Command And Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars V Supreme Commander....

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#1 LonelyGhost
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Hi all, I was just wandering which of the 2 games is better and what the key differences were? For example, in C&C you have to harvest Tiberium, is there such a thing to do in SC and so on??
Which of the 2 games do you recommend me to get, I will be buying it tonight!?

Also, I have done a little poll asking people who thinks which game is better.
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#2 Unstoppable_1
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If you're a fan of the C and C then go with C and C 3 so you continue the storyline. If you want to try something new then get Supereme Commander. SC does require a beefier system so make sure you can run it fine.
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#3 Gun-Unit
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http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=25413155

It's already been posted,C&C3 won with around a 46%.Ign also had a poll and C&C3 won that also.

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Hi all, I was just wandering which of the 2 games is better and what the key differences were? For example, in C&C you have to harvest Tiberium, is there such a thing to do in SC and so on??
Which of the 2 games do you recommend me to get, I will be buying it tonight!?

Also, I have done a little poll asking people who thinks which game is better.
LonelyGhost
You do harvest Energy and Mass in SupCOm , you do built up bases , but the major difference between cnc3 and supcom is that in supcom, you carry the biggest gun ( ACU ) , you have better , infact the best ever queing and waypoint systems, you can have more than 400 units on screen at a time, can zoom out to look at your battlefield from strategic view, manage your units better than other rts. you don't have to build the base all the times, cause your base expands after achiving your goals,  INfact there is lot more to do in SC then Cnc3 ( as far as demo goes) . If you are a fan of Tiberium world ( which we all are ) then go for Cnc3. BUt if you want to be the BIG DADDY of all, then SUPCOM IS THE KING
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#5 Cerza
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You can't compare them like this yet, because C&C 3 isn't out yet. All we have played is the demo for it.
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Hi all, I was just wandering which of the 2 games is better and what the key differences were? For example, in C&C you have to harvest Tiberium, is there such a thing to do in SC and so on??
Which of the 2 games do you recommend me to get, I will be buying it tonight!?

Also, I have done a little poll asking people who thinks which game is better.
LonelyGhost


lol might be buying a game tonite that doesn't come out for another 21 days? anyway i'd say CnC3 is better. all i've played is the SC demo but it seems like too much micromanagement of all your units and it has really high system requirements. CnC3 ran fine on my system but SC there was a lot of slowdown and that was just while i was building the first few power generators or w/e..dont wanna see what it would be like with hundreds of units on the screen. CnC3 seems more fast pased too and i like that better.

EDIT

but why dont you just download both the demos, that'll help you decide which you like better.
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#7 GeryGo  Moderator
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i say both
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Supreme Commander was a total letdown now that Ive played and finished the campaigns.  The singleplayer is uninspired, and after the first 20 minutes I realised that I would almost rather be playing Total Annhilation.  Once the "wow factor" of big armies (if your PC is capable of running the game with them) and huge maps wears off, you are left with a below average game.

At least with Command and Conquer 3 I know what I will be getting.  Awesome units, a great story with decent acting, classic gameplay, and that nostalgic feeling I get every time I load up any part of C&C: The First Decade.

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#9 trix5817
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Supreme Commander. It takes much more strategy. C&C is an old franchise that's worn out. It's old gameplay just can't stand anymore. SupCom has sooo much more depth.
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Supreme Commander was a total letdown now that Ive played and finished the campaigns. The singleplayer is uninspired, and after the first 20 minutes I realised that I would almost rather be playing Total Annhilation. Once the "wow factor" of big armies (if your PC is capable of running the game with them) and huge maps wears off, you are left with a below average game.

