Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Games series that need to return...... Command and Conquer Series


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”

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