Gas Powered Games port Supreme Commander to 360 with an extremely satisfying strategic zoom system. Managing giant armies on a pad takes some adapting, but the simulation remains impressive and offers a rare console RTS especially welcome on the Microsoft machine.
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Category
Real-Time Strategy1 player12+
Description
Real-time strategy by Gas Powered Games and THQ, June 2008. Rival factions - UEF and Cybran - clash in large-scale battles with massive robot, aircraft and warship armies. Zoom from individual unit to strategic map, base building and resource management. Console port of the PC RTS with controller adaptations.
Supreme Commander review
3/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Polished"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
3/5
Story
★★★★★
"Solid"
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"Pleasant"
Addictiveness
"Engaging"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Long"
Technical info
💾6,5 GB📅20/06/2008
Published by THQ
Supreme Commander (Xbox 360) price, value & rarity
A real time strategy from Gas Powered Games, Supreme Commander leans on excess with huge maps, armies of hundreds of units and a continuous zoom letting you go from the strategic overview to the close battlefield. The economy management, the large scale planning and the giant commander robots win over strategists. The pad adaptation is inevitably less supple than on PC, and the tactical heaviness deters the hurried. An ambitious strategy game for fans of large scale RTS.
