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- Out of all the requests I get on this channel, the Red Alert almost certainly takes the number 1 spot. Well, after nearly 18 months we're finally there. Let's begin, with Red Alert 1!
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CZcamsr - "Should you play this game?"
Me & I guess all of us lol - "AHHHCCCCKNOWLEDGED"
Yes
One of my first PC games I owned. I put so much hours in with the base game and expansions.
*coughs up phlegm* -nowledged
RA2 is considered by the fandom to be the best in the series. I personally love RA1 even if it has some balance issues.
I've heard! Many a time, actually. Very excited to play it!!!
Check OpenRA project! It's free and open source implementation of Red Alert's engine.
It can run more than just RA1. Also - it fixes a lot of old bugs and balance issues.
Ehh red alert 2 is where they sort of jumped the shark a bit. It got way too cartoonish. Tiberian sun had a much better art style.
@@DanielBlaney Your RA1 and the Tiberian sereis were the best.
For me I've been playing since TD came out RA2 was fun but deeply unbalanced with the promotion of units when you can have 1 apocalypse tank wipe out a base single handedly I'm sorry but it's not the best RA1 is the best followed by Generals
I still play Red Alert 1 & 2 today…in 2023. It’s such a fabulous game and so nostalgic. Great review
Oh the memories. I spend so much time playing the game together with my cousin, when it came out.
The story is serious enough, but still has plenty of cheese to be entertaining. A balance, which the sequels were not able to capture in my opinion, they were pretty much full cheese.
I also like the art-direction. It might be the nostalgia, but IMO it aged much more graceful than a lot of the other 90s strategy-games, like Lord of the Realm 2, Warwind 2, KKND or Z.
Fun-fact: The German version had all soldier replaced with "robots". They sounded like a soda-can getting crushed, when run over, and did not bleed but left puddles of oil behind when killed.
I'm with ya, aged surprisingly well!
Oh wow I didn't know that!
Also cutscenes where missing and the story was changed. It wasn about a gas attack in the first soviet mission.
@@BratislavMetulski Oh, I knew about the edited cutscenes, but wasn't ware of any other story-changes beside the "robot" change.
@@Deckaio the russian campaign is about some poison gas. In the german version they just say weapon. The briefing background are dead soldiers while it is the european map in the german version.
Bereits zum Einsatz! - The generic German version unit acknowledgement (which I found completely replicated in another game as well, just can't say which one exactly). Strangely, I bought my RA1 German CDs in 2005 and that was the standard version with human soldiers and original story, although with German localization.
I played red alert when i was 11 on my grandpas pc. i found a mono headset at one point and sat in front of the pc wearing it while playing. I felt like a real commander giving verbal commands even though i knew the game had no such feature.
Haha that's awesome!
“Kirov Repor-“
“No, uyobok! Kirov is now civilian transport after war with capitalists!”
The Death Screams in Red Alert will always be the best.
yeah they rule lmao
I always thought it made more sense for the timeline that if the Allies win, it goes into Red Alert 2
If the Soviets win, it leads into Tiberan Dawn, with Kane dismantling the Soviet Union and taking their resources to build the Brotherhood
Yeah I liked that idea too - I actually thought that was the case back in the day until I did some reading about it
@@Zade_95 Ah ok~
One bit lore that will help if your interested. Each time machine that appears in the series works a bit different.
The one in Red Alert 1 sent Einstein back to his own timeline, hence why he acts so different during the intro compared to when you meet him in the Allied campaign. He comes from a timeline where WWII was against the Nazis, like in the real world
5:02 I think RA1 is still a lot less cheesy than later titles when it comes to the cutscenes and story and stuff. The Soviet campaign was pretty grim, literally starting with Stalin and his officers discussing the effects of nerve gas on civilians, including _children_ and then the ensuing first mission where you commit a pogrom on a town and the ending cutscene after that where your Yaks strafe down _even more children_
got this for Xmas from my father when I was little. Still have the game. :)
Now the Remastered collection came, Red Alert 1 bought me back to 4 years old and I feel sooooo happy :D!!!!
This video was a long time coming! The old original C&C games hold a very special place in the heart. I was awful at them, but played all the time and loved every minute of it.
Great video Mr. Zade!
-0pticalstatic
Haha tell me about it opty! Glad you enjoyed, always great to hear your feedback :)
The story to this game is hilarious considering Einstein himself was an avowed socialist.
