When I first got a
pc there were several pc games I wanted to play one of these was the
Command and Conquer series of games. All of the games are real time
strategy which means you command armies to fight one another Now this
series has since split into three different series. One is Command
and Conquer Red Alert, Another is Command and conquer tiberium, and
the final and most recent split is command and conquer generals.
Today I will focus on all three.
Command and Conquer
Red Alert.
This is a game
series that is both fun to play and has a decent storyline. The main
story of this series is that in 1945 Albert Einstein builds a Time
machine and goes back in time and kills hitler before his rise to
power. Which drastically alters world history causing a world war
between the soviets and The allies.
Command and Conquer
Tiberium
This series is one
of the best series out there in strategy games. The cinematic are
remember able and the characters really bring you in. The vehicles
and troops are very unique from the Temple of nod towers, to the
research bases. All of these bring you into this world and the story
just brings you further along. The story revolves around a meteor
strike in itlay that causes a new type of mineral called tiberium to
be brought to earth, where it spreads. It is revealed this mineral
could solve all of our energy problems and over time this mineral is
mined. However, a group called the Brotherhood of nod led by a man
named kane believes the mineral is holy and launches a series of wars
against the Global Defense Initiative to control the mineral and the
world. You can play as either the GDI or the Brotherhood of Nod.
Command and Conquer
Generals.
This game and its
expansion pack zero hour are also like the first two except now you
have thee sides. The allies have weapons, the chinese have men, and
the terrorist GLA have the resources. All three of these sides play
very differently and are very fun and in the levels changes to the
battlefield can happen at any time.
Why does this series
or game need to return.
These series of
games were AWESOME even now when I look at the cinematics on youtube
it brings back old memories of the many late night hours trying to
get past a nod tower or trying to get enough Tesla troopers on Red
Alert to beat the allied base or hoping I can get enough resources to
build the ION cannon on Generals. The levels were well thought out
and you had to think on your feet often or you would be wiped out.
The characters were memorable and the troops you could buy or the
tanks you could get were great from the mammoth tanks in generals to
the tesla troopers in Red Alert to the snipers in Generals, to the
hackers in Generals, to the Scud launchers in Red Alert to the disc
thrower in Tiberium these troops and vehicles are some of the most
memorable in gaming and with the power of the current gen consoles
and pc behind it these games could make a big comeback. Also it could
prove to a lot of people that the consoles can handle Strategy games
as well as any other game. Lets not forget the multiplayer today
great things have been done with multiplayer and the multiplayer of
these games was great and offered the multiple modes that are
prevailing today in many games.
These games were
great for pc gamers back in the day with a lot of remakes being done
shouldn't the premier series of RTS games be considered and while
recently there was talk of this series coming back it was canceled. I
do hope they try again. Because I so want to hear those famous words
once again
“Welcome Back
Commander”
