It is also obviously influencing the yet-to-be-released RUSE. The current trend in RTS games is to make things simpler a design philosophy that has already affected other games such as the Dawn of War series. Now, after Forged Alliance, an expansion pack to the original, fans have a true sequel in their hands, but is it everything they hoped it would be? Since then, fans have been anticipating the sequel, which they hoped would bring more of the massive-scale RTS gameplay they've come to know and love, as well as performance tweaks to make running it as painless as possible. Gas Powered Games brought a classic back to life with the original Supreme Commander, spiritual successor to Total Annihilation.
