I Can't Stop Sinning

After fooling around with the beta of 1.2, I decided to write a little editorial on why I think Sins is the best 4X space game ever.  I'd thought I would share it here.  Comments always welcome. 

I Can't Stop Sinning!

There’s no doubt about it: with the pending arrivals of the 1.2 patch and Sins: Rebellion, things are once again looking bright for Ironclad’s ad astra magnum opus (is that too much Latin?).

But I didn’t call this meeting to discuss the latest patch.  Rather, I called it because I just have to exclaim, loudly and clearly, that: 

 

I just love Sins of a Solar Empire!

 

But I have to ask myself why that is (it's a Freudian thing with me).  What makes the hours absolutely fly by when I play it?  What keeps me up all night fortifying planetary wells with gigantic starbases and treacherous minefields?  What compels me to labor for hours trying to wrest a particularly resource rich planet from a neighboring empire, something that nearly brings me to tears when it costs my beloved level 8 Kortul-class Devastator?  What is it about this game that is so darn captivating?