Supreme Commander delivers a unique gameplay as I've never seen before.
This game delivers a unique gameplay as I've never seen before. Buildings are built by the ACU (Armoured Command Unit, this is the robot you're in) or engineers which are constructed by factories: they start to build the structures as soon as you tell them and when they're in range. This concerns the assembling of units as well, units are built from factories, such as: Air factory, Land factory and Naval factory. So there's no box on your 'buildings menu' that circles around until it's finished, then you're able to place it where you want. Without this old-fashioned assembling, and with technologies and buildings upgradeable, makes this game realistic and unique.
You can play as the UEF (United Earth Federation), Cybran Nation or the Aeon Illuminate. They're all pretty much the same, but it depends on your preferences. However, I recommend that you play through all the factions in the campaign mode, as it'll result more knowledge of each faction, and also, a longer gameplay.
Your objective is to get yourself a well-defenced base and massive armies for then to raid the enemies. You can also choose to upgrade everything to get the best technologies before you attack, or you could just continually assault the enemy until they've got nothing left. Usually in the campaign mode, battles end whenever the ACU gets annihilated. You'll easily know though as the time an ACU gets destroyed, it explodes in a massive explosion filling up the whole area like a nuclear bomb just set off; and for a reminder, units and structures nearby the ACU wipes out instantly when it collapses.
I personally think that this is an awesome RTS game, with all of its innovations, this is a very unique strategy game. Only Homeworld 2 is as special as this.
The gameplay is great, although the campaign mode only has six missions of each faction, you'll learn that each mission are immense. And if you think you're good enough, get your fingers moving and your brain stimulating in the multiplayer/online games; where you can meet other supreme commanders.
The visuals is as far as I've seen the best graphics of all RTS games yet. Probably Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars can overtake it. But regardless of C&C 3: TW, Supreme Commander has superb effects and awesome details.
The audio is perfectly produced. As this is an RTS game, music should not stand out so you just hear the music. Like all RTS games, there shouldn't be any background music at all, but if it has it should be low volumed. And this is exactly how Supreme Commander is. All the other sound-effects are excellent.
I propose that all strategy gamers should get this game; but make sure you have a quite new graphic card, a fast CPU and decent RAM as this game needs lots of power. Check out the game requirements if you're not sure what you need.