Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 11 expert reviews

Excellent:

5
Good:

3
Average:

3
Bad:

0

Pros:

Great single-player missions.
New UI.
Improved AI.

Cons:

Very high difficulty.
Dull new faction.

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Last revision on March 8, 2013

Reviewers Liked

Great single-player missions
New UI
Improved AI
Gameplay tweaks
Campaign features epic
Gargantuan battles
Sharper, more detailed graphics
Slew of new multiplayer and skirmish maps

Reviewers Didn't Like

Very high difficulty
Dull new faction
High system requirements
Poor story
Improved graphics require more horsepower to run smoothly
Nuclear weapons have been weakened

Expert reviews and ratings

Strategy isnt strategy for some folks unless theyre directing huge, faceless robotic armies. In this second Supreme Commander game, theres still no caring about individual units. Hundreds march to war at once, and its only when your forces...

By Expert Reviews on January 01, 2008

del.icio.us | Digg This | Glink It Supreme Commander was released in February of this year and was critically acclaimed by many, but hated by other for its preposterous complexity and difficulty. To respond to complaints, Gas Powered Games has...

By GameZone on November 29, 2007

Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance marks the first expansion to the well-received Supreme Commander that released a year or so ago. This is also a stand alone expansion, so if you didn't happen to jump in on the large scale RTS at first, you can do...

By Gaming Age on November 26, 2007

From the moment Supreme Commander was first unveiled as a successor to the real-time strategy classic Total Annihilation - complete with massive armies, tons of unit types, and the much-lauded ability to play the game with two monitors at once - we...

By Games Radar on November 16, 2007

Supreme Commander is a little like sushi. A lot of people love it, but many others would rather eat their own car keys than dine on raw fish. Chris Taylors spiritual sequel to Total Annihilation was a similar taste, a demanding RTS requiring...

By GameSpy on November 14, 2007

As the stand-alone expansion pack to Supreme Commander, this title unites all previously warring factions against a common alien threat in a game called Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance. As far as an expansion pack goes, this is a shining example of...

By Cheat Code Central on November 13, 2007

If you missed Gas Powered Games Supreme Commander when it released in February, the new expansion offers quite a few changes. We were big fans of the game when it first came out, but theres no doubt it was one of the most complex, time-consuming...

By IGN Gear on November 09, 2007

Despite great reviews and a solid pedigree of past games, Chris Taylor and his team at Gas Powered Games didnt enjoy the sales and popularity that his game Supreme Commander probably deserved. Sure, the games system requirements were rough and the...

By AtomicGamer on November 08, 2007

From the moment you embark on the single-player campaign, Gas Powered Games' Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance slams you into high gear, and that's where you'll stay glued for the rest of the game. If nothing else, this expansion to the hit...

By 1Up on November 08, 2007

Supreme Commander gets even bigger and better-looking thanks to this feature-packed expansion....

By GameSpot on November 06, 2007

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