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Supreme Commander Review (continued)
More User Submitted Supreme Commander Reviews
Date: 2007-04-21
Total Annihilation comes to XP and Vista
I think total annihilation was one of the best games made.
I loved coming home after a long day at work and Nuke the whole damn world.
Great that it finally got ported to XP/Vista as Supreme Commander.
The dual screen support makes it just about right. Wish I had a quadcore when the fighting gets intense because it slows down a bit. Still worth the wait.
Date: 2007-04-15
Uncomprising and unconventional game for hardcore RTS players only
Supreme Commander doesn't have the charm of Company of Heroes or Dawn of War. The only concession to aesthetics is Jeremy Soule's soundtrack, which still isn't as good as his opening theme for Total Annihilation.
The unit composition takes awhile to get used to. Inexperienced players may find balancing their power/mass consumption extremely difficult at first. It's important to note that the game focuses on strategy, rather than tactics. The emphasis is on large troop movements rather than close quarters combat. A large amount of time is spent on the zoomed-out view supervising your forces. Players used to admiring eye-candy and micromanaging their units may not like this.
I found the user-interface and commands to be excellent. It's extremely easy to carry out complex commands that are impossible in any other game. Examples include automatically transporting units directly from the factory to another landmass via air transport. Setting complex patrol paths. Or setting up coordinated attacks.
The Single Player campaign is, to put it mildly, lacklustre. The missions are predictable, and consist of either attack or defend scenarios. And having piecemeal access to the Tech Level 3 units until late in single-player only makes it more boring. Skirmish is much more fun, as there's more room to experiment with different tactics.
In summary, Supreme Commander is one of the most unforgivable and uncompromising RTS's that's ever been released. It fulfils the goals of its developers, but runs the real risk of alienating a great many RTS players. Supreme Commander is a game you can admire and respect for its abmition and scale, but it's not a game you can fall in love with. Based on my own experiences, I'd only recommend this game for hardcore RTS gamers who are looking for a strategic challenge.
Date: 2007-04-12
Squandered Potential
Like a lot of the other reviewers, I was psyched for this game, had read all the reviews/previews, and got it as soon as it was out. Unfortunately, while the game has incredible potential based on the scope and some great ideas like the super units, it does not live up to that potential.
Pros - many different units, the units move and act like real craft, for example, the flying units don't fly in a perfect circle. Natural movement.
-graphics- very good, nice weapon effects, missiles go far, everything looks good.
-scale - the huge maps are great and finishing one part of a map to have another section open up adds some fun & depth.
-super units - these are wicked cool to see on the screen, and do some amazing damage.
Cons - no humans - this may be a subtle issue, but there are no lives on the line in the battles! All of the units are robots controlled by one person per side. That give the struggle a fake, somewhat meaningless feel.
-Focus - the character discussions and AI messages you get in game seem aimed at a pretty young audience. There is nothing scary or threatening about your opponents...
May be suitable for the 10-13 age group. Anyone familiar with Warcraft, starcraft, C&C, or MS strategy games will probably not be very impressed after getting the feel of the game.
Date: 2007-04-11
Supreme Commander
If you like RTS gaming, you'll love this one. Reminds me of the old Command and Conquer series modernized with new features and graphics.
Date: 2007-04-11
mediocre at best
Gaemplay is too slow, runs very poorly even on very high-end PCs. More a novelty than a solid game, too much emphasis on being cutting edge and no effort when it comes to simply being fun to play.
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