For UEF commander Dominic Maddox, it's all about his family as he protects them from the potential threats caused by the war. Three commanders, once classmates in the military academy, are now forced to fight each other in the name of their respective causes. However, with the new president becoming the victim of an assassin's bullet, the civil war has started up once again. Approximately 25 years have passed since the end of the Infinite War, and an uneasy peace has kept the three factions from tearing each other apart. The plot is much simpler than it was in the first game, though there are some similarities. The result is Supreme Commander 2, a tighter and more technically proficient sequel that is a completely fun experience from beginning to end, despite some shortcomings. Not only is a new publisher involved this time around, but the game engine has also been tweaked significantly for the sequel.
Two years have passed since then, and a lot has changed. Unfortunately, a myriad of bugs, technical glitches and abysmal frame rate made it an example of what not to do for a console RTS game. The original Supreme Commander would have been another good example of how to do an RTS on the console due to its simplified but powerful control scheme. Simplified controls have been the order of the day and, for the most part, work well on the console, making games like Halo Wars and Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 more tolerable on an HDTV than ever before. Strangely enough, the Xbox 360 has been blessed with a decent amount of RTS games, and it's also the one console that doesn't support a mouse/keyboard combination like the PS3 or has free pointer support like the Wii. Publishers and developers have made a strong effort during this console generation to make an RTS game fully functional on a home console, despite the limitations of the control scheme. It has so much depth due to macros and intricate commands that it requires the versatility of a keyboard and mouse to really grasp it all. The real-time strategy is a genre that is truly built for the PC.
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