Updated 14 Feb, 2012, 6:01 pm IST

Supreme Commander

06 Apr, 2007, 5:45 pm IST | Nikhil Singh | PC

To help move your forces around, you can make use of aerial transport. The ferry option given to all transport units is a God-send here, since it automatically transports units to and fro across inaccessible terrain after you give it the command. This means that there's no need to ferry them manually; just select the transport units along with the units you wish to ferry, and the AI will do the job for you! At times however, this feature craps itself and transports only units that cannot walk over the terrain at hand. Units that can walk over the terrain (albeit slowly) do not get ferried even if you give the command, instead they walk to their destination. This gets really annoying, especially when you can't focus on every little detail on the map, since they're so friggin' huge! Let's hope that this little bug gets fixed soon, as it can really ruin a game—just imagine going into battle without your most important units; doesn't sound too good, does it?

Speaking of units, there are 3 tech levels of machines you're given access to—tech 1, tech 2 (it’s not named after us unfortunately), and tech 3, which are also known as T1, T2 and T3 units respectively. You gain access to these units by upgrading your main production facilities, so if you want tech 3 ground and air units, you'll have to upgrade your Land and Air factories separately. Apart from these 3 levels, there are experimental units, which take ages to build, and are better than standard units. Unfortunately, they can be taken out quite easily if you send them into battle alone or in a small group. They do pack a great punch though. The key to using units effectively in SupCom, is to have a good balance and variety of troops, that provide diversity to your army where range, attack type, damage absorbing capacity, and sheer size is concerned. This part of the game is what I liked the most. You cannot horde one kind of unit and expect to achieve victory by storming your foes. If you do so, you will get slaughtered.

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Tags: Supreme Commander , Gas Powered Games , RTS

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