What makes a good RTS

For those of you that like RTS games Supreme Commander should be released around Feb 2007. Anyone who ever played Total annihilation that was released nearly 10 years ago will find this game comforting. Personally I've been through the C&C series (with C&C Generals being my favourite), the Age of Empires series, Rise of Nations and countless others and never found an RTS as good as the original Total Annihilation. I was always miffed that they never released a sequel. Shortly after releasing Total Annihilation Chris tailor left to start his own company Gas Powered Games (GPG). Because he no longer had the rights to Total Annihilation, the new "unofficial" sequel is dubbed under the name Supreme Commander. The game that is playable in an online beta at the moment, will support directx 10 when it is released which I will be looking forward to. Aside from this, Supreme Commander brings some interesting innovations to the genre; a full theatre of war perspective allowing much more strategic planning on the 'big picture'. Advanced build mechanics, advanced way point mechanics, mutli-core support and yes, dual screen support. The game also takes advantage of nice big screens by allowing you to split the screen in half. I find the dual screen very handy to leave completely zoomed out so I can see the whole picture and co-ordinate attacks, plan my appoints etc. I'll leave you with a few pictures. Yes the nukes are really big in this game. For anybody interested, I highly recommend you download this movie as it shows a much more interesting interview with Chris Taylor and plenty of the games features. This movie is floating around everywhere, but I'll link to it on 3dgamers