Stories in Red Alert games lul
Your in for a treat Zade! Red Alert 2 and Yuri's revenge are my favorite C&C games. Plus they have in my opinion the best sound tracks
I'm looking forward to it!
I’m late, but your opinion is a fact: RA2 and YR have the best OST in the whole C&C franchise. ;)
you do a vid on TIberian Sun when i'm playing Tiberian Sun
You do a vid on Tiberium wars when i play Tiberium Wars
You do a vid on Tiberian Dawn when i play Tiberian Dawn...
as excited as i am...this is suspicious :D
maybe
its not a coincidence
AT ALL
CAT!
Thanks, me too!
Oh man I remember when I was kid and went to my local Fry's electronics and found it in the bargain bin for like 5 bucks. Bought it and immediately started playing it when I got home, still remember the loading screen and everything. One of the best deals I ever got.
Here's hoping that you'll talk a bit about Mental Omega when you get to Yuri's Revenge. ;)
;)
*the floor is lava!*
Man, I love this game, finished it as USSR 5 times. Nice cat btw!
Thank you! :D
"The time is right.. to launch our STRIKE AGAINST THE USSR!"
Both campaigns are great, but I prefer the Allied Forces since they're the good guys I guess, but you can't deny the awesome Soviet campaign too.
I can't wait for the RA2 review, which is my favorite in the series.
I can't wait to play it!
C A T R E V E A L
Also, no memes, please do Emperor: Battle for Dune as well, everyone always forgets the Dune RTS series is really the third part of the C&C lineage, next to the Tiberium saga and Red Alert (and, arguably, Battle for Middle-Earth would be the fourth one, but it's even less-remembered I think). Dune 2 _really_ hasn't aged well, which is kind of a given since it's usually hailed as the start of the RTS genre, and Dune 2000 is better but still plays largely like C&C1 with better graphics, but Emperor holds up much better. The graphics aren't great, given that it's a 3D RTS from 2001, but the design is fantastic, the factions are strongly differentiated, and the subfactions are a cool mechanic that I don't know why no-one else has done it since. I'd say it's still worth your time, and at the very least it's worth a look.
Yes, I'm persistent. :p
Strategia In Ultima “the third part of CnC timeline” is actually Generals
@@lcs.1094 I am legit embarrassed that I forgot Generals ._.
OTOH, Generals only got the one game (and expansion), while the others all got at least two standalone games, so Generals doesn't really have a _lineage_ as such.
.....yeah that was bullshit, I totally forgot and I can't believe that I did.
disgusting forgetfulness
banned
@@Zade_95 that's fair tbh
She's on the list!
Found a cool mod that is Tiberium Dawn vs Red Alert.
Dawn of the Tiberium Age is a Tiberium Sun now that puts the Tiberium Factions together with the Red Alert factions, so you could have Nod vs Soviet battles. Yes they give the GDI and Nod naval units.
POG
0:03 *I am so proud of this community*
Been watching your videos since you had 700 subs. Great to see your channel growing, mate! 👍
Yooo, the original!
But seriously, I appreciate it a ton ! :)
@@Zade_95 And I appreciate the videos!
Dune II laid the foundation,
Command and Conquer found the formula,
Red Alert turned up the fun to 11!
Excellent review my friend!
Thank you!
Did you try the Counterstrike and Aftermath expansions? They both add quite a bit of content to the game in the form of new missions and some new units as well, such as the M.A.D Tank and shock troopers. The (secret) giant ant missions in Counterstrike were also pretty cool. Some of the new multiplayer maps they added were pretty great too, such as "The Hills Have Eyes" which featured civilian villages that would spawn units that were hostile to all players on the map.
I did play some of the missions, though I didn't actually record them for the video oof
I remember playing the demo Red Alerts first mission over and over again in Pc world/Virgin mega store back in the day. Also I believe R/A had a map editor and I sure there’s other people out there that made their spawn point more favourable that the enemy side ie harvesting crystals and only one access road for the enemy to reach you.
Just a side note. If you guys are looking to play RA1 on multiplayer or even just play the game in a more 'modern' set up. Go to OpenRA! It's 100% free, Open Source, AND comes built in with an installer to get the game. So you can be up and running in no time.
And it supports not only Red Alert! :-)
Mmm I feel ya! I actually tried out OpenRA in my Tiberium Dawn review, decided to stay with the base version for this one
I love Red Alert 3, the deep end is fun, the Navy being extended to basically your entire army is fun
And it's the only one with Tim Curry and JK Simmons
I've always liked the look of RA3! Keen to get to it soon tm
I thought RA3 was great too. I don't understand the hate. I liked RA3 Uprising as well.
