Customer Reviews

Command & Conquer Red Alert

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

Red Alert is the prequel to Westwood Studio's smash hit "Command and Conquer". The idea behind the game is that a time machine is used to rub out Adolf Hitler, before his rise to power. With Hitler and Germany out of the way, a new country must take over the fight to gain Europe. This struggle is undertaken by Stalin's Russia. The game allows the player to choose to be the Soviets or the "Allies". The Allies are made up of a few assorted European countries thrown together. Stalin's "Red" Army is a great force to be reckoned with. The Soviets focus mainly on their ground firepower, air firepower, and offensive strikes. The Allies rely upon their Navy, base defense, and a range of ground assault vehicles. I liked this game because it had a good storyline, good enough graphics, the new skirmish mode, a wide range of units, a good amount of buildings, good sound, and it is a good strategy game. The new Skirmish mode allows the player to go up against one,two,or three AI teams, or up to three other players (using link cables). It is a great way to play the game if you're stuck on a mission and you are to frustrated to go on trying it. Also, it allows a certain amount of practice and it perfects the skills of experienced players. This game is a good play, but it may not be as popular as the orignal Command and Conquer. Also, Command and Conquer Red Alert: Retalliation may be a better game for the average player. Red Alert offers around 26 single player missions, and about 15 Skirmish maps. Retalliation has around that number of missions, but more than 200 multiplayer maps. I suggest you pick up the orignal first, then try this game. At this price, I would reccomend purchasing Command and Conquer, Command and Conquer Red Alert, and Command and Conquer Red Alert: Retalliation. The combined price of these three titles is around sixty dollars. You get six different games for the sam price as a new Playstation game (Each title comes with two discs). I would give Red Alert three and a half stars, it definitly should be on every strategy gamer's shelf.I know it and the orignal are on mine.

command & conquer is a great game its been around a while but i have meet people who have bought some of the best games ever and taken it back just to get command & conquer red alert 1 & 2 and they say it is the best choice they have ever made once you start you can't stop playing the longer you wait on each level the more impressive the people/machines on the 3rd level you can get invisible tanks

If you've played this game on the PC, you'll notice it's not quite as good on the PlayStation. But, it is pretty similar. The controls are different and the graphics aren't the best, but you get used to them. It's just as fun as the PC version, with the tesla-coils frying people and soldiers screaming when they die. So if you liked this game on the PC, and you have a Playstation I recommend this game.

Two problems with the game. 1) Not being able to save mid-mission 2) Getting used to a regular controller vs mouse Other than that, still a fun game, but certainly nothing special, very well worth it.

This is an ausome game to start with and has ausome expansion packs.
It gives players multiple choices and total control of your army and facilities.

I have played numerous real-time strategy games and the one that stands out the best in my mind is Command and Conquer Red Alert. The mission storylines are interesting and the videos are things to look forward to at the end of each mission. But, the thing I find most compelling about this game is the ability to play in a skirmish mode when you are tired of or have completed the missions. The wide range of vehicles to choose from (from the deadly Allied cruiser to the gargantuon Soviet mammoth tank) add a great deal of strategy to the game and assure that you never play the same game twice. Plus, at this price it is more than worth it. Buy this game and Good Hunting!

This game is an awsome one, but it is much hardder on the Playstation. I lost an entire army before i got to make my wall. But it is almost exactly like the PC version. I would say rent before you buy. (And I LOVE the attack dogs, they rock!)

This game is awesome especially if you like blowing things up with nuclear warheads or just plain shooting the crud out of people with tanks, jeeps, or even people. This is the game for YOU

im jus gon put a review... might not be to good but its entirely true... its a lil buyest:-p red alert 1 was is n alwayz will be my favorite game.... the only reason i didnt get it for the computer was bc i run on XP n it only runs on 95,98, and me but i also have PS2 so i was so genius n i got it for PS1 bc the graphics r worse but its still the same fun fun fun fun game!!!... presonally i think this is the best game westwood ever came out with... too bad they didnt make one with better graphics and playable on XP:-p (red alert 2 is not as good if u ask me but get it:) its still fun and it has better graphics... but i would prefer and red alert XP..)

First of all, this game is so bad I couldn't play it for a minute. The Playstation version of this game is dirt when compared to it's PC counterpart. The Playstation version doesn't allow you to save in the middle of a mission, and also features horrible graphics and sound. Also, you can't play via the Net, unlike the PC version.