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Most Important PC Game Ever!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

There are so many reasons this game was so good. First of all, its like five years old, so its like a old platinum hit. second, it is still fun, though i havent played it in about a year. Lost my copy, and all my other copies( you can copy the cd to play on LAN and the cd works) and i just said no, its time to move on, but i am still here to make my piece with it. Anyways, this game was the first REAL FUN war game around. Starcraft was ko by then. This game only lags if you have like a million guys on the field, (I mean a million) and then they all die, and it stops lagging, and then you buy another batch to send into the grinder. Its fun when you wall off a tiberium patch, and then send in the infantry! Just walk around and watch the butts be born(technically theyre called visceroids). Then when theres enough, (...)mutate into a huge killing butt--- warning all butts are violent and extremely dangerous.

Tiberian Sun, so many options, so little time.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 21 / 23
Date: April 06, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is a fun game. I got the Platinum edition and it has a few ectra things. Things! Not actual game options. No, it has the same game options as the normal edition. But the graphics are a MAJOR improvement over Red Alert and Command and Conquer. The story is again very cool. The between mission videos are very interesting and cool looking, especially the one with the GDI Mammoth Mk. 2 stomping everything Nod, though there is a lack of Nod end mission videos. You can easily modify the rules file to change the game yourself if you get board after playing it non-stop 12 hours a day, or you can download game mods from the many different web sites made for it. Some of those are as follows: www.tiberiumsun.com, www.tiberiansun.com, www.westwood.com, www.tsden.com, or the last I know, www.realts.com . This is a cool strategy game. The skirmish mode can be very hard if you adjust the game setting that way, the multiplayer options are the easiest I have seen out of the Trilogy,(which I now own), the missions are not too too hard, but if you get stuck, just visit any of the above sites and get a walkthrough or two or three. You don't need any $150 graphics accelerator either. This is a fun stratagy game.

They've outdone themselves again!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 13
Date: November 25, 1999
Author: Amazon User

As a seasoned veteran of the Command & Conquer series, I have to say that I was very impressed by Westwood's new product.The new concepts were very cool. Such as the deformable terrain, the diagonal layout of the structures, the subterrainean units, and the times of day when battles take place. However, it lacked some concepts of the earlier C&C's. Mine layers, for example, or any special weapons or units which can reveal or replace the shroud. (unrevealed terrain.) and the most notable missing feature, neither side had any form of a navy. the only unit even associated with water is the amphibious APC. However, I think that Westwood did this on purpose. I don't think that they want any one of their products to outshine any of the others. that would hurt sales of other C&C games, and if someone was given Tiberian Sun as a gift or played it on the internet, with the promise that it was the best one in the series, they might be dissapointed, and pass along the bad review to other friends who were potential customers. However, it is dissapointing that they have to scrimp on some qualities to "Balance" their games. It's disheartening. but there are some qualities about the game which stand out. the new briefings, for instance, are much more impressive than any others that I've seen. but I hated the impersonalness. in the other games, Kane, Gen. Sheppard, Stalin, Von Esling, or whoever was giving you your briefing always spoke to you personally, but in Tiberian Sun, you are either Commander Michael McNeil,(GDI) or Commander Anton Slavik,(Nod) the impersonalness gets to you, and is probably the worst feature of the game. There is no sense of promotion, as there was in all the other games, and the factor of controlling the whole world instead of just a continent disconnects the game.you are trying to control one section of the globe and aren't nearly finished taking it over when you are whisked off to another section of the world to fight. It leaves you thinking, "That's It?" when you complete the final mission and the credits start rolling. The game is a jewel, though. Very creative, Very exciting, Very addictive. and Frank Klepacki has outdone himself again with an incredibly futuristic and ambient sound track. A very proud Five Stars.

Great game!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: February 17, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I just don't understand those who want to give this game low marks. This is a game that when modified with the numerous free online downloads is as good a game as any out there.