At least with Command and Conquer 3 I know what I will be getting. Awesome units, a great story with decent acting, classic gameplay, and that nostalgic feeling I get every time I load up any part of C&C: The First Decade.

mrbojangles25


SupCom was meant for MP, I haven't even touched the SP yet, and I never will..
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#11 BeyondItAll
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Hey gun of course you won that dam IGN poll! Predator the admin on the CnC boards FLOATED the dam link on his site, prior to him floating it Supcom was actually in the lead. We really don't need more of these threads. CnC is a casual shallow dumbed down console game with a big name packed on that will appeal to the casuals that make up the majority of gamers. Supcom is a extremely deep, steep learning curve hardcore RTS that alienates people who want games to be simple and be easy to get into. Supcom will never will the popular vote, it will never sell more simply because the game to advanced for your average Joe, but people who don't want the mindless shallow combat of CnC 3 will love it.
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Supreme Commander, CnC 3 like beyond said is a pretty shallow game :(
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#13 DuaneDog
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They are both good games and if cash is not a huge concern and you love RTS games, I would get both.

I would say if you have C&C Generals then, at least from what I see from the demo, I would go with Supreme Commander.  C&C 3 is probably a bit better than Generals and it may have a great single player which we haven't seen. That is an unknown and could put C&C 3 on everyone's must have list.  But at least from the demo the C&C 3 plays a lot like Generals, C &C, Red Alert ,etc.  Better graphics and it's definitely good. After all it is C&C.  But it's just not different enough to pick over Supreme Commander.

I've been playing Supreme Commander now a ton. My first impressions were not extremely good, particularly from the single player demo. Skirmish was ok for the first few games but after 10 or so games that was when I really started liking it. Particularly keying up massive building queues, waypoints, patrols, transports, engineer assiting, adding units to existing patrol routes... that is really where it is at but is really for hardcore RTS players. I still suck and don't even try MP online as I would get owned for sure.  But now I've probably played 200 games now and can take on the hard AI on any map. If I want to win, I can by really hitting it hard from the very, very beginning. If I want a real challenge I just let the AI get a bit of breathing room the first 10-20 minutes of the game and I get a serious challenge that can go on for 2-3 hours easy. 

Don't get me wrong here, C&C 3 is great and it appears the AI seems to be quite good from what I see in the demo. So much depends on if you have Generals with Zero hour already, how C&C 3 full game is, and what kind of computer you have (can you even run SC with decent performance).  Another possibility is if you have an Xbox360 you could rent C&C 3 for the Xbox360 and then you could see the whole game and how the single player campaign stacks up plus get a chance to play it a bit on Xbox Live. You can't rent SC, but you do have that option with C&C 3

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#14 mrbojangles25
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[QUOTE="mrbojangles25"]

Supreme Commander was a total letdown now that Ive played and finished the campaigns. The singleplayer is uninspired, and after the first 20 minutes I realised that I would almost rather be playing Total Annhilation. Once the "wow factor" of big armies (if your PC is capable of running the game with them) and huge maps wears off, you are left with a below average game.

At least with Command and Conquer 3 I know what I will be getting. Awesome units, a great story with decent acting, classic gameplay, and that nostalgic feeling I get every time I load up any part of C&C: The First Decade.

trix5817



SupCom was meant for MP, I haven't even touched the SP yet, and I never will..

If it was meant for multiplayer, why didnt they market it that way, and why did they even bother to include a campagin?

No, RTS games are not at the point in evolution where they are built for multiplayer only, as is the case with first-person shooters (Battlefield series, Counterstrike, Joint Operations, etc).

Next you will be telling me that Starcraft is meant for multiplayer.

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#15 LonelyGhost
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Well, I dl'd both of the demos and played em, and tbh, neither of them have convinced me to get... well... either. It's rather unfortunate because I was looking forward to playing a quality RTS since I havn't in a long time. They both had some good point yet both were a little frustrating. I played both on full graphics and neither lagged, even with a 100 units on screen, so I am happy to say system wse this is not a factor. However, gameplay seemed a little rigid, mind you these were both demos so I will give them the benefit of the doubt. I am still not sure which to get if any... I may just wait a little longer and continue playing the demos, I may end up prefering one to the other and exceling in startegy :P Atm I am kind pants, I havn't played an RTS in over 3/4 years!! Thats probably why I feel a little iffy a bout them LOL!
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