Finally picked up the entirety of GalCiv 2 from the huge discount. Much love for you folks there.

I always really, really wanted to get into Sins, but I could never play it for more then a few minutes by my lonesome. Maybe the expansion packs will change that. . .

Here Stardock, have more of my money. You've earned it.

Yeah, I got it when it was on sale a couple months ago, but just the base game, none of the expansion. The product description is right, it is basically a combo of RTS+Tower defense. The ship builder is a lot like the one in GalCivII, you have a limited amount of space to put on weapons, engines, power generators, crew compartments, etc. As you play the game, you get "battle honor" which lets you unlock more componets. There isn't much in the way of customizing how your ships look, though.

One thing I didn't like is that the additionaly races are unlocked by getting lots of honor, and you only start with one. By the time I had enough to unlock the next race, I was rather bored with the game. The races are mostly differ only cosmetically, but you do get sick of watching the same ships over and over.

Overall I'd say it's a pretty good game, but not worth the full $40 for all of the expansions. For $20, though, it's probably worth it. One other thing to mention; once you start the battle, you have no control over what your ships do. Some people might like that, others won't.

I couldn't pass it up for $20 for the main game and all 3 DLCs.  I liked the review of it on Impulse TV.  Then I found there is a demo of the game on the developers web site so download and check it out if you aren't sure.

It's not something I'd play all the time but it's good for a quick distraction here and there.  Great game.

Yeah I checked out the demo once I realized it has one (suggested improvement for Impulse: indicate that on the game page). I greatly enjoyed the demo, so at this price it's a definite pickup for me.

Thanks folks!