Supreme Commander comments

Started by Lazybones, March 07, 2007, 09:51:55 AM

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Lazybones

Well now I have had some time to play the game and I through I would let everyone know what I think.

Pros:
If you loved Total Annihilation you will probably love Supreme Commander. The controls and build management are almost identical, however there are significant differences in strategy and how the units are balanced.

Visually the game looks great, if you have a system powerful enough to run it with anything higher than the lowest detail.

Strategic zoom I believe will be copied in all future RTS games, it is just too valuable and easy of a way to navigate

Dual monitor support, it drops your frame rate but sure makes managing two locations/fronts easier

GPGNet, clearly still a new matchmaking system, but one key feature that is great is the ability to upload and download replays of other games. This is a great learning tool.

The CD check was removed in the latest patch

Cons:
This game is resource heavy, it demands a fast multi core system with a very current video card, surprisingly it ist really a RAM hog.. It barely runs on my system.

AI, unless you go up against more than one teamed, the AI is way too easy on the hardest setting. There seems to be work being done to fix this both official and in mods but don't feel you are an expert the first time you beat the AI, the online players will kick your ass