empire...”
8.5/10 – Strategy Informer
"...Sins embraces its grand strategy like never before."
5/5 – Quarter to Three
“As a standalone expansion, it does very well at balancing between long time Sins fans and newcomers to the series.”
9/10 – RTS Guru

Key features:

New Factions: Decide whether to play as a Loyalist or Rebel – each unlocks new technologies, ships and play styles for each race.

New Titan Class Warships: Mighty titans enter the fray of the war to tip the scales of power. Each faction may field their own unique titan, drawing upon unique strengths and abilities on the battlefield.

New and Updated Capital Ships: A new capital ship joins the fleet for each race to offer even more tactical options. Additionally, all existing capital ships have been upgraded to four levels for their abilities, allowing players to focus their ships along specific strengths.

New Corvette Class Ships: Small and maneuverable, each faction has developed a new light attack craft to harass enemy forces.

Updated Visuals: Updated graphics, particle effects, lighting and shadows, race specific UI and other enhancements make the Sins’ universe look better than ever.

New Victory Conditions: Take multiple paths to victory including – Military, Diplomatic, Research, Last Flagship Standing, Last Capital Standing and Occupation.

New Audio: More than 60 minutes of original music, countless new sound effects and dozens of new voice overs help bring the drama of battle to new levels of immersion.

Tutorials: New and updated tutorials make it easy for both experienced and new players to quickly start building their own solar empire.

Plus, a number of optimizations that provide better performance than ever before!

System Requirements

Minimum:

OS: Windows 8 / Windows 7 SP1 / Windows Vista SP2
Processor: 3 GHz Intel Pentium 4 Processor or Equivalent
Memory: 2 GB Available System Memory
Graphics: 256 MB Video Card w/Pixel Shader 3.0 Support (Radeon X1650 / GeForce
6800* or Better)
DirectX®: 9.0c
Hard Drive: 5 GB HD space
Sound: DirectX 9.0c Compatible Sound Card
Other Requirements: Keyboard and Mouse (w/scroll wheel), Broadband Internet connection for Multiplayer
* NVidia video chipsets must use driver version 296.10 or higher and mobile cards be set as the primary video chipset for the game.

Recommended:

Processor: Intel Core i5/i7 Processor or Equivalent
Memory: 4 GB Available System Memory
Graphics: 1 GB Video Card w/Pixel Shader 3.0 Support (Radeon X3000 Series / GeForce 8000* Series or Better)
Other Requirements:Broadband Internet connection, also to activate this game you must create a Stardock account while launching the game on Steam.

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Full audio

Subtitles

English

Japanese

Trance

91 products in account

4 reviews

Recommended

290.2 hrs on record

Ironclad Games's first released title, and a decent RTS which I consider to be at the halfway point between traditional RTS and 4X. It might even be safe to call it a real-time 4X.
As gameplay mechanics go, SOASE is sound, if a bit simplistic. Rock-paper-scissors unit relationships abound, and unit spam is unfortunately a viable strategy in some situations. Each of the three factions is specialized to excel in certain capacities, resulting in widely varying overall strategies and battle tactics. SOASE features hero units in the form of capital ships, which again specialize in certain roles and progress in a MOBA-like fashion, gaining experience through combat, leveling up, and gaining or upgrading abilities (culminating in a powerful "ultimate" ability at level 6). Most battles typically hinge on the survival or destruction of one's capital ships, as they become more and more important targets through leveling.
Technically speaking, combat isn't the ONLY way to win a SOASE match. Like your typical 4X game (say, Civ V), victory conditions can be set which allow for several different paths to win through, for example, cultural influence or technological progress. However, again like your typical 4X game, most matches are won by pure conquest anyway. I don't think I've ever turned on those extra victory conditions since I started playing; conquest is good enough for me.
The Rebellion expansion adds factions-within-factions, with each race dividing in half to offer more specialization, as well as faction-specific Titan-class supercapitals, massive investments in time and resources which serve as the nucleus of an effective late-game fleet.
And that's... really about all I can say. I find it quite fun, both alone and with friends, but if I'm honest, there just isn't enough there to be worth the dollar amount Ironclad is asking for. I understand they're still a fledgling studio that needs the sales to improve and progress as developers, but frankly I believe they're only hurting their prospects by charging $40 when there isn't $40 worth of game. It is, however, a good value for $20 which is the price at which I bought it on sale, and of course any sale price lower than that is even better. The game's capacity for randomization can ensure no two matches are the same, so the replay value on Sins is quite high, but replay value based on randomization is not, in my eyes, a good enough substitute for actual content to justify a price tag approaching that of a AAA title.
Final verdict: definitely worth playing, AND worth buying, if on sale. Don't pay full price for this.

