Played this game. It was terrible. Great idea, but the execution was poor, possibly due to the time it was created, I'm sure if it were created now it would be much better but that could be said of anything. When I played it (The free version) It was buggy, laggy, tiny player base (Expected) and anything but user friendly.
In regards to the whole commander thing, kinda like Battlefield 2142, in the respect that, while yes, one person is in charge and gives orders, not even half the people listen to those orders, and nothing is more frustrating than being in charge with no one doing what you tell them to and losing because of it.