Supreme Commander (Xbox 360)

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Description

Three opposing sides - the Cybran Nation, the Aeon Illuminate and the United Earth Federation - have been fighting in the Infinite War all across the galaxy, spreading chaos and unrest. You are a Supreme Commander and you have to take one of the sides and put an end to this war.

As in most strategy games, you have to build up a base, gather resources and build armies to fight off your enemies. But being created by Chris Taylor of Total Annihilation fame, the RTS also has many unique features, such as a huge unit cap of 500 units per side, different resource management, queue up commands and waypoints, diverse unit types and even dual screen support.

Players can play through the Campaign and carry on the story as one of the sides, or fight off computer enemies in Skirmish and human opponents in Multiplayer.

The Xbox 360 version has redesigned controls and HUD. The game uses circular controls to replace the many short-cuts and buttons. The right stick is used to zoom in or out quickly. It also includes new units, updated maps and two new multiplayer modes (King of the Hill - defend a strategic point, and Command Point - capture as many civilian buildings as possible), available to play over Xbox Live with four players simultaneously.

Screenshots

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There are 17 other screenshots on file for other versions of this game.

Alternate Titles

• "最高指揮官" -- Taiwan spelling
• "最高指挥官" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
• "SupCom" -- Common abbreviation

Part of the Following Groups

• Middleware: Rendez-Vous
• Scripting language: Lua
• Supreme Commander series
• Technology: amBX

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The Press Says

GameZone	Jun 23, 2008	8 out of 10	80
Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault)	Jul 23, 2008		80
Official XBox Magazine	Jun 26, 2008	8 out of 10	80
Gamernode	Jun 30, 2008	6.5 out of 10	65
PlayDevil	Nov 15, 2008		60
Worth Playing	Aug 07, 2008	5.7 out of 10	57
GameSpot	Jun 25, 2008	5 out of 10	50
Cheat Code Central	2008	2.4 out of 5	48
Game Informer Magazine	Sep, 2008	4 out of 10	40
Game Revolution	Jul 21, 2008	D+	33

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Trivia

1001 Video Games

Supreme Commander appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Development

The original Supreme Commander design included 500 different units. However, this had to be abandoned very fast when the team faced the much higher production costs per unit compared to Total Annihilation.

Related Web Sites

• Supreme Commander (Official website)
• Supreme Commander - Wikipedia (Facts about the background history, factions and more about the game)
• X360A Achievement Guide (X360A's achievement guide for Supreme Commander.)