Never played the first one, but this game is pretty fun if you're looking for a RTS that's futuristic and definitely a lot of fun. This is definitely a game that interests me and to me is a nice replacement to forget about the disgrace that is C&C 4.

Edit: This was a real fun time I was having with a friend playing this, but I was never as good as him sadly. It's the kind of RTS that I love being very much like C&C with all the different units and the related buildings and research for upgrades! The campaign was also fun, though as I ended up playing this one first, I feel like I missed a bit out of the main storyline so I was a little lost, but I still enjoyed every moment of it and how your main unit can harvest resources from destroyed buildings and machines to get more resources.