@@Hellgie1 the hate is mostly based off of EA, but EA also published C&C 3 which is amazing so yeah
SPAAAAAACE!
@@Hellgie1 I like RA3 but it just feels too cartoonish for me when compared to RA1 and RA2.
Can't wait to releas Red Alert Remastered!
Me too!
Me three! I hope we have a rules.ini to modify the game too!
Hopefully it's not released by EA.
As a fan of Tiberian Dawn and wanting more, I was camping gamestores waiting for it's release.
And it indeed delivered, I had tons of fun playing this.
But I do have to address, besides some great naval units the Allied are nerfed Nod. They have spies, thieves and intelligence, but for every vehicle you push out, the Soviets have a bigger one with more guns.
Red Alert 2 kept it's focus on notably different units and capabilities, but the balance was greatly improved. Looking forward to your take on it.
Honestly, RA2's balance is probably the crappiest in the entire series.
For example, Soviets dominate the early game. And most Soviet VS Allied rounds end in Soviet victory in the first minutes. And Iraq was like, the only good Soviet Faction, because they had desolators.
The allies, you got to be a damn good player to survive the initial tank rushes.
But their T3 is just AMAZING. Prism tanks are really, really good against Bots.
And in multiplayer? I mean, not bad. Mirage tanks, amazing. They kill infantry easily, and tanks are shredded. And infantry for both sides?
Really only the attack dogs are good, and they're pretty much only for scouting. And the basic infantries are just good for Garrisoning.
Allied aircraft? That exists? Soviet Kirovs? Good against bots. And if you know how to use them, can be real good against actual players.
Navy? The allies are great, Soviets? Not so much.
And OH BOY. Yuri's revenge?
Yuri is a total f***-fest of OP units. Initiates, crush infantry and tanks EZ, and when they garrison? Oh lord, Brutes? Reliable anti-tank infantry that smashes tanks and infantry alike. Adepts, MIND CONTROL infantry that cost like, 600.
They're amazing base defenses, and are great ambushes. Viruses? Destroy infantry. Yuri Prime? T3 OP Hero. Demolishes construction yards and defenses with ease.
And i ain't done. Defenses? Overpowered. Superweapons? Probably the best support superweapon. And tanks? Oh boy, The tier1 and Tier2 Tanks are really, really good and reliable. And the T3 Beasts? Just amazing.
Point is, RA2's balance is farr beyond perfect. Infantry is basically useless, Allies are pretty much only good in right hands. And Yuri?
Yuri sucks, what were they smoking when they designed the units.
Edit: I have no idea why i edited this comment.
Tiberium Twilight? What's that? Never heard of it. Nope. Nada. Nil.
*shrugs*
That game has been [Redacted].
You didn't mention the secret ant campaign or dident you know about it?
I did know about it, I actually forgot though LUL
That's only available in the "Counterstrike" expansion - he only reviewed the base game here.
Check out a band called Tiberium Sons. They played covers of C&C music with Frank Keplaci himself
I've seen the videos actually! Super sick
Just a heads up, when Westwood was working on Renegade 2, it was going to be the bridge between RA2 and Tiberian Dawn, set initially in the fallen Soviet Empire, and a seemingly small Scavengers faction starting to cause trouble.
Also the Brotherhood of Nod is not a small terrorist force in TD, they're absolutely massive, and have more monetary assets than the entire G7.
Red Alert is still amazingly playable even today
Agreed!
I still have my ps1 version of the game on my shelf played that shit so much when I was younger, good times
That's awesome!
It doesn't have hovercraft tanks or dolphins w/ sonic wave guns... but it does have giant fire breathing ants.
And what else do you really need?
The answer to the question posed in the title is Yes, if you consider yourself any kind of rts fan, Yes you should.
Solid review mate! Keep it up
Thank you - I will!
Would you ever review Westwoods Emperor: Battle for Dune?
Yep!
So much Nostalgia for this game. The remastered version is now the definitive way to play.
Fingers crossed for Volume 2.
