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Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance




Expansions. They either are good or a money grabber and most of them usually lean towards the later but sometimes you’re lucky and find a hidden gem. This gem is Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance. I picked up thinking I just want some new units to use to blow up other people I respect but I got alot more than I thought. They either are good or a money grabber and most of them usually lean towards the later but sometimes you’re lucky and find a hidden gem. This gem is Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance. I picked up thinking I just want some new units to use to blow up other people I respect but I got alot more than I thought."

Expansions. They either are good or a money grabber and most of them usually lean towards the later but sometimes you’re lucky and find a hidden gem. This gem is Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance. I picked up thinking I just want some new units to use to blow up other people I respect but I got alot more than I thought.

First I will start with the new race because well I want to and their cool. The sephraim are a great add-on, actually bringing a little diversity to the games three play-alike races. Granted for an alien race they do have technology closely related to humans but the looks are extremely different which I like and make the battles much more engaging. One of my favourite items with the new race is the experimental bomber they have, it is a massive triangle in the sky that can blow a hole in any base. The explosions brought by this machine of death are something you will make sure to watch.

Along with the experimentals for the new race, all of the old ones also got a new one of their own. The UEF get a satellite beam weapon which is great at harassing other players and they can’t even shoot it down. The Aeon are treated with a infinite resource generator, which is not to say they have +999999999...(etc) or something but that the generator will always meet the demand being asked on the economy. Sounds like a over-powered, well wait until your opponent gets at it, it will light up like a nuke so be careful and also takes a god damn long time to build. The Cybran I think get s the weakest or at least the weakest in imagination because it’s just another walker with cannons instead of a beam which in nice but doest really add a whole lot.

It’s not the experimental thought that I am impressed with, it’s the new units added on the lower techs Gas Powered Games did a great job at making the races playing different. The Cybran plays a more esinoge role than before, the UEF are the more defensive role and the Aeon become a bigger anti-everything. I won’t mention all the new units but some of the high lights are a tech 3 torpedo bomber, an ambushing torpedo turret, shield ships and a tech 3 transport. It’s all good fun and will really make supreme commander different form last time.

This expansion is worthy of its mother and greatly improves the game, it will need a beefier system than before but the payoff is well worth it. If you were hooked before, well thing your being reeled in and baked up now.

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