Sins 2 is a hard game to review. Up front, I do recommend it. If you liked the first Sins, you will like Sins 2. I have to commend Stardock for it's continued support of the game with free updates that breathe more and more life into this RTS. One issue I'll name off the bat is that the free content has been worlds better than the paid content. The attempts at DLC for this title are a joke. You pay way too much money for a morsel of new content. Paths to Power was essentially an overpriced scenario pack and Reinforcements barely scratched anyone's itch of wanting new ships across all types (it only added new titans wtf).
I can tell when playing that there are parts of this game that were worked on by passionate devs who wanted to see a true successor to the original Sins of a Solar Empire - the mechanics, UI, visuals, and overall experience shows as much. With that being said, there are parts of the game that I can tell just the same were thrown together and not well thought out - some of this may be at a corporate level. Perhaps the devs knew this would be a work in progress. With that though, why advertise this as a complete game on launch?
To digress and bring it home, it may appear from all my complaints that I do not like Sins 2, but I do! My issues lie with how Stardock has managed their paid content and half assed release. The more time has passed, the better this game has become. It is a lot of fun managing your solar empire and satisfying as hell seeing your strategies and tactics come together when you take over that final sector of the galaxy.
To Stardock, please keep up the awesome work with your free updates - seriously - these updates really have helped the game feel like a new entry in the Sins series. But for the love of #$%@, please consider either updating the DLCs with more content, lowering the prices, or avoid repeating the same mistake three times. I think fans of this title would all agree that we want the game to keep growing, but I fear that these DLC marketing tactics are turning people away.
