Supreme Commander (PC)

Games like Supreme Commander, it is safe to say, do not come around very often. The enormous hype, anticipation, and mass hysteria that has surrounded this game since its announcement is a testament to its rarity. After a few years of no real improvement and few new benchmarks, real-time strategy needed a game like Supreme Commander. It needed it not just to push the boundaries, but to shove them violently to the wayside in a moment of awesome gaming ...
...and the average gamer alike, Supreme Commander is a must. Innovative, engaging, and polished, this game is superb across the board, and thoroughly deserved of both its pre-release hype and a place in gaming history. Graphics Supreme Commander proudly boasts some of the finest graphics in the genre, which is an impressive achievement considering the scale of its maps. The attention to detail is superb, with even the largest environments remaining ...

smooth_criminal_ 17.02.2007 · Read full review
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When Supreme Commander came out it started selling for around £29.99 so I left it a while for the price to come down and managed to get at £15 (bargain). It comes on a single DVD. Ins and Outs of the Game ******************************** Supreme Commander is a futurist based strategy game offering three main campaigns on the campaign mode or offering multiplayer game play over the internet. Each campaign offers six main missions coinciding with ...
...Each campaign represents a race of man kind which is the United Earth Federation, Cybran and the Aeon. - Game History/Storyline The United Earth Federation is what has been built from the remains of the utopian Earth that used to be before war broke out. The Cybran empire are a race of androids/humans that want to survive been compressed by man kind. The Aeon is a religious sect/cult that believes in the "way" which thrives to spread their religion ...

burns2007 11.08.2008 · Read full review
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...much about this new game Supreme Commander, and how it had pushed the boundaries of modern gaming warfare, I decided it must be worth a purchase and hence why I am writing this review. The game was heralded as the successor to Total Annihilation as king of the real time strategy games, and every review in magazines, from word of mouth, and right here on good old Ciao was positive. The game cost me £29.99 from Game, although it is also available from ...
...all the well known distributors, and if you shop around you can probably get it a little bit cheaper, although I was in a rush to get home and play it. The box is a simple DVD and comes complete on one DVD with a technology and star map provided as well as a pretty detailed manual, which I prefer to these modern games which require you to print your own manual if one is required. It is also rated 12+ meaning it is unsuitable for smaller children. ...

pumfster 06.06.2007 · Read full review
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This is a truly mammoth RTS experience in both depth and experience of gameplay. A long learning curve is required to master the basics of this enticing game so it may not be for the casual gamer. The game's three factions are the Cybran, the United Earth Federation, and the Aeon. They do seem similar at the mos basic technological level but as you advance up to T3 -level 3 technology- and up the variety widens as it should to allow different ways ...
...units that can sprout legs and march across land, whilst the UEF get a T3 gunship which is devastating in attack and defence. A sound strategy relies more upon intelligence and reconnasance then on massing enormous forces at throwing them at the enemy. Theres an effective defence for every attack so it pays to know the abilities and position of the enemys units and point defences. Resource management and technology upgrades are key to building a ...

thewhitewolf 29.12.2007 · Read full review
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Supreme Commander is the new offering from Chris Taylor, the man behind the classic real time strategy (RTS) game Total Annihilation. There was a huge hype frenzy surrounding this game, as can only be expected when the man behind the best RTS ever get back into the game. The game is set in the far future, and mankind has split into 3 factions, The United Earth Federation (UEF), who represent humans who are still loyal to the Earth Empire, The Cybran ...
...are some good ideas in Supreme commander, but I found it very disappointing. If you are impressed by numbers of units and you computer can take the pace, then this may well be the game for you. If, however, you prefer a more tactically challenging RTS game, go for one of the Total War games or Ground Control II. ...

scola_p 21.08.2007 · Read full review
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Name of the game: Supreme Commander Platform: PC Genre: Real Time Strategy My Points: 8 Comments.: One of the best RTS games to hit the computer gaming world in years Supreme Commander is the spiritual successor of the smash hit RTS game Total Annihilation; both games are creations of Chris Taylor. This game has it all for hardcore strategy gamers. First things first this game is massive. It’s Epic. You can command up to 500 units the same time. ...
...aerial, naval and experimental. From medium tanks, to heavy "strategic" bombers” ;and frigates to submarines and massive experimental units such as the Cybran Monkeylord - a spider like robot with a devastating beam. You start off with an ACU – Armoured Command Unit. It’s like a huge robot that you command your forces with. If your ACU gets destroyed, its game over. The micromanagement is smooth and not that complicated like other RTS games such ...

