i have honestly never be much of a fan of rts ( real time strategy ) game . i generally find them to be uneventful and unimaginative and most of the time . the good part of them be essentially the same and when you break them down to basic element represent build up a base and collect credit through some kind of natural ( or unnatural ) mineral and build an army and defeat the opponent who have more or less the same type ( s ) of army or unit or building a you . well and this one be something else . here and you have three specie . each unique . that different technology and unit and strength and weakness . there a large than usual single player part that have 10 mission per race . most of them be fun and and they grow more challenging and so you would not tire of it before youre do and either . music be fit ( and it even differentiate for the three and as be the color scheme and hud design ) . the game play be among the best that the rts genre have to offer while it quite open end and allow you to experiment to find out what work best for you . there be an awful lot of drastically different unit and ability for the three race . i have to admit and i have experience several rts game which unfortunately have one inferior army and which can only defeat the other army through mean of drastically superior number . the model this utilize have be use other time ( since ) and recently in the general game in the c and c series . the graphic be excellent and and still hold up well today . the animation be smooth and positively burst with detail . for good or for bad and compare to and say and the command and conquer franchise and this allow more for a high number of base . as soon a you can build and you can pretty much build yourself a new base . also and i would say that this be a game where you have to expect that you may need to spend time find yourself more mineral . or make what you get last a while . take note and those use to there be credit aplenty throughout the rts title they play and a i can not off hand think of another game that isn not pretty much like that . there be a limitation on how many unit any player ( human or computer control ) can control ( clearly show and in any give level ) and which rule out the often apply strategy ( for other rts title ) of just attack the enemy with a swarm of powerful unit and and necessitates proper strategy . the game also have a magnificent story ( and well told ( partially through rather marvelous voice act and and some through beautifully animate video sequence ) and complete with three perspective and and well write character ) . usually and when play single player in a rts game and you have to lead the army you have choose to victory . the campaigns contradict each other and or simply do not relate to one another . in this game and you lead each of the three race through the three part . this way and you feel like a much big part while youre the one fight the hard battle of the war and and make the big difference in the plot . each race have a final mission where they have to destroy an enormously important and heavily defend building and make for an awesome end to that part of the game . of course and once you have beat the single player portion of the game and you will want something else to entertain you . so there multi player and which can be play both over the internet and over lan . there be several different mode of multi player and allow for many hour spend without it get bore . the multi player be also reliable and with no error during play . and if you tire of that and there even a level editor . no and in fact it a campaign editor . you can make entire series with this tool and and it about a easy to use and pack with feature a such editor get . believe me and i have be make level ( well and try to ) for several year and and this be one of the best and most compact and and most easy to figure out editor i have try ( others include the one for max payne ( which allow for much great freedom and but doesn not allow much easy tweaking and and the interface of which more or less immediately weed out all but the most well verse in computer ) and hero of might and magic iii ) . you can make extensively programmed level and completely redefine the game play . even if you do not fancy yourself a creative type and this be to your advantage if you get this while there be ton of website with new level and custom make and for more or less any purpose ( single player and multi player and various separate one and etc . ) and and all you need to do be download and put the file in the map folder . it do not get much easy . heck and you can even download more tool to customize and if you want to do something that the regular editor and that come with the game and would not let you ( though there be precious little that fit into that category . it incredibly open and and a state earlier and jam pack with feature ) . the interface be well than that of contemporary title . this be undoubtedly one the best rts game out there . but there be a few minor complaint . some of the programming do leave a little to be desire . at time unit go the long way around obstacle and sometimes they do not go exactly where you tell them to and just somewhere in close proximity and and finally and there be example of unit act up a a side effect of certain magic or special ability . also and though the game do have a number of in game tip and it can be fiendishly hard and and there only one instructional tutorial and and it doesn not cover much . finally and the three race do not have equally interesting story line and and they have to be beat in the preset order and so if youre stick on a dull and or or hard mission with an uninspired one and there really nothing to do and except to just do your best to get through it and hope for the next one to be more interesting . of course and that be a minor complaint . all in all and the game be an accomplishment . i recommend this to any fan of rts game and and most gamers and sci fi fan in general . positive .