Command & Conquer: Generals

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Features:

• The U.S. and China have been fighting to rule the world -- but now a new group called the Global Liberation Army(GLA) is gunning for the both of them. Step into this three-way power struggle and take command as a General, to lead your side to victory.
• Command U.S., Chinese or GLA troops, each with their own unique abilities, weapons and strategies
• Use your tactical skills to lead the Chinese with their nuclear and fire-based weapons, or the U.S. with their advanced technology&air superiority, or the GLA with their guerilla tactics&scavenging skills
• As you play and win in these multi-level campaigns, you'll earn General Points you can use to break out the Super Weapons - Nukes&Particle Beams are waiting for you to deploy them
• Unique new missions and campaign goals combined with all-new multiplayer modes bring up the challenge, as you fight for the right to Command&Conquer!

Accessories:
PC Gamer (1-year)	Games for Windows: The Official Magazine

Customer Reviews:

War Has Never Been So Perfectly Depicted [Posted on 2007-01-18]
Ever wonder about nuclear war? Ever curious about what terrorists COULD do? You like realistic startegy gamess on PC? Yes? The, without a doubt, this is most certainly, DEFINETELY the game almost tailor made for you.

Okay, enough with the introduction. Command and Conquer Generals is a very polished RTS. It combines reality with the very near future, and it still manages to be realistic and fun at the same time. There are a diverse arsenal of unit types, three factions, and good single player campaigns. (I haven't played the online multiplayer, yet.)

Command and Conquer: Generals puts you in command of three distinct factions of your choice, each with it's own advantages. The USA have staggering power with steel and led. The Chinese have and endless number of troops and vehicles. The Global Liberation Army (GLA) are a terrorist organization that uses surprise and secrecy to win battles. Personally, my favorite faction is the GLA, but that's for each player to decide for themsleves.

Besides the good gameplay, Generals manages to look pretty good looking game. Everything looks smooth and colorful, but just being short of truly remarkable.

Sound hasn't been a big concern for me in a strategy game, and Generals is is pretty much average with this factor. The music is excellent, but the sound effects and voice acting don't really get you hooked.

Overall, Command and Conquer: Generals is and outstanding RTS. The three factions are different from one another, the gameplay is simply, well, FUN. Anyone with even the slightest dash of interest in the strategy genre needs to hurry to their local electronics store and buy this game the very minute they finish reading this review. Got it, soldier?

For the price, it's nice [Posted on 2007-01-24]
This game does'nt have the best graphics, but they're good enough. Gameplay is great, but the sounds of troops saying various, yet repetitive things after being trained gets tiresome very quickly. The ability to occupy buildings enables the player to develop their strategy more than is common to RTS games. However, I would suggest getting the expansion pack (which I don't own) for an extra ten bucks or so. I actually found at Wal-Mart a five pack of games; Generals, Zero Hour, and some other, not so my taste games, going for 20.00. Well worth the price.

Fun game, good for multi-player  [Posted on 2007-11-11]
This game is great, it's one of the best C&C games to date. If you like starcraft you'd love this game.

Great Game [Posted on 2007-11-24]
Most of the other reviews for this game are dated back to 2003. That really suprised me. I didn't even realize that this game was that old. My brother got it as a birthday present from a friend last year (2006), and I just assumed it was pretty recent, due to the impressive graphics. The only flaws I ever really noticed are that the infantry units don't have any faces. Other than that I didn't notice anything too corny, but it's not like I looked for flaws in particular. The explosions are cool and vehicle/building parts go flying all over. The nuclear explosoins from Chana's nuclear missiles are really impresive and fun to watch; they create huge mushroom clouds and leave radiation all over grouind zero. The soundtrack and sound effects are really cool, too. The music matches the mood of the game, which makes it much more enjoyable. Their is a soundtrack specific to each of the three powers. The sound effects are realistic and loud. The cannons sound realistic, and their are consant shouts from the troops locked in combat.

The gameplay is really fun, to say the least. This is my first Command and Conquer game, and I'm impressed. The units are farily balanced for all three differnent teams (USA; China; and the GLA, a fictional terrorist group ). For example, the GLA cannot build any aricraft, but have fantastic anti-aricraft units. The anti-tank infantry diliver a ton of damage to tanks, but regular infantry units are efficient for taking out anti-tank infnatry. The one unfair unit in the game, however, is the Overload Tank for China, even if it is quite expenxive. It is a very cool unit, no doubts there, but it is immense. It can take a ton of damage, and while absorbing all the enemy fire can deliver a lot of damage as well. A small group of four or five is almost unstopable if used correctly.

All three teams have their advantages and disadvantages. China is mostly firepower. They are good because they have units that are fairly powerful and cheap so that they can start out defending, and can quickly and cheaply build a scouting force of infantry to scout enemy defenses and such. As you save up and research new technologies and units, China can really become a military juggernaut. The GLA's strength is stealth. You can use Guerilla-like tactics to weaken the enemy's economy and thin their ranks, and then finish them off with the GLA's weak military units. The USA strong point is definately technology. It isn't even necssary to do a lot of research, though some will obviously help. The units are pretty powerful to start out with. For example, Paladin tanks have lasers that shoot enemy missiles is the air, and the USA's Participle Uplink Cannon is potent. A ballancing system like this, on my opinion, makes the game really fun and very interesting.

As was mentioned in other reviews, however, there are a few annoyances. The AI can be pretty dumb. The GLA AI does not exploit the GLA's stealth advantages. It just biulds up big armies full of weak units and attempts to destroy you with pitiful charges. As soon as the attack is crushed, they just repeat the process. Pathfinding is sometimes an issue for units, and units that are faster than others will just fly off ahead of the rest of the army, leaving themselves unsuported and vulnerable. This makes it ncessary to guide your armies along one step at a time, which can get annoying. Anoter issue that arises in longer games is the map will run out of resources. I have had to quit in the middle of a game multiple times only because no one has any money left, nor any source of income.

Overall, however, the disadantages far outwiegh the advantages. I know there is a newer Command & Conquer game on the market, but that means that this one will be cheaper, even if it isn't as good. I highly reccomend this game.

10 out of 10 [Posted on 2008-05-10]
WOW --get the deluxe version, this game is that RAD!!!
this is a stand alone version, with Zero Hour as a expansion--yes get the expanstion as well--for the added options.
its a very good game even without Zero Hour--but why deprive yourself!?!
the super wepons are more realistic, than in red alert 2. That was the only thing RA2 really needed to impove on --an they did with this game.
you choose a general to fight as---EACH with their own army style--ie.. tank genral has all tanks at a lower production cost, limited air force. Air force general has all aircraft available at a reduced perduction cost, an fewer tanks, an tanks costing a bit more. get the ideal
oh, an they have a army general that uses booby traps, and underground bunkers, build one bunker an put 5 tanks in it--then build another bunker elsewere---like near enemy lines--an 5 tanks drive out at your command.
better looking gameplay-more missle trails, brighter colors- more real looking flames, crisp sound, ingaging music
yes, I truly enjoy this game, more than any other pc game I own
that says a lot concidering i have sooo many to choose from

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