Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion Review 

Sins of a Solar Empire on GOG - gog.la/SpaceModPlatform THE LIST - docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_K3ziSxT9zcUUGCddS4sF1uNJTWHSbOwB1CQX2Rx4Uo I have plans to do a standalone video for only ONE Sins mod so far, as I don't want to fall too deep into that rabbit hole.

Thank you so much for taking the time to review this game! It's a classic that's near and dear to a lot of the team. We hope when the time comes you'll enjoy Sins II just as much

Ahh yes sins of a solar empire rebellion the best Star Trek game ever made...

Hey there! Thank you so much for the video (really caught me off guard since I subscribed for the Mystery of the Druids video LOL)! We're working very hard on SINS2, the amount of passion that is going into SINS2 is insane. A lot of the team is made up of SINS1 modders/super fans. We're also working hard to make sure the game is as mod friendly as possible, and we CONSTANTLY discuss whether or not things are lore friendly (even as the VFX artist). audio concern is noted ;)

"Now, near 20 years after launch" Did not need to hear that.

Sins of a Solar Empire was one of those series that's always been on my periphery. Like, I knew it was huge... 'somewhere'.

I remember buying the base game for cheap off of a GAME shelf back when I was a kid, only to find out years later there was DLC and a whole modding scene, still blows my mind what people have done with a game I used to play as capital ship only cause using fleets was too complicated for my baby brain

One of my favorite aspects of a Mandalore video is going into the comments and seeing developers who worked on the game get to talk so passionately about something and sometimes give us trivia or something. Its nice. I'm glad the comment sections are welcoming like that! :)

Oh god no, you showed our iconoclast destroyer. I was one of two or three people that made the attempt at the battlefleet gothic mod. It was very much a high school and early college project, and it burned out when we did, which I think is a shame. The models got pretty decent and because I tried an experiment in gameplay that didn't pan out and burned out when it didn't work out well, which feels like a waste. That said, if anyone's curious about modding the game or that mod, I can answer questions.

"The Unity has detected a pirate raid" made me instinctively try to zoom out into the Galaxy map to see where the raid was occurring. I may have played this game a ton back in the day.

I was at a LAN party and we played the biggest game of SINS we could. 16 stars. To put it into perspective. The map was SO BIG that my friend sent ships to come help me. I fell asleep at my computer and woke up when they arrived. This game is magical

Man this one brings back a ton of memories. One of my favorites: My older brother had a friend who had an external hard drive full of pirated/cracked games and we would constantly get groups together to do LAN parties. This was one we frequented a LOT. I’ll never forget this one free for all match. we didn’t see one of our friends for a majority of the match. Slowly over time the match was getting more and more laggy, which was kind of normal for how much stuff was going on, and then all of a sudden the game starts slowing down a LOT. One of us starts dying laughing and tells us to come look. We all go over to his screen, and just see a massive unending red colored blob jumping towards his systems. turns out buddy who was MIA had found some nice pocket where he was left to his own devices and just quietly did research and upped his pop cap until he capped it out entirely with scouts. Game ended up turning into a PowerPoint slideshow and we thought it was the funniest thing. I vividly remember laughing so hard I started crying. Games after that naturally turned into a “who could bring the game to a screaming halt via scouts” competition. Miss the hell out of those days, thanks for bringing back some nostalgia. :’)

Sins was my favorite grand strategy game in college because my only "gaming machine" was a crappy 4 year old laptop the school gave me for free because of my major. It couldn't run skyrim over 5fps, but it ran Sins smooth as butter even with hundreds of ships on screen. Because the developers built its engine from absolute scratch and knew what they were doing. Its a freaking technological marvel.

I've burned so many hours in this game even before the mods came in! Such a classic.

That almost silent Empire Earth "WE ARE UNDER ATTACK" got me rolling. I see what you did there Mandy

This game and supreme commander are the reason why I fell in love with RTS games. So good

"There is work to be done, are you interested?" Will be forever burned into my brain.

“Kush-less kushan” My fucking bones lmao

"Pigs... Lots of pigs." A machine, you might say? EDIT: I was correct.

