Command & Conquer: Red Alert - The Arsenal

by Electronic Arts

Product Details

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• ASIN: B00004XRBK
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: September 5, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #25,747 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great value...!!!, December 7, 2001

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Rolltide (Columbia, Tn) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Command & Conquer: Red Alert - The Arsenal (CD-ROM)

Except for the $10 jewel case for total annililation and maybe starcraft there is no better value in gaming. Red alert alone is a great game with solid balanced units and structures and fun entertaining and challenging missions. Add aftermath and counterstrike and you have hours of great game play. While this is a an older game you really don't think much about it. The graphics still are decent and the game play is smooth. Certainly this game doesn't need much computer or video card to function well and still there are hundreds of players ready to take you on at either westwood.com or mplayer .

In red alert ore is the heart of your strategy. Controlling and dominating the ore on the map is the key. This might be a shock to age of empires or total annililation fans who are used to producing vast amount of resource in camp. No in red alert you send out defenseless ore trucks to harvest and protecting them becomes harder as the game progresses and the trucks have to go further away from the confines of your camp. While you can eventually build an mcv and start a second camp you have nowhere the flexability or mobility you have in those other games. The worst is when you start a second camp only to have it destroyed and all that money was wasted because it is very difficult to protect more than one camp so try and conceal it if you can.

The units while not as numerous or interesting as TA are more than adequate. The soviets(russia or ukraine) have the bigger tanks and the better air force while the allies(england,france,germany) have smaller quicker tanks with the superior navy. The concept is cold war not WW2 as some have said. Germany is an ally while the soviets are the enemy.

Now i don't actually own this package rather i have owned the components for years. My question for those who actually own this package is whether it all comes on one disc or not. I have counter strike and aftermath but i don't have access to both at the same time. If all of those units and missions are available on the same disc it only makes the package an even better value.

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

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hours of strategy and fun, September 29, 2001

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"stand409" (Altoona, KS United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Command & Conquer: Red Alert - The Arsenal (CD-ROM)

Play both sides of this war. I started with the soviet side and after winning all, (some after many tries) I started with the allies. I found it harder to win with the allies. I recommend that for the price, you won't find more strategy and enjoyment than this game.

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars very nice game, April 27, 2001

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a Jets/Knicks/Yankees fan (NY, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Command & Conquer: Red Alert - The Arsenal (CD-ROM)

I bought this game because my friend told me about it. Am I glad I did!! Its one the best strategy games out there. You have to a variety of stuff in the game. You have to control and build weapons (tanks, rangers, etc.). You also have to do a lot of other stuff as well. I suggest that you buy this game no matter whats your age. Its definately one of the best games ever. Plus it comes with three CD's - Aftermath, Allied Disc, and Soviet Disc.