Reefsmoka
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You should all know by now this is an RTS (Real Time Strategy) style game, where you have to make an army by building certain building and then defeat your enemy using all different kinds of strategies. First i'd like to start by telling y'all how much of a Command & Conquer fan i am, I think i've played just about all of them, PC and PSone versions, ive had some series 5 hour sessions on it, trying to devise a good enough strategy to defeat the difficult (but fair) AI. There has been around 10 alltogether, with the peak of the C&C series comming when C&C Red Alert was released, that sold like hot cakes. Then they released a few more upgraded version, with different vehicles, buildings, teams and loadsa other new items. Then EA come in and made C&C Renegade, a terrible terrible first person shooter, i was so let down! Then C&C Red Alert 2 come oiut, and it was alright i suppose, not as good as when EA didnt stick there noses in on the action. Then they finally released a game to justify the C&C series, Command & Conquer Genrals!!
Well as soon as you start your first game on C&C Genrals, whether it be skirmish or mission based, you will notice it is a completely new game. Its all 3D now, and it looks beautiful to be honest. The terrain looks real, the building look like you can make yourself small and go into them and the vehicles just look utterly fantastic.
There are 3 armys to choose from, the Americans, Chinese and a group called the GLA. The GLA are Afgahns by the look of it, they create biological weapons, they have that corner shop owner accent when you give them tasks to do. Each team has there good points, and each have there bad. With the GLA you have suicide bombers you can send in to try and penetrate the opposing forces defence and blow up a few buildings and also car bombs which will destory tanks instantly. But they have weak tanks, collection resources with them is slower than your granny on a treadmill and they're not the most technical advanced army either. Then you have the chinese, these have flame thrower tanks, hackers (which you can build loads of and they'll bring in the money like no ones business!), and these women who can hack into buildings and steal vehicles. There only weakness is the chinese tanks havent got the best armour and can be destroyed pretty easy. The americans are a good all round team, they have tanks that can take a few more shots than the chinese, they collect resources with big helicopters so you can get rich quick and they have alot of advanced technology like ION beams, which shoot a big beam of what seems to be electricity from the sky to destroy enemy buildings.
With each of the teams you have campain modes, where you will find yourself defending a village, or destroying chemical factorys (which are making weapons of mass destruction, most probably). These gradually get harder, with a nice learning curve.
My favourite style on C&C Genrals is the skirmish mode, where it just you against computer AI or a friend via LAN or the Internet. The aim is just to destoy the opponent/s by any means. There are loads of maps to choose from, big, small, loads of resources, hardly any etc etc.
The controls to C&C Genrals is relativly simple, all you really need is your mouse (though there are a few shot cuts on the keyboard). With these easy controls it makes the battles more enjoyable.
Well this is my favourite in the C&C series, it has everything you would want from a War Sim/RTS. I have to give this 8/10, i woulda liked to have seen double the amout of teams and a few more tanks for each team.
Minimum PC Specs:
Windows 98/2000/ME/XP
Intel Pentium III/AMD Athlon 800MHz
128MB RAM
3.2GB Hard Drive
8 x CD-ROM
32MB Direct3D Video Card
DirectX compatible Sound Card
DirectX 8.1
Keyboard and Mouse
I'd say:
Pentium III/AMD 1.4Ghz
512MB RAM
128MB Video Card
Well as soon as you start your first game on C&C Genrals, whether it be skirmish or mission based, you will notice it is a completely new game. Its all 3D now, and it looks beautiful to be honest. The terrain looks real, the building look like you can make yourself small and go into them and the vehicles just look utterly fantastic.
There are 3 armys to choose from, the Americans, Chinese and a group called the GLA. The GLA are Afgahns by the look of it, they create biological weapons, they have that corner shop owner accent when you give them tasks to do. Each team has there good points, and each have there bad. With the GLA you have suicide bombers you can send in to try and penetrate the opposing forces defence and blow up a few buildings and also car bombs which will destory tanks instantly. But they have weak tanks, collection resources with them is slower than your granny on a treadmill and they're not the most technical advanced army either. Then you have the chinese, these have flame thrower tanks, hackers (which you can build loads of and they'll bring in the money like no ones business!), and these women who can hack into buildings and steal vehicles. There only weakness is the chinese tanks havent got the best armour and can be destroyed pretty easy. The americans are a good all round team, they have tanks that can take a few more shots than the chinese, they collect resources with big helicopters so you can get rich quick and they have alot of advanced technology like ION beams, which shoot a big beam of what seems to be electricity from the sky to destroy enemy buildings.
With each of the teams you have campain modes, where you will find yourself defending a village, or destroying chemical factorys (which are making weapons of mass destruction, most probably). These gradually get harder, with a nice learning curve.
My favourite style on C&C Genrals is the skirmish mode, where it just you against computer AI or a friend via LAN or the Internet. The aim is just to destoy the opponent/s by any means. There are loads of maps to choose from, big, small, loads of resources, hardly any etc etc.
The controls to C&C Genrals is relativly simple, all you really need is your mouse (though there are a few shot cuts on the keyboard). With these easy controls it makes the battles more enjoyable.
Well this is my favourite in the C&C series, it has everything you would want from a War Sim/RTS. I have to give this 8/10, i woulda liked to have seen double the amout of teams and a few more tanks for each team.
Minimum PC Specs:
Windows 98/2000/ME/XP
Intel Pentium III/AMD Athlon 800MHz
128MB RAM
3.2GB Hard Drive
8 x CD-ROM
32MB Direct3D Video Card
DirectX compatible Sound Card
DirectX 8.1
Keyboard and Mouse
I'd say:
Pentium III/AMD 1.4Ghz
512MB RAM
128MB Video Card
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