A couple of days ago I bought SC2 from steam on special offer, I had delayed buying the game until I got my new graphics card and It seemed like this offer the day my card arrived was a godsend, I now know the is no god.
Supreme commander 2 has to rank in the top ten video game let downs of all time, it is an abomination, I may sound like im exaggerating as its been getting 7's and 8's from review sites but bare in mind its a sequal to the greatest RTS ever created and those numbers look pretty low
For those who don't know much about RTS games the are probably a couple you have heard of, the warcraft/starcraft franchise and the command and conquer franchise, those two rank 2nd and 3rd in the RTS industry, the number one spot belongs to a franchise that for some reason most who don't play RTS games have never heard of: the total annihilation/supreme commander franchise, the isn't even any competition comparing another RTS to them is like comparing checkers to chess.
TA was released in 1997 and completely dominated and defined the RTS genre for years, it had various expansions and mods made and won more awards than any RTS game before or after it even being voted "The number one Real-Time Strategy Game of all time" in 2004 (when it was 7 years old). Sadly after Cavedog inc closed the TA IP went with it but the lead designer returned with the spiritual sequel Supreme Commander which recaptured the feel of the original albeit with different factions. Then came the expansion Forged Alliance which added even more to the game.
And now we have SC2, its newer, bigger, better, Square/Enix have been involved and its going to consoles, its going to be awesome!......No. How its gone this wrong I cannot understand, they have completely removed the "it" from it, I have no other way to describe it, the unit limit is lower, the are less units, the progressing is easier. Basically its been dumbed down severely, presumably so console gamers don't have problems. Ive been an avid PC gamer since 1989 and I do not remember even being this disappointed by a sequel. Not only is it not as good as the first SC or the expansion, its not even as good as the original game from 1997, quite an achievement considering its graphical effects advantage
Supreme commander 2 has to rank in the top ten video game let downs of all time, it is an abomination, I may sound like im exaggerating as its been getting 7's and 8's from review sites but bare in mind its a sequal to the greatest RTS ever created and those numbers look pretty low
For those who don't know much about RTS games the are probably a couple you have heard of, the warcraft/starcraft franchise and the command and conquer franchise, those two rank 2nd and 3rd in the RTS industry, the number one spot belongs to a franchise that for some reason most who don't play RTS games have never heard of: the total annihilation/supreme commander franchise, the isn't even any competition comparing another RTS to them is like comparing checkers to chess.
TA was released in 1997 and completely dominated and defined the RTS genre for years, it had various expansions and mods made and won more awards than any RTS game before or after it even being voted "The number one Real-Time Strategy Game of all time" in 2004 (when it was 7 years old). Sadly after Cavedog inc closed the TA IP went with it but the lead designer returned with the spiritual sequel Supreme Commander which recaptured the feel of the original albeit with different factions. Then came the expansion Forged Alliance which added even more to the game.
And now we have SC2, its newer, bigger, better, Square/Enix have been involved and its going to consoles, its going to be awesome!......No. How its gone this wrong I cannot understand, they have completely removed the "it" from it, I have no other way to describe it, the unit limit is lower, the are less units, the progressing is easier. Basically its been dumbed down severely, presumably so console gamers don't have problems. Ive been an avid PC gamer since 1989 and I do not remember even being this disappointed by a sequel. Not only is it not as good as the first SC or the expansion, its not even as good as the original game from 1997, quite an achievement considering its graphical effects advantage
