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_"The Earth Empire collapsed. The Galaxy fell into darkness and chaos. From the ruins rose the United Earth Federation. An old idea made new: unite the Galaxy and restore order, no matter the cost!"_
I can still hear it!
Read John 3:16 🙏
@@reclusiarchgrimaldus1269 Quick question what the hell does "John 3:16" have to do with Supreme Commander?
@@rogaldorn3525 nothing my Primarch. Probably just the usual accounts that spam going to read Bible verses in every video they can find.
@@rogaldorn3525 Perhaps it is a reference to 3:16 Carnage Among the Stars, a small table top RPG with Earth sending military forces out to space?
*Looks at UEF logo* *Looks at Templin institute logo* Hay wait a minute
Wow. Supreme Commander. A series almost as close to me as Command and Conquer and StarCraft. Thanks so much for covering this!
I frankly love Supreme Commander, Total Annihilation, Planetary Annihilation,Sins Of The Solar Empire,Ashes Of The Singularity and Zero-K all tied equally in the first place among all rts.Still even among them I love supcom the most.2nd place usually goes to everything Command and Conquer related and 3rd place is Warhammer 40k LoL 😆
SupCom (and its expansion, Forged Alliance) is an underrated masterpiece that should be exposed to as many people as possible. What a legendary game. Nowadays only Ashes of the Singularity can scratch that very same high-density RTS itch.
@@TheObsidianGuy agreed
@@TheObsidianGuy @Rizwan Fariz PA: Titans got a massive multiplayer update recently, I havent had the chance to play it so if either you have would you say it comes close to Ashes or not, thanks in advance.
@@meh3277 I played it briefly, it's much improved since before, but IMO Ashes still carries a slight edge in overall gameplay flow. lol
Oooh yes, this is one of the greatest RTS ever made, maybe not for its story, but surely for its gameplay. I would love to see more games on Supreme Commander's scale, and I hope the guys working on Sanctuary get all the support they need to finish their project. But until then: Forged Alliance Forever!
Isnt Planetary Annihilation a successor of Supreme Commander?
@@13832game A spiritual successor, not an actual successor. But it does pretty well line up with humanity died out but the ACUs kept following there programming.
@@13832game GOD I LOVE THAT GAME
@@13832game Mostly yes, but it has two main flaws that make it a lesser game, creative counters and performance. SC is open to creative strageties and equally creative counters for them. PA has a lot of units that shoot tactical missiles, but only a couple that can actually shoot them down, making it an extremely strong weapon. The biggest problem though, is that you can barely have a thousand units on a one planet system, without the game slowing down to calculate everything, sometimes even as low as 10% sim speed. The largest I've so far seen in SC without issues is 4000. So for now, Forged Alliance Forever!
Both are spiritual successors to Total Annihilation
Out of curiosity, did the design of the UEF seal inspire the design of the Templin Institute logo, or is that just a coincidence?
I always wondered that too lol
Maybe?
Always has been.
I swear it was always on my mind. The UEF also seems like the kind of ideology that the Templin institute would support. These are people so paranoid about infiltration on border worlds their civilian housing infrastructure literally explode if their integrity is compromised. This is a civilization forged by a thousand years of cyber warfare and battled against an entire civilization of mind controlling space wizards (the Aeon). The degree of sophistication 9f the UEFs counter espionage capabilities is never to be understated.
Don’t know
This game has some of the strongest Sci-Fi civilizations to be ever depicted in a game.
Can't wait for you guys to open the window into the Cybran Empire! I love the Supreme Commander games
What is there to say about those traitorous chipheads?
@@Poynting_Vector cool as hell robot spiders
Cybran Empire - "we never wanted a loyalty program forcing us to obey you" Let alone that several of the Cybrans were developed by the United Earth Federation after Dr Brackman left, and still had the loyalty program forced upon them (evidence: UEF ending of Supreme Commander 1)
Gauge is hysterical
@@Poynting_Vector they were being enslaved and they wanted freedom. I really don't think they are the bad guys.
So happy to see Supreme Commander content, this game deserves a lot of love from the RTS community
It is my opinion that Supreme Commander is the best ground based RTS ever made.
As long as you play FAF - yes ^^
Do you wanna play some forged alliance?
I think so as well. Starcraft is more popular due to the charismatic character design but in terms of mechanics Supcom is just on another level
That's not an opinion, that's just fact.
halo wars 2 was good too
factions i would like to see covered: UAC - DOOM ARC - DOOM New conglomerate - Planetside Terran Republic - Planetside NEVEC - Lost Planet
This is the first game I bought for myself at gamestop. Still have the DVD. I fondly remember my PC dieing while playing it
I wish this series got expanded with underwater combat, underground combat, railways & trains & orbital conflicts.
