Of course, this isn’t a big surprise since Supreme Commander featured the same basic controls. In SC2‘s case, the complexity built into the core gamplay is readily accessible due to the control scheme being easy to execute in all situations. What that accomplishes for RTS games on the console is it compensates for the lack of hotkeys that a computer keyboard boasts. SC2 opts for the popular control scheme of using a command structure based on wheels accessible with a single button and the analog sticks. Games either live or die by how well players can maintain ever expanding numbers of troops of varying specialties and abilities.
Supreme Commander 2 (SC2) didn’t make the same mistakes the first game did on the consoles, and Gas Powered Games wised up in crucial areas to create a smooth RTS experience that offers some true competition to the Command and Conquer franchise from EA, which has done traditionally better in the same console category.Ĭontrols have always been a sticking point for RTS games on the consoles. Then buggy technical issues hampered down the experience to a point where it wasn’t very memorable. It made for an impressive experiment but failed since the controls couldn’t handle the game’s mechanics. The PC version it was based off of was such a hit, Gas Powered Games attempted to shoehorn every ounce of complexity into the simplified control scheme of console RTS games using radial wheel access to quickly make decisions. The first Supreme Commander by Gas Powered Games on the 360 was an extremely deep and ultra strategic game. It’s all thanks to developers for innovating a control method with radial wheels to order units and manage resources. It wasn’t until this current generation of consoles that RTS games were actually playable with a controller with games like Command and Conquer and Halo Wars. RTS games started out on the PC where it is easy to micromanage hundreds of troops with the nimble keyboard and mouse setup. Real-Time Strategy (RTS) games have come a long way on console systems.
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