This game is a great game, the story is quite interesting and the skirmish mode is basically the Multiplayer mode with bots. The problem I have found is that you definitely do not want to try and run this on an early 2009 Macbook. Completely incompatible Wineskin port. Needs some major tweaks to make it run and you can't get that in a preconfigured Wineskin. Get the windows edition and get Darwine and configure it if you must play on Mac OS X. Otherwise use a virtualization solution in the ways of VMware, Virtualbox or otherwise. You'll thank yourself. This game was originally launched in the windows 98 era i belive but ran fine in NT based systems. I have successfully played the original disc versions on a windows 7 computer with only minor glitches. XP was better about it though. (review based on the game as I remember it, not the Mac edition) Gameplay wise, it's a fun game to play. Resource management, harassing the enemy commanders. various means of getting the same buildings. It's an instant classic in my book. The Kbots are quick to be built but tend to be be a bit slow to get places. The Vehicles take a bit longer to build but they don't maneuver well and tend to get caught on obstacles. The planes are resource costly but are unhindered by obstacles but the construction planes take longer to build things than the Vehicle counterparts. The boats however are less useful than anything, especially if you are driven into the sea. At that point the boats are very limited other than being long range harassing fire. or if you get a carrier ship, set a bunch of planes to guard it and it becomes a super dangerous swarm. Sound and Music are definitely really nice. very fitting music, good sounds for the explosions and shots. Not much else to say on that. All around the game is a great example of an RTS. It is also an amazing multiplayer game. You will not be disappointed if you get this game.
