Sins of a Solar Empire (PC Games, 2008)

Pros: Love the ease of the interface. You can control the development of your empire w/o going thru so many menus. Finding units is simple. Graphics are excellent. Reminds me of Homeworld but with the management of your planet and society similar to Civ series. Auto on your units work nicely so you dont have to always be on top of every unit in every planet. I enjoyed it as much as Star Wars Empire at War(but at a bigger scale).

Cons: No storyline. You may get tired of it if you get tired of shooter games in multiply mode when you start to do the same things over to win. No storyline like Homeworld. AI is pretty good but I seem to be doing the same thing every time I start a new game...make ships, attack planet, win, move on to the next, get attacked at home, defend, back to conquering planets.

Thoughts: You'll like the game if you enjoyed Homeworld, Civ series, EAW. Modest system can run the game. My laptop (1.8 pentium) ran it fine when it struggled a bit with EAW. Wonderful full fleet battles. Multiply still not easy to adjust to...game can take too long...better if you play with ppl who are mature and willing to save to come back another day. People make mods that are pretty useful for the game. Seems to be drawing a following of modders.