16 out of 16 people found this review helpful.
Another masterpiece
Date of Review: Jun 13, 2007
The Bottom Line: Absolutely a must to buy!
It give's me a feeling of first Command & Conquer, in early 1996, when i was a pupil :) It's just a remake, but what a nice remake! Stunning FX, new units and entire new race of aliens, it absolutely what all of us wanted from "Generals", "Dune 2", "Red Alert" and so on.
Surprisingly, it runs just fine on my old configuration (P4, 512RAM, GeForce 4200Ti), and it look's just amazing on these new Nvidia 8800 and 2900 AMD's.
I'm also very impressed on new "live" translations of games that currently run's on main server - you can just step over site, choose a game to watch and voila! - it jump right at the action as spectator. Well, it was never seen before by me.
The 3 races is very balanced, each scenario in the single-player campaign is intense and offers a pleasing choice of primary and secondary objectives to complete. Secondary goals are perhaps what makes this game tick. Having achieved them, players receive additional units or buildings as a reward for their efforts. Success in each battle gives you a shot at earning medals as well. Being honored for courage and performance in battle definitely drives you to outperform yourself with each new mission. Additionally, it throws in some extra replay value. On top of that, the variety of missions surpasses the usual stuff like destroying targets, surviving until reinforcements arrive, etc. Certain tasks involve leading individual units, like the commando, to sabotage and destroy crucial structures within enemy territory.
