The first playable faction presented is the UEF, composed of all of the stereotypically 'negative' qualities of current day America, such as an out-of-control military-industrial complex, evil corporations, and a ruthlessly imperial mindset. Upon skimming the manual, in an effort to steep myself in the lore of this new universe before diving into the gameplay, I found the same tired mish-mash of backstories that most science fiction settings suffer from.
Supreme Commander 2 jumps head first into this milieu and, unfortunately, emerges drenched in cliché, both the killer robot kind and the standard-fare RTS kind. Fictional robot wars are such a ubiquitous concept in mainstream media, that the mere thought of another synthetic-filled universe runs the risk, fairly or unfairly, of being cliché right from the outset. Moore's 're-imagined' Cylons, the theme has been covered millions of times over. From Isaac Asimov's foundational works, to Ronald D.
