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Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance

PC (Microsoft Windows), Linux • 2011

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Quick resume

The last days of man are at hand.. Two years after the Infinite War the once great warring nations now lie in ruins, and humanity’s hope for a brighter future is nothing but a bitter memory. A new, seemingly unstoppable enemy, supported by the zealots of The Order, now seeks to eradicate mankind: UEF, Aeon Loyalist, and Cybran alike.

Global score

97/100

Genres

Strategy, Real Time Strategy (RTS)

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    Pros

    • Massive scale battles and maps
    • Deep strategic and tactical gameplay
    • Four unique factions with balanced units
    • Active and passionate community with mods and multiplayer
    • High replayability and long match durations

    Cons

    • Steep learning curve for new players
    • Performance issues with large unit counts on older hardware
    • Multiplayer can be toxic and intimidating
    • Dated graphics compared to modern games
    • Requires constant attention, not casual or idle friendly

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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    • Competition

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    • Continuation

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    • Cooperation

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    • Creativity

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    • Domination

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    • Escapism

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    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of interest and passion rather than obligation or pressure."

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    • Experimenting

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    • Exploration

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    • Expression

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    • Fantasy

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    • Fellowship

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      "Active community with shared interests, multiplayer teams, and cooperative gameplay foster social connection."

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    • Growth

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    • Health

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention during matches; not suited for background or casual idle play."

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    • Intimacy

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      "Some social interaction and friendships form in multiplayer, but emotional sharing is limited."

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    • Leadership

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    • Progression

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    • Relaxation

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      "Matches can be tense and challenging; some players find long matches stressful rather than relaxing."

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    • Sensation

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    • Status

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      "Ranked ladder and community recognition provide social status and visibility."

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    • Story

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    • Strategy

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    • Thrill

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    • Value

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Fellowship, Domination, Status. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

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    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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