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This game is AWSOME

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is probably the best RTS game out there. Its got great graphics, an awsome camera and, amazingly, unit speech that ISN'T annoying! Another thing is the level of customization. You can customize what you're bringing on your mission, and what type it is (scout,light,regular, or heavy) and the attributes (recon/speed,offensive,defensive,balanced). You can also customize the special weapons.

The plot is amazing. Just when you think you know where this game is going, *WHAM* it changes course.

The game is very unlike other RTS games of it's time, such as StarCraft and Warcraft 2. Instead of the extroardinary boringness of building up a base, gathering resources, tech tree, etc, you get your units instantly as the dropship comes in and you have no base to defend(except on certain defence missions). The only thing you really have to defend is your units.

The unit experience in this game is excellent. Instead of micromanaging every single unit, you control squads, which levels up your units faster.
Ex. My Light Terradyne Squad leveled up! (Ground Control)
Ex. 2 of my 12 Grizzly tanks got promoted! (Red Alert Two)

Tell me about another game that has all of your units HP, type, how many units left in the squad, KIA or not, whether they are taking damage, and favorite pizza topping in a small transparent tablet smaller than your big toe? Ok, maybe not the pizza topping, but thats beside the point. The "Hide Squad Button" command literally hides them. I mean not "Here is a little thing to show you where they used to be" kind of hiding, i mean GONE kind of hiding.

The in-game sound effects are great. Move the camera to the top of a cliff, you hear the wind (Or is that artillery shots?). Move closer to your Marine squad running from a squad of Attack Aerodynes, you hear their footsteps. Get a close-up on a Light Terradyne, the engine gets louder.

The only only only thing in this game that is needed is the addition of a regular APC's so you don't get your Command APC vaporized by trying to drop troops into battle.

Those who think this game needs water units, you are SO wrong. Water units would not be able to follow your land units to the enemy base. They would be practically worthless. I'm not talking about amphibious units (which actually would be an awsome addition) I'm talking about battleships and so on. And besides, there is no water in any of the maps anyway.

I also like the secret(s). If you find more than this one, please post a review. If you click on the fish in the credits about 25 times (or more, I'm not sure) it explodes and you hear singing.

One thing about this game however, is that it is rather difficult. The easiest missions are the "Seek and Destroy" missions. The hardest one's are escort missions and defence missions.

Overall this game is totally awsome and I hope you buy it so that you can expierience the shocking amazingness of this great game.

The best... period.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 23, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Forget Earth 2150, this is the game to buy. Don't let people scare you into thinking you need a major system to run this game. I bought Ground Control and it ran "out of the box". Now, when I bought the game I didn't have a great graphics card, and only 64M RAM but the game ran, ran well, and looked decent enough to be very playable. I recently upgraded to a mid-level graphics card, added 128M RAM and now this game is unbelievable. The detail in graphics is incredible, the playability is superb, and the story-line is second-to-none. Get it, play it, enjoy it.

Best Game in this Genre

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 20, 2001
Author: Amazon User

An awesom game frequently overlooked. Ground Control didnt get in the spotlight or receive much attention due to market problems upon development. This game is definately more deserving than 95% of other games in its class(no lie). Superb graphics, plenty of tactical/strategic options and an intuitive interface and the unit's move inteligently(like their supposed to).

Blow the dust off and enjoy Ground Control again

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I just recently found an old PC Gamer magazine demo disc with Ground Control on it. I loaded it up and played the 3 level demo and was hooked. I purchased the full version and was so sorry that this one passed me by when it was "new". The camera control and angles are so awsome and extremely easy to use, perhaps a tip some of the other design houses could incorporate. The story is good and just when you think it's the same old run of the mill plot it will throw you a curve and just have you enjoying it even more. The unit control is very interesting, being that you control squads not just one person or vehicle at a time. I guess to sum it all up, this is just a great RTS and right now be it that it is one of the old ones... Getting a good new game is fine, re-disovering a great old one is even better.