Rail ways would be cool for sure
@@ironteacup2569 Hm, why would they need railways when energy & matter is already instantaneously teleported from extractors and generators with no losses?
Sounds like you'd enjoy metal fatigue then
You know what, omit the railroad system. We need new WMDs such as Orbital Particle Cannons & Black Hole Generators.
@@atomcrusader rail artillery
My favorite faction. Purely due to the focus on heavy artillery. Why meet they enemy in battle when you can just grind them down under your guns.
Focus on heavy artillery? Every nation has a T3 artillery and all of them are more or less the same. And while the UEF has the biggest of all, the Mavor, the Aeon have the Salvation and the Cybrans have the Scathis, both of which enter the game faster and are therefore more viable. Even if build time and resource cost are ignored I'd rather have a Salvation than a Mavor because it is much more useful, can break shields better and level bases that are spread out. So, why do you think of the UEF as a heavy artillery faction? They are good at stand-off tactics, but this is due to units like Novax satellites, Ravager and Summit and neither of them is artillery. The Fatboy, maybe, I'll give you that one.
I should have specified SC2 as the UEF are the only faction with an upgrade to their cannon's range in that game, and they have a short and long range artillery turret. You are correct though in the first game everyone has arty
@@styxriverr5237 Oh, okay. I somehow erased SupCom 2 from my memory because it deviated from everything that made the first part so great. The Forged Alliance Forever project is SupCom for me and I always forget that there are people out there that think otherwise^^
This video was indeed a long awaited one, cool to see some Supreme Commander videos. Also, something I did not noticed until now the symbol for the UEF is quite similar to the Templin's as well.
My childhood games I still play them, dreaming about the SC 3 that will never exist Thanks you for covering these games
You never know.
I know this is heresy but I loved both SC1 and 2.
@@Gothic7876 The thing about SC 2 is that it's a good game by itself, but when you see what SC 1 and Forged Alliances are like, it's clear that SC 2 doesn't live up with the expectations. It's not a bad game, it's just a bad sequel, one that I still love anyway
@@thekingzhaul5914 Yeah, I think SC 2 just kind of got screwed by being designed so that it could run on the Xbox 360. That meant a lot of the more nitty gritty mechanics and some of the size scaling got cut. Makes SC2 feel a lot more generic despite having some really cool unit and map designs.
These games feature surprisingly good world-building -- In fact, I'd argue that these games help prove that a mediocre story/plot can be overlooked so long as the events taking place are given sufficient context. That, and they're just awesome in general! Awesome battles, awesome controls, awesome music - the list goes on!
Oh wow Supreme Commander! Now that's one that takes me back to my youth. Thanks for the nostalgia, now I'm going to go play it.
Try playing with the loud mod if you like fighting the ai it won't dissapoint.
If people like Supreme Commander, you should look in to a game called Beyond All Reason. It's definitely made by people who love the gameplay and feel of SC.
Nice, thanks
I'd also suggest looking into Zero-K, while it is not quite the same it adds interesting features like terraforming
Beyond all Reason I think has potential but it feels very barebones right now, both gameplay and UI. Faforever is still the no1 game to go to.
If you have played Beyond All Reason I would recommend that you also check out the forefather too it as well as Supreme Commander and Planentary Annihilation. Total Annihilation will say
Holy cow, it’s been awhile since I’ve been in this universe! Supreme commander 2 is still one of my favorite games!
Have you tried SupCom FA? It is generally considered to be the best game in the series by many, including me. I am sure that if you try it, you will enjoy it.
@@pessimisticnihilist3691 I’ve played it but while I think it’s a great game I prefer Supcom 2, idk, probably because it was the first one I played
As Pessimistic Nihilist already said SupCom FA is flat out better in virtually every area then Supcom 2 except graphics, and maybe the research mechanic. That's not to say the sequel is bad mind you, it just falls short of it's predecessor.
@@terryhiggins5077 I respect your opinion, just as I firmly disagree with it
@@alphacentauri3069 Yeah, I think that we are all entitled to our opinions, just because I enjoy SupCom FA more it does not mean that it is a view that everyone must hold. I am glad that you have found a game that you enjoy and I too did enjoy it when I played it, albeit to a lesser extent than you but that is irrelevant, we should all focus on what unites us rather than what divides.
I still play Supreme Commander from time to time when I want an epic RTS romp. Truly one of the last great RTS's to be released, I'd love a remaster.
