Sitting down with Chris Taylor is never a dull interview; his always-enthusiastic approach and politically incorrect jokes are a far cry from your average PR dribble, plus he managed to burn our throats last year with his dangerous French liquor, which was fun.
We recently sat down with the RTS legend to talk about his new console project, which he says is different from everything out there and will appeal to everyone from his kids to old
Youve blasted through the campaigns and have nightmares about sentient war-robots lazering a hole in your brain. At once youre both excited by and horrified to think about the future artillery that destroyed your weekends and free time and now youre ready to just move on. Maybe youll dabble in Command & Conquer 3? Well, you should probably back off now, ‘cause were about to show you something that will have you crawling back to one of the hugest RTS of our time; making your own content.
Supreme Commander's GPG Net just got a facelift on March 20 with a neat map that shows the locations of players and ongoing matches all around the world. But our favorite (and most used) feature is still the Replay Vault, which lets you watch saved matches from the world's top-ranked players.
We were tired of getting rushed, bombed, and blasted to smithereens, so we decided to take a closer look at a match featuring Eschez, the number one ranked Supreme Commander player in the world, to see
Welcome back to your Supreme Commander training, recruit. Your time with us is nearly complete. Before you can graduate from our little strategic academy, however, youll need to master these last three pieces of advice and learn how to fight your way out of the three most frequently faced dangerous battlefield scenarios by Supreme Commanders around the universe. Lets proceed, shall we?
Should I use the big gun or the even bigger gun?
It's obvious, but critical: familiarity with your
You don't know Supreme Commander. You may rock at every Real-time Strategy game ever created, but you aren't prepared for the sheer size and scope of Supreme Commander. However, we can fix that. We talked right to the folks at developer Gas Powered Games, and they gave us a strategy brain dump. Just for you.
So wipe those Pop-Tart crumbs off your chin and throw away your year's supply of Mountain Dew. It's time to get into strategic shape and become an army of one. Today, we'll provide you
There are many ways you can lay the smack down in uber-RTS, Supreme Commander. If you want to keep progressing in your campaigns of destruction, you better figure out how to use the Experimental Units, 'cause when you do, your enemies are in for a world of hurt. And then
