Which game should I buy: GalCivII - Twilight of the Arnor OR Sins of a Solar Empire

Only one, don't tell me to buy both :P

from Demigod Forums

I know it is not a fair comparison, 1 is an expansion pack, 1 is a different game.

I have GalCiv 2 DA. Twilight of the Arnor is cheaper of course than Sins of a Solar Empire.

So I am not sure which one to buy. Buying both is out of the equation.

There are other monetary considerations because, if they ever make an expansion to Sins of a Solar Empire, I can buy a bundle saving me money.

I also heard Sins of a Solar Empire does not support multicore, where it definitely needs it. That's a concern for me as well.

 

So, any loss in losing out the 2nd expansion to GalCiv?

Please advice :)

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

If you really like GalCiv, TA can't be over-rated.  It's a substantial improvement over the stock game.  Did you play the Sins demo?  I'd go with whichever I enjoyed more.

Reply #2 from Demigod Forums Top

Demo, why didn't I think of that. I'll check that out. Thx

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Reply #3 from Demigod Forums Top

Demigod ditch the others

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

A few clarifications to toss out your way to help you make a better decision :)

- Sins is pretty slim on multicore support. A second core is used to load textures, but that's as far as it goes currently.

- There are 3 announced 'micro' expansions for Sins, which will first be distributed individually through Impulse. Once all are done, they'll be packaged up for retail as a single, well, package. When that will be we don't really know, the only thing we've heard is probably summer or later of '09 - so it may be a bit of a wait.

Other than that, I'd definitely follow psychoak's advice on the demo :) And I'll second his "TA is a substantial improvement" :)

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

Which type of game do you enjoy most: Turn based or real-time strategy? Of course, the demo will likely give you the answer you want, but if you're a big fan of turn-based, then go with TotA. (But you can't go wrong with Sins either...)