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Red Alert 2 is very similar to the original Red Alert, with some visual enhancements and gameplay improvements brought in from the recent Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun game. You still lead a small group of infantry and armored units in most missions and you still have to assemble a base of operations in order to accomplish just about anything. This time around, however, you'll have a slew of new units to build and command in the field--most of which are pretty slick. The American Prism Tank, for example, can take out numerous enemy units with a single, branching attack. On the Soviet side, Tesla Troopers and Psychics help make ground troops a formidable asset.
Another nice addition to the game is the ability to garrison troops inside buildings. Because much of the fighting is on city streets, it helps to give your troops some cover from time to time. Also, there are a number of special buildings that provide unique advantages once occupied by engineer units. The airport allows you to call in air strikes, for example, while oil derricks provide a resource boost for your war machine.
Multiplayer support is still the calling card of this series, and fans of past C&C games will not be disappointed by Red Alert 2's multiplayer options. The basic free-for-all mode that the original Red Alert made famous is still intact, but the alternative multiplayer modes are the real treat. In Unholy Alliance, players get access to both American and Soviet tech trees, while the naval war variant starts each player off on a small island. In addition, the game includes special cooperative campaigns.
There's no denying Red Alert 2's charm, despite the lack of a funky 3-D engine and the game's reliance on ultracheeseball video cut scenes to tell the story (Kari Wuhrer or no Kari Wuhrer). For fast- paced, real-time strategy action that focuses on quick, intense firefights on American soil, no other game holds a candle to C&C: Red Alert 2. --Michael Ryan
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Hokey but Addictive, many fun hours because it adapted to your increasing skill.,
By J C Harper (Bartow, FL United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Command & Conquer Red Alert 2 (CD-ROM)
Aaaah, summer 2001. A time of devil-may-care, booming economy, and pre 9-11. This game was a FUN way to wile away the hours of that lazy summer. This game just never got old, there was always some aspect, some character that just ate me up with frustration, trying to master each little maneuver, time attacks just right, like the blimp and its huge bombs, like the nuclear missile silo taking _forever_ to build.
Quite simply a guilty pleasure video game without too much guilt really, it was so easy to justify putting off the chores because that danged Red Alert game just _had_ to be beat! There wasn't anything I cared more about than getting to the next map. This is not a first person shooter. This game was the flagship of the genre. Mouse over a group of men or tanks or choppers, or planes and point to a target. I've yet to find another game that was so thrilling and addictive, it ruined video games for me after that. The closest I find to this style is the Tower Defense games around now. If you're under 30, don't get this game, you won't "get" it. You will be quickly bored and wonder why your joystick doesn't work. You will think it's cheesy and slow paced. You don't know the history of the Cold War, the US-Soviet tension. You won't be able to identify with defeating Communism, or playing the Russian side and fiendishly defeating the imperial capitalist army. It's just Fun in a Fun way that your generation can't understand. Growing up in the 80's with the threat of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) made my generation a little batty, and this game was a catharsis for that looming fear, even 10 years after the fall of the wall. I'm 40 and have a Mac and wish I could play this 10 year old game, that's how visceral it was for me. I just found out there's a Mac version (RA 3) so I'm gonna check it out. Thinking about it now, I'm going to get Parallels just so I can play this game. Also, who can forget the lines from this game. "Fully Charged!" or "Your command is my wish" or "Do you like my belt buckle?"
4.0 out of 5 stars
Oldie but was always a goodie,
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This review is from: Command & Conquer Red Alert 2 (CD-ROM)
I really can't even remember when i purchased this game, but i do know it was awesome.
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