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Supreme Commander 2

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  • 29-05-2009 4:28pm
    #1
    Antar Bolaeisk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,091 ✭✭✭


    Well having played (and loved) the first game it's nice to know the second is on it's way with both Gas Powered Games and Square Enix working on it, but not released untill 2010 unfortunately.

    In the mean time here's a teaser:

    Supreme Commander 2 Teaser

    Hopefully it'll be a bit more optimised than the last games which really started to stress even high end hardware when the battlefields got very busy.


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    #2
    Pyr0
    Registered Users Posts: 5,967 ✭✭✭Pyr0


    Hopefully GPG don't leave it to stagnate with no uodates or patches like they've done with FA for nearly over a year now.


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    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    I actually did really enjoy SC and FA but it was so... samey

    every level was basically the exact same thing, as far as rts goes it was pretty woeful it's main saving grace was the sheer size of it all but that couldn't paper over the monotony.


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    Zombrex
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25,848 ✭✭✭✭Zombrex


    Captain Mords Spiced Bum wrote: »
    I actually did really enjoy SC and FA but it was so... samey

    Yeah was a bit. Plus I seemed to spend most of the game with the map zoomed way way out, kinda made me feel like I was playing a game on a car GPS system :pac:

    Still, good game


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    BlitzKrieg
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    Supreme Commander suffered because it was so bland, it was all very well implemented and I really really liked how how much control you had over your base building and how far you could set things up in advance etc.

    But its main selling point the scale was wasted because the units were boring for the most part.

    Also the single player was awfully boring.

    I would like a sequel if they sort these issues out, but that teaser was quite cringeworthy.


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    Zillah
    Registered Users Posts: 17,371 ✭✭✭✭Zillah


    Yeah, I always described SC as very well polished monotony. Like Wicknight I spent most of my time zoomed out for sheer practicality. Hopefully 2 will be more exciting.

    I heard it said that SC was supposed to be a spiritual successor to Total Annihilation but I never really saw it, had a very different vibe.


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    Mantel
    Registered Users Posts: 1,342 ✭✭✭Mantel


    The last announcement I heard was they partnered up with Square-Enix to make SC 2. Think we'll see much influance from them on the game?

    From the trailer I'm not liking the look of the UEF super unit. It looks like four small tanks supporting a larger one, I loved the style of the fatboy in SC though. The cybrid one looks intresting and the Aeon super unit looks like a larger version of the Colossus!

    I wonder if QAI has a hand in causing any of the events in the second game :)
    I heard it said that SC was supposed to be a spiritual successor to Total Annihilation but I never really saw it, had a very different vibe.

    Essentially it was because of Chris Taylor. He was on the TA design team and brought most of the ideas with him to GPG and made it in to a more modern TA. If you put them side by side they play differently and of course look different but both behave in the same way. Multiple factories, large amounts of units. Super units :) super weapons. Mass/Energy = Metal/Energy. They even have Geo-thermal plants!


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