Great action and strategy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is a great game that does NOT burden the player with the boring and typical resource collecting and technology trees of other games. In each scenario you have a certain number of units at a certain strength; you have some ability to repair damage, but once your men die, they are gone for the scenario, and in campaigns, have to be replaced by less experienced (effective) new units. This game was easy to learn, but hard to get really good at, which is another good point about it.

Please I Need to know

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

well i belive this game is the awesomest game but i want to buy it and well im not sure if ill get the mac version or the windows ver. i need the win. ver. please help how would i know wich im getting

Fast, Furious, Fun and Looks Good!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 18, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I am running the game with a Celeron 300A (no overclocking)with TNT (the first)and yet the game blazes through each mission like no tomorrow.

You can zoom in and out, rotate it and elevate it all angles without a drop of sweat. The graphics are great and the game is fast. No tedious micro-management, no resource gathering pain - just plan your attack strategy and send your troops out!

Beware Dark Reign 2 !

Good Game only for good Computers

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 09, 2001
Author: Amazon User

To all people going to buy this game. While this is a great game if you have tried the demo, it is not the greatest game to get the full version on. I had ordered the game from amazon and had downloaded it onto my computer. When it did not play / activate, I proceeded to the website where they had many patches to fixes problems (bugs) for the game. I had downloaded the patches and applied them to my computer and after a long time of trying It still didn't work, so I returned it. But hay if you think this review is bull, then feel free to learn the hard way for yourself, But I atleast hope it works for you

Excellent Game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 22, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I only recently managed to acquire a computer capable of running this game and finally went out to get it after much anticipation. I have not been disappointed. It has a story that, if a little unimaginitive, I found to be quite enjoyable. As for the gameplay, the focus on tactics and effective use of your limited units against almost always numerically and technologically superior foes rather than constructing a hoard of disposable units was quite refreshing. The game's AI is generally great, occasionally it does some stupid things but I have encountered this in every game I've played. The normal difficulty can be quite punishing as the AI is very unforgiving, but this is a refreshing challenge. Also, I have found that in many levels the most obvious path is not always the best, often there is an alternate route to an objective that is less heavily defended. The use of terrain is quite important and the enemy knows this as well. One occasional annoyance is that sometimes you will get on the high ground and attempt to fire on a target below only find yourself unable to, however, I usually encounter this when I try to fire at something directly below a cliff face that I am sitting atop. Thus, I chalk this up to added realism, my tanks being unable to depress their guns sufficiently to assault the target. The solution to this problem is simple, just use artillery or other mortar style weapons. Another excellent feature is you are required to use combinations of units, going with all one type of unit can be a recipe for disaster. For example, one mission I deployed nothing but heavy tanks incapable of defending against air attacks, the AI then was able to slaughter my force with its ground attack aircraft and I could do nothing to defend my poor tanks. If I have any qualms it is that the tanks are somewhat ineffective against infantry, which is highly unrealistic, but I see the reason they did this as it helps keep the game from degenerating into a tank rush (infantry, bombs, or artillery in order of effectiveness are generally the best defense against other infantry). A very enjoyable feature I found was that midway through the game you switch sides, this is refreshing as some RTS games make you play as simply one side throughout. Though the side you switch to has overall better technology it is at a point when the other side (which you were previously on) has the upper hand, thus you still have a challenge. The graphics are also top notch and the totally free roaming camera are both nice features that simply serve to enhance an already great experience.

C&C went down the toilet!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 01, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is the best game I've played since C&C Red Alert! It's graphics are incredible, you can zoom in on you troops and watch them fight your enemies or command them to use special weapons from a more overhead veiw. The special weapons are awsome! They go from small mordors to nuclears bombs! There is a wide variety of units to command too. They go from marines, to tanks, to airplanes! I've stayed hooked on this game already longer than any other game I have played in my life! So if you are going to bye a RTS game or any other type of game for that matter in the near future bye this one!

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