Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance

It's true that by not rocking the boat, the designers ensured that fans who liked the original are gonna enjoy Forged Alliance. Of course, those who aren't familiar with Supreme Commander ought to take note: While Forged Alliance is billed as a stand-alone expansion, you can't play any faction besides the Seraphim in online matches unless you own the original game. In short, Gas Powered preaches to the choir: They've improved just about everything the faithful could have prayed for -- but they're not nabbing many converts.

"Is it because SupCom's armies consist only of machines, the vast majority of which are entirely disposable? If that was your complaint, I'd argue that not being satisfied unless you know that's a living, irreplaceable thing spraying its internal organs onto the ground is more a reflection on your soul than SupCom's. Forged Alliance is a second chance to prove you're more than a bloodthirsty maniac."

"If you're even slightly interested in real-time strategy, you owe it to yourself to play this - but leave that merciless, exhausting campaign well alone until you've made yourself into a war-god with skirmish mode."

Supreme Commander gets even bigger and better looking thanks to this feature-packed expansion.