A good port to xbox 360. =)
Ok, the controls are complicated, but not impossible, you really need to play through the tutorial to be effective. The graphics are not bad, character models look good, and spell effects, but the terrain does look a little...washed out. Does the prettiness and all the effects create lag or chopiness like the disasters of SUpreme Commander, and Universe at War?
The first thing i did(after the tutorial) was play a skirmish game, maxing out every army with units, there was no slowdown till all 4 armies met, when the battle first started, there was a small ammount of slowdown. But believe me when i say its not that bad. I expereinced the same thing in C & C 3. Its not Universe at War unplayability slowdown. After a few units died, everything was fine, I was actually impressed with the ammount of men all on the screen at once.
SIngle player has great voice acting, yet it is very, very hard. First two missions are a cake walk, then all of a sudden, your the underdog. Those looking for a challenege will find it here. The meat of this game is multiplayer though. As xbox live is quite nice for this. You have the regular mode, skirmish, where you buy your armies before hand, or reinforcement battle, where you fight for points on the map to call in more troops, or this sort of cap the flag mode (which i have not played). Laso there is this global territory war going on. Each faction holds territory on the map, and if your faction wins enough matches playing on a territory, that territory belongs to your faction. Sort of putting meaning into your matches and replayability.
All in all, this was my second choice to grab after spore. And since spore got mediocre reviews, and i couldnt seem to find any on this game, i decided to risk it. And im very glad. I was not burned purchasing this game. 8/10