Sins of a Solar Empire Demo Released

Single-player demo now available at Gamespot

Published on March 21, 2008 By Yarlen In Sins News

Ironclad Games and Stardock Entertainment are proud to announce the release of the first Sins of a Solar Empire demo! Available at Gamespot, the single-player only demo offers a taste of the full game for those who haven't yet taken the plunge into galactic warfare.

Features:

Play as the Trader Emergency Coalition (TEC)
Learn the basics through four tutorials
Fight on two small scenario maps against up to two AI players
Conquer a randomly generated medium map against up to three AI players
90 minutes of play time

If you've been waiting to check out Sins of a Solar Empire, head on over to Gamespot for the download today.

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/sinsofasolarempire/download_6188180.html

Comments (Page 1)

Coolone84

on Mar 21, 2008

Wow, that was fast. I didn't think there would be a demo release for another few weeks.

Annatar11

on Mar 21, 2008

Yippie!

Windexglow

on Mar 21, 2008

Eh, bad idea doing the limit of 90 per game, and small scenario maps. The AI behaves badly on the smaller maps, so people will start getting the wrong impression.

Yarlen

on Mar 21, 2008

The demo AI has been improved - part of the changes that will be in 1.04. We purposely didn't include 1v1 maps as the AI is weakest there.

If people aren't sold on the game after 90 minutes, they never will be - so why should they get to play forever? Besides, these maps can be won (or lost) well within the 90 minute time limit.

Pill73

on Mar 21, 2008

I agree. They can be won or lost- If you've played it alot already. My guess is that people will spend 30 min in thier first game, then get blasted by pirates; and then they have only 60 min of play time left.

Just my personal opinion, judging from my first game.

Fearzone

on Mar 21, 2008

90 minutes of playtime? LOL... that's just enough time to get your fleet together on a medium map.

Gunney00

on Mar 21, 2008

I would've personally increased it by 30 min. but I think Stardock has the right strategy in sparking interest in the game and just before you get to conquer the galaxy....it is time to buy!

Also think about, some people could just download the demo and play random medium maps without ever having any intentions of buying the game. So they would basically be getting a big part of the game for free.

Leinad0033

on Mar 21, 2008

just before you get to conquer the galaxy....it is time to buy!

Which is exactly what a demo is supposed to do though I wish that I could get just a little more than 90 minute play time the demo is not meant to entertain but to entice people into buying your product.

Chip5541

on Mar 21, 2008

Word going out. I have already posted to about 10 sites

Lord Reliant

on Mar 21, 2008

That was fast. I hope that bodes good things for 1.04, too...

Can you download the demo from Impulse, too? That'd be a cool thing. I imagine if not now, in the future.

HolloWatcher

on Mar 21, 2008

Excellent, one step closer to a new patch.

I'll be linking this to all of my clan buddies right now. *runs off

BigEdMan

on Mar 21, 2008

Thanks for releasing the demo.
It has potential and demonstrates that the 4X genre isn't dead yet.
Hopefully more 4X strategy game franchises will move in 3D direction.
That said, I'll pass on the whole RT4X aspect of this game...
Rock On...

[MAGOG]Kruelgor

on Mar 21, 2008

Wow, that was fast. I didn't think there would be a demo release for another few weeks.

Yes, that was fast. I'll send a message to my 200 MAGOG members over at WiC to try the demo. Thanks!

.:: Chico ::.

on Mar 21, 2008

At Gamespot:

This demo gives you four tutorials, two small maps with up to two AI players, one randomly generated medium map with up to 3 AI players, and 90 minutes of playing time (single-player only) per game.

PER GAME("Round") or is 90 minutes total time?

Yarlen

on Mar 21, 2008

It's 90 minutes per game, not total. So you can play each map as often as you want, it just stops you after 90 minutes each time. Odds are that players will only hit the limit on the random medium map.

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