Eh. The Spectre is far from the one of the worst-looking things in Zero Hour to me. I do like the general artstyle Zero Hour has. For the most part Zero Hour goes with plausible modern-looking tech with a few still-semi-plausible futuristic units/buildings mixed in, with the majority of the futuristic-ish designs going towards the USA, which makes sense given their faction design (and how the USA irl is one of the most technology advanced countries).
The faction design EA was going for is pretty decent to me, though I wouldn't say it was all executed as well as it could have been.
USA concept - Very good all-around, their units are intended to be the best on a 1-vs-1 basis but they by far have the most expensive stuff. They also have air supremacy and by far the best and generally most futuristic tech.
USA reality - Rockvees everywhere for early-game, and still in late-game. Defenses are pretty meh unless you're SupW or Laser. Air force is very difficult to use unless it's Air Force general or SupW Aurora Alphas. But MOST of their units are still the most futuristic and tend to fare best 1-on-1 than the other faction's.
China concept - Middle ground in terms of units when it comes to 1-one-1. Focuses primarily on swarming their enemies with sheer numbers. On paper they'd probably be the easiest faction to play.
China reality - All over the place to say the least. Vanilla Battlemasters are a joke and there ends up being a huge reliance on Bunkerlixes and Black Napalm MiGs. They're also the slowest faction in Zero Hour and suffer when it comes to scouting and economy.
GLA concept - Units are by far the weakest on a 1-on-1 basis, but they excel at stealth and hit-and-run tactics. They're extremely mobile and hard to stomp out. No aircraft.
GLA reality - The concept is fairly intact aside from the GLA occasionally being able to best other factions in terms of sheer raw power instead of stealthiness. They tend to have the only main tank force worth actually using aside from China Nuke and China Tank (Crusaders and vanilla Battlemasters are near-useless. Paladins are good Scorpion-deterrents but they cost a General's Point). GLA Toxin and Demo are considerably OP in certain aspects however.
Sorry for the kind of off-topic rant lol

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