It warms my heart to see C&C videos even after it's fall from grace due to EA's abhorrent treatment of the franchise. I grew up with RA1 and the rest of the series afterward, RA2 was an amazing sequel worthy of the name with an even more amazing soundtrack. Though while I personally think they started leaning a lil too heavily to the campy aspect considering RA1 was still quite serious, it's still a good story. Oh and, I'm sorry but what was that game you mentioned at the 20 second mark? Never heard of any other C&C game after Kane's wrath.
Here's hoping there's a bright future after the remasters - I'm optimistic!
Niice!! Don't forget the expansions too in the next episodes :D :D
Same with C&C itself. Covert Ops was fun, and Firestorm improved C&C2.
Saving myself for Yuris Revenge >:)
If you want to see the pinnacle of this traditional RTS evolution, try playing Total Annihilation. I'd love to hear your review about it. It's probably my favorite game of all-time.
Big Supreme Commander guy, wasn't a huge fan of TA playing it nowadays. It will get a video sometime though!
@@Zade_95 Game mechanically SupCom is probably a better game, but for me it's too grandiose scale because I spend more time looking at icons than the graphics itself. TA is as large as a traditional RTS can get (without needing zoom out feature). And as a historical curiosity, it's still worth taking a look at, I cannot wait your take on it!
The first game where i messed with the ini files and i still have my edited ini for when i do my once a year playthrough of the C&C games.
I loved my fast firing long range Heavy tanks
Was alwaus afraid of having to face them myself
Lieutenant Zofia from Red Alert 2 was supposed to be in RA1 but wasn't. The actress said that in a recent interview
What version of the game you're playing?
The Blue sash on grenadiers is really hard to see, and they're not throwing the incendiary nades they did on the original release.
I still love the art style. I've just completed red alert 3 challenge DLC it kicks ass
Me too (love art style) - also nice job!
"red alert 3 challenge"
Is that like Generals Zero Hour challenge? That was great!
I really love that game, Aftermath is my favorite expansion with the powerful Tesla Tanks!!!
Now we need a red alert 2 review
Won't be too far away!
Did you get a chance to use the map editor? The map and rules editors were some of the best parts of the original release of Red Alert.
I didn't actually, never been much of a map maker guy myself
don't forget OpenRA, it adds some nice quality-of-life changes to the games!
Must be that advanced hydraulic system upgrade the trucks get to throw that ore around! 🤣
I've said this on other channels, I played the Red Alert Series in reverse order. I got to listen to Tanya go from being a beauty model trying to sound tough (and failing) to a feisty heroine, to a laughing sociopath gunning down the Soviets.
RA2 is probably mechanically a better game, but I just love the dark, brutal nature of this alternate history World War 2.
Nice review! But, I have to add; it is a very persistent myth. The Soviet is not canon in any way. The only "proper" way to view the storylines is the Allied "timeline split", where the Tiberium universe is the main timeline, and the RA2 one is a spinoff/alternative, alternative timeline.
Thanks! Yeah I know it's more of a fringe idea, thought I'd put it in there though !
Iam going to drop this here, since it hasn't been mentioned in the video:
www.openra.net/
TL;DR:
OpenRa is an open source rebuilt of the original CnC engine.
NOT EXACTLY THE SAME, as the original. There are some community-changes made, but i really like the effort and it brings more options for multiplayer and Skirmich and also support for more resolutions and aspect ratios.
They're currently in the process of implementing the Tiberian Sun/Red Alert 2 engine (Red Alert 2 works as a prototype, focus is on TibSun first!), which i really look forward to, though development has been slow, due to a lack of helpers, which makes me sad :/
I covered OpenRA in my Tiberium Dawn review, but should've at least mentioned it again here - you're right!
Red Alert was a lot of fun but I still prefer Tiberium Dawn.
1: I love the Nod Attack Bikes and there is nothing in the Red Alert 1 vehicle array that I like as much.
2: My then best friend and I both owned Tiberium Dawn so we spent a lot of time on multiplayer,
3: Tiberium Dawn was the first game I ever talked back to and flipped off during a cutscene (The GDI campagin scene when Kane contacts the player character. Fortuantely I was home alone at the time.)
I gotta agree, I do love the Attack Bikes
This game was my first entry into the C&C universe.
Would you be open to doing the Homeworld, Dawn of War, Act of War or the Earth 2140,50,and 60 games?
Yeah a lot of them are on the list! No timeframe for now though :)
9:46 are Turkey, Spain, and Greece as playable skirmish nations a new thing? I played the hell out of skirmish mode back in the day and don't remember any of those three being available choices. (It was only Russia and Ukraine for Soviets; and France, Britain, and Germany for Allies.)
