For a thousand years, three opposing forces have waged war for what they believe is true. There can be no room for compromise: their way is the only way. Dubbed The Infinite War, this devastating conflict has taken its toll on a once-peaceful galaxy and has only served to deepen the hatred between the factions. After centuries of struggle, the battle for supremacy has at last reached a turning point. Under your strategic command and leadership, will your faction reign supreme? Will you be victorious and elevate your race to domination? Or will you lead them into the hell of defeat and ultimate extinction?
Supreme Commander 2
In Supreme Commander 2, players will experience brutal battles on a massive scale! Players will wage war by creating enormous customizable armies and experimental war machines that can change the balance of power at any given moment. Take the role of one of the three enigmatic commanders, each representing a unique faction with a rich story that brings a new level of emotional connection to the RTS genre, or fight the battle online. Where do your loyalties lie?
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
The last days of man are at hand.. Two years after the Infinite War the once great warring nations now lie in ruins, and humanity's hope for a brighter future is nothing but a bitter memory. A new, seemingly unstoppable enemy, supported by the zealots of The Order, now seeks to eradicate mankind: UEF, Aeon Loyalist, and Cybran alike. With their backs against the wall and staring into the abyss, the tattered remnants of Humanity's forces must put aside old hatreds and band together as they prepare to make one last desperate stand. One last chance. An alliance forged in blood, steel and hope, they turn to face the dark.
I love Supreme Commander and Forged Alliance, and they are easy recommends to pick up at that price. Personally, the Supreme Commander series does large macro-scale combat better than any game before or after it. For less than the price of coffee, you'll get a landmark RTS title where massive 500+ unit armies and city-sized war machines clash across entire continents. The general consensus is that Forged Alliance was the peak of the series and is what fans are still playing. I would recommend getting SupCom + Forged Alliance first, and then getting the divisive-but-perfectly-fine SupCom2 if you enjoy the series.
Do note that while the official servers have gone away with the developers shut down, the community has been keeping the game alive with Forged Alliance Forever[faforever.com]. This community-developed, open-source platform allows provides a huge amount of functionality, including adding quality of life features to the game, creating multiplayer games, hosting a competitive leaderboard, sharing mods and maps, and more. I would suggest starting with the campaign in each game, and then jumping into FAF for skirmish and multiplayer.
According to reviews on steam, Supreme Commander scored "Very Positive" (88% of 1,967 user reviews for this game are positive), Supreme Commander 2 scored "Very Positive" (88% of 7,578 user reviews for this game are positive) and Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance scored "Overwhelmingly Positive" (96% of 8,568 user reviews for this game are positive)
Supreme Commander and Forged Alliance were great. A step back from Total Annihilation, but better than Sup Com 2.
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They still are. They've held up pretty well even visually to this day.
I'd say Forged Alliance is really the only one you need. I felt like SC2 was a step back. It's still a good game though, but Forged Alliance in my opinion is the best.
I love Supreme Commander and Forged Alliance, and they are easy recommends to pick up at that price. Personally, the Supreme Commander series does large macro-scale combat better than any game before or after it. For less than the price of coffee, you'll get a landmark RTS title where massive 500+ unit armies and city-sized war machines clash across entire continents. The general consensus is that Forged Alliance was the peak of the series and is what fans are still playing. I would recommend getting SupCom + Forged Alliance first, and then getting the divisive-but-perfectly-fine SupCom2 if you enjoy the series.
Do note that while the official servers have gone away with the developers shut down, the community has been keeping the game alive with Forged Alliance Forever[faforever.com]. This community-developed, open-source platform allows provides a huge amount of functionality, including adding quality of life features to the game, creating multiplayer games, hosting a competitive leaderboard, sharing mods and maps, and more. I would suggest starting with the campaign in each game, and then jumping into FAF for skirmish and multiplayer.
Supcom FA - Hands down still the best RTS experience I've had. Has never been replicated since
For those into this line of RTS game, "Beyond All Reason" is essentially a free remake of Total Annihilation. It really scratches the itch of that game.