12:39 activated my check the pirates menu response and yuris revenge on ice floored me dawg

BEHOLD MY CREATIONS! That line from the Hoshiko frigate[?] is burned into my subconsciousness.

Perfect use of Empire Earth's "We are under attack!" for the Carnival Cruise clip

"It invokes a bit of Homeworld Cataclysm, my beloved," A man of taste I see

WE ARE ENTERING PHASSSSSSE SPACE! Ahhhh Vasari, my beloved. I shall never forget their voice lines

None of our hardware could ever keep up with any campaign lasting longer than six hours without almost snails pace timelag. Add to that the frequent desyncs in multiplayer. This game was years ahead of the technology that had to carry it and still managed to be fantastic. And yet despite all those issues, my friends and I still kept coming back to it, which really is a testament to it's outstanding quality. We have high hopes for the sequel.

As someone who first picked up sins in like 09 its great to see you make a video on this. This and endless space 2 are the two most under rated spsce games to me, i love them both to bits

God... i dont know how or when i randomly bought this game but i frequently come back to it as a comfort game... it is a hidden gem in my book... wanted to say getting lost in the sauce i would always zoom in everytime a titan or capital ship would go down since it was like slaying a dragon... that sound track always made me lost in space... seeing all these old obscure games mando constantly do and waiting for the day he finally did this one is like celebration

Man I played Sins so much when I was a kid, the gameplay is top notch and no other space RTS can beat it when it comes to grand scale space battles, watching dozens of ships fighting alongside space stations and titans was just so good. Amazing review man.

For a while I was trying to hunt down a Star Trek RTS I loved playing and it took a lot of vague discriptions to realize it was the Sins mod. It's an amazing framework and I'm glad it's still getting so much community and dev support.

There was that time when Sins of a Solar Empire and Supreme Commander absolutely dominated our LAN game days and it was GLORIOUS.

How you know your youth is truly behind you, when mandalore gaming reviews a game you were playing in highschool.

My favorite voice clip is when you order a TEC colony ship to attack something, and the captains dismayed affirmative "All right, if you say so.." or some such, and you can tell he thinks you're sending a bunch of colonists to their doom. What a lovely game. Pure nostalgia. Can't wait for the sequel.

What I remember most about Sins was the surprisingly thick manual it came with full of lore stuff, even crew numbers on ships. In school we were reading Ender's Game at the time and it was everything I was already picturing in my head so the game has stuck with me forever.

Thank you MandaloreGaming as always for some of the best retrospectives on youtube, just ONE slight request... When you inter cut other games into your videos for comparison can you please put some text on screen to tell us what game it is you are showing? Would help heaps!

Mass Effect ost background always warms my heart. Cool game - gotta play. Thx!

10:30 I actually made a mod that reduces the volume of the ultra-loud Titan abilities specifically, called Quieter Titan Abilities; it's up for download on the Sins of a Solar Empire Nexus.

12:45 I don't know why, but of all the different sound clips and voice lines, it's that one that kicks me in the nostalgia.

The halo overhaul mod is the only reason I bought this game years ago and oh man it's still one of my most played games in my library

Oh man what a delight to see you review this. This was one of the 4xrtswhateveryouwannacallit games that got me into the genre. I picked it up from my local library years ago and had a blast playing skirmish mode. I was definitely awful at the game but remember being so wowed by the fact you could zoom in to individual ships and seamlessly zoom out to a system level. That shit blew my mind at the time. Was super happy to find out that the exe had no disc requirement so even after i had to return it i got to keep on playing it. Definitely brought back some fond memories.

I'm so hyped for the possibility of a Mandalore review of Half-Life 2 Cinematic Mod.

For years I have commented on this channel trying to get him to review this GOATed game. Finally, NONE SHALL OPPOSE ME.

Played this game with my brother a lot when we were younger, died last year. Thanks for the nice memory!

Was not expecting an Elite Dangerous reference. It'd be fun to see a re-review of it some time now with Oddesy out, but I get that'd probably be a lower priority.

This is the best review I have ever seen of this game. I love this game and all the micro-lore it has with the little things. "Bringing out the big guns!"

