This whas the first game i ever bouht and i still love it. while the game is in turn base it is the best way to play it. you command it all.. the army.. the scout´s.... the mining of fuel and resorces... the navy and the airforce. up-grade your unit´s whit gold but think before you buy, not all up-grade are good for you or you don´t need them. finding the good one´s is the trick. (i always up-grade my rance of flight for my transport plane to move my army and builders fast). Don´t rush into battle... control your ground and resorces first and build a factory for light armor.. then plane´s so you can scout for the enemy´s location. building def. towers on the side of the enemy is good but this game (on a good lvl of PC player) has a verry good AI. He whill attack from behind and whit great numbers and good tactics. (really... best AI i ever saw in a gamelike this) buying up-grade for your def tower´s (power and range) is alway´s a good way to spend your gold... don´t forget your radar range. when going for the attack... take support whit you... like a truck for ammo and 2 repair bot´s ( so they can fix themself). tank´s in the front (good armor and cheap to up-grade), assault gun´s in the back to kill the rest. take there anti air unit´s and towers first so you can take over the air. The game play is not that fast like Command and Conquer...but 10 time´s better. think before you act... every thing in the game is expensive(really in the begining of the game) all these tip´s are nice.. but remember 1 thing.. TAKE YOUR TIME!!!!!!!!! Don´t rush in... you whill destroy yourself (he whill counter) but really... GET THE GAME!!!!! PLAY IT..... FALL IN LOVE WHIT IT....... Sorry for the bad english... i´m dutch