I didn't have much time tonight to really go at it with my current game of Sins of a Solar Empire.  I think I'm now in the mandatory "I have a huge fleet, plenty of planets generating tons of ships, and now I'm going from planet to planet mopping up" phase.  I wiped out the pirates and now I've taken an enemy planet: damn those were some huge and spectacular battles!

In many ways, Sins reminds me of Kohan.  Kohan, for example, was the first RTS I remember where you could retreat your units, let them recharge, and head right back into the battle.  Battles could get huge and could keep going: it's amazing how being able to recharge ramped up the intensity.  Sins does that as well. 

One of the things I really appreciate is that my units seem to have half a brain: I'm not telling them "attack this, now attack this, now attack this".  Most of the time, I tend to play zoomed out: units are abstract icons ("playing with X's and O's," so to speak).  Because I'm not micromanaging these ships, when a battle is underway, I am able to zoom in and watch the battle.  It's amazing how the atmosphere changes, from the sedate and relaxed distance to the close-up, with engines roaring and energy weapons blasting.

I think, after this, I will try a larger scenario with a harder difficulty level.  I fully expect to lose big-time, but it should prove an interesting.  First, though, I need to actually get through this scenario!