DevilsLore 31.05.2007 · Read full review
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...now. This being the case, Supreme Commander should blow all competition out of the water. Does it? Sadly not. Supreme commander is the latest offering from Chris Taylor, the genius behind Total Annihilation. However, it seems to me that he's a one trick pony, unable to break away from his previous success. I'm a great fan of Total annihilation, I've sat and played the game for hours on end without a break, determined to crush my opposition, I've ...
...was up for offer in Supreme Commander. Not much is the simple answer. The game itself plays almost identically to Total annihilation, the units are almost identical. A new name and shiny new graphics does not a new unit make, and especially not a new game. Even the story is basically the same, "thousand year war, stalemate, battle for supremacy, etc etc" Don't get me wrong, I expected similarities, what I didn't expect was identicalness. You can ...

Erykgecko 04.03.2008 · Read full review
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As someone who frequently plays strategy games, I was quite impressed with SC, though there are some things that could be improved. Of course, transcending other games of the 'genre' (though this pushes the meaning to an entire new level) gives it a bit more leeway in a rating; if it was not the first of it's series it would not be getting such a high rating from me. First, I'd like to compile a list: The good, the (mildly) bad, and the disgusting. ...
...entire new level Not a rip off of any other game Great graphics Size of maps is huge, or can be smaller for less drawn out matches Plenty of innovative units Factions are interesting Characters are somewhat lifelike Campaigns draw you in Beginning sequences are quite neat Battles are amazing, tons of strategy involved here Commander feature is unique Tech system works quite well Good orchestral music, sound effects are quite good (especially ...

ShadowCreator 14.09.2007 · Read full review
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...Long awaited and much publicized Supreme Commander, Was in my eyes a slight disappointment. After the first previews of this game i was interested in its progress to release date i read previews watched movies of in game play and with comments like the next generation of RTS game, sets a new benchmark in the Genre i was eager to play for myself. While i was disappointed in what i had expected of the game it was in no way a bad game in fact it was ...
...to the genre. Pro's: Now as i said as a game this is very good and one of the best in its genre but i think the main reason i was disappointed was that the game could not live up to the hype of the pre release reviews. Features like the scroll zoom from 1 unit view and in depth detail to a command style overview to preform mass and complicated attacks was groundbreaking, the graphics was top and the units and structure's were indeed unique. as well ...

S3Matt 15.09.2007 · Read full review
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...The thing i like about supreme comander is that no one makes a strategy game like this one most games you would get bored of because their quick and easy and repetetive but this game it can take ours yes ui said hours to build 1 unit and then second to build another you get a choice wether to level up and build the slow but amazingly strong units or build tonnes and i mean tonnes of grunts! I must say that this games graphics are just incredibal ...
...to the game play, well you start the game with your comander thats the only unit you have if he dies then there's an explosion bigger than the one you saw on the movie! the only downside to this game is that you need a really fast computer and i mean really fast. ...

YOY9111 04.08.2008 (05.08.2008) · Read full review
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Supreme Commander is a brilliant Real Time Strategy Game with few flaws to pick at. The storyline isn't as strong as I'd want it to be, but the sheer number of things you can do really make up for it. You get three different races to use, all looking very different though really well balanced for online play. This game isn't like the other real time strategy games where a mass of one unit will win it, it's real strategy to make you think about your ...
...defences. The style of play is rather slow to begin with, but once vehicles start moving about the battlefield the action starts and soon you're in the middle of a large scale battle. It's a high quality game so a good computer is needed as well as toning down the ingame graphics otherwise the game starts to lag. ...

NeodanteZero 21.04.2007 · Read full review
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