How is this game's multiplayer?

[TheUprising]

I want a multiplayer strategy game, and am torn b/w Airland Battles and this game. I hear not many ppl online and the balance is bad?

[Mike]

It's fun but it's very slow. No way to speed up the game speed.

[GoaFan77]

Originally posted by PrexusIV:

It's fun but it's very slow. No way to speed up the game speed.

Actually multiplayer is fairly fast for a game this vast, 5v5 games are usually done in around an hour.

Uprising, if you want a multiplayer strategy game that is more about strategy than APM, Sins is a pretty good choice. However multiplayer is not the focus of the game, and yes it doesn't have especially high player counts. If competitive multiplayer is the most important thing for you Wargames is probably more your thing, they basically designed it as a multiplayer game.

[Doctor G]

you can get people to play you if you pay them or chain them to a computer, otherwise

Multiplayer was put into this game to get some quick cash into stardock's pocket

basically in this game the ships look like color dots...that sit and shoot at other colored dots

It is a flash game clone... with a complex click fest hud to build up rocks to make more dots...to attack more dots.

don't waste your money

[nemoJoe]

Originally posted by mrktucson:

you can get people to play you if you pay them or chain them to a computer, otherwise

Multiplayer was put into this game to get some quick cash into stardock's pocket

basically in this game the ships look like color dots...that sit and shoot at other colored dots

It is a flash game clone... with a complex click fest hud to build up rocks to make more dots...to attack more dots.

don't waste your money

The above is an opinion, nothing more. Personally, I love the game!

[Revan1977]

Originally posted by mrktucson:

you can get people to play you if you pay them or chain them to a computer, otherwise

Multiplayer was put into this game to get some quick cash into stardock's pocket

basically in this game the ships look like color dots...that sit and shoot at other colored dots

It is a flash game clone... with a complex click fest hud to build up rocks to make more dots...to attack more dots.

don't waste your money

Jesus that is so far from the truth. You must not have played much. Maybe this genre isnt your thing. If you like strategy and the freedom to play how you want then get this game. Me and some buddies get together and play online and its fun as hell.

[Ciot]

Is it possible to do more then one solar system?

[Baloo]

Originally posted by TheUprising:

I want a multiplayer strategy game, and am torn b/w Airland Battles and this game. I hear not many ppl online and the balance is bad?

yep that is true there is a race called vasari who have big early game advantage and just pure imbalanced because they can just sneak in and build a mobile starbase which can just rape your base and while you are trying to get back to your capital and there is no EU pvp server so espect lag more the usual

truth be told i regret buying this game

[GoaFan77]

Originally posted by Ciot:

Is it possible to do more then one solar system?

Yes, but it is typically not done in multiplayer (unless with friends). Takes too long and the maps tend to be more unbalanced.

[Bob of Mage]

Originally posted by mrktucson:

you can get people to play you if you pay them or chain them to a computer, otherwise

Multiplayer was put into this game to get some quick cash into stardock's pocket

basically in this game the ships look like color dots...that sit and shoot at other colored dots

It is a flash game clone... with a complex click fest hud to build up rocks to make more dots...to attack more dots.

don't waste your money

Sounds like AI War where all the ships are small 2D icons. So when you play most of what you see is 1000s of tiny 2D ship shooting dots at each other. Of coursethe game is awsome for other reasons which is the same for all RTS. RTSes must always give up on making the game look it's best because there's too much to show and more importent things to do.

[Xangi]

Originally posted by mrktucson:

you can get people to play you if you pay them or chain them to a computer, otherwise

Multiplayer was put into this game to get some quick cash into stardock's pocket

basically in this game the ships look like color dots...that sit and shoot at other colored dots

It is a flash game clone... with a complex click fest hud to build up rocks to make more dots...to attack more dots.

don't waste your money

Obvious troll, also since you're banned it appears too obvious. The game looks very good, plays very well. When SoaSE first came out I didn't like it much, but it's matured into a VERY good game with a good amount of depth.

As for multiplayer, don't do more than one star system if you want it to only take an hour or so. If you've gotta do more than one system, make a custom map and wormhole-link the systems. That'll make inter-system travel a LOT faster while still requiring a mid-level tech to get between systems.