Posted: 19 June

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ownosourus

1,060 products in account

433 reviews

13.2 hrs on record

If you've never experienced Sins of a Solar Empire before, you'll find no better entry point than Rebellion. But if Rebellion commits any sins of its own, it's in the 37$ price tag, which seems excessive for an expansion that will almost certainly strike its loyal fans as little more than a meaty content patch.Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion adds some nice features to a great, proven winner of a game. Those features are nice, but as nice as they are, I couldn't really see myself running out and throwing down nearly forty bucks for this standalone expansion if I already owned the original Sins, to say nothing of its expansion packs.But on the other hand, Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion is an outstanding and unique real-time strategy game that offers a welcome, slower alternative to StarCraft 2's intense pacing. As a life-long fan of sci-fi space battles, I simply can't help but strongly recommend it.The important part here is that Sins of a Solar Empire still delivers a very unique kind of strategy game, and Rebellion doesn't screw with that; instead, it makes that base game substantially smoother and more interesting.

Posted: 2 July

CoachAub

111 products in account

6 reviews

91.0 hrs on record

I love this game. While there are some similarities to other 4x games, this one combines the right mix of fleet combat (w/ great graphics and sound effects) with expansion and building. Thankfully, they did not overdo it with the planet building and trading aspects. There is just enough to make it an integral part of the game, yet they do not weigh it down. I've enjoyed the single player game as well as multiplayer online. Sometimes it is difficult to find people who will play for hours online (my last game was 4 hours almost exactly). However, if someone quits, the A.I. takes over, even if it was the initial host. The A.I. is not the absolute greatest, but it is capable of making you work for a victory. If you want to command a fleet or many fleets and conquer the galaxy, planet-by-planet, you will likely enjoy this game.

Posted: 4 August

Jake Shellard

333 products in account

22 reviews

3.6 hrs on record

There is a whole lot of fun to be had with this game and you will find the hours flying by as you immerse yourself; the single player and mulitplayer are really fun to play mixed with some top notch visuals yet only slightly let down on the audio side of the game. A must if you like RTS games and franchises like Star wars or Star Trek; thats the main reason i was initially attracted to the game (well the original, then this one)

For my full in depth review, go to:

http://godbomb.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/sins-of-solar-empire-rebellion-review.html

Posted: 13 May

2danerski.

10 products in account

2 reviews

404.8 hrs on record

This game as one Amazing game. i have something i really want steam to do. it is make a Workshop for maps mods and other stuff like Vessels, Starbases and other crazy stuff. some Problems i have are the Capital Ship Cap and Fleet Cap and Sometimes i want to use a Cheat that is good that alows me to Give me more Stuff so i can make a HUGE Fleet of Capital ships and i want to make mods of my own thing

Posted: 27 September

Mr. Pink

253 products in account

9 reviews

32.6 hrs on record

This is by far my favorite strategy game.

For those of you who are new to Sins it will be a bit of a challenge figuring out how to play the game but trust me put the time in and it pays off. The difficulty of the game can be tweaked to suit anybody's needs, wether your'e looking for a quick 1 on 1 match against an easy opponent or an 8 player free for all against ruthless AI, or compete against real human beings online. Be warned though, matches can last for hours and hours, this can be a good or bad point depending on your play style. Visuals are great, so much satisfaction to be had in zooming all the way in on your massive fleets and watching them demolish your rivals empire in flurries of lasers, and explosions.

Long story short, if your'e into games like Total War, Glactic Civilizations, Supreme Commander then your'e definately going to want to pick this up. 40$ is a little steep though so look for it to go on sale, I was able to pick it up for 8$.

Posted: 25 November, 2013

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