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Strategy: Combat
| Viewed: | 3D Third-person, floating camera | Genre: | Strategy: Combat |
| Media: | CD | Arcade origin: | No |
| Developer: | Gas Powered Games | Soft. Co.: | Gas Powered Games |
| Publishers: | Focus Multimedia
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Released: | 8 Mar 2010
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| Ratings: | PEGI 12+ | ||
| Accessories: | Mouse, Keyboard | ||
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Summary
The year is 3844. The Infinite War has raged for over a thousand years between three human factions: United Earth Federation (UEF); the Aeon Illuminate and the Cybran Nation. Quantum Gate technology grants any of the factions almost instantaneous travel across the galaxy. Massive armoured command units can construct and unleash entire armies anytime and anywhere. The Infinite War has claimed billions of lives. Entire planets have been turned into nothing more than dead rocks floating in space. As the titular Supreme Commander, there is no room for compromise or mercy - only you can put an end to the Infinite War.
Developer Gas Powered Games promised combat on an unprecedented scale and that, ladies and gentlemen, is what we get. The game is certainly no slouch when it comes to delivering an assortment of land, sea and air units, war raging across sun-baked desertscapes, vast oceans and frozen tundras. Some of the weaponry available too is truly 'from the future'. A winner of six awards for best strategy game at E3 2006, Supreme Commander has a depth of gameplay you might just get lost in. The big question is…just what happens when the war is over? We're not telling, but you'll have a helluva time finding out.
The original Supreme Commander took place during the course of the Infinite War. That ended, thus making that moniker sound a little silly, but 25 years later a new threat rears its head. In Supreme Commander 2, the newly elected president of the Colonial Defence Coalition has been assassinated, plunging the galaxy into diplomatic disarray.
Matters don't help when the Coalition members – the United Earth Federation, The Illuminate and the Cybran Nation – blame each other for the incident, and war is once again waged. It is your job, as one of three commanders from a chosen faction, to ensure that your point is well made by crushing your ex-best friends with the might of your warfare.
The single-player campaign is nothing to be sniffed at, with over 18 missions and a character-driven plotline that will connect you deeper with the actions happening on screen. With so much at stake for your race nation, can you afford to be lenient in the face of war? Of course not, and Supreme Commander 2 won't let you – huge land and air vehicles are at your beck and call to obliterate any enemy unit that gets in your way.
Add to that an online battle mode, an ability to upgrade and customise your army units with the latest weapons and technology, and a redesigned user interface to make the action more efficient to manage, and you have a warzone that's just as exciting as the original Supreme Commander.
Developer Gas Powered Games promised combat on an unprecedented scale and that, ladies and gentlemen, is what we get. The game is certainly no slouch when it comes to delivering an assortment of land, sea and air units, war raging across sun-baked desertscapes, vast oceans and frozen tundras. Some of the weaponry available too is truly 'from the future'. A winner of six awards for best strategy game at E3 2006, Supreme Commander has a depth of gameplay you might just get lost in. The big question is…just what happens when the war is over? We're not telling, but you'll have a helluva time finding out.
The original Supreme Commander took place during the course of the Infinite War. That ended, thus making that moniker sound a little silly, but 25 years later a new threat rears its head. In Supreme Commander 2, the newly elected president of the Colonial Defence Coalition has been assassinated, plunging the galaxy into diplomatic disarray.
Matters don't help when the Coalition members – the United Earth Federation, The Illuminate and the Cybran Nation – blame each other for the incident, and war is once again waged. It is your job, as one of three commanders from a chosen faction, to ensure that your point is well made by crushing your ex-best friends with the might of your warfare.
The single-player campaign is nothing to be sniffed at, with over 18 missions and a character-driven plotline that will connect you deeper with the actions happening on screen. With so much at stake for your race nation, can you afford to be lenient in the face of war? Of course not, and Supreme Commander 2 won't let you – huge land and air vehicles are at your beck and call to obliterate any enemy unit that gets in your way.
Add to that an online battle mode, an ability to upgrade and customise your army units with the latest weapons and technology, and a redesigned user interface to make the action more efficient to manage, and you have a warzone that's just as exciting as the original Supreme Commander.
