Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion
The Next Installment to the Award-Winning RTS. While many were hopeful that diplomacy would finally end the war, differing opinions on what should be done, along with the depleted power of the controlling…
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion is an indie developed by Ironclad Games, released 12 June 2012 on PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $6.00 at GamersGate.
What Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion is
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion is an indie game developed by Ironclad Games and released in 2012. It was published by Stardock. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Sins of a Solar Empire is a 2008 science fiction real-time strategy 4X video game developed by Ironclad Games and published by Stardock Entertainment for Microsoft Windows operating systems. It is a real-time strategy (RTS) game that incorporates some elements from 4X games; its makers describe it as "RT4X". Players are given control of a spacefaring empire in the distant future, and are tasked with conquering star systems using military, economic and diplomatic means.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are 4x (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate), action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 68 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 85% of the 5,099 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 15 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 3 GHz Intel Pentium 4 Processor or Equivalent, 2 GB Available System Memory of RAM and 256 MB Video Card w/Pixel Shader 3.0 Support (Radeon X1650 / GeForce. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 5GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $6.00 at GamersGate, 70% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion launched on 12 June 2012, within three weeks of Persona 4 Golden, Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition, Spec Ops: The Line and Pokémon Black Version 2. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Persona 4 Golden, Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition, Spec Ops: The Line, Pokémon Black Version 2.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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