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This isn't something that moves with the pace of Command & Conquer. Even the small maps are a couple of hours' play. If you want to deal with a multi-star galaxy with ten races looking to be the winner, you're looking at the sort of commitment of time that matches many entire single-player games (or two or three Losts). You can have slower games by reducing the speed, or speed them up instead, but this is a game where the relative ponderousness of what you're controlling is absolutely the point.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.eurogamer.net\u002Fsins-of-a-solar-empire-review","2008-03-03",null,{"id":66,"author":67,"outlet":70,"summary":75,"review_url":76,"review_date":77,"original_score":78,"normalized_score":49},21243,{"id":68,"name":69},2583,"Axel Cushing",{"id":71,"logo":72,"name":73,"website_url":74,"score_format":44},15,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGameluster-logo.jpg","GameLuster","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gameluster.com","Stardock Entertainment and Ironclad Games bring us a worthy sequel which dazzles the eyeballs and challenges the tactical skills of 4X players everywhere. Only the lack of a cohesive and engaging narrative keeps this title from attaining perfection.","https:\u002F\u002Fgameluster.com\u002Fsins-of-a-solar-empire-ii-review-damn-this-is-good\u002F","2024-08-27","8\u002F10",{"id":80,"author":81,"outlet":84,"summary":90,"review_url":91,"review_date":92,"original_score":93,"normalized_score":94},30787,{"id":82,"name":83},1913,"Fraser Brown",{"id":85,"logo":86,"name":87,"website_url":88,"score_format":89},35,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FPCGamer-Logo.jpg","PC Gamer","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pcgamer.com\u002F","100","Forgive me father, for I have sinned. A lot.\n","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pcgamer.com\u002Fgames\u002Fstrategy\u002Fsins-of-a-solar-empire-2-review\u002F","2024-08-15","87",87,{"id":96,"author":97,"outlet":100,"summary":105,"review_url":106,"review_date":107,"original_score":108,"normalized_score":109},146796,{"id":98,"name":99},12496,"Mezbah Turzo",{"id":101,"logo":102,"name":103,"website_url":104,"score_format":89},151,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fnoobfeed-logo.png","NoobFeed","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.noobfeed.com\u002F","Sins of a Solar Empire II has many issues, but it is a fun experience that offers some of the best carnage and graphics in the genre. If you have the money to spare and like the original game, it's a good grab; otherwise, it might not be.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.noobfeed.com\u002Freviews\u002Fsins-of-a-solar-empire-ii-review","2024-10-23","60",60,{"id":111,"author":112,"outlet":115,"summary":120,"review_url":121,"review_date":122,"original_score":48,"normalized_score":49},819955,{"id":113,"name":114},5591,"Dan Stapleton",{"id":116,"logo":117,"name":118,"website_url":119,"score_format":44},69,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FIGN-logo.jpg","IGN","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ign.com\u002F","Sins of a Solar Empire 2's spectacular space battles are an excellent reward for learning to manage at least some of this complex real-time strategy epic's systems.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ign.com\u002Farticles\u002Fsins-of-a-solar-empire-2-review-2025","2025-09-30",6,0,[26],[21],[]]