Big maps? check. Formula RTS? check. Great graphics? check. Huge all out warefare?......
I found TA way faster paced, and a lot less enjoyable though. TA was just disapointing for me on so many levels I was excited to see what they did for Supreme Commander. I knew that if they enlarged the maps it would ease a lot of my frustrations....
And it did! The game is no where near as fast paced when you first start out. Once you learn how to get your base up and running quickly then you can get a bit of a high-paced game going.
Resource management seems to be the biggest skill in this game, and something everyone should probably focus on if their unfamiliar with the TA format, or out of practice.
My biggest frustrations and disapointments are that I havn't figured out how to angle the camera yet, and I don't even know if it's possible...to be fair I havn't gone through the manual in depth, or gone through the tutorials yet. I was hoping for more intense battles, but the unit pathfinding is pretty cruddy, and damage is delt so fast the battle is over before it even begins....they should ditch the unit caps too. :P
Graphics are pretty decent, and I was surprised at the minimum specs. I got things turned down a bit on my semi-upto date machine, and don't get too many slow downs.
Sound really sucks though... I would have loved for them to focus more on the audio aspect of the game...the music is repetitive and uninteresting.... overall very disapointing!
Overall it's a very adicting game, and the gameplay out weighs the small concers I have it with it. Definatly an instant classic for RTS gamers near and far!