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[DreadNot]

I found this out a couple of days ago and didn't find anyone mentioning it, so I've taken the liberty to say it myself.

Supreme Commander now has a release date, and you won't even believe how close it is. The game is scheduled to come out on Febuary 20th, right now they are just perfecting the game any way they can by tweaking small details, fixing slight bugs and making every crease in it unfold.

I'm sure at least a few of you have shared the anxiety I have felt for this game to come out, and well that time is within 3 weeks.

Yahoo.

[Lord Atlantis]

Thats good news. I will have to try the demo and see how it plays.

-Lord_Atlantis

[DreadNot]

I think they ran out of beta keys for the beta. Unless there's another demo you're talking about.

Anyway, I've played a few minutes of it (the computer I was on locks up on every game but it's the only computer that it would work on) and it's very simple. If you've played Total Annihilation, the lay out for building and commanding is quite similar.

[Hobbesy]

Hoooray!!!!!!!!! I was a fan of TA and this looks great.

[Athena]

Looking forward to it.

[E.V.E.]

Same here. I just cant wait to set that Nuke of ...

- E.V.E.

[Soul]

I'd love to get this game, but my comp needs upgrading.

[SonicBoom]

Forgotten_Soul, on 27 Jan 2007, 11:46, said:

I'd love to get this game, but my comp needs upgrading.

Same here. I actually got one of the beta keys, but my comp wouldn't run the game. So now I have a beta key that hasn't been used. Stupid computer... *Kicks comp*

[Rumpullpus]

never heard of it.

[Athena]

[url="http://www.supremecommander.com/"]http://www.supremecommander.com/[/url]

In case you want more info .

[DreadNot]

Rumpullpus, on 27 Jan 2007, 15:58, said:

never heard of it.

Something to express my surprise....

:dizz:

[Lord Atlantis]

I have heard of TA, but have never played it.

I was hoping that there would be a regular beta like the Rise of Legends beta or Halo Trial.

-Lord_Atlantis

Edited by Lord_Atlantis, 28 January 2007 - 05:53.

[Athena]

Maybe there'll be a demo, I hope so anyway.

[MLRS]

The beta rocks. AHHHHHHH STRATGIC ATRILLERY. (mavor)

see, i can wank too

[Nexolate]

I heard it takes an hour to build a fully-functioning base and then a further two hours to construct a succesful attack force.

Long Story Short: Not looking forward to it, not getting it.

[striker26]

also the demo is out

im kinda neutral on this because its not really my type of game

[Magma]

I will buy it, when i upgrade my comp, it ain't work on this computer. Need money for it.

[Nexolate]

striker26, on 8 Feb 2007, 14:51, said:

its not really my type of game

Remind me why you're on a mianly C&C Forum, again? o_O

[striker26]

no i dont like spending hours making a gigantic force and building a base and etc.

[Eddy01741]

It's really fun (the demo) but the problem is, I'm using probaby my least used faction in skirmish (they only give you Cybran as an option) and also, th emaps are HUGE, defenses are amazingly good (double laser turrets, artillery defense guns etc.) and also, it's quite slow paced, some buildings take over 2 minutes to build, and it's a pain in the ass to build up mass (energy is easy, mass is hard). In the end, I beat the opponent turtling (I was turtling so I could build at least 1 of every combat unit) I built experimental monkeylord which just owned anything ( used it as defense against ground and air) and then I built tech 3 artillery cannon defense. That thing takes like 10 mins to build, but it was SO worth it, I thought that the ring showed on the map was the max range, but it was actually the minimum range, and the cannon could hit ANYTHING on the map, so I commanded it to attack the middle of the enemy's base, and the splash is huge nad so is th edamage. 2 mintues later, I get a lucky hit (I assume, i don't know cuz there is "Fog of war" over enemy base) on the enemy Armored Command Unit, and it blows up in a HUGE meltdown, signifying me winning. I like that it has tech levels (reminds me of ages in age of empires and rise of nations) and lots of units, defenses, buildings etc, and basically all buildings had a upgraded version of it, but I don't like that it takes SO long to build some stuff, and that it's so hard to get mas without using mass fabricators.