That might be part of the CNC.net addons, I believe. Could be wrong though!
Drake holding his hand up as if to say, 'no, not this one.' : generals
Drake pointing and smiling as if to say, 'yes, this one.' : red alert
Thanks for talking about this amazing game!
My pleasure! Thanks for watching :)
ever try dawn of tiberium age? it's basically have tib dawn units and RA units combine
Heard of it, haven't tried yet!
Red alert 2 is amazing. You will love it. Especially yuris revenge. Excited to play the remaster!!
Me too!
Now the real question is did download come with the map editor like it used to? It should be in the folder that the game installed in. Hopefully
I think so!
@@Zade_95 Thats pretty cool then because it adds a whole lot more to the replayability of the game in skirmish mode.
Yo Zade nice vid again , I just want to know the name of the game at 1:20 on your Tiberian Dawn Review kinda curious :c halp
Cheers! It's World in Conflict - I've done a video on it! Great game. czcams.com/video/VixISZ6ca2s/video.html
You should always be able to get some Red Alert in your life! I got it as a jólagjöf from dad My best gaming experience was when I installed C&C original on my PC in 1994 or 5 when I had my new 486 800MB hard disk 8MB memory I think.. 15" tube with a mouse with.. my mouse had balls in its balls! Thats how tough we played! Boom! I love C&C !🖖🐺🌍🥳👍 link to installing dat game.
The good old days!
The new Red Alert remake is coming out on steam on June 5th, 2020.
I'm well aware :D
I don't know if you ever played it but you should check the act of war and its expansion cause you are oviously loving the command and conquer games. It was released before Generals and to my opinion it is the spiritual succesor of the C&C series. It was succesfull and it even get one expansion but sadly didn't release a new game until couple of years later and because of lack of budget and marketing no body knows the second game of the series witch is act of agression.
Act of has similar mechanics to C&C but game has its own touches so it wasn't a rip off. Wounded soldiers can be captured and you can capture some of the enemy veicheles and game even have super weapon but for a diffrent perspective it has super weapon defense systems and instead of annoying timer mechanic you are buying them one by one (both defenses and weapons )
I will be very greatfull if you review it for 2020
I played Act of Aggression (once it had been patched to heck, only a couple months ago) but it didn't click with me. I don't know, maybe I should revisit it...
@@Zade_95 you should check the first game as a more retrospective which is Act ot War :D Act of Agression is a bit more clanky and unbalanced compared too first game and most importantly act of agression doesn't have video with real actor on campaing but Act of war has it :D Besides vehicle/human unit/building ratio are prety good compare command &conquer generals and and act of war has a way better way more fun campaing conpare to command&conquer generals.
I don't agree with the games being hard to get running, if you buy the game on origin you get every C&C game and their expansions for $20 and I've never had an issue booting them on a windows 7 PC
Yeah, I have the Origin pack & got Tiberian Dawn running on Win10 with only needing to 'Run as Admin' in settings [+plus prob a compatibility setting with XP3 or similar].
This one ran great, and easily! Depends on your setup for sure. Some people say they had Tiberium Dawn run fine, while most I've spoken to say it hardly starts at all. Technology, huh?
Excuse me, but what is the soundtrack music that is playing in the background in 5:37 and so on for like a minute ?
One of the interesting things about this game is despite how goofy some of it is playing the Soviets, Stalin. The way he is portrayed here is actually accurate and, more frightening, realistic.
I play TD and RA on the openra engine and its great, most custom maps dont work but the maps that come with these games make for some great skirmishes, something i was was in the original games
I really like the fact there is a mission taking place in Sweden. (Lund.)
*c&c red alert retaliation on ps1 brought me to love the red alert series*
But Zade... when you download, there are .pdf manuals...! :V
Jokes aside, watching this do make me wonder which between C&C and RA1 I would have more nostalgia about if I had grown up with both. As it was, it took me almost a decade before I got my hands on RA1 (as I only had C&C on machintosh back in the day).
What I can say is that I definitely ended up playing more RA1 in the long run, much thanks to the Skirmishmode.
Addition: Also, if you have some time to spare, I reccomend looking up an interesting standalone mod called "Red Dawn". It effectively converts Red Alert into Command and Conquer, with an interesting twist; while you can still play the original C&C missions in the RA1 engine, it also turns all RA1 missions into C&C equivalents. Like an alternate reality game where they made RA first and C&C second.
