Command & Conquer: Generals

A bold new strategy concept using the C&C license and it works!

User Rating: 8.4 | Command & Conquer: Generals PC

By KingLim | Review Date: June 23, 2007

At first I was quite sceptical about Generals since it doesn't relate to the C&C universe that we were so fond of, but upon experiencing it, I realised where the efforts of the developers went. A new concept was brought in and that is the Generals's powers. They are in the form of bonus abilities that you can utilise to gain an edge over your enemies depending on the factions you chose, such as A10 Thunderbolt airstrike for the US, arti barrage for China, and Anthrax bombing for the GLA. This General's Powers attempt would be the highlight of this surprisingly successful game.

C&C Generals sought to touch on reality by calling on real life military characteristics of existing countries, namely the USA (air power), China (manpower) and ambiguously, a middle-eastern terrorist organization who called themselves GLA (think Gulf War). So, this lets us try out a new turn in modern RTS strategy with the testing of the Generals' powers concept without compromising the original C&C story.

High production values including much anticipated 3D graphics and dramatic soundtracks brings out the shine in this new concept and thus perhaps could strengthen the support of original C&C fans. However, the single-player campaign is a tad too short and the rest of its value depends on skirmish play.

KingLim

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