To start this game is a sequel to command and conquer not red alert which is the much more popular westwood game. That was a problem for some who just assumed that westwood would come out with a red alert sequel first. Never the less there are features in this game that improve upon the original. The original CnC did not allow for skirmish play against the Al opponent only missions. This game does allow multiplayer play and the Al is very competitive at the more difficult levels. There are some other small extras as well such as more colors to choose from and the oppportunity to make a map right at the game menu. Just set your specifications and it makes a map that's meets those specs. One new feature i love is the option for a deployable mcv. This allows you to start a base and then move your command center to another area. This game is also much more strategic then the originas CnC. The maps are spectacular with many cliffs, ridges and rivers and lakes. No game has better maps and terrain. I wish i could say the same about the units though. While the structures are creative and attractive the units look down right bizarre and cartoonish. Some may like this but i don't. The colors of the units and structures are rich and pleasant but some units are too strange looking to enjoy. The infantry look alright but the tanks take some getting used to. Another unfortunate aspect of the game is that the nod is given the more strategic interesting units. The gdi has more size and firpower while the nod is more sneaky with it's burrowing apcs and missles. One feature i like is the infantryman. The disc throwers for the gdi or the rocket guys for the nod have armor that makes them much more competitive in battles than a rocket guy or grenade guy in red alert. You can't just run over these infantrymen. A group of 10 disc throwers can do serious damage to a camp if allowed to sneak in or they can quickly do away with a harvester. The basic play is bascially the same as CnC or red alert but there are enough new features here to make it a worthwhile purchase at $20.

Overall i would rate the stock tiberian game that comes from the store as a 3.7 to 3.8 stars. A good solid game. What makes this a truly great game is the numerous free downloads and upgrades available both at westwood.com and many other sites. On the program menu for the game is an upgrade option from westwood that helps to work out some of the bugs and improves the game. In addition there are literally dozens of web-sites devoted entirely or in part to this game that provides an incredible array of free downloads that provide game modifications, new maps, units and game tips ect. Also included are opportunites to join klans and clubs, things that really enhance the enjoyment of the game. One download called "resistance 2.0" will add 50% more speed and firepower and will double the number of units and structures. You can find this download at tsden.com. It is these additional modifications and options that convert a good game into a fantastic game. These upgrades and downloads are absolutely free and require very little time, effort or computer savyness to add and if you're ambitious you can do your own modifications.

The only complaint i would have of my modified game is that there is no navy. All these wonderful maps with water but no opportunity to make destroyers or crusiers like in red alert or total annililation.

.................socks

Best Game EVER!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 21, 1999
Author: Amazon User

I've been waiting so long for the release, i can't wait when it finally comes out! it's going to be the best RTS ever, if u ask me. Awesome graphics, hundreds of new units and structures, and improved AI!(thank God)

Been waiting a while, but it was worth it!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 16, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This is just another great sequel to a great game, the original, the best, C&C. It be just as great as the classic, but it will be more enjoyable to play!!!

another game for another c&C fan. yeah.....oh I'm sorry.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 29, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Suprise, suprise.....another game out that is ANOTHER command and CONQUER game. Has anyone heard of the hundreds of doom clones. I like C&C as much as the next gammer,but unless there is a major difference as far as the gameplay goes and a HUNDRED more weapons to chose from, this game is deffinetly of my shopping list!

command and conquer is a great game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 09, 1999
Author: Amazon User

command and conquer is a great game so I think Tiberian Sun will be a great game.

My opinion and some facts

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 09, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This game has a huge amount of features that no one knows about! If you want to know visit the fan sites. There are upgrades on structure(like very small structures that you place ON buildings) Rough terrain will damage 'copters that land on it and slow down vehicles. There are hardly any actual 'tanks' in the game and some very cool features. Full stars, or on my scale 270/300. (No game has ever scored 250 before T.S.)

One of the best modern real time stragy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: May 05, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Tiberian sun is an example of how a real time game should be. Great campains where you can be either Nod or GDI. This game also has great skrimishes. Where you can play the computer on a diffrent level of difficulty and can play anwhere from 1-7 enimies. With alot of diffrent units and buildings this game is not to be missed.

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