I love Supreme Commander and Forged Alliance, and they are easy recommends to pick up at that price. Personally, the Supreme Commander series does large macro-scale combat better than any game before or after it. For less than the price of coffee, you'll get a landmark RTS title where massive 500+ unit armies and city-sized war machines clash across entire continents. The general consensus is that Forged Alliance was the peak of the series and is what fans are still playing. I would recommend getting SupCom + Forged Alliance first, and then getting the divisive-but-perfectly-fine SupCom2 if you enjoy the series.
Do note that while the official servers have gone away with the developers shut down, the community has been keeping the game alive with Forged Alliance Forever[faforever.com]. This community-developed, open-source platform allows provides a huge amount of functionality, including adding quality of life features to the game, creating multiplayer games, hosting a competitive leaderboard, sharing mods and maps, and more. I would suggest starting with the campaign in each game, and then jumping into FAF for skirmish and multiplayer.
I'll be honest Beyond All Reason is probably better at moment multiplayer wise
beyond all reason is free, and is based off of total annihilation which supreme commander is based off of .... think of it as a long running open source rts that has been constantly updated/worked on for the past decade
also, due to it being worked on for the past decade they have improved the engine to be better at multi-threading making the game handle large unit armies better, just i think things get a tad wonky when you have like 10 ppl start reaching 3500 unit cap
They still are. They've held up pretty well even visually to this day.
I'd say Forged Alliance is really the only one you need. I felt like SC2 was a step back. It's still a good game though, but Forged Alliance in my opinion is the best.
supreme commander 2 was a step back due to also making the game for consoles... yea there is a console version of the game...
I had supcom2 on Xbox 360 and it was amazing. The devs didn't maintain the game and I ended up quitting because of bugs like launching all my anti-nuke stockpile for a single missile
Man if they could remake TA with todays engines it would be amazing. Too bad it's all first person shooter hype now
Oh man, you and I are on the same wavelength. I have said that over and over. I used to go to their forums and post this. The team that designed the UI and units really thought things out. They got every conceivable hotkey you could imagine. They had air, ground and sea construction units. The units themselves were awesome. Then it seemed with additional changes (core contingency), then sup com, and then sup com ii, they started removing these features. Really sad. At least we got to experience the ultimate RTS!!
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Do note that while the official servers have gone away with the developers shut down, the community has been keeping the game alive with Forged Alliance Forever [faforever.com]. This community-developed, open-source platform allows provides a huge amount of functionality, including adding quality of life features to the game, creating multiplayer games, hosting a competitive leaderboard, sharing mods and maps, and more. I would suggest starting with the campaign in each game, and then jumping into FAF for skirmish and multiplayer.
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I'd say Forged Alliance is really the only one you need. I felt like SC2 was a step back. It's still a good game though, but Forged Alliance in my opinion is the best.
Do note that while the official servers have gone away with the developers shut down, the community has been keeping the game alive with Forged Alliance Forever [faforever.com]. This community-developed, open-source platform allows provides a huge amount of functionality, including adding quality of life features to the game, creating multiplayer games, hosting a competitive leaderboard, sharing mods and maps, and more. I would suggest starting with the campaign in each game, and then jumping into FAF for skirmish and multiplayer.
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Do note that while the official servers have gone away with the developers shut down, the community has been keeping the game alive with Forged Alliance Forever [faforever.com]. This community-developed, open-source platform allows provides a huge amount of functionality, including adding quality of life features to the game, creating multiplayer games, hosting a competitive leaderboard, sharing mods and maps, and more. I would suggest starting with the campaign in each game, and then jumping into FAF for skirmish and multiplayer.
beyond all reason is free, and is based off of total annihilation which supreme commander is based off of .... think of it as a long running open source rts that has been constantly updated/worked on for the past decade
also, due to it being worked on for the past decade they have improved the engine to be better at multi-threading making the game handle large unit armies better, just i think things get a tad wonky when you have like 10 ppl start reaching 3500 unit cap
I'd say Forged Alliance is really the only one you need. I felt like SC2 was a step back. It's still a good game though, but Forged Alliance in my opinion is the best.