Epic Video! Supreme commander is my absolutely favorite strategie game. By the way the Supreme commander community is still alive, FaF = forged alliance forever is a serverbrowser Managed by the community itself, it has a own website where you can download it when you have the game. See you on the battlefied commander
HOLY HEAVENS I FREAKING LOVE THIS GAME!! 2nd RTS I ever started playing, and while Universe at war Earth Assault introduced me to the genre, this game cemented it as my all time favorite! Cant wait for the Aeon Illuminate video!
The best RTS ever, I hope to see Supreme Commander 3 someday.
Thanks for covering this! Ive always wished more people would cover the universe of Supreme Commander.. Now that my wish has been fulfilled, I thank you
Finally a look at the UEF that actually identifies them as the bad guys. So many people thing the Cybrans are the bad guys due to their aesthetic. If anyone is interested the Infinite War series of fan novels are exceptional!
To me at least, the Cybrans are the only faction that don't seem like assholes in that series.
@@MatthewOstergren The Cybrans kind of have clean hands relativley. They're not going about wiping out civilian settlements, they're just fighting for their freedom and survival. While the Aeon's genocidal side is emphasised in game, they at least have a benevolent faction within their power structure trying to stop it. The UEF meanwhile slaughter just as many civilians as the Aeon (we just dont see it in context due to them being on the back foot in the campaign), enslave any cybrans they get their hands on, were the instigators of the conflict to begin with, AND have no redeeming qualities until all of their higher ups are already dead. And even then some of them turn traitor!
I'd say the Aeon could be worse, though, maybe not the entire faction itself but the more fanatic members of it. They're deluded into thinking that the Seraphims are gods and start a war with the entire galaxy over it and eliminate anyone who doesn't adhere to their belief, even their own members who weren't as extreme. When the Seraphims came back, the fanatics didn't hesitate to join those aliens to purge the galaxy of everybody - playing right into the Seraphims' plan in the process. The UEF is awful, admittedly, and they're the ones who started the Infinite War in the first place, but by the end of Forged Alliance, some of its members like General Hall seem to mellow out and finally see that the three factions must unite and stop the conflict if there's any chance of anyone to survive a common threat. The Cybrans are unambiguously the faction with the highest moral ground, though.
This is best summarized from a quote from the Muppets Movie. "Just because I have an evil voice and laugh, doesn't mean I actually am evil." (paraphrased a bit but the point still remains)
Read John 3:16 🙏
Holy shit, I completely forgot about Supreme Commander until I watched this video and remembered I totally played that game as a kid.
I still come back to the original and Forged Alliance every other year to play through the campaigns! So much fun!
SC is my favorite little rts game despite some hate it gets. I just like it because the units are neat
Nothing brought me so much happiness for seeing this on my feed. My favorite RTS series of all time doesn't get as much love as it deserves
Factions to add in the future: 1. The Mavericks (Mega Man) 2. Hunter's Guild (Monster Hunter) 3. Union Aerospace Corporation (DOOM) 4. Aeon Illuminate (Supreme Commander) 5. Cybran Nation (Supreme Commander) 6. Marauder Corps (Titanfall) 7. Mann Co. (Team Fortress 2) 8. Faro Corporation (Horizon) 9. Terran Republic (PlanetSide) 10. New Conglomerate (PlanetSide) 11. Vanu Sovereignty (PlanetSide) 12. Allied Nations (Command & Conquer) 13. Grineer Empire (Warframe) 14. Corpus (Warframe) 15. Orokin Empire (Warframe) 16. Forerunners (Halo) 17. Vanguard (Destiny) 18. Militaire Sans Frontieres (Metal Gear)
A UEF light infantry mech is 5 meters tall. Just putting that out there
And the ACUs are like 39 or 49 meters tall Guess how big is the galactic colossus
Yes, the *Mech Marine* is armed with two 500mm machine guns. 500....
@@QuantumNova But the spidermonkeys gun though thats some powerful firepower.
A Mech Marine is supposed to be ~12m based on in-game scale.
For the longest time I was like "this channel should cover the supcom series", and now it's finally here!
Can't, wait to see not only the other factions, but their ancestors : the CORE and the ARM.
Haha YES!! Total Annihilation was my childhood! :D
An amazing game and spiritual successor to Total Annihilation. Even Jeremy Soule, composer, came back to do the music for Supreme Commander. :)
this bring back found memories
Every once in a while y'all drop a nugget of silver from a (more or less) one-off game from the 2000s and my heart skips a beat. Thank you.
