Supreme Commander II: The Pulinsmash and AC1000

I did like the first Sup Com, I think I was even a beta tester, but I doubt I can run Sup Com 2 :(

That Pulinsmash looks like it pulls enemies very slow. Seems like it would get owned by more than a handful of units.

" @Plasma said:

" I did like the first Sup Com, I think I was even a beta tester, but I doubt I can run Sup Com 2 :( "

supcom 2 runs twice as good as the original imo, its because the units use less polygons. "

Not much longer to wait now.

The demo is getting thrashed by hardcore players of the first game over at GAF.  Apparently they really streamlined the game for consoles.  Just what I read though, no hands on from me.

Wow Pulinsmash.....someone must have been having a bad day when that was named.

Supcom 2 is all about broad appeal. My friends who didn't get into SC1 because they didn't know when to upgrade their mexes and the ideal build order (there really is just a singular one) are liking it, but most existing supcom players are hating it.
 
I definitely think it's a shame that a sequel to such a different and interesting game is less different and less interesting, but I'd imagine it's the only thing that will sell.

" From what I hear, SupCom 2 is worse than SupCom 1, and SupCom 1 was terribly worse from TA, so no. I'm still staying on TA and TA:Spring "

" I did like the first Sup Com, I think I was even a beta tester, but I doubt I can run Sup Com 2 :( "

Not sure about that illuminate experimental but its certainly out there. Like the gunship more.

AC 1000 looks dope.

Looks good. Downloading the demo now.

I love how enthusiastic Chris Taylor is about all of his games.

Supcom is the only real genre competetor to Starcraft II. And thankfully so. I no likey base builders.

I get the feeling that Chris didn't really have much of a hand creating this sequel. He has other games in the works that I think he's more committed too. 

The AC1000 reminds me more of the Gunship from BF2142 than the AC130.

AC1000 huh?  Not at my wedding, bucko.

" The demo is getting thrashed by hardcore players of the first game over at GAF.  Apparently they really streamlined the game for consoles.  Just what I read though, no hands on from me. "

Holy shit these are the worst graphics I've seen for such a large title in some time. It's a step above Rise of Nations, graphically. Can't say I was that big of a fan of Supreme Commander first go around. I found the game to be so..... cold and lacking of personality, and this one unfortunately does not fix this atmospheric issue.

I played the Sup Com 2 demo and ... had to uninstall it after 1 hour.  
 
Wow, this is not your game, if you are an RTS player. Even if you are like me, someone who occasionally plays RTS games without going hardcore (eat-sleep-drink tech-trees etc), you will be rather disappointed, I fear. 
 
In this bad economy the devs/publishers opted for a bigger audience? The question is: will they find any audience now?!  I wish them luck. 
 
Nice side effect: I now want to check out the 1st Sup Com - never bothered to play it.

" Holy shit these are the worst graphics I've seen for such a large title in some time. It's a step above Rise of Nations, graphically. Can't say I was that big of a fan of Supreme Commander first go around. I found the game to be so..... cold and lacking of personality, and this one unfortunately does not fix this atmospheric issue. "

It does look worse, at least the demo. Maybe the use lower rez textures for the demo to keep the size down, but I doubt it really. But graphics are really the last thing I care for in supcom, but they dumbed the game down beyond belief, and now it's just another standard RTS game which borrows something from supcom 1. 

dawn of war for life!

Ok list of things that moved the RTS genre forward in the last game and is woefully missing in this game : 
 
Resourcing (now you can just keep amassing a huge stockpile instead of the delicate balance of the first game) 
 Multiple unit selection (in supcom1 you could select multiple units and still have the build menu available, tell them to do something and they all go and do it, in supcom2 you select multiple engineers, oh wait! my build menu is GONE!) 
 
Thanks for Supreme Command and Conquer GPG! Lets hope the modders can fix this trainwreck.

It doesnt look better or worese then C&C4 or Starcraft 2. And RON was a 2D game so I think your exaggerating a bit. Also SupCom2 is meant to be played pretty far out so being that close to the action almost never happens.   And for a huge ass RTS whit ALOT of units on screen and being able to see the whole map at once it is pretty good graphically. "

These units look kind of boring if I'm being honest...

Game doesn't look too terrible but I can't see me playing this over StarCraft 2 is all.  I really like the concept of the Pullinsmash, that's neat!  SupCom2 looks like it could be a lot of fun and maybe down the road I will check it out.

Pulinsmash?...
 
Then the gunship should have been called Shootnkill... >_<

" I get the feeling that Chris didn't really have much of a hand creating this sequel. He has other games in the works that I think he's more committed too.  "

lol, the demo for supcom 2 doesnt even like the cutscenes...it aint happening for me, and I liked the origional because it felt much more grand, like your roling across a contenent rather than a star craft map.

The first unit seems far inferior to the flying one. 

Sigh. Another game I would buy if my laptop could run it.
 
The AC1000 looks awesome.
 
The Pullinsmash could be useful if deployed en-mass, but from what I've seen it looks like a sitting duck if deployed alone. Though I guess with some regular backup it could work.

I should go play the demo for this.

It's like they recorded him before the units were actually made, putting forth his concepts for the units. Very micromachine-y feel to the units and the game overall.

That Pullensmash thing looks really dumb.

The Pulinsmash is a giant gimmick with a silly name, but the AC-1000 looks pretty cool.