Customer Reviews

Command and Conquer Generals Deluxe

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Aspyr Studios has now released a "Universal" patch for Generals for Mac, Deluxe Edition. This patch includes binaries that run natively on Intel-based Macs, which should offer the performance that gamers would expect of the platform, rather than the performance of a low-end G3 from 1998, which is what is offered by the PowerPC versions.

I wish the Universal binaries were available directly (rather than as a patch), and I would like to see interoperability in multiplayer play with PC versions. However, the campaigns/skirmish games are fantastic. Haven't had the occasion to play it online, but as bad as the network code for the PC original was, it can't get much worse than that.

I bought the game few weeks ago.
Because i couldn't find the Mac version of the game in any german store (i'm german, excuse mistakes in my way of writing :) i was glad to find it here on Amazon.com.
Well, i think everyone who's searching fore this game knows C&C and what you can expect from it.
In my opinion C&C Generals and the suitable expansion are the most succeeded part of the complete series (balanced and verry tactical) !
I was lucky to get both (main game + expansion) in a box and ready fore MAC OS , thanks Aspyre ! :)
Now some much more interesting informations fore Mac users ...
The game works pretty good with an macbook 2.4 GH Intel Core 2 Duo and 2GB ram with the GMA X3100 grafic chip. Pretty good means that you can play the game on maximum resolution (about 1260x...?) and normal details when you want to play against more hard opponents. I recommend to use medium details because you might miss some chipset-power when you have a crowd of units on you screen :) But the Game is playable with maximum details.
You should load the latest update fore the game from the Aspyre homepage, it makes the game running a little bit smoother.
I have no expirience in online-gaming with the Mac version yet, so i can't tell you something about , maybee later :)

Ok, i think thats enough fore now. Buy the game, and have fun !
... by the way, i payed about [...] $ more fore shipping to germany, damn ! ... but who cares , ist a cool game :)

Greets from germany
Dominik

We need new update support online game between Mac and Windows .because it will be more exciting and more challenge

Excellent way to polish up combined arms tactics in a controlled simulated environment with comparable enemies and modern day weaponry. My favorite is the Combined Armed Teams that I can create, coordinate with scouts in the field and give them stealth support via F-117s and stealth Comanche upgrades.

I once owned this game on Pc, but having moved on to college I now just have a lap top. Having recently discovered more free time, I needed something to pass the time and remembered how great this game was! I had to buy it special for my apple and found the performance to be better than PC! Worth every penny! The campaign is great at every level of difficulty and even though it is from 5 years ago, it still has tremendous replay value. The units cannot be beat and there are many mods on the internet to spice up your product! Enjoy and I heartily recommend!

Just got this and wish I had saved my money. You will probably see it in the used section. If you have a 4 year old computer then this is probably the best you can do, but the graphics are almost laughable by todays standards, and the game play is so very basic. Rise of Nations is much superior and I'm looking for something more interesting than that. Unless you just want to see things explode into polygons, don't bother with this.

I bought this game and installed it on an Intel-based Mac, along with the Universal binary patch. Unfortunately it continued to be extremely sluggish. The tractors would move to a snail's pace. Even with the game speed up to its limit. I, too, would have liked to see this game released as an Universal version, instead of just having a patch (that doesn't work) available.

As for the game itself, unfortunately they took out the ships from the weapons you could build, thus making the game more limited.

WARNING: This game does not perform well on Intel Macs. I have a MacBook Pro 2.0GHz w/ 2GB of RAM and performance was terrible. Do not buy this product if you own a Mac bought in 2006 or later.