While It takes it Units and tactics from those games its strategy has been greatly diminished. The tech tree and controls of This is not the sequel to Supreme Commander or even to Total Annihilation.
Instead of the large fights of 1000's of units over maps that can take hours to just explore, you are left with a unit cap and smaller maps to try and encourage you to finish fights faster. This is not the sequel to Supreme Commander or even to Total Annihilation.