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The Factions of Supreme Commander 2

Three forces enter in Gas Powered Games' upcoming RTS sequel. Which one leaves?

Jan. 20 2010

Posted by: Brad

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Supreme Commander 2

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@sdauz said:

" @Agent47CSim2: SC2 will be crap on xbox like the first 1, get it the way its meant to be played, With RTSs its PC "


The original had its problems but I still like it. I also don't like buying games on PC and my computer may not be able to play it.    
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@Agent47CSim2: SC2 will be crap on xbox like the first 1, get it the way its meant to be played, With RTSs its PC
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Square Enix decided to publish this game because it has giant robots of course.

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Loved the first game, will buy this.

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@Capum15 said:
"Man, if only my computer could run it... "

Get it on 360 like I am.
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@Floppypants said:
" While the first game was undoubtedly impressive from a technical standpoint, the game overall was incredibly mediocre.  All three factions were virtually the same, it took eons to gather resources and build units, and the single player campaign was boring.  Managing units was such a chore that I ended up just building mass  artillery most of the time.  I'll be passing on this sequel until I read reviews or play a demo. "
This, gentlemen, this.
 
Resource gathering and construction taking ages was in particular what killed the first game for me. Let's hope they find a way around it this time, no use bragging about "epic sized battles" if it takes you half an afternoon to amass an army. That's what I have the most awesome Civilization games for.
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@Rehehelly said:
" @MadeinFinland said:
" Hmm...  Supreme Commander 2 = SC2 StarCraft 2 = SC2  We're going to have some RTS confusion going on. "
Supreme Commander 2 = SupCom2 StarCraft 2 = SC2 "
that'll work.
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@MadeinFinland said:
" Hmm...  Supreme Commander 2 = SC2 StarCraft 2 = SC2  We're going to have some RTS confusion going on. "
Supreme Commander 2 = SupCom2 
StarCraft 2 = SC2
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Edited By MadeinFinland

Hmm... 
Supreme Commander 2 = SC2
StarCraft 2 = SC2
 
We're going to have some RTS confusion going on.

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SC was just avg.  I couldn't really hate the game, but I couldn't like it either.  Think Ill give this one a pass.

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I can somewhat feel the Square Enix vibe from this. 
Would be looking forward to it, but i still can't run the first one properly, bigger maps = 0 FPS.
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Edited By IncredibleBulk92

SupCom was great I'm really looking forward to this one.

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Man, if only my computer could run it...

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i hope they add some massive experimentals. I like huge ROBOTS!!1!

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@SonofSeth said:
" Oh man, I can't wait for Starcraft 2 "
Man, I know.
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Oh man, I can't wait for Starcraft 2

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@Floppypants:@Floppypants said:
" While the first game was undoubtedly impressive from a technical standpoint, the game overall was incredibly mediocre.  All three factions were virtually the same, it took eons to gather resources and build units, and the single player campaign was boring.  Managing units was such a chore that I ended up just building mass  artillery most of the time.  I'll be passing on this sequel until I read reviews or play a demo. "
agreed 100%
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I like smaller scale RTS like Dawn of War 2 and the Command and Conquer games. Even if you can select battalions of soldiers like a single unit, that scale seems too daunting for me. 

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Edited By Floppypants

While the first game was undoubtedly impressive from a technical standpoint, the game overall was incredibly mediocre.  All three factions were virtually the same, it took eons to gather resources and build units, and the single player campaign was boring.  Managing units was such a chore that I ended up just building mass  artillery most of the time.  I'll be passing on this sequel until I read reviews or play a demo.

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The original Supreme Commander looked really awesome when it first came out. Now, this kinda just looks generic.

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Looks good!

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Didn't like 1.

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Ehhhhhhh

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Edited By Johnny5

Looks like they're playing on the strengths of the first one, that is MASSIVE SCALE and being able to manage the units pretty well. Thats what I gather from that bit near the end which shows the big zoom out.

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Edited By Steven9428

looks cool but i'm not that big an rts fan , i like how it looks tho

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Edited By pwnasaurus

didn't like the first ones but this apparently has a better resource system so i'm looking forward to this one alot looks kick ass
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Edited By Skald

I thought Supreme Commander was really bland. I Hope this one is more exciting.

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Edited By eroticfishcake

Somehow it's kinda weird seeing Square Enix with a game that's not an JRPG of sorts. Meh. Anyway, that looks interesting, very similiar to the first one though.