Great to see Supreme Commander gets some love. I didn't realize there was so much more lore to the games. The UEF are interesting faction who anywhere would be your standard evil empire and even though their campaign goes out of its way to make them look worse it does at least make their characters feel like real people. Though the other campaigns right them as more evil. Speaking of which, I find it weird how the UEF campaign sanitizes the Aeon and implies their genocidal purges are just propaganda even though the Cybran and Aeon campaigns say otherwise. Avatar Marxon asking Rhianne's forgiveness before dying is especially weird when in the Aeon campaign he's a mustache twirling villain who wants to overthrow Rhianne and rule the galaxy himself.
NEVER, have i clicked on something so fast. Supreme commander was the first RTS game ive played
I loved playing as the UEF. I still remember the time I plinked the enemy commander in the middle of his base with a blind firing Mavor stashed in the back of my base.
The similarity of the Federations and the Institutes emblem is cool
I loved playing Weddell Islands in SC2, Nothing was more gratifying than a fleet of Destroyers and Battleships sail just off the opponents shore and open up with unholy amounts of firepower. Protected, of course by point defense lasers and a cloud of fighters. I miss my 360
So many memories of playing this 15 years ago now! Please cover more Supreme Commander.
finally covering some GOOD rts games! its about time
@Man with hair it's a good concept but was heavily undercooked on release, resulting in a failure of a game.
I mean, it certainly looks cool and all, but is it supreme commander level good? No i dont think so Were not talking about supcom 2 however,shame how it was never made
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A SUPCOM VIDEO!!!
Ever since you played Supreme Commander in a Stream, I was hoping you'd cover it in a proper video. Let's just hope we also get the other factions as well. Also, curiously, despite the UEF in actuality being pretty dictatorial, it seems they do have some democratic processes, as the Manual mentioned President Riley being fairly elected to his position.
I'm not sure you can trust Riley at his word.
@@TemplinInstitute It's not from his word, it's from the game's manual. It states he has a 10-year tenure as president, and is really popular due to his spotless military record. Since the manual gives neutral coverage of both the Cybrans and the Aeon, I doubt it's in-universe UEF propaganda.
And in supcom 2 I believe he retires as president for that same reason
@@ALUCARD-us3il No, he died at the start of Forged Alliance when the Seraphim bomb Earth.
@@Dafuqinator7 i stand corrected
My favorite Faction from one of the best RTS games I have ever played. You guys are awesome! Hope you guys do the rest of the supreme commander factions
I love this game. And this video was just... Amazing. Well done!
Misread the title and thought this was a breakdown of the Earth Federation from Gundam. Totally forgot about this game.
Thanks for covering this. One of the best games of my childhood.
Ah yes, good old Supcom. I got the game as a present when I was 9 and I've played it on and off ever since. WHile definitely not as popular and prosperous as it once was, the gameplay, design, and sheer number of wonderful mods such as Total Mayhem, Experimental Wars, and Revamp for Supcom 2 have made it truly unforgettable.
I haven’t played the game but love the name for this..UNITED EARTH FEDERATION..I wonder if our future world will be called this?.??
SupCom is such a great game and people often over look the expansion that adds the 4th playable faction which spices up the game a decent bit. Great video.
Heh, the unsung classic that I still keep hearing the music be used in vids all over. Glad to see that you're putting the spotlight on Supreme Commander... also still hope we get to see a SC3 someday.
This is awesome! If you are looking for recommendations maybe try one on the Battletech universe? You could always discuss the Star League or the Clans
Ahh, Supreme Commander. My first RTS and one of my first ever modern video games (before it, I only had access to games made in the early 90s or 80s). More specifically, Supreme Commander 2 (I think it was 2. Might've been 1). Videos of massive, epic battles were some of the first KZhead videos I watched. EDIT: Thanks to you guys, I just bought the Supreme Commander Bundle on Steam while it was discounted on Steam. Swarms of units massacring everything in their way and sometimes being massacred by bigger swarms is really entertaining.
Finally, someone, SOMEONE talks about the absolute best RTS ever created (and probably to ever exist, since RTS is dead now)! It deserves all the coverage, even this many years after launch.
Oh wow, never thought I would see a video on Supreme Commander. This game was and is amazing. Probably the best RTS, maybe tied with SC2 and AoE2. Thanks for the video.
Awesomeness! Would love to see some more from Supreme Commander and especially Total Annihilation.
Supcom's gameplay mechanics are truly godlike. I still enjoy watching competitive players playing it on super high level, very interesting to watch.
I only played the second game but I loved it anyways and appreciate the video dedicated to one of its factions, can't wait for the next two.
WOW awesome I can't believe that you are actually covering my most favorite rts like ever
Nice to see SupCom on here. I actually figured you’d do the UEF first since your emblem looks very much like theirs. Regrettably, I’m forever a fan of the Aeon Illuminate.
