It was so close. But it has just not happend.
First the good things.
The game is very mush improved over the first game. It has a lot less issues. And it looks and plays far better. Gameplay is great, but if you don't have ant patience than this is not the game for you. Because most of the time you will be building bases and units. This can take from 15 minutes to a hour. But it is rewarding to do. And at first all seems a little bit difficult, but the control scheme is just lovely. It is very simple to use. And no problem at all. The campaign missions are a little bit repetitive, but are also a lot of fun when you play them. And multiplayer is the best part of the game. Here you will really use strategy and it just a far better experience then singelplayer.
And now the not so great things.
The game just looks and sounds terrible. Not as bad as in the first game. But still not good. But if you are a truly strategy lover. Then you can look past these difficulties. But when you are playing a game against a friend and your units are not behaving as the should do. Then you are going to see this difficulties. The game has a few problems with units. If you have to mush of them the will not behave as the should. And that is not a good thing. I also have to say that the experimental units in the game are just a lot less strong than in the first game. This was really annoying. And I don't think that the did this good. The units have to be powerful. Otherwise the have little to less meaning in the game.
My conclusion:
Graphics = 5
Sound = 6
Gameplay = 7
Time spent at it = 6
What I think = 7
So the game gets a 6,2