What is everyone complaining about?
Now, about the campaign. I have seen other games with worse campaigns. What the heck are people whining about? If anyone buys into the line that the campaign was just terrible then maybe you shouldn't be reading reviews to begin with - and throw in this one as well. Of all the things to criticize, slamming a campaign sounds too fishy, and it is. The campaign seemed fine to me - although given the challenge you get playing it, I was cussing a lot, MUCH more than I ever have for any other game. This is no cakewalk, guaranteed. Anyways, in my opinion, the criticism was unwarranted and frankly, ridiculous.
The single player is the usual for any game. The soundtrack is fabulous. The startup of the game dispenses with any extraneous cinematics. I would say its the opposite of SWAT 4 which has a million different logos and cinematics just to get to the main menu. One thing though, the between mission cinematics are long and very annoying for some missions. Come to think of it - maybe thats what sites and people are complaining about. Either way, thats a dumb complaint. Since I am musing though, to give you an idea - if Homeworld, Ground Control and this game could be combined in one - you'd never need to buy any other strategy game again. Ok, enough rambling. Have fun if you get this game.