![]() ![]() ![]() The strength of the two forces is pretty well balanced, as the Soviet units tend to build faster and come a little cheaper, but the US forces tend to be a little stronger. Special units make an appearance like the rebel tanya from the original game through to time and space hopping Chrono Troopers that can phase enemies out of time. The types of units available are very impressive, from the lowly infantry and tanks of old, through to attack planes, airships, dolphins and giant squids (gotta see it to believe it). The basics are still there like the intuitive controls, collection of resources, unit grouping, patrol waypoints and build queues but there is much more under the surface. There may not seem on the surface of it to be much difference between this or the games that came before apart from a few pretty graphics, but you would be wrong. The option to restrict super weapons is probably the most sensible, as with these switched on, it purely turns into a race to see who can build and use theirs against the enemy first, which can cause a major restriction in strategy. There are several options to restrict your starting advatages like money or number of units depending on your skill level. The Multiplayer action takes place across a variety of maps between 2 to 8 players in several modes including the obligatory death matches and even team campaigns. Most of you are likely to use the Internet, so Westwood supply its own game matching service which can be installed at the same time as the game, or of course you can use a service like GameSpy. The main reason for this is that by the time you have played through the campaign you will understand better where the strengths and weaknesses lie in building your forces and how best to develop your teams ready for battle.Īs mentioned earlier, Red Alert 2 allows multiplayer games either over the Internet or across a network. It is well worth playing the missions first, as this will give you the best grounding before you take on live or good computer opponents. Skirmish - This can be either against multiple computer opponents or multiple live opponents across a network or the internet. The variety of missions included is very good, changing between limited force special missions to all out war. ![]() There are two basic modes of play and they work as follows,Ĭampaign - These are the single player missions which follow the story line through to its conclusion. During the game, as in the previous releases the story is carried along by video cut scenes which tend to add a little drama to the game and are decently acted by recognisable B list actors. The initial attack leaves the Americans battered and almost defenseless and this is where you take over as either the Soviets trying to take over the world or the US trying to stop them. Red Alert 2 picks up at this point in the story where the allies hand picked leader Romanov launches a surprise attack against America, under the mind control of his advisor Yuri. The Allies then place their own patsy at the head of the Soviet government, so that they can make sure the Soviets stay firm allies, or so they think. As Hitler no longer rises to power, the Soviets become a world dominating force and attack the Allies but are defeated. In the original, Einstein has invented a time machine, which he uses to go back in time and stop Hitlers rise to power by removing him from the time line just after he leaves prison. The story picks up from the original, so if you are not familiar, here is a summary. Unfortunately, even after having a windows overhaul from the original DOS versions it is more than a little dated, so Westwood have released Red Alert 2. Off the back of this, the Command & Conquer series was released, with the second in the series being Red Alert, which on its own spawned four add on packs. They pretty much single handedly created the real time strategy genre with the advent of Dune 2 back in 1992. Unless you have been locked away in a cell for the last 10 years (and i am sorry if you have), there is no way that you could not have heard of Westwood Studios. Command & Conquer Red Alert 2 is one of the all time classic strategy games. ![]()
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