Supreme Commander

Nice effort but there are a few key issues which pull my overall score down.

User Rating: 8.5 | Supreme Commander PC

By me2u2 | Review Date: March 30, 2007

The game is great to look at... when I actually get to see the details in the models. That is not often because of the requirement to pull the view out so far that every unit is little more than a colored flag on my playing field.

I use a 22" high refresh lcd and literally only zoom in to enjoy the details when I'm setting my commander or builder to tasks. The rest of the time I'm zoomed out to set the pathing for my untis. That brings me to another serious issue... game pathing. These units are DUMB. I've seen some of my units wander in a circle two and three times before actually setting off in the direction I ordered them to go. On the positive side, the game certainly feels more like Total Annihilation than the official sequel ever did. Perhaps on a really big monitor I will enjoy more of the graphic details.

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