As always, thank you again for making this content! I truly appreciate all the years that you've dedicated to this channel, and cannot stress how much It has helped me and been something to aspire to.

This game has infested my brain, I sometimes just walk down the road and some of the ships voice promts just assault my mind

Wow this looks really fun! Discovered you channel recently, you're really succinct and easy to follow.

I'll play it when Dawn of Victory finally comes out for it.

I remember looking at the box and reading it in the store and thinking to myself "That sounds too good to be true" but bought it anyways, and it was not only all that was promised, but much, much more. A favourite for many years and I still play its mods to this day. Absolute masterpiece of a game.

I’m glad to know you’re a fan of Legend of the galactic heroes. I always suspected but it’s nice to confirm

It is wild that I JUST started playing Sins of the Prophets and we get a video on the base game XD Great video as always Mandy, keep up the amazing work!

Always appreciate when a video starts with Kirby Air Ride music. I think I have this game lurking in my library from a Humble Bundle, so I'll have to check it out.

I like that you can record a replay and watch what happened during the game in a zoomed in, cinematic way.

I'm so glad you're covering this game! It's a real classic!

Great review of this classic! You made me want to start playing again...

Great video as always, now you can focus on what really matters. Hope that Rogue Trader review comes out soon.

If theres no babylon 5 mod, im quitting this continent

Futurama total conversion mod?

Love that this game so much. I have not played it for a bit, but that segment just listening to the music and sound effects brought back all those great memories. Thank you for reviewing this game

my fav youtuber covering my fav game nice thing to wake up to, great vid!

The Logh and Halo mods are very impressive since besides the custom music, voice acting and mods, their franchises are rip for large scale space combat and seeing hundreds of invidiual fighters duke it has always looked awesome

I absolutely have a soft spot in my heart for this game. Played it plenty with friends growing up and we always had a blast. Thank you for covering this (and getting me to reinstall it again)

This game series has been in my "Steam Sale" backlog for a while. Due to having little time to play games at the time, and how everyone I know talk about how complex it was, it was shelved for a while because I didn't want to learn a new game. This video has convinced me to give it a serious look now.

shoutouts to u for havingsuch great captioning for your videos

My friends and I started playing this game in more recent years, about 2019 and forwards, and it had been such a blast. It still holds up as a great basic but highly in depth RTS that I love playing. Unfortunately haven't been able to get back into it, but maybe someday. My favorite faction is Vasari Loyalist, the voice actors did a great job conveying their vibe and ferocity of an alien race doomed to travel the stars.

I still have my disk version of this game. Its awesome to see content still being made for this great game.

I loved playing this game as a kid! It brings back so many memories. Like the music unlocked images in my brain 😂

OH MY YES. I've been waiting for this review!

Oh man i forgot about this series. Great friday video thank you Mandy

Wow such a blast from the past, loved this game all those years ago!

Ahh this brings me way back to. I remember being a kid and being fascinated by the intros cinematic, I think that might’ve been the first time I really got interested in and wanted to know the lore of a video game.

The best example for VA work in this game is the Advent Loyalist Titan. I can feel the wrinkles in actor's face when give an attack order... "They will join us! OR DIE!!!"

A RTS game... Not expect that. Large thanks!!! I have 2 games in my childhood about galaxy strategy stuff, that I played: Sins of a Solar Empire, and.... Sword of the Starts.... Sword of the Starts - basically is the opposite of Sins of a Solar Empire: it is very hard to understand, but still is very fun to play. You can take a look if interested. Also, I want to recommend 2 old RTS, "Starcraft like" in which you also could be interested (because they are still good): 1. Universe at War: Earth Assault (year 2007) 2. Earth 2160 (year 2005) Again, thanks for the video! Keep up the good work!

Mandalore: Next time.... Pigs. Lots of Pigs Everybody: ah, a Machine for Pigs video is next Me: finally, Hogs of War video!

Thanks for the video, i had a mix bag of a day and this have made me smile

Still one of the best RTS ever made in my eyes. I have fond memories of playing this with my friends. Before they patched it, I would always troll one of my friends by placing a ridiculous bounty that would spawn doomstack pirate fleets. Good times.

your videos are wonderfull and so are you, thanks for makeing these high quality reviews

Love this game! Glad you made a video about it, thank you!

