-=|[/ OFFICIAL \]|=-* Supreme Commander thread

[wazzledoozle]

Wow. This game is amazing, it is everything I have wanted in an RTS.

Discuss.

*Pending approval?

 

[shortylickens]

I dont know if you can make an official thread if you havent even played it, but...... fvck em.

I love it so far. Not as much as I loved Act Of War, but then again, that game came as a total suprise and Supreme Commander has been highly anticipated for a long time.

SupCom is everything that made Total Anihilation great and then some. You've got your fast early game buildup, good mid game skirmishes and experimenting, and the huge end game wars that everyone loves to watch. And with replays and the really slick zoom feature you can enjoy them over and over from new angles each time. I also think it looks pretty nice even with low quality textures and such, which is needed when you fill the map with units and still want it to be playable.

I am SO glad they didnt sacrifice function to spit out a pretty game with no substance.

Also, if you want this to be the official thread you have to add -=|[/ OFFICIAL \]|=- to the title.

EDIT:
One of the best points of this game is all the things its not. Its an actual strategy game and not a resource war or city manager like most of the other so-called "RTS's".
You actually have to make a war plan and execute it properly, instead of just managing your base really well and executing the exact same buildup over and over through every single game. Its also not overly detailed like most grognard games (which are a lot better example of strategy games anyway). You dont have to manage a dozen different things and worry about a pointless tech-tree or ridiculous economics.

Actually, thats one of the reasons I liked Kingdoms over TA. One less resource and it was easier to manage. You also had four sides instead of two and they were all genuinely different from each other.
Overall, these people make some great games and I highly recommend checking out the demo for those of you who arent sure about dropping 50 bucks.

 

[Czar]

Tip #1: Gunships own all

 

[Bateluer]

I saw that a patch was already released for it. Is the game super buggy or was Gas Powered Games just finishing some last minute issues when the game shipped.

 

[RichUK]

Just played the demo. It was sh!t.

 

[MikeyLSU]

how does it run compared to the Demo?

My system has problems with teh demo

running a
E4300 @2.2
Gigabyte DS3
2x1 GB DDR2 667 RAM
x1950 pro

And I can't get over 20-25 FPS no matter what settings I use. They dip down to the teens sometimes. Again, it is the same Framerate whether I have high settings or low settings. Either the demo is a really crappy version or the game is just plain coded badly because there is no reason my computer should not get a higher framerate than that.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Originally posted by: MikeyLSU
how does it run compared to the Demo?

My system has problems with teh demo

running a
E4300 @2.2
Gigabyte DS3
2x1 GB DDR2 667 RAM
x1950 pro

And I can't get over 20-25 FPS no matter what settings I use. They dip down to the teens sometimes. Again, it is the same Framerate whether I have high settings or low settings. Either the demo is a really crappy version or the game is just plain coded badly because there is no reason my computer should not get a higher framerate than that.

I am running an A64 3200, 1.5GB RAM, X850. While I can play 2-player maps, anything larger gets about 20fps. I am NOT a happy camper. Oh, and that is with the lowest quality settings (meaning everything looks like crap) at 1680x1050.

At this point I am trying to figure out a way to return the game *sigh*.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

Originally posted by: shortylickens
I dont know if you can make an official thread if you havent even played it, but...... fvck em.

I love it so far. Not as much as I loved Act Of War, but then again, that game came as a total suprise and Supreme Commander has been highly anticipated for a long time.

SupCom is everything that made Total Anihilation great and then some. You've got your fast early game buildup, good mid game skirmishes and experimenting, and the huge end game wars that everyone loves to watch. And with replays and the really slick zoom feature you can enjoy them over and over from new angles each time. I also think it looks pretty nice even with low quality textures and such, which is needed when you fill the map with units and still want it to be playable.

I am SO glad they didnt sacrifice function to spit out a pretty game with no substance.

Also, if you want this to be the official thread you have to add -=|[/ OFFICIAL \]|=- to the title.

EDIT:
One of the best points of this game is all the things its not. Its an actual strategy game and not a resource war or city manager like most of the other so-called "RTS's".
You actually have to make a war plan and execute it properly, instead of just managing your base really well and executing the exact same buildup over and over through every single game. Its also not overly detailed like most grognard games (which are a lot better example of strategy games anyway). You dont have to manage a dozen different things and worry about a pointless tech-tree or ridiculous economics.

Actually, thats one of the reasons I liked Kingdoms over TA. One less resource and it was easier to manage. You also had four sides instead of two and they were all genuinely different from each other.
Overall, these people make some great games and I highly recommend checking out the demo for those of you who arent sure about dropping 50 bucks.

not played SC, but yeah AoW was pretty damn good, so good i bought the expansion when it came out and that was awesome too. complete dark horse.

