It's a fabulous multiplayer game, but in single-player it's cruel and cold. It thinks making the angle of incline ever-sharper is entertainment in itself. This standalone expansion for none-more-massive RTS Supreme Commander doesn't want you to stop and have a giggle during its arduous uphill journey. Where I'll have to play more Forged Alliance. Just that little bit of reward en route, no matter how silly, made the struggle so much more bearable. Woah-oh-oh-oh, sweet child of mi-i-i-iyyyne. The guy in there sees me and freezes, his fingers also mid air-guitar.
I can't help but glance in the window of the house as I pass, hoping to see the face of my personal Jesus. I half-grin, and start walking again, fingers unconsciously miming Guitar Hero buttons.
There's a pause, and then an unmistakable guitarline snakes out into the cold, quiet air.
Why do I do it? Shouldn't the journey be as important as the destination? A light flicks on in a house just ahead of me. There's probably another ten or fifteen minutes to go when I grind to a sudden halt, and sigh. It's cold, it's dark, I'm tired and I'm bored. It's a forty minute journey, most of it steeply uphill. A chilly November evening, and I'm walking home from town.
