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See Sins Entrenchment In Action on X-Play

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See Sins Entrenchment In Action on X-Play

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Last night, Blair Fraser of Ironclad Games was on G4's X-Play talking up the upcoming Sins of a Solar Empire microexpansion; Entrenchment.  On the October 9th episode, they show off the first of three new Starbases, massive defensive platforms that will decimate all but the largest, most powerful fleets. 

Watch the video below to get all of the details, and a peek at the game in action.

 

 

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Reply #26 from Sins Forums Top

oops stuff up....

Reply #27 from Sins Forums Top

After closer inspection, I think the object at 4:24 may actually just be debrees.... Remember you can focus and zoom in on them, which mught have been an accident in the making of this vid. Also, if you look closely, its spinning slowly, which would suggest anything other than a structure.... Debrees it is lol

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Reply #28 from Sins Forums Top

Hehe...yeah, that was a funny one. The recording was live, and I was trying to focus on a fighter, but they kept exploding on me :)

Reply #29 from Sins Forums Top

Hehe...yeah, that was a funny one. The recording was live, and I was trying to focus on a fighter, but they kept exploding on me

So the thing at 4:24 is debris?

Reply #30 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Spartan, reply 1
No bad at all. If I had to pick something to quibble over, it would be the host's comment "we could get it for free..." I think he should have chose his words more carefully. Maybe he should have said something along the lines of: Something unscrupulous people may chose to take. It is not a big point nor a sharp one but one nonetheless.  

 

 

 

This REALLY annoyed me. "you can get the game for free" can be said about ANY game, that's the whole frickin' point of why Stardock doesn't use DRM, because DRM doesn't work.

Singling out that you can get this game for free implies that the anti-piracy measures on other games actually work and you can't get those for free - it really reveals a lot of ignorence in the gaming media.

 

Reply #31 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Wargazmo, reply 5


This REALLY annoyed me. "you can get the game for free" can be said about ANY game, that's the whole frickin' point of why Stardock doesn't use DRM, because DRM doesn't work.

Singling out that you can get this game for free implies that the anti-piracy measures on other games actually work and you can't get those for free - it really reveals a lot of ignorence in the gaming media.

 

I dont think it was really ignorance given his follow up comments. It was more of a misspoken statement then anything in my opinion. It was however a perfect opportunity for Craig to plug the GBR but I guess time was limited and with the pressure and all that jazz going on both of them simply went with the flow.

Reply #32 from Sins Forums Top

Might as well post this here. Gamespot posted its own preview of Entrenchment. Along with several quite yummy screenshots, it also announced new units:

"To balance out the incredible defensive advantages of a star base, Iron Clad has added several new offensive superweapon units. The TEC, for example, has access to the Ogrov Torpedo Cruiser that is designed to be a giant missile silo in space. It fires a pair of slow-moving nuclear missiles that cause immense damage to enemy structures. The Ogrov has tremendous range, so one strategy is to take out defense turrets from distance, forcing the enemy to engage outside the protection of its turrets. Of course, you have your fleet waiting to pick off these foolhardy frigates."

If the screenshot caption from Gamespot is to be believed, the thing on the splash screen in the above video is the Ogrov. Basically a torpedo launcher with engines :P

Preview: http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/sinsofasolarempireentrenchment/news.html?sid=6199356&tag=topslot;img;1

Reply #33 from Sins Forums Top

I'm pretty sure the article will get its own topic, so I save my comments for the proper place. for a sneak peak: awesome!

Reply #34 from Sins Forums Top

I'm pretty sure the article will get its own topic

Yeah, I just didn't want to make Yarlen and Zoomba cry because they're always way late posting this stuff :)

Reply #35 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Annatar11, reply 9

Yeah, I just didn't want to make Yarlen and Zoomba cry because they're always way late posting this stuff

lol. someone else created a topic. it says there is a gameplay video in it (which I obviously missed). checking it out now and am curious whether its new stuff or made up from previous footage, as for example the interview shots.

Reply #36 from Sins Forums Top

I guess ID doesn't want them crying, either. But he's a Stardock guy too :P

It's a different video, but still only TEC, so same stuff. More things going boom, though!

Reply #37 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Annatar11, reply 11
I guess ID doesn't want them crying, either. But he's a Stardock guy too

It's a different video, but still only TEC, so same stuff. More things going boom, though!

And that my friend is always a good thing - no? }:)

Reply #38 from Sins Forums Top

Anyone want to speculate on what the 3rd one will be? Here my guess: Removing all or most of the hardcoded limits that remain, and the race stalking the vasari.

Reply #39 from Sins Forums Top

does this mean the "N" hotkey for enable twist view will be back?  It's only in dev.exe.

How about a campaign/editor?  Yup, I'm pushing negative karma territory asking for this -and the ability to set a player start point.

 

 

Reply #40 from Sins Forums Top

The is (well, was for the beta) a program made in Game maker that allowed you to place planets where you wanted and it would make a Galaxy file for you. I don't know if it's still around or if it works with the current version.