 

[shortylickens]

I didnt have any problems with the demo, BUT, the retail ran a little smoother. (better frame rates)

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

I'm giving the demo another shot now that I have a rig capable of running it. WTF is up with downloading tutorial videos from Fileplanet? :thumbsdown: The demo was already 1GB so another 400MB doesn't make much difference.

 

[gamepad]

So this might hold until Starcraft2?

 

[sthaznpride17]

The framrate issues people are having is strange. My system in my sig was able to run it very well at 1280x1024. Only hitching happened when I scrolled really fast to other corners of the map.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Originally posted by: sthaznpride17
The framrate issues people are having is strange. My system in my sig was able to run it very well at 1280x1024. Only hitching happened when I scrolled really fast to other corners of the map.

What size map? I was able to play a 10x10 (1v1) with no problem whatsoever. A 40x40 (1v1) gives my 5fps.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Finished the first level. The game makes more sense now that my air units don't disappear off the bottom of the map when they're built, that must have been a bug on my old install. There's not much to keep me playing though.

 

[gizbug]

Im going to wait for C&C to come out. Always a winning bet with those games.

 

[flyboy84]

Originally posted by: gizbug
Im going to wait for C&C to come out. Always a winning bet with those games.

Tiberian Sun was a winning bet?

 

[Farmer]

So far, I've only played one skirmish. Seems like a fairly fun RTS, but not much different from any other RTS I played. However, the map I played was a small scale map, so I didn't really experience Supreme Commander's actually selling point (i.e., large scale maps).

Still, I think it was a bit overhyped. I thought the maps would be a lot more, I don't know, less barren.

As for framerate issues, I'm on a X1950XT and everything runs very smoothly, though strangely, the game will occasionally freeze for about 2~4 secs, though I can still move the map around and manipulate the ingame controls. Odd

 

[Maximilian]

Originally posted by: flyboy84

Originally posted by: gizbug
Im going to wait for C&C to come out. Always a winning bet with those games.

Tiberian Sun was a winning bet?

It wasent all that bad. It just wasent what people were expecting i guess, i enjoyed it. Enjoyed RA2 more though.

Besides C&C 3 is like christs second coming for us c&c fans, its shaping up to be one awsome game, they actually listened to the fans this time (not the crazy tib sun worshipping fans) they put in blue tiberium at fans request, tiberium viceroids, and i think walls are in too. Not sure about gates, but who cares about gates anyways. Its also going to be far more like the original c&c than tiberian sun, so think c&c 95 and ra1 but with better graphics, update of the tiberian story and with a ton more features.

Also a nice perk is the engine is smooth, even on lower end hardware, you can have a 40 super unit vs 40 super unit battle with no lag.

 

[fyleow]

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[Inspector Jihad]

i'm going to play ta in anticipation of this game. i dont think i can get my hands on it for a few more weeks

 

[kyparrish]

I'm liking the demo so far, just having played some skirmishes. To say it is MASSIVE is an understatement. I've got the retail copy here still wrapped, will probably install soon.

 

[wazzledoozle]

Runs fine on my rig, A64 3200 2gb of DDR480 and a X850XT.

I love the gameplay. You really have to manipulate strategies instead of just gathering a large group and clicking "go here". Well I guess that might work with gunships, sometimes.

 

[Chaotic42]

This game is amazing. It's been a while since I've bought a game and only gotten home to regret shelling the money out for it. This game delivers. It truly is Total Annihilation 2.

I only managed to get one screenshot the old fashioned way: Pic

Edit: I managed to find out where it saves the screenshots. I've got 67 of them if anyone is interested. They're all from a 2v2 game that a friend and I played.

 

[Maximilian]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
This game is amazing. It's been a while since I've bought a game and only gotten home to regret shelling the money out for it. This game delivers. It truly is Total Annihilation 2.

I only managed to get one screenshot the old fashioned way: Pic

Edit: I managed to find out where it saves the screenshots. I've got 67 of them if anyone is interested. They're all from a 2v2 game that a friend and I played.

What have you done with the UI? Is different than that in the demo.

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: Soviet

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
This game is amazing. It's been a while since I've bought a game and only gotten home to regret shelling the money out for it. This game delivers. It truly is Total Annihilation 2.

I only managed to get one screenshot the old fashioned way: Pic

Edit: I managed to find out where it saves the screenshots. I've got 67 of them if anyone is interested. They're all from a 2v2 game that a friend and I played.

What have you done with the UI? Is different than that in the demo.

Hit Alt+Up to change the organization of the UI (I think it's Alt+Up. It's one of the arrow keys)