Thanks, i'll check it out!
You're going to cover the expansion packs too right?
I was so blown away by it as a kid. Now I find it clunky and unbalanced. It’s the same thing as Warcraft 1. Sure, it was so cool when it was launched but with the outdated interface and the 20 years of gameplay improvements that came since then, it’s a hard pill to swallow. Red Alert 2 though... it’s still fun to play.
Once you've had newer games, it can hard to back for sure!
Not mentioning OpenRA is a bit of a miss in research. As it is a project that actually improves on gameplay friendliness adding in a few more modern menu options etc. which makes the game more playable inas your title states 2019. The same person from openRA is also working with EA on the new remastered versions of the original games I heard. Great video nontheless tho.
Thank you!
I actually played a lot of OpenRA when covering Tiberium Dawn, so I decided to stick with the stock game in this one. But not everyone knows that, so you're right - I should've mentioned it in the video1
Surprised you didn't mention the Ant missions?
Even though it's an inferior/incomplete version of RA2, it would be a solid and fun game, but controlling units here is a nightmare.
RA1 is a solid entry. Westwood had really gone all out on it. I remember using the map editor/maker back in the day too.
You're about to go on wild ride with RA2
czcams.com/video/6YbUYMcgqJU/video.html
I'm ready!
Of course you should play it!!! It's awesome!
"Of course!"
When you do Red Alert 2 (And Yuris Revenge) I BEG OF YOU check out and play threw the Mental Omega mod. It makes the game 3 times bigger and even has its own story. It truly is its own game (My favorite mod of all time).
Yep, I will be. Might even get it's own video, we'll see!
@@Zade_95 the mod is certainly big enough for its own video. Thanks for the reply
There it was. I knew there was one more except Renegade :D
Renegade's the outlier - it'll get it's time :)
@@Zade_95 be sure to check out the interim apex mod on the w3d hub launcher for renegade. It's very popular and has a pretty large playerbase. It adds over a 100 new units to renegade and 24 custom maps.
This is me and my dads thing
This was my first computer game ever thanks to my white friend in middle school
That scroll rate though
It's either too high, or too low. I prefer the latter LUL
CNCNET vs OPENRA, which do you play?
Cncnet for me!
OpenRA is a better way to play this game imo. There are additional graphical options and an online multiplayer that works nicely. Just a suggestion
I played OpenRA when I covered Tiberium Dawn actually, should've done it again here :P
@@Zade_95 ahh, well in that case sir, you are a silly sausage.
wow yes me too! i distinctly remember the best experience i ever had with "red alert". i was sitting in front of my old pc on mission 6 and then i decided..."hmm why not??" so i grabbed the headset and placed it near my anus and farted loudly. then all of a sudden, the units on the screen all said "acknowledged!". i cried with joy, then let out a few additional farts, plus some piss and shit. it was weird, for sure, but this really was an amazing experience for me and i love red alert because of it.
Cant wait for ra2,
That games has a sweet spot in my heart
Shouldn't need to wait long!
One word: OpenRA
If you were to do a timeline of the Tiberium timeline then Red Alert would be at the start.
Kinda confused why he says the graphics are better than TD... they're like the exact same style. Some of the assets are even flat out copy pasted, lol.
Also, true that RA1 has more to get from skirmish etc... but TD's balance for multiplayer is far superior. For some reason the tanks were made to move fast in RA1, so they run over the anti-tank infantry. As a result, there's no reason to make infantry, and in turn, anti-infantry weapons.
Same style yeah, but theres 100% some advancements (terrain and some units in particular) that make it feel better for me!
I did find my troops to be run over a fair bit, I won't argue with that!
@@Zade_95 Most of those terrain tiles are the same, haha.
There's some shore edges that face new directions, I guess. Some new things, like streams that can pass into a cliff, new waterfalls that face more directions.
Jesus Christ I'm getting so old I just did the math Red Alert is closer to the Cuban Missile Crisis basically than where we are today
bruh...
5:31 - Yeah, I dunno why, but somehow the Red Alert graphics look like they still hold up whereas the Tib Dawn graphics look dated and not nearly as nice.
Maybe it's just because Red Alert was the game I played as a kid and have nostalgia for, and never played Tib Dawn until it became freeware.
Yeah, it's weird. I'd never played either, so I try to be unbiased!
i love the red alert soundtrack
Now I wait for RA2 and Mental omega
Shouldn't need to wait for long :)