Comments on: Thoughts: Supreme Commander 2.

By: Jeanluc

Jeanluc — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 00:14:36 +0000

i hated the tier system in S commander 1. research is much simpler when you filter the game to have everything researched. (and funner)

By: Barbara

Barbara — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:46:56 +0000

I agree, Hentzau. I also especially agree with the fact that the ability to zoom out in SupCom and SupCom2 completely obliterated any affinity and caring I had for what happened to my army.

When you watch some SupCom and SupCom2 replay videos on YouTube, they mostly depict the action when zoomed all the way out and units are represented by colored dots. Who can be interested in watching dots? Not I.

TA videos show the battle up close and personal. There’s nothing more exhilarating than watching T3 units finally crack an enemy base’s defense perimeter and have scores of T1 units push through for the death blow.

By: hentzau

hentzau — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 10:30:38 +0000

Ah, I loved Cans. And after the first expansion, I loved Sumos as well. They may have moved at about 4mph but they just didn’t stop, so if you had an army of Sumos and Cans and set an attack order in the enemy base it’d be crushed by this implacable wave of disco-laser death. I also enjoyed the ludicrous super-weapons like the Big Bertha machine gun, as well as having the option to turn the damn things off if I wanted to. TA was just a supremely well-judged game in all respects, really — not ridiculous, but just over-the-top enough to make it fun.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 23:33:03 +0000

I’ll also add that TA’s environments WERE lush and vibrant, filled with trees which served as tactical considerations for both commanders alike.

In SupCom and SC:FA, the environment is as bare as the aftermath of a bikini wax. Sure you may have a few trees here and there, but for the most part, the terrain is uninspired, insipid, and plain boring.

Funny enough, the same can be said about the units in SupCOm themselves.

But in TA, who doesn’t remember seeing a wave of Can come hobbling toward your base?

By: Barbara

Barbara — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 23:30:13 +0000

I applaud you for putting into words succinctly what I’ve wanted to express for years. i can remember epic battles in TA almost 20 years later (one in particular where my brother maneuvered his AK kbot squad into my fusion farm and caused an explosive chain reaction that crippled my entire base. By the time the screen stopped shaking, most of my base and defenses laid in ruins.

In contrast, I can’t remember a single operational battle in SupCom or SupCom FA.

I wish someone would make a revised TA.

By: hentzau

hentzau — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:30:46 +0000

Eh, it’s probably a matter of preference. My main problem with SupCom is one of tone rather than design, and the way tone is perceived is rather subjective. I did have *some* fun with the game so it certainly wasn’t all bad, I just think TA was, for the time, a far better effort.

But yes, the main thing here is that SupCom 2 is garbage.

By: BmB

BmB — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 18:58:13 +0000

I’ll have to say Supcom 1 is probably the better game compared to TA. It has its issues but is nearly a universal improvement in every respect. And is probably singularly the only true Strategy with a capital S RTS ever(!).

I’m not sure why you think there’s no character to the units either, there’s not as much as there could have been for sure and a lot of them are the same from faction to faction. But there’s a lot of unique and memorable units in there too.

I think you’re just viewing TA with rose-tinted nostalgia goggles here, and letting that cloud your judgement on Supcom. Not that TA is a bad game, but I think Supcom is better.

Supcom 2 however, we can both agree, is an abomination.

By: hentzau

hentzau — Sun, 13 May 2012 12:04:25 +0000

This may horrify you, but I actually quite liked Dungeon Siege 3. The genre shift from Diablo-alike to true action RPG did it a lot of good and the writing from Obsidian didn’t hurt, either. I’m not saying it’s the greatest game ever or anything, but I don’t regret the time I spent playing it last summer. Wouldn’t play it again, mind.

By: Bret G

Bret G — Sat, 12 May 2012 17:44:00 +0000

I was a big fan of Supreme Commander, but I was horrified by SupCom 2. I wrote a lot of bad reviews about that game because they dumbed it down for consoles. Chris Taylor must have needed the money badly to allow that to happen to his franchise game. That’s what I believe happened. What’s worse is what they did to Dungeon Siege 3.

I hope Chris can find some decent financing and get back to making good games

By: Anton K

Anton K — Tue, 08 May 2012 22:29:12 +0000

Hahaha, yep