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Changing Tastes?

March 23rd, 2007 · Comments Off on Changing Tastes? · RTS, Sci Fi

I can’t say too much about Command & Conquer 3 until my review is finally written and uploaded, but I will say that it gives me more reasons to buy Supreme Commander. I’ve written before about how science fiction strategy games leave me a little cold. Give me muskets. Give me swords. Give me tanks. […]

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Sins of a Solar Empire Beta

March 22nd, 2007 · 3 Comments · RTS, Sci Fi, Stardock

If you pre-order Sins of a Solar Empire, you will have access to the beta testing beginning March 27. Tim Surette at Gamespot reports that Stardock is calling this a RT4X game. “Gamers looking to see if this really is a new genre will have a chance, thanks to the game’s beta test.” No, Tim, […]

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Galactic Civilizations 2: Dark Avatar

February 22nd, 2007 · 1 Comment · Review, Sci Fi, Stardock

My review is now up at Gamesradar. The long and the short of it is that this is a good expansion to a great game. A lot of other reviews have, I think, oversold how much is truly new and original here, but there is no denying that this is a must have expansion in […]

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Space Games Analyzed

February 20th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Sci Fi

Tea Leaves writer Peter Berger is starting a series of articles on space conquest games. Up for consideration this week are Delta Tao’s Spaceward Ho!, various iterations of Master of Orion, Stardock’s Galactic Civilizations 2, Reach For the Stars! from SSG and Matrix Games, and Space Empires V from Malfador Machinations and Strategy First. I’ll […]

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