I cannot express how much we NEED to find out more about theater the Vasari are running from. Also Vasari having MF'ing STARSCREAM as your adjutant is peak.

RT4X seems like an interesting genre. There is a limited number of games that try to thread the needle to have the best of both worlds - good tempo but also not being neither too hectic nor complex.

Man im so glad to see you reviewing this game. This game was my childhood. Ive tried so so many 4x space games over the years and nothing has been aboe to hold me like sins has. Brb gonna go reinstall sins.

Sins is my get high and watch space battles game. I have a special place for it in my heart.

I still play SINS to this day, started my freshman year of HS, and how i met my best friend. Brother 14 years goes by too fast haha glad you covered this game!!

The "I, Revan" cover on the "something sci-fi" section in the beginning is genius.

I got the game at like 11 years old for Christmas when I asked for something else and I dove way deep into this game as a teenager. I had a laptop I had dedicated to playing as the Advent through all the dlc/expansions all the way through college. When it finally got stale I downloaded the star wars total conversion. This game is a hidden gem I thought noone else played outside of the small community I played with online

There's one sound from SoSE that stuck with me. I forget precisely which one, but one of the Advent capitals makes Whale Song-like sounds if you're zoomed in on it. A friend, who we lost last year, heard it while we were playing co-op against AIs, and immediately when. "Did that ship just gronk at me? Is it some kind of Space Whale?!" and it become an injoke that kept coming up. GROOOONK. THE SPACE WHALE COMETH!

This game to me is the pinnacle of “bought it on steam sale and never touched once” games in my library: a sci fi single player focused RTS. This inspires me to give it a shot

So happy to hear the Cheetahmen music in the background

I have good memories with this franchise, one the most solid space rts games out there, simple yet entertaining.

Wow! I played this when it was new and loved it. I had no idea it’s been constantly updated for 20 years. Need to go play it again. Thanks.

I remember picking this game up on a whim back in 2013, playing vanilla for a while then finding out about the mod scene. Watching STA 3 and Thrawn’s Revenge (Ascendancy) grow from nothing to the massive mods that they are was awesome.

Mandalore mostly reviews games I havent played, but when he reviews a game ive played, i save the vid for a special day, or lunch time.

Been waiting for this. One of my favorite RTS of all time. Any desire to do a Supreme Commander video? I've always thought of them as a duality. Sins looks extremely complicated but is actually super smooth and easy to pick up, while SupCom looks pretty simple (albeit huge) but is actually a rabbit hole of depth. And also has great mods.

Wait a sec, did I hear music from Action 52 in there somewhere!? Anyway, great vid. I like your calm, yet engaging style of narration (and your jokes). Consider yourself subscribed to!

No waaay, dude! I was just thinking about this classic the other day. It was the one game me and my younger brother truly enjoyed playing together. I still have the main theme stuck in my head (and you know which awesome part I'm talking about). Thank you for bringing awareness to something that I consider rather unappreciated.

The team that made the _Halo_ mod really went above-and-beyond. Legitimately, they likely did better than 343i ever could. They scoured the novels/expanded lore, everything's there: Shiva nuclear missiles, Halcyon and Marthon -class vessels, Spartan capture teams, MAC guns, Seraph fighters and Space-Banshees, Longsword fighters and bombers. The models and animations are all brilliant. Hats off to the lot of 'em.

Sins of a Solar Empire is one of those games i keep getting back to with friends not only because of nostalgia but because it's very good and there's just no other game quite like it.

YES GOD YES FINALLY i have over 1500 hours in this game its my favorite game of all time! powering the phase engines into hyper space! i love you mando i allways loved you and i will never stop loving you! please make a separate video about the mods of sins, startrek starwars ect. or a stream. i help you with the load orders.

Way to make me feel old. In Grade School, I was playing Space Empires II, Gravity Well, Critical Mass, and Stars!

I've been playing this game series since around 2009 off and on, the sheer amount of replayability and mods for it to enhance the replay value even further make it something fun to come back to every time you play. I have high hopes for the sequel, but we'll see how it goes.