Right, it's pretty much China of CnC:Generals. I just want to highlight the fact that apparently the tier technologies will be developped in the command center. And if you lose your Comcenter, you'll not be able to recruit your top tier units. As far as it was described in the article, it's purely cosmetic. For exemple: if your weapon factory take a hit, the wall may collapse and you would be able to see inside the building. In the article, they gave some exemples like: if a unit is badly hurt, it will shout something or if the unit spots an enemy, they'll describe the situation (for exemple "Enemy spotted, no problem" or "Enemy spotted, we're in trouble").