Spying, exploring, sabotage, diplomacy, culture, and economic development have all been added or changed in innovative new ways.įor those new to the mod or wanting more details on the features, check out the Beginners Guide. This mod seeks to give more depth to the other 3Xs of the game by adding additional game elements or refining the existing ones to reward players who give more strategic thought to the non-combat side of the game.Ĭombat will still be the center point of the game, but players will find that the non-combat options available will be much more rewarding.
It's up to debate whether Sins succeeded in this goal, but I think all can agree that of the 4Xs of 'explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate', Sins is much more focused on the exterminate than on the others. Sins of a Solar Empire is often described as a 4XRTS game, or a game that tried to merge the action and tactics packed gameplay of a Real time strategy game with the deep, complex, empire wide strategy of a 4X turn based game.
