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Serious thread about current world events in Everything Else Sins Forums

So, there are terrible things happening in Libya right now, before it was Egypt and Tunis, Algiers might be next in line (hopefully not)...the oil price skyrocketed, there is the economic downturn, some European countries are close to bankruptcy, basically everything goes downhill.... I wonder are you actually scared these events may trigger some other really bad things like world war, world famine or something along the line? I am not saying it has to be your home being nuked right a

Reply to Gemini Wars - you can preorder now + NEW GAMEPLAY VID! in PC Gaming Sins Forums

[quote who="SithLordAJ" reply="23" id="2893800"]I'll probably get the game for the single player assuming the game is halfway decent. It's too bad Ironclad didnt get out a Sins 2 with a single player/ a single player expansion, as they could have gotten the cash for this. I see alot of Sins in this game and I feel the original deserves the glory. I love my Sins though. Nothing will take it away. Not even men with guns/tanks/death stars.[/quote] Sin

Reply to Stardock 2010 Customer Report in Sins News Sins Forums

Yes please. [e digicons]:D[/e] BTW do i understand it correctly, that Elemental is already released and not very succesful? I did not follow it much, as i did not have interest in buying/playing it... but i kept registering it, so i am bit suprised, if i missed that....

Reply to Looking for a fun (city) building game in PC Gaming Sins Forums

If you want city builiding game and liked Sim City at least a bit, than the obvious choice would be Cities XL 2011, what is in many ways similar to Sim City, but concentrates more on the social than economical stuff... i suppose one of the later sequels of Sim City, called Societes was heavily inspired by ancestor of this game, called City Life. If your comuter is a bit older and you do not think it can run the game, there was a 2009 or 2010 edition of this game too (though i believe

Reply to Gemini Wars - you can preorder now + NEW GAMEPLAY VID! in PC Gaming Sins Forums

Some new info about Gemini Wars is available on their blog, the authors decided to add multi-system maps similar to Sins or more precisely good old Conquest Frontier Wars. You can check, how it looks like, here: http://camel101.com/devblog/?p=285 More than that, there was quite informative piece of journalism about Camel 101, Gemini Wars authors and short, yet interesting preview for the game. <a h

Reply to If yesterday's games where made today... in PC Gaming Sins Forums

hahaha, this is brilliant stuff

Reply to Sword of the Stars (Complete) vs Sins of a Solar Empire (Complete) in PC Gaming Sins Forums

[quote who="TorinReborn"] Hmm, you are a second person that said Starcraft is simple LOL when compared to Sins. Actually Sins is a much much more simple game then Starcraft just as Warcraft 3 was. Sins is just Warcraft 3 in space less items. On the outside Sins looks to be a more complex game but it is not once you learn both games more throughly. From these comments it just seems none of you gave enough effort to learn how to play Starcraft competitively &nbs

Reply to RTS Games and Base Building in PC Gaming Sins Forums

[quote who="MichaelCook" reply="9" id="2883383"]Kohan 2 Base building to a minimum, micro of units dramatically reduced and its a much better game for it. IMO one of the best RTS games because its about the strategic level strategy. I guess it comes down to the player, I like TBS more, but thats because of the frantic micro built into many RTS games.[/quote] I never played Kohan, but heard good things about it. I

Reply to Help Me Choose A New Sci-Fi Series in Everything Else Sins Forums

[quote who="Renshai" reply="48" id="2883102"]Has anyone mentioned Andromeda ? it has to be one of the best series i've seen. 5 seasons should keep you happy for a bit.[/quote] IMHO Andromeda is shit.... unfortunately, cause it started pretty good and one and half season is was actually very watchable, definitely worth it...then for some reason the TV execs decided to make it more accesible for causal viewer, episodic and "Kevin Sorbo centric"....and completely mes

Reply to Satisfying Shooter in PC Gaming Sins Forums

You say Call of Duty, do you mean even the latest one, the Black Ops? If not, i highly recommend this, especially cause of multiplayer...personally this suits me best, though it is indeed matter of preference...someone might liek more Battlefield series...

Reply to Help Me Choose A New Sci-Fi Series in Everything Else Sins Forums

[quote who="-RAISTLIN-" reply="39" id="2878020"]Quoting Scoutdog, reply 34Heavily reminiscent of DS9, I think. I'll show the folks two episodes on Saturday. there's a reason for that. they were in direct competition back in the day and those behind ST saw a magnificent show being created by JMS, and it shaped DS9 to an extent. B5 had a much tighter, less episodic narrative than DS9 for the most part. i envy your first watching! and the fact you won't have to wait week to

Reply to Help Me Choose A New Sci-Fi Series in Everything Else Sins Forums

[quote who="Scoutdog" reply="34" id="2875851"]Well, I've gotten my first disc of B5 today. Looks pretty good, even though this is supposed to be the "bad" part. Heavily reminiscent of DS9, I think. I'll show the folks two episodes on Saturday. The X.O. lady looks familiar... and was that a much younger James Callis playing a minor part?? (Why does "Executive Officer" become a smily???)[/quote] Good job on getting B5. I do not think James Cal

Reply to Gemini Wars - you can preorder now + NEW GAMEPLAY VID! in PC Gaming Sins Forums

[quote who="RooksBailey" reply="19" id="2875194"]I just published an interview with Camel 101 about this game: Camel 101 Interview The game sounds like it is going to be a nice amount of "pew-pew" space fun. [/quote] How do you mean published? You are the one, who interviewed them? [e digicons]:O[/e] If yes, nice work, quite funny and good questions asked, so its very informative. T

Reply to Live changing PC games in PC Gaming Sins Forums

For me life changing game was Homeworld. Unfortunately back in the day i was a kid and did not have even my own computer, so i do not own it. I was thinking about buying it recently, but i do not plan to play it again in a near future, so do not see a point in owning a box. Anyway it is IMHO best game evar. The story, gameplay, music, voiceover, graphics and art, flawless technical soluri was perfect in every single way. Not to mention it introduced me to the music of Yes,

Reply to PC game with co-op campaign? in PC Gaming Sins Forums

AFAIK Red Alert 3 does have a coop campaign.

