I finished off the Supreme Commander 2 campaign this week.  I played the demo in PC originally but went with the Xbox 360 version for the full game.  I had a lot of fun playing through the three parts of the campaign.  They tied together really nicely at the end. The three races were similar enough that the units and tech trees were easy to switch between but different enough that playing each one felt unique. One thing I did not realize in the demo but found out quickly in the full game is that getting a lot research centers going early is the key to winning.  Because there are separate tech trees for Land, Sea, Air, Structures and your APC there are a lot of places you’ll want to use research points.  Personally, I would use all my tech points at the start on making buildings cheaper and faster, and then go on to upgrading units. But, my generally preferred RTS strategy is to turtle at the beginning, build up a massive army, and then wipe the board in one large sweep. So, getting a lot of tech going fits well with that.

The story overall was a little cheesy, but I enjoyed it like a made for SciFi channel movie.  The ending battle was satisfying and quite massive.  I ended up having to do it twice because the first time the game froze going into the final cut scene.  That was the only time it did that so I’m not sure if it was the game or my Xbox 360. Either way, when I replayed it a second time it finished without issue. The missions were not overly long either, which I find RTS levels tend to be especially later in the game, which was nice.  They averaged around 45 to 50 minutes I think.

My only issue with the Xbox 360 version is that I never did figure out all of the controls for more advanced things like setting up patrols and teleporting. All the basics were easy enough and I never had an issue winning because of the controls. It just would have been nice to setup patrols on a few of the levels.  Also, there was one level that required teleporting troops to win.  It took me a good 5 minutes to figure out how to do the teleporter once I had the troops ready.

Overall, Supreme Commander 2 was a pretty fun game. It is not the best RTS available or anything, but if you are a fan of RTS games it is worth playing through.