Glory to the Aeon Illuminate my brother!
Spiders are awesome. Kneel before the bug faction. Oh yes.
Thank you for not forgetting Supreme Commander! It's one of my favorite games.
I love Supreme Commander, thanks so much for doing this!
I audibly gasped when I saw the UEF logo in the thumbnail, God I love this franchise!
My favorite game of all time! Thank you, institute!!
Some of the mechs in SC reminds me of battletech. Would be cool if you guys did a video on one of the Battletech factions.
When I first played this when on the year of its release, I had no idea whatsoever how to play. Never got past the tutorials or any of that. Been wanting to return to try is again but never found the chance. Especially when I switched to consoles over PC. Maybe one day.
Dang a video on Supreme Commander, that's a welcome surprise HQ out.
I don't play video games but I love sci fi and the tempting institute is exceptional for the level of detail provided
This is another excellent templin institute video.
The peak of rts Hopefully one day rts will rise again to and succeed it one day
One of my most favorite RTS game series so far
Honestly I'm over the moon to see such an S-Tier universe get coverage again! What are the odds you guys would consider adding Infinity Blade to the list of things to cover?
Wow, this awesome game was first out in about 1999, but you guys just started to cover this franchise.
I've been looking forward to this.
YES - SUPREME COMMANDER CONTENT!
This is perfect I just replayed Supreme Commander 2
YES!!!! Finally doing Supreme Commander lote!!!
I believe what you meant to say was "What began as a conflict over the transfer of consciousness from flesh to machines escalated into a war which has decimated a million worlds. The Core and the Arm have all but exhausted the resources of a galaxy in their struggle for domination. Both sides now crippled beyond repair, the remnants of their armies continue to battle of ravaged planets, their hatred fuelled by over four thousand years of total war. This is a fight to the death, for both sides the only acceptable outcome is the complete elimination of the other!"
Looking forward to more supreme commander content!
Now this was unexpected, nice job
Yessss, I've waited for this day for so long
If you have the game on steam, come play on Forged Alliance Forever. We have up to 8v8 multiplayer, 4 player coop campaigns, a random map generator, 1v1 and team matchmaking, and more. Also a very active streaming / casting community.
They just got FAF working with Gog copies of Forged Alliance Forever as well. So even more people can play with us.
I am praying one day for the Institute to cover the Earth Defense Force from its various timelines. I can only see how cool the various factions would be, from the EDF 2017 to 2025 timeline against the Ravagers, and now the 2022 to 2025 timeline against the Primers, not to mention the Iron Rain or Insect Armageddon EDFs
Yes I love Supreme commander please do more on the series.
Nice vid bud. One of the best games ever made, the first one I won’t mention the second lol
I've just recently as in a couple days ago just started playing this lol, get out of my head!
Used to play Sup Com 2 with my buddies all the time, first rts game I ever played, still love it to this day
You should try the original Supreme Commander, it is so much better then Supreme Commander 2!
It’s good seeing my favorite rts sires get attention, nothing rivals my favorite pc melting game, I wish I had a working pc to play it
Now this is a title I haven't heard about in a long time. A long, long time.
o yes been waiting for this the aeon would have been awesome
God, why we cannot have Supreme Commander 3?😔 One of the best video game series ever. Amazing factions, infinite building, massive battlefields and impressive units.
Cuz the money gods decided that rts is dead. My personal opinion is yes please, tight storyline is dead as well open world. But. I'd wish for it to take the rout Ta took. Where you didn't just go big. I mean, the zipper was an amazing unit for the micro player
Exactly, supreme commander has so much wasted potential
The creators of the games got bought by Wargaming (The guys who made World of Tanks) who then got abandoned for no reason.
Imagine if RTS game with similar lore and other things could be made by Blizzard Entertainment. If something could be created I doubt that this game will be in any way close to this masterpiece. No, sir! If Wargaming bought this game I wish to see how they resurrect this universe in way similar to World of Tanks/Warships/Warplanes.
Just got done with a game and saw this blessing in my life
Wtf I never expected you to cover this, tyvm.
I want a real new Supreme Commander, I wish Squenix would just sell the license. I play FAF and am looking forward to Sanctuary RTS but I just love the lore and universe of Supreme Commander.
What a coincidence I rewatch all the cinematics from all the games yesterday and find this tonight. I think Princess Burke is trying to enlighten me to reinstall Forged Alliance.
The Aeon Illuminate video is gonna be good.
Best RTS EVER its not even close!
oh woah never expected lore from this series