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    Sins of a Solar Empire with Expansions for $10.

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by HTWingNut, Jun 18, 2011.

  1. HTWingNut

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    xKindjalx Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks, I've been looking forward to a good deal on that game to get it. A friend of mine recommended it a lot and now I'll try it.
    + rep.
     
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    Everyone should give this game a try, it's pretty obscure yet a whole lot of fun. The space fort expansion pack is excellent and can get generally get pretty deep.
     
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    This game is addicting, and can destroy hours and hours of your time. I'd love to play more but these days just can't get the time dedicated for something like this.
     
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    Karamazovmm Overthinking? Always!

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    hohoho I remember the whooping that I usually took from multiplayers, or from the hardest ai.... too bad that a game usually takes a long time if you play with 32 planets thus unless you play with friend people usually leave
     
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    I hate this game, worst 10 bucks I ever spent! That along with Star Wars: Empire at Wars...
     
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    This game really isn't multiplayer friendly IMHO. It's more of single player against AI. Just too darn long to play against anyone multiplayer.
     
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    Karamazovmm Overthinking? Always!

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    heh, imagine that I played several multiplayer campaings in empire tw, napoleon tw, and now shogun 2 tw
     
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    Well my problem is I don't have anyone that's willing to invest that much time into a game on a regular basis. If I had a friend that wanted to just chat while we played MP, I'd be glad to do it, but schedules rarely match up, and when they do we just play something like Starcraft 2, C&C Generals, Battlefield 2, Bad Company 2, or Worms (lol).
     
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    Karamazovmm Overthinking? Always!

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    yeah I have an Indian friend that matches my insomnia well, or my greek friend, some west coast americans friends... The good thing is that we do 2 hours and we are done, so its not nagging and not that time consuming.

    people in brazil are usually more the sims and fps, which Im not that into, so its hard to find a game partner here

    add me on steam and we can try to work out something

    karamazovmm
     
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    nemt Notebook Deity

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    $10: Very good deal
    $10 but you need to install Gamestop Impulse: Horrible deal
     
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    granyte ATI+AMD -> DAAMIT

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    damn i wish i had people to play it i got this game ages ago and yet have to do a single MP game

    that a a lod of mods for it that are fun to
     
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    Karamazovmm Overthinking? Always!

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    yeah I like the star wars mods, requiem is good and soge is great

    never played the halo mods, need to give those a try, there are some star trek mods too for the fans of the franchise
     
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    Iirc, you can uninstall impulse and launch from the .exe.
     
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    granyte ATI+AMD -> DAAMIT

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    there are even stargate mods and there has been an atempt at an andromeda one

    what are youguys using to match up for games?
     
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    Karamazovmm Overthinking? Always!

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    private games + steam or msn
     
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    Damn, wish I had time for all these mods - the original game was just so good
     
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    It one of the slowest game ever and I thought Supreme Commander was :eek: