The only factor that would ever make me buy C&C4 is to see the end of the story, and nothing else. I'm happy that EA won't make anymore C&C games after that, because it's painful to see how low a franchise that rivaled Starcraft in terms of fun for me has fallen.
Supreme commander games are spiritual sequels to TA, and that makes them instantly awesome. I'll check out Supreme Commander 2, I like the concept in the first one, I love the huge epic battles, but I hated the shallow story and how similar the factions are.
Starcraft 2 is going to be the best RTS released in many years, but playing the beta, I think it feels a little too easy (like Macro skills and Micro skills doesn't matter as much anymore) and not as varied strategically. But that might change the more I play it.
I LOVE ICELAND!
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