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On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:58:17 +0000, pc games <pcgamer23708@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>I've some questions regarding Gas Powered games and Supreme Commander
>if someone can answer me please
>
>What is the label "Gas Powered games"

Try putting "Gas Powered Games" into Google and see what come back.
Next question ?

> I'm seeing in the front cover of
>some PC Game boxes at Retail stores? Namely Supreme Commander
>
>Is it true Supreme Commander removed the copy-protection/Disk check
>with the latest patch? So now can you play without having the disk
>inserted in the drive?
>

No idea... Who cares ? Only somebody with a few screws loose in the
upper story would ever make this feature a mandatory requirement
before considering the purchase of a game.  There is always
Gamecopy.com to relieve such anxieties for legitimate purchasers.

>Has Supreme Commander single-player mode?
>

Yes...  Campaign 18 missions, 6 for each faction. You do know how to
search with  Google, don't you ?  Oh, I forgot, you are on a 33K
modem, so Google pages come up abysmally slowly and you can't visit
graphically-intensive sites....Feels a bit like being on a desert
island these days, doesn't it? Except most inhabited desert islands
probably now have faster internet connections than you do....

No wonder you have all these questions for us on SC instead of quickly
perusing Google hits and the on-line SC game previews and reviews.

>If yes is Internet Mandatory in any way when playing Supreme Commander
>single-player mode only? Like having some kind of online activation?
>

No idea... have not yet bought the game. Considering the very steep
system requirements for a satisfactory gaming experience in SP mode, I
expect it to be discounted very rapidly after the initial rush of
strategy-enthusiasts.

>If no then it means Supreme Commander with the latest patch installs
>and plays exactly like Company of Heroes right?
>

Not quite, it is a totally different type of game... SC is the
spiritual successor to Total Annihilation.

>Thanks!
>

With your obsolete PC machinery, Supreme Commander should be a
slide-show very frequently in SP mode. The game is fully
multicore-aware and the SP AI apparently requires genuine dual-core
horsepower when large numbers of units are in action. Need a fast
dual-core processor, a high-end graphics card,  a very large-screen
monitor or even better still --- dual monitors.

SC does not seem to be exactly your type of game,  according to what I
have gathered from your many postings.

However, just go ahead and buy it at full price to add another spiked
butterfly to your collection. Yep, throw your money away again instead
of putting it towards that fancy new quad-core PCIe PC and that
desperately-needed broadband connection. 


John Lewis