Reply to Gemini Wars - you can preorder now + NEW GAMEPLAY VID! in PC Gaming Sins Forums

[quote who="Werewindlefr" reply="16" id="2872765"]It certainly does look better than Sins. But it's not the same scale. The videos for Nexus 2 looked way, way better than Sins, but the game wasn't going to have 200 starships on the screen. What disappoints me greatly is that they've removed "localized subsystem damage" from their feature lists, for the stupidest reasons: the argument could be reworded as "we think players are retards who will think a disabled starship is a bug, not

Reply to Sword of the Stars (Complete) vs Sins of a Solar Empire (Complete) in PC Gaming Sins Forums

[quote who="shadowtongue" reply="31" id="2871778"]Well not to quibble over your opinion and personal preference, but what about SotS is complex? There are some complex strategies available, but complexity in the design is not that apparent to me. Variety, yes, but I guess I don't see that equating complexity. Anyway, not trying to start an argument, just surprised to hear someone call SotS 'complex'.[/quote] <

Octane Render in Personal Computing Sins Forums

This is mostly directed at the people who did some starship models for various mods for Sins. I suppose, if you know your stuff around 3Dsmax, XSI, Modo, Sketchup (add your fav modeling soft here), you probably work as some kind of 3D artists, graphics, designers, architects (my case) etc... therefore you probably not only do models, but final visualisations as well... or at least you know how to do it... So i wonder if you already found out the new Octane Render? I switched to it fro

Reply to Sword of the Stars (Complete) vs Sins of a Solar Empire (Complete) in PC Gaming Sins Forums

[quote who="TorinReborn" reply="26" id="2866076"] As for Sins, I must say that after playing SotS I cannot recommend Sins to anyone. Sins is a hybrid between SotS and Starcraft and both of those games are better (I played them all ). [/quote] From my point of view on other hand StarCraft is too shallow and SotS is too complex and boring. Sins as a hybrid between these 2 is actually game exactly for me[e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e]

Reply to Gemini Wars - you can preorder now + NEW GAMEPLAY VID! in PC Gaming Sins Forums

There is some more info on Camel 101 site regarding shaders and level of detail system they use in Gemini Wars. Plenty of nice new screens, though all of them with the same ship only. IMHO it looks good. http://camel101.com/devblog/?p=164

Reply to ST: Birth of the Federation in PC Gaming Sins Forums

Ah, i tried this game but sadly only turn-based strategy i was able to play/ comprehend the system was Heroes of Might and Magic. So i could not play this one sadly. But i always hoped for the game like Sins, just set in the Trek Universe. With Federation, Klingons, Romulans, Borg and Cardassian/Dominion allies as playable factions. The current ST mod for Sins comes close to this, but because of the obvious limitations its not quite the same as would be the full-fledged Star Trek game...

Reply to Help Me Choose A New Sci-Fi Series in Everything Else Sins Forums

Everything scifi is getting axe these days> first Flash Forward, then Caprica and now SG Universe. Anyway i concur Raistlins recommendation of Babylon 5 {did i say it right? LOL, my english sucks}. Anyway, you already saw DS9, so B5 is the next best choice. You really wont be disappointed, its the best of the best. Its only weakness is the first season, so do not let it to "scare you away", the other seasons are worth it. BTW i just finished watching whole Star Trek Voyager

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire updates in Sins News Sins Forums

[quote who="Seleuceia" reply="187" id="2867909"] I knew bus speeds had gotten better...but I was not at all aware that they had progressed this far...knowing this, I see why it'd be silly to worry about it...thanks for bringing up the info on the i7...[/quote] Youre welcome. [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e] Regarding Diplomacy, i think the issue is mainly with me. I was never 4X guy, but classic RTSes with their low focus started to feel shallow to me. I l

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire updates in Sins News Sins Forums

[quote who="Seleuceia" reply="176" id="2865190"]Clock speed determines how many calculations your processor can handle at once (or, how fast it can perform those calculations)...bus speed determines how fast your process can deal with input and output... Now, for some applications, being able to do complex calculations very quickly is important...this would apply to say, an engineering or architectural program, which is where quad-cores become very handy...games also need this to d

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire updates in Sins News Sins Forums

[quote who="Seleuceia" reply="172" id="2864470"]I understand what you're getting at, and I agree...my fear is that they'll overshoot or overestimate what will be average...some things, like multi-threading and hopefully 64 bit will be safe bets... but other things, particularly graphics, could easily be overshot...processing could also be an issue if the game starts hitting bus speed limits...you hit those, and it really doesn't matter how many cores or GHz you have .