Upgrading your army is essential, and each faction has a tech tree to climb. Your average Starcraft player is probably thinking, УYeah, Terran, Protoss, and Zerg, I've heard this before.Ф So they aren't the most original characterizations, but they are distinct, and most importantly, they play distinctly.Įach faction has its own land, air, and naval units, as well as gargantuan experimental units to be unlocked. The Cybran units can repair each other, go into stealth mode, and have a creepy cool insect aesthetic. Illuminate troops are speedy heavy hitters, and have a sci-fi, spaceship sort of look. The UEF are reminiscent of modern military forces, composed of tanks, battleships, and bombers, they have the heaviest armor. All three are nicely balanced and feel distinct from each other. There are three factions to play as in SC2, the militant UEF, the enlightened Illuminate, and the computer enhanced Cyrbans. In addition, the keyboard shortcuts are clever enough that you won't be forced to hunt and peck through your teeming force. Zoom the camera out far enough and the map divides into a grid, making it easy to deploy your massive forces, or even drop nukes, on the enemy. Importantly, SC2 has an interface capable of wrangling these huge forces. This means you can have three hundred of the game's most massive unit, assuming you have the means. The game lets you have up to three hundred units at a time, and unlike other games, where a soldier takes one unit space and a big battleship takes twenty, all units in SC2 are created equal.
First off, there's the gigantic unit cap. It's greatest success is its scale which is, well, supreme, to say the least.
SC2 is hands down a fun RTS full of strategic potential. So does Supreme Commander 2 make good on this storied legacy? The simple answer is yes. While Atari, his previous employer, owned the Total Annihilation name, the release of Supreme Commander proved Taylor owned everything else. You might know that Chris Taylor, designer of both TA and the Supreme Commander games (as well Dungeon Siege), started Gas Powered Games way back in 1998. If you remember Total Annihilation, then you've probably heard SC2 is its spiritual successor. Supreme Commander 2, the new real time strategy from Gas Powered Games, is for old school RTS fans the guys who grew up playing Starcraft, Command and Conquer, and most importantly, Total Annihilation.
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