Supreme Commander

[destro3979]

im thinking of getting it...

 

 

 

is it any good?

 

 

 

i want people who have actually played it cause iv researched it already

[destro3979]

anyone?

[Meesy]

I've played it for a while, I didn't like it that much - it's nothing new, it's pretty much a re-do of the old Total Anhilliation. Get the new C&C instead imo.

[Lionheart_0]

I dont care much for the single player campaign. But multiplayer and the skirmish are awesome! The battles are so epic, and require alot more thought power then most other games.

[mjhardyboyz]

ark im going on wi-fi wana fight?

[destro3979]

I've played it for a while, I didn't like it that much - it's nothing new, it's pretty much a re-do of the old Total Anhilliation. Get the new C&C instead imo.

 

 

 

already have it lol

 

and every other CnC game

[baron8000]

pretty much a re-do of the old Total Annihilation.

 

 

 

Thats enough evidence for me, TA was the best RTS ever, without exception, imo C+C has nothing on it along with all the over tank rush = win games.

[destro3979]

i downloaded the demo and im lovin it :D

 

 

 

i like the long range artillery

 

say good bye enemy base

 

MUWHAHA!!!

[Karmastocracy]

Ya, I'm loving the demo too :P

 

I think I might buy it infact...

[Lionheart_0]

Oh ya, make sure you have an uber computer, and make sure it can handle loading. My computer does fine playing the game. But after saving and then loading a game, it takes awhile to start playing with no lag.

 

 

 

And a word of caution, it took me 3 hours to finish the first mission due to the amount of unit needed....

[destro3979]

Oh ya, make sure you have an uber computer, and make sure it can handle loading. My computer does fine playing the game. But after saving and then loading a game, it takes awhile to start playing with no lag.

 

 

 

And a word of caution, it took me 3 hours to finish the first mission due to the amount of unit needed....

 

 

 

ya i noticed that...

 

i got to what i thought was the end of the mission about 3 times lol

 

i might try it again tonight

[pikajedi3]

SupCom is a remake of Total Annihilation.

 

if your computer cannae handle SupCom,you can always play TA.its the same game,but less....shiny.(but hey,a very easy .ini edit gives a unit cap of 5k,so,thats not so bad )

 

i know a place you can...shall we say..obtain..TA (can i say that here?).i think its considered Abandonware now,so :-s i *think* its free to distribute,,(has been out fo print for ohh...6,7 years now?)

 

 

 

heh,it'll be 10 years old in a couple of months :

[Harrington]

I loved the Total Annihilation series, so I bought this the same day it came out.

 

 

 

Gotta say, it's very very system intensive. I've got a really highend system, but I still have to play with many of the settings turned down.

 

 

 

It could've used more different types of units of which there's a disappointing lack. I assume they're expecting to cash in on expansion packs with that one.

 

 

 

The battles themselves are fantastics and quite easy to control once you learn the keyboard shortcuts.

 

 

 

My favourite thing though is nukes! Wow, they're impressive and frankly the best nuclear explosion I've seen in a game. Shame they're easy to intercept though.

 

 

 

Overall, I would give this title 9/10

[pikajedi3]

Nukes were easy to intercept in TA too.

 

simple answer-stock up each silo with 5-10 nukes,let them fly at the same time,yes,some will get intercepted,but you will almost certainly drain their anti-nuke reserves.

 

 

 

course,once one gets though,then you probably in the situation of having launched multiple nukes at the same target,thus wasting some

[Harrington]

Nukes were easy to intercept in TA too.

 

simple answer-stock up each silo with 5-10 nukes,let them fly at the same time,yes,some will get intercepted,but you will almost certainly drain their anti-nuke reserves.

 

 

 

course,once one gets though,then you probably in the situation of having launched multiple nukes at the same target,thus wasting some

 

 

 

Yeah, I do that anyway... nothing like a bit of overkill ;)

 

 

 

That and watching a daisy chain of nukes going off..... ahhhhh. Fun, fun, fun :twisted:

[pikajedi3]

oooh,the pretty lights...

 

 

 

hm,might dig out TA now :-k

 

fancy a game? :-k

[Defender2516]

I find the ability to not get more HP off my Main Commander stupid.

 

 

 

Only 10,000 hp? Just Bomb me to death = GG, game over.

 

 

 

~Defender~

[Icingdeath]

Just mod the living hell out of Total Annihilation. That's what I did.

[pikajedi3]

Just mod the living hell out of Total Annihilation. That's what I did.

 

 

 

Amen!

 

 

 

ever heard of Spring for TA?

 

 

 

it takes TA and makes it 3D,lets you take direct control of your units too-Kragoth in first person control =win \

[jwrm22]

its a nice game... probrly my pc is too slow for it :(

[Harrington]

Just mod the living hell out of Total Annihilation. That's what I did.

 

 

 

Amen!

 

 

 

ever heard of Spring for TA?

 

 

 

it takes TA and makes it 3D,lets you take direct control of your units too-Kragoth in first person control =win \

 

 

 

I didn't know there was any mods... any links you could mail me?

[pikajedi3]

oh god,there are HUNDREDS of mods

 

theres a unit pack which is considered "standard" if you want to play online,and i'll just find you the link for Spring.

 

 

 

http://www.planetannihilation.com/tauec/tauip.htm this is a huuge unit pack,but you may need Core Contingency for it-i'll leave that to your imagination,but you only need one file from it,ask around on GameSpy for a TA session and someone will send you it

 

 

 

and this is the Spring project

 

i say a mod...its more a remake...but you need TA to play it.

 

 

 

http://spring.clan-sy.com/

 

 

 

but they are well in excess of 10K extra units for TA,shame the engine can only support 500-ish unique ones

 

 

 

for that matter,anyone who wants to increase the ingame unit cap,its really rather simple

 

 

 

go to your TA directory,and look for "TOTALA.ini"

 

read it,its self explanatory

 

 

 

(hm,seem to have hijacked this thread a little...)

[Harrington]

oh god,there are HUNDREDS of mods

 

theres a unit pack which is considered "standard" if you want to play online,and i'll just find you the link for Spring.

 

 

 

http://www.planetannihilation.com/tauec/tauip.htm this is a huuge unit pack,but you may need Core Contingency for it-i'll leave that to your imagination,but you only need one file from it,ask around on GameSpy for a TA session and someone will send you it

 

 

 

and this is the Spring project

 

i say a mod...its more a remake...but you need TA to play it.

 

 

 

http://spring.clan-sy.com/

 

 

 

but they are well in excess of 10K extra units for TA,shame the engine can only support 500-ish unique ones

 

 

 

for that matter,anyone who wants to increase the ingame unit cap,its really rather simple

 

 

 

go to your TA directory,and look for "TOTALA.ini"

 

read it,its self explanatory

 

 

 

(hm,seem to have hijacked this thread a little...)

 

 

 

Thanks for those links mate... appreciated :)

[Defender2516]

I enjoyed the demo, but building just takes far too long in my opinion.

 

 

 

I find that if your doing a Skirmish with AI on hard, you can easily win if you use Rush Tactics.

 

 

 

If you decided to pull out for the long run, you'll have a challenge for you then.

 

 

 

~Defender~