With the real-time strategy series Supreme Commander coming to GOG.COM, we thought it was the perfect time to highlight the creator of the series, Chris Taylor, as well as dive into their journey through the world of video games, while also highlighting the amazing RTS titles he helped create.
Born in British Columbia, Chris got his start in the game industry in the late 1980s with Distinctive Software. The first game he was a part of was the baseball title Hardball II, but it wasn’t until his move to Seattle, Washington in 1996 that his path really started to become clear.
It was at that time, with Cavedog Entertainment, that Chris got the chance to stretch his creative legs as the designer and project lead for the iconic RTS Total Annihilation.
Total Annihilation was a huge success, even though it had to compete with one of the titans of the industry, Age of Empires. It even won Gamespot’s Game of the Year award in 1997.
After his time with Cavedog Entertainment, Chris went on to found Gas Powered Games in 1998.
Chris Taylor, Gas Powered Games, and a look at the amazing Supreme Commander
Taylor hit the ground running with Gas Powered Games. First, he and his team created the fun action-RPG title Dungeon Siege in 2005, but the real star of Gas Powered Games was Supreme Commander, released in 2007 along with its sequel, Supreme Commander 2 from 2010.
The Supreme Commander series is considered the spiritual successors to Total Annihilation but due to rights issues, Chris Taylor and his studio could never completely come out and state that. Even so, the game is heavily influenced by it.
Like in Total Annihilation, Supreme Commander has you playing as a powerful singular unit. This unit, called an Armor Command Unit …read more
Source:: GOG – Good Old Games
