Going back to the older titles is difficult, they obviously lack the conventions that RTS players are used to today. It is nice having them all right there on one DVD, and a nice single launcher to use when you just feel like playing a C&C game, but you can’t quite decide which one.įor those of you who never really got into or experienced the C&C franchise at all, this is a tough call. The first Red Alert game is all and all a fantastic game.Īnd I’d be saying the same for Red Alert 2 if it would run for more than two minutes for me.ĭespite all the problems and disappointments with the pack (the bonus DVD isn’t terribly exciting, just some little light interviews and such), if you’re missing any of the C&C games, or have problems running the older ones, it’s worth the purchase. I get some odd crashes here there with the other games on occasion also, but overall, except for Red Alert 2, they all seem to work fine. As for myself, the first Red Alert works fine, but I’m unable to get through a mission in Red Alert 2 without a crash to desktop. Although some people have had better luck than others, a few seem to have trouble with the Soviet mission videos showing in the first Red Alert, but there is a fix around that will take care of that (and it should be resolved in a patch EA has claimed). The good news is, generally speaking, the games do in fact run properly. So the install process is boring and you have to enter in a bunch of CD Keys at once, but it’s worth it for the game play that follows.Īnd – at least all the games work! I imagine some of you have caught on to the ironic style being used here. Of course, you still have to put in CD keys for 5 or 6 of the games. No big loss though, after all, you get to install 12 titles with the CD key for the Command & Conquer: The First Decade key. Too bad all we are treated to here is a Windows install screen. Also, if there is one thing the Command & Conquer series is known for it’s the fantastic install sequences. There is a lot of good about this pack: all of the C&C games (except Sole Survivor) and expansions on one DVD. Right, well then, now you have the chance to replay all those great memories without bugs, OS compatibility issues, or other such problems… This soldier betrayed the Motherland, the sentence… I mean, everyone did that… right? Right? Hello? Everyone has those gaming stories, where they did some absurd thing in the LAN play with their friends, or those modem games where you and your friend both built nukes and would take turns dropping them on a field full engineers just to watch the engineers run around on fire. Like most games from ‘back in the day’ I can’t help but have nostalgic memories of my time while playing them. And the final installment bearing the Command & Conquer name, Command & Conquer: Generals and its expansion, deal with a future war involving the US, China, and a terrorist GLA. The Red Alert games deal with an alternate history where World War II never happened as we knew it, with the western Allies battling against the Soviet Union. They pit the world-policing GDI against the terrorist organization NOD in a futuristic setting fighting over a mysterious resource called Tiberium. The vanilla Command & Conquer titles ( Tiberian Dawn, Tiberian Sun, and Renegade, C&C‘s first and only FPS game) are essentially the core C&C games. įor those that don’t know – and in that case, this pack might not be what you’re after – the C&C franchise has basically three separate series within it. Unit rushes were a fresh idea in this newly pioneered genre. ![]() Keep in mind this was back when people didn’t complain about a game being based on tank rushes. Few things in life can compare to crushing the enemies of the Soviet Union under the treads of massive Tanks, and this game allowed for lots of crushing. Yawn… But if this was a disappointment, the C&C franchise went from strength to strength and with the release of Command & Conquer: Red Alert, I was completely sold. Whilst I had played and enjoyed one of the first RTS games to be released, Dune II, the first C&C came, saw and indeed conquered, and gamers haven’t looked back since.Īt some point in time (a year later) another company named after a weather pattern released their own RTS game with Orcs and Humans, but for some reason it was lacking tanks. I can’t quite remember when I actually first played Command & Conquer (later to be known as Tiberian Dawn), but regardless, on that day, PC games reached a new pinnacle for this reviewer. Command & Conquer: The First Decade – Game Review (PC) James Lombardi
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