Supreme Commander Gold Edition

It puts you in the middle of combat.

The GOG version doesn't support FAF which means no online play. Sucks I wasted money for a game I'll likely never get to experience with my friends.

I understand why SC did not gain significant popularity in the past after playing for 18 hours and finally beating the campaign. This game just eats up time and is utterly tedious for 90% of a match until you get to the point where you can churn out units. If you aren't starting with structure for a decent economy already then a good amount of time is spent simply waiting for it to get rolling. One hiccup at this stage is pretty much game over and you might as well restart. FA is a little better because of the expanded roster, but it's not too different. Once again the game loves to waste your time, you can't even skip cutscenes! The campaign is just so tedious, especially the levels where you begin with nothing and the CPU enemies have established bases. Is there anything compelling about the story? Not really. Pretty generic for the time. Management is tiring. In most RTS if you want to be efficient you need good micro like Starcraft or good macro like Wargame. Here you need BOTH, all the time, don't even blink. Sounds exciting? Well how do you get to enjoy the spectacle the game focuses on when doing so can suddenly result in a loss? Even on normal the CPU is brutally hitting you from all sides. The graphics still look pretty great though. So why do people like it so much now? It does scratch a unique itch. Once you get past the long, tedious investment stage you get to see the spectacle. Massive units, massive armies, lasers and explosions everywhere! It is challenging, so maybe the more experienced RTS players finally feel like they have a challenge. I think it's a much better multiplayer game than single player, but I've primarily played the campaign and I don't think it's not a fair review from others who ignore the SP. They often use mods. But I'm not rating it on that, because any game gets better with community mods. As the game stands alone, vanilla, it's not up to the hype. If the game simply sped things along I would consider it top tier.

I still have a disc copy of this game and I paly it on FAF . The single player is very good the scope is vast ! The multiplayer will keep you coming back!

I can't even play the game, changing resolution or texture settigs crashes the game, same goes to pressing Campaign. If I want to play FAF and install Loud Mod it says that I haven't created the main profile...