I wasn't too keen on the F2P aspect, but a near finished game getting canceled that wasn't hopeless always sucks. Maybe they'll save the assets and actually make Generals 2?
Judging from the available gameplay videos, it looked far from finished. The visuals and basic system was there, but it lacked all those nuances that made zero hour such a great game. Like for example proper physics when it came to unit movement. it lacked fixed wing airplanes for the time being, etc..... Additionally, the decision to have many more generals than in the older game caused the available generals to be nowhere near as unique and deep, they seemed to differ literally in handful of units - did not play the game though myself, it just looked that way based on the available info.
Still, all these things could be added later, improved upon, changed for the best - so its kinda shame. I hope they use the assets to make zero hour sequel too, but i am not holding my breath...
Funny thing, reading through official forums and gamereplays, lot of people over there are like: nothing to play now, RTS genre dead, its only StarCraft 2 left... funny how people can be close minded. There is obviously Rebellion, SupCom, upcoming Planetary Annihilation, etc,,, all great titles, but to these people those games dont exist. I can understand the difference between StarCraft and SupCom or Sins, and if you like one, you dont have to like the other one, after all i am no fan of StarCraft2 myself..., but i would be willing to stake that majority of those people never bothered toeven try these games out, at best saw some gameplay videos on youtube and concluded its not for them....