Here is pretty much what I thought when I played the demo, copied from another thread....
-Economy: What made Supreme Commander different from all other games was that you didn't need to gather resources, or see if you had enough money to buy something. Now what sets this game apart from the other RTS games out there? I understand that its harder to stall ur economy, actually it seems almost idiot proof to stall. In doing so they please the casual gamer, but have changed a core element of the franchise.
-Engineers cant build together. As far as i could tell, the days of 50 engineers building an experimental is over. So are the days of things requiring 1 hour to build. I think all the "experiments" we saw are not the "Major" experimentals. Either that, or they are severely underpowered. "Oh no! a fatboy is coming!", "Oh its ok, my 10 gunships took it out???"
-Maps are small: The previous game had huge open areas where you could just mass armies into. With this map design taken from demigod, the maps are just too small. You are limited in some areas (Your main platform in the last level of the demo). Is the idea to get us to expand? Why do we need to expand if we can make our own resources? If your going to change this game and be like all the others, why would i buy this game?
-Buildings are too big: Holy Cow were they big. I build an extra land factory and my base felt really small. And the experimental Airfield was just way to big for nothing.
-Mini experimentals are useless: Fatboy was easily taken down by Air units. What happened to "Holy **** a fatboy!" and the panic that followed in the first Sup Com? Its been replaced by a "hmm, ok ill build some gun ships i guess"
-Hard to see command cues, and some text: I had difficulty seeing some text in the game because of the font, and the lines for command cues were not big enough, or bright enough. (Ill get to brightness later on)
-No unit description? Whats the difference between the sub and the cruiser? ... I have no idea. 1 is a sub, so i guess it can go under water. Other then that I have no idea what the unit im building has that makes it so special. I unlocked a bigger ship in the first water level. I assumed it would be more powerful, and it was. But what was different about it? Nothing.
"Strategy happens before the game, Tactics happen during". Well said CT. Now, what 'strategy' could i use while sending these ships? Perhaps one cant attack air? Guess ill have to build 3, send them into battle, and hope to god that i can remember which can shoot planes.
-No progress for unit being built: Whats the point of "Half Baking" something if you cant even see what its % is at? I would be building units, and have no idea when they would be completed or not. So you kinda have to guess when your half baking an experimental.
-No economy management: Its been reduced to the point where i never thought "Maybe i should build more mass, or energy". I guess that could be good in some ways, but with that aspect of the game removed, am I just seeing who can click the fastest?
-No economy bonus (adjacency bonus)
-Maps are all about land, sea, and air. No wait! There's no water in the clouds, just air and land? I mean thats one thing that i liked from Supreme Commander, it was that the base was soo huge, if there was an island, I could flank from the back. Or go around the base. Now what can i do? Send air units into an area where a smart player would build many AA guns near a cliff, and lots of PD where the bridges are. This leads to massive funneling problems, where you only have a limited points to defend.
-Disney colors! My god are the colors horribly bright. Its a war, an inter Galactic war! Why does every thing look like a Final Fantasy game?!? Who's publishing this game for Christ Sake! You would swear it was Square Enix! What??? They are?!? Seriously, add some dirt, make it dark, space is a cold dark place, stop making it feel like everything shines super bright.
-Hud is useless, and provides you with no information. You have to mouse over a unit to find its health. But once you mouse over, the info goes away. You would think selecting a unit would give you a permanent section on your hud providing relevant info, like health, etc. but no, it doesn't either. So if your sending an expermental unit that took you a while to build, and you want to monitor its health, you better have your mouse glued on it like a hawk. Oh and if it flies? Well good luck with that. The hud is suppose to tell you all the relevant info thats needed in the game. I felt like it merely provided me with some buttons, most of which were useless, or needed to be clicked too many times, or HAD NO INDICATION OF WHAT THEY DID! What does the wrench in the circle do? I have no idea.
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