[Alias]

Blegh. Nobody who has posted here has played TA before have they? The only reason you take hours to build a base is you don't have enough builders...

[Athena]

I've played TA before. Doesn't mean I like the way SupCom handles building things. I played the demo for about 15 minutes and then I accidentally clicked the Score button at the top middle. It restarted my computer without any warning . I don't think SupCom is really my kind of game, I'm much more looking forward to C&C3.

[Nexolate]

Amen Sistah.

[Eddy01741]

Alias, on 9 Feb 2007, 20:44, said:

Blegh. Nobody who has posted here has played TA before have they? The only reason you take hours to build a base is you don't have enough builders...

I build like at least 10 builders for each tech level (I build at least 20 for tech 3) but it still takes a while. THe problem is ALWAYS maintaining mass and energy, usually masss. It doesn't matter how many builders are working on one project if it's always being held down by a negative mass flow. ANd it pisses me off that it takes a lot of power to build a power plant. Anyways,, I'm usually fully tech 2 at about a lil less than an hour (fully tech 2 means that all of my units are tech 2, I've fully reinforced defenses with tech 2, especially stationary artillery, cuz that helps a lot all the time. At tech 3, things just get so long, at tech 3, the power plant takes enormous energy flow to build it without losing all your power (your power is needed for shield generators, and radar systems), and then nuclear missile silo takes forever to build, with one T3 worker It's i think 80+ minutes, and so is the MAVOR nuclear artillery system. Anyways, as of now, I've defeated the enemy twice by using T3 experimental artillery to pound the center of their base and get a nice hit on the enemy ACU, and once with a nuke right smack in the middle of the base destroying.... everything. Looking forward to absolutely overrunning a base with Galactic Collosuses (Sacred Battle Unit, of the Aeon Illuminate faction, IIRC, it can withstand 4 direct strategic nuclear missile hits at GROUND ZERO, because it has 240,000 health).

I'm looking forward to this and C&C3, this one for long battles that will keep me entertained for a whole weekend, and C&C3 for quick fast paced action with tried and true C&C style.

[DreadNot]

Eddy01741, on 14 Feb 2007, 00:19, said:

Alias, on 9 Feb 2007, 20:44, said:

Blegh. Nobody who has posted here has played TA before have they? The only reason you take hours to build a base is you don't have enough builders...

I build like at least 10 builders for each tech level (I build at least 20 for tech 3) but it still takes a while. THe problem is ALWAYS maintaining mass and energy, usually masss. It doesn't matter how many builders are working on one project if it's always being held down by a negative mass flow. ANd it pisses me off that it takes a lot of power to build a power plant. Anyways,, I'm usually fully tech 2 at about a lil less than an hour (fully tech 2 means that all of my units are tech 2, I've fully reinforced defenses with tech 2, especially stationary artillery, cuz that helps a lot all the time. At tech 3, things just get so long, at tech 3, the power plant takes enormous energy flow to build it without losing all your power (your power is needed for shield generators, and radar systems), and then nuclear missile silo takes forever to build, with one T3 worker It's i think 80+ minutes, and so is the MAVOR nuclear artillery system. Anyways, as of now, I've defeated the enemy twice by using T3 experimental artillery to pound the center of their base and get a nice hit on the enemy ACU, and once with a nuke right smack in the middle of the base destroying.... everything. Looking forward to absolutely overrunning a base with Galactic Collosuses (Sacred Battle Unit, of the Aeon Illuminate faction, IIRC, it can withstand 4 direct strategic nuclear missile hits at GROUND ZERO, because it has 240,000 health).

I'm looking forward to this and C&C3, this one for long battles that will keep me entertained for a whole weekend, and C&C3 for quick fast paced action with tried and true C&C style.

Once I get the chance, I just whore Support ACUs for contruction and assisting. Then I upgrade them with additional resources. Makes the game seem to go faster.