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Awesome game... if you're an idiot.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 03, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This goes to show you, if you buy an older game, you are most likely going to be astonished by how bad they can be. Not that Generals is a total loss, but if you want anything close to a thinking strategy game, look someplace else. The campaign mode is tedious and the solo player skirmishes are basically nothing more than a "see who can build their stuff first" race. I guess this is realistic though, since most of the military conflicts in history consisted of both sides trying to build a full military base while the enemy is sending in tanks. What makes it worse is the suicidal mentality of your army's AI. Many a time will you lose your builder trucks simply because they either just sit there when being attacked or decide to rush into the middle of a battle to fix a structure even though the structure automatically fixes itself. The only warning you get is an almost subliminal alarm that goes of a thousand times per minute and quickly becomes no more than part of the overall din of battle. And if you do hear it, don't bother trying to save the truck. By the time the alarm actually goes off, the unit is pretty much dead already anyway. It is kind of like a "come watch me die" theme song. I can't imagine these flaws couldn't have been fixed relatively easily by simply making a timer before any attacks and being able to set a checkpoint for non-combat units that are under fire. However, if you are dedicated enough to work through the first half of a skirmish, you will be rewarded by fighting an enemy that completely gives up in the second half, save for small waves of assaults that mysteriously become only a fraction of the original efforts. I can't see much improvement over the original Red Alert games that preceded Generals. The graphics aren't much better, the AI is equally as autistic and strategy is pretty much the same. On a positive note, the game does add some good units, like the combat Chinook and sniper. But overall, if you were frustrated by the Bozo the Clown mentality of the early Command and Conquer games, you will be equally dismayed by the exact same stuff here.

Command & Conquer Generals & Zero Hour

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

A step up from the original C&C games with better and more realistic game play and weapons. You can only choose from three different countries this time but there are many different types of styles you can choose to be. For example you can be the United States, but you can choose from three different Generals; Air Force General, Super Weapons General, and Laser General. Make sure that your processor and video card are in accordance with the minimum needed to play the game so you don't have a lot of lag and make the game less fun for yourself!

I wasted waaaaaaaay too much time playing this game online

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I doubt it is as popular online now since there have been many great new additions to the RTS game genre the last couple of years, but this will go down as one of the best. Why? 12 different armies to choose from, each with their advantages and disadvantages and quirks to master, fast paced games based on combat rather than economy building. I doubt there will be anything as good for a long time.

Great game and training in strategy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I asked a friends son what to give my nephew who lives out of the country. This game and another version I purchased were highly recommended by both the son and his father. Now we have to find out if there is any problem playing it in South American.

An oldie but a goodie!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I've been a fan of this series of games for over 10 years, but just recently have had the equipment to play network games in the house with my 2 boys. C&C Generals and C&C Zero Hour, which both come in the deluxe edition, are old games by today's technology standards, but they are still excellent if you want some interactive and strategic fun--and even better if your machines are not all the highest powered PCs on the market.

I bought multiple copies, because you'll need separate licenses if you want to play a networked game. My sons and I have gravitated toward C&C Zero Hour, because it has a plethora of weapons and landscapes. There are 3 levels (Easy, Medium, and Hard) in Zero Hour. From our perspective, Medium is the equivalent of C&C General's Hard--it's tough! This is a good thing, because Zero Hour's Hard level provides constant challenges!

We have had no difficulties playing with 2 computers networked together. We have encountered difficulty connecting 3 machines together. Sometimes things get so out of sync that we have to reboot each machine and start over. I don't know if this is a quirk of the game or if it's something with my network. We can live with it tho, because we have a blast playing the game together.

Here are a few ways of playing that we've enjoyed:

You can always play with everyone taking on everyone else. Of course, my boys usually happen to gang up on me, and they are now good enough that I'm toast. Now, we'll set up teams and I'll get to have an "easy" army on my team. It helps a little... ;-)

If you can, place all the computers in your network close together--it really contributes to some good natured smack-talk!

Put yourselves on the same team and take on a couple of hard armies. That presents a great challenges and forces siblings to work together. This has been great.

If you have an inexperienced or young player, put a medium or hard army on their team. It balances things out very well.

And finally, have headphones for every player if you're all within hearing distance. Otherwise your opponents will quickly figure out what your strategy is!

Highly recommend the games, even though they're dated. These are classics and not that difficult for younger players to learn. Have fun!

Excellent. Buy it now. It is still a great game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is one of the best real time strategy (RTS) game ever. I have been playing this game for two years with my friend online, and we are still playing it. If you still didn't have this game, go and buy one.

Units are not so futuristic, so you can realize the power of the units. One spiderlike tank is not killing the entire army with one shot. So that is good. Huge variety of land units, air strikes, mines, intelligence units and etc. You can earn experience, after destroying enemy units and you can gain new points to earn new technologies. Unit and technology variety is great.

One of the best features in the game is resource management. One type of resource makes you to concentrate on strategy. If all resources in the map are collected, you can still make money by building alternative resource collecting units/buildings. If you like long games like I do, this is a great attribute. I remember playing Red Alert or Starcraft with my friends at LAN party. Every game was the same. We were attacking each other with super high technology for first 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, we were attacking each other with stones and arrows, just because of resources were depleted on the map. Game makers should place this property to all new generation RTS's games (I hope Blizzard considers resource generation or alternative resource production in Starcraft 2).

Game is relatively old, so you can play with almost any system with no problem. Graphics are still good, and game is created on 3D basis. You can rotate or zoom the map. I have a three year old, cheap and on-board video carded laptop. Although these negative computer configuration, I play this game fluently and having great fun.

If you are looking for great RTS, this is one of them.

can get tiring........

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

good, solid, game. but the AI isn't anything speicial. eventually you get tired of seeing the same battle happen over and over and over again. The campaign is not that great either. if youre looking for a good campaign get red alert 2 and yuris revenge.

Great over a network playing multiplayer

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

One of our favorite games. We bought a second copy to play over our wireless network. It is great to team up and play against the computer or have a duel match against each other. The adult, the 20 year old, and the 12 year old all love to play. It is a great game to play stand-alone but even more fun playing multiplayer.

The computer intelligence in the game is really good, and even though it's a tad old, it's a classic in our house.

GREAT GAME!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 31, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Me and my boys play each other online with a local network connection. We spend hours having fun together.

It is only the best

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

well, since my computer is outdated and i cant try some newer games, i had already played c&c generals ZH, and i knew it was the best game my computer can stand. it is action, plus strategy, plus fun, plus a lot. the network gameplay is so fun, and cool. it is better than playing counter strike in lan, more passion, and concentration is required. and the solo play is also one of the bests, although the computer hasn't that much intelligence, it wouldnt stoop sending you some troubles.

just too cool to describe well

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