Supreme Commander:Lives up to the hype? Definately (Supreme Commander (PC))

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Product:	Supreme Commander (PC)
Date:	18/06/08 (52 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Incredible scale involving land sea and air units. Exhilirating gameplay. Great multiplayer.

Disadvantages: Steep hardware requirements making large battles sometimes unplayable. Lack of creative tech trees.

This game once released met mixed reviews thorughout the player community. For a game which was praised highley by well known review sites such IGN and Gamespot, also winning 6 Awards for the 'Best Strategy Game of E3 2006'. This game failed to meet eye to eye with every gamer.

The game offers the player three 'unique' factions to play from which are, The united Earth Federation (a Human race..well like u really), the Aeon illuminate (These are the religious fanatics of the game) and lastly the Cybran Nation (a robot race looking for their independance). Once you have pickd your side, get your strategy book out as this game demands a higher level of thinking, as players can wage war on land, sea and air with a high number of different units.

In order to do this the player first has to build a base acquire enough energy and metal via the apporiate spots on the map, then begin pumping out the units. Once the player has a self sufficent base, which can be achieved by building a number of different nuclear reactors and metal extractors. The player can then start the building of super weapons, which dominate in any battle as a giant monkey bot as its called begins blastin holes the the enemys lines.

This game has much to offer, three good single player campaigns and a well populated online community with its own rankng ladder. Also diverse tech trees and a requirement for true strategy ro be implemented in order to be the 'supreme commander'.

The player is also offered the option to be able fight on a number of different maps, including frozen tundras, bustling forests, deserts and open ocen maps. Making this a very attractive game for and arm chair general.

However the game does demand a very high level of system requirements to play smoothly if at all. This includes 10GB of hard drive, 1GB of RAM and 3.0GHz processor, not mentioning the graphic card required.

The gameplay i too found faults with, with every multi-player game feeling the same...build a base and quickly build as many of the best units there are (tech-3 siege bots). This simplicity could have been avoided if the creators gave the three factions different tech trees however there is no difference between the units except for the 3 exclusive units each side has.

I would recommend this game however as it has a good set of campaigns and once completed you can take the battle online. All in all it took me around 12hours to complete all 3 campaigns and i have spent double maybe triple that online as this is still a great, great strategy game.

---------Out of 10------------

Controls:9
Gameplay:8
Graphics:9
S ound:8
Replay Value:7

Overall Score:----8.5----

Summary: Exhilirating gameplay leaving much to talk about after the Battle.