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It isn't Red Alert 3, but its not bad

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: November 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

When you first pop that cd in and install the game, the first thing the diehard C&C fan will notice is the opening movie that seemingly has nothing to do with a story. Once you get into the game, however, you realize the story has really taken a back seat in this game. This becomes one of the biggest flaws in the game. Thinking back to the previous C&C releases by Westwood Studios, I was always blown away by the good stories and the wonderful cutscenes blending live action and CG animation. They were the glue in the games, the part that made it realistic and immersive. The characters had personality and human traits that made you feel like they were really there. Generals, however, is very lacking in personality. The cutscenes that you looked forward to between missions are gone, only in game graphic videos are used(including some flagrant use of bullet time). While these look pretty cool, they aren't enough to build a story. Instead of having a human brief you on whats happening and what your mission is, you are thrown into new scenarios every mission where a faceless voice barks commands. The bottom line in terms of the story is that Generals is simply uninspired. There is nothing about it that makes you say, "Wow, this is awesome." like the rest of the games in the series, which is a shame, because there is a lot of potential.
Now that I've finished with the poor story aspect, on to the gameplay. This is where the game excels. The first thing i noticed about the game when i started playing, was that it plays a lot more like starcraft or warcraft than it does a C&C game. Instead of having a sidebar with units listed that you can build, you build units at their respective buildings. You also have to construct buildings with a unit, rather than building them on the sidebar and having them magically appear. You also get a lot more control over your units, with more options for control, such as a more defined guard function and attack move options. Mysteriously missing is the deployment options from Red Alert 2. The three sides in the conflicts are all very defined, and have their individual strengths. The US specializes in strong single units and high technology, while the Chinese specialize in brute force and huge numbers of people. The GLA specialize in simple, dirty tactics such as suicide bombing and poison attacks. Each side plays differently and requires unique strategies. The individual units are all very well done too, each one with a very specific use. Gameplay does have problems though, especially dealing with long range units. If a unit is being attacked by another unit that is out of its range, it will just sit still and let itself be killed rather than attack its assailant. This is very frustrating to deal with, especially when you're having to micromanage over a large area, its difficult to babysit each one of your units. Another complaint is that the computer AI is extremely bipolar. During the battles, it is extremely aggressive, and attacks almost constantly from different sides, but as soon as the battle starts to turn, it rolls over and stops entirely. Beyond all the little issues, however, the gameplay is very good, with good variation and addictiveness. The graphics and sound are also superb. Its great to see humvees driving around with headlights on when its night. There is a lot of attention to detail.
Good:
Great gameplay
Good graphics
Improved combat/construction systems
Bad:
Lack of story
AI issues

Overall: 4/5
C&C fans will definitely want to own this game, but most will probably be disappointed with the lack of inspiration in the story(or lack thereof).

Recommended?: Yes, any RTS fan will want to play this game.

Hardware

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: February 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game does not work well with ATI Radeon cards. I have a 7200 64mg card along with more than enough to cover the specs and the game was choppy and slow. Come to find out its a programming bug, apparently the designers prefer nvidia.
What I was able to experience was not overly exciting anyway, save your money people!

Looks cool

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: February 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Even though I have never played it, I will defenatly buy:ONCE THE PRICE GOES DOWN.

ehh

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: March 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

it was ok. I love stargety games. Starcraft has to be the best game ever made. But with this i was a little disapointed. For some reason it runs extremly slow on my amd 1.3. The graphics are good and the game is extremly realistic (something that ra2 was complelty missing). I feel that the graphis bog down the gameplay. I want graphics in something like splinter cell, not a stragety game. The units move painstaklenly slow. One thing that i found good was the unit abilities. The units are no longer attack or move, they have special abilities. Over all if your a hardcore stargety gamer that owns them all get this. If your not please buy a clasic like starcraft,warcraft or one of the RA games.

Would get 5 if it wasn't so lacking

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: July 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Yes, it is Command and Conquer - among my favorite games of all time. Generals is even better than the previous C&C games. But why did I only give it three stars? Because it is too short! In C&C:RA there were a ton of missions to go on on each side. It took me a month of playing to finish the game as both sides. This time it took me 3 hours of playing to finish the USA missions. What's up with that?

So, because the game is so short, it gets smacked down really hard.

Very Good RTS Action game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: May 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

C&C Generals has excellent graphics,and a good stroy line.
You better have atleast a 64MB video graphics card (Geforce 4 Nivida) or better to play.

I was disturbed by the use of Arabic people as the only race terrioist in the game.

I which the maps were a bit bigger,so you donot run into the enemy so fast. Empire Earth by Sierra has huge and gigantic maps.

Notwithstanding the above stated,the games is alot of fun.

The best game i have played, but very aggrevating

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I waited for this game at least a month, and when it came out i bought it and downloaded it in the computer. I push play and a error pops up on the screen, so the next day i decide to give customer service a call, to find out that my computer is to slow.
This is the reason the game gets a 4 star is because the game takes so much memory for u to play.
Thank God that my brother has a faster computer. This time it worked. And so far this has been the best game i have played. It has everything nukes,takes,everything.I have been impressed with the whole game when i finally got to play.
I recommend it to anyone that has a fast computer,and if u do bye it i think you'll get your moneys worth.

Great game but could use some fine tunning

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: March 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is a great Command and Conquer game but it is not the best. Generals has the best graphics out of all the other C&C games but that only accounts for part of the game. Here are some of the factors that make the game bad or could be tuned up.

-There are not that many units fore each nation around 12 units each.
-Although the tanks, terrain and buildings look good. The human soldiers look horrible they look like cartoon figures, and civil was soldiers.
-There are only 7 missions for each nation.
-Some of the missions are repetitive or boring.
- Requires a state of the art computer to run.
-In one mission you have to shoot down American supply plans bringing food to the civilians, you also can use anthrax weapons (How terrible, what was EA thinking)

Here are some of the factors witch make C&C generals a good game.
-There are three sides to choose from China, GLA, and America
-Very cool units like a dragon tank, stealth bomber, snipers, nuke cannon, Migs, and scud launcher.
-Very good graphics besides the soldiers.
-Multiplayer is a blast
-You get to destroy dams and watch as a flood of water comes crashing down on your enemies.
-An upgrade system that allows you to train a new unit or gain a unique ability.
- Cool zoom in feature which allows you to see the battle up close and personal.

In the end C&C generals is a good game but it could be better. EA should have waited a few more months so they could fix some of the problems.

best so far

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: April 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

best one so far! you go westwood! great graphics and i thought it was fun and good for the money.

The next Tiberian Sun

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: March 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

C&C Generals is a semi-fun game, but unfortunatley it is riddled with bugs, many game lock-ups, and crash-to-desktop problems detract from the quality of the game. If you were a fan of the previous Command and Conquer games, then this game is NOT for you. Much of the Command and Conquer feel of the game has been ripped out. The plays more like the flop-title "Real War." The graphics are interesting, but are very cartoon-ish. The game has a lot of potential, and we may see more interesting titles develop via expansion, or a sequel, but at this point, the game does not deserve the Command & Conquer title.

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