Command and Conquer was so revolutionary for its time.
The difficulty in having to acquire a resource in the middle of a battlefield was exciting and opened way to many strategies.
Although the acting could be cheezy, the game took itself serious and offered a strong universe that still has fans fixated over till today.
Lastly, a concept overlooked in modern gaming the asymetrical appeal of the two factions was very cool and unique. This gave them a lot of cultural differences and made them feel foreign to one another.
The nostalgic feeling I get form thinking about this RTS trend setter for so many games. Made me start getting into the genre I will never leave. Just epic.
Playing the entire conflict in the role of the other side makes for twice the gameplay value, and I don't even want to think about what's going to happen when the six-player networkable version comes out. Highly, highly recommended.
This is such a fast paced game and there is so much action at any given time on the screen that keeping up could give you a slight case of carpal tunnel syndrome!
The original game that gave rise to one of the most entertaining strategy game series ever made, that is until EA acquired Westwood and killed it. Command & Conquer takes Dune, dresses it with more realistic alternative history setting, improves the gameplay mechanics and introduces some of the best video game cinematics of all time. It is by all means the definition of old school RTS. It is very fast and extremely fun. The music is second to none, except its own sequel, Red Alert. Yes, when you remove the nostalgia goggles, there are some problems with it. The campaign AI cheats and the missions are very scripted and the harvester AI can be really dumb at times. Like most RTSs, multiplayer is not that great, which is probably one of the reasons that the genre is on life support nowadays. You can’t really have a multiplayer game where players build a base, defenses, an army and do strategic attacks. No. Players will probably attack immediately, with everything they have and the game will most likely end in less than 15 minutes.
That said, I refuse to take my nostalgia goggles off. I love this game with a passion. I loved the charismatic leader of Brotherhood of NOD, Kane, as a teenager. And after all these years, he is still one of the best video game characters ever created. This is Command & Conquer baby. This series was only surpassed by StarCraft (which heavily imitated it but at the same time improved it greatly) and the original game still holds up.
Long live Kane and the Brotherhood of NOD!
9.5/10
This game is absolutely gorgeous. Masterpiece and real classic. With remastered edition game lovers can play this RTS master. If you look some RTS game you have to try C&C series.
I love this game for it's great campaign and RTS gameplay. A must have for any RTS fan (And Red Alert, but really the entire series of cnc). This game is very, very fun.
This game has changed my mind about the industry. When I first sat down for it in late 1995, I could no longer imagine my life without this genre in games!
SummarySet in a gritty, high-tech world C&C utilizes electronic intelligence and covert surveillance to determine who reigns supreme. Join the forces of either the Global Defense Initiative (GDI) or the Brotherhood of Nod, and fight for what you feel is right. [Westwood]