Supreme commander 2 units moving as a formation

#Supreme commander 2 units moving as a formation series#

The common thread between these three titles is their ways of reducing the amount of macro play and instead allows the player to focus on other things. With the UI I can manage unit production over multiple systems, make sure my planets are being upgraded and arrange fleets to attack galaxies at the same time without more than a few clicks. Like RoN you can put units in groups and have your ships fly in fleet formation so you donвЂ™t have to worry about your weak ships in front. Buildings would still need to be placed manually but unit production can be done from zoomed out when you are looking at the galaxy view. Once you have multiple solar systems you can click on each system zoomed out and have access to all available build options. Instead of having to worry about creating resource gatherers, once the building is done it automatically creates the resource gatherer needed. In Sins the game space is made up of solar systems which you can build structures in and ownership of the map is divided by these systems. Like RoN, Sins went for combining elements of TBS titles like diplomacy, borders and more. Last but not least is Sins of a Solar Empire. Combined with control groups it made things very easy to find an errant unit or organize things for a great push. One UI feature I did love was that at anytime you could mouse over an icon on the screen and see every unit you have on the field designated by their symbol. Tabs on the UI I believed allowed you to build units without going back to base but it has been so long since I played CoH I canвЂ™t remember if that was the case. While at your base, you have a few unit producing structures to build and the only reason why you would need to return to your base is for starting researches. In CoH resources were collected by capturing points on the map which would then cause them to trickle in over time. Downplaying or outright removing base building to focus on squad based combat as opposed to a huge army.

#Supreme commander 2 units moving as a formation series#

Within each city you built there is a limit to the # of specialty buildings you could build (marketplaces, academies, etc) which meant that you did not have to spent a lot of time building up a city and once finished you could pretty much let it run itself with the exception of military production.Д¬ompany of Heroes alongside RelicвЂ™s Dawn of War series followed one of the newer trends in RTS titles at the time. The ability to set rally points to actual control groups was a god send for me and having your army move in formation when grouped meaning you didnвЂ™t have to worry about units moving disorganized. Resource gathering in RoN was set up that you knew exactly how many workers were needed at each point for maximum efficiency and a quick glimpse at your cities was all that you needed to know if everything is working right. Rise of Nations was one of the first RTS titles that combined the 4X concept of Turn Based Strategy. My three favorite RTS titles would have to be Rise of Nations, Company of Heroes (I would add the Dawn of War series if I spent more time with them) and Sins of a Solar Empire as each one took steps in eliminating macro. This is why when RTS titles shy away from this book keeping aspect IвЂ™ve taken notice. Having to flick your view back to base to make sure your peons are gathering materials and redirect them if they are not has never interest me. IвЂ™ve never enjoyed having to split your focus like this when playing RTS titles when the UI should be able to assist. My issue is that this level of what I have to call вЂњbusy workвЂќ has been elevated to a game mechanic right along side

Macro level play in most RTS titles fall into base organization: setting up rally points, unit production, resource gatherers and such. As I close my eyes and calm myself down I realized that IвЂ™ve been here before and remember why I left in the first place.

At this point IвЂ™ve gone from buying the collectorвЂ™s edition of it to waiting for the game to hit $5 on sale. Right now I just finished yet another losing game of Starcraft 2 and the idea of playing another one is giving a headache. I donвЂ™t think there has been any other game IвЂ™ve played in a long time that has gotten me this worked up over.

At this point I despise Starcraft 2, there I said it.