You should put on that track while reading this. The track used in the intro cinematic (Hell March) is in my opinion one of the best pieces of videogame music ever created. Once again the game came with a superb sound-track composed by the talented Frank Klepacki, which you can also find on his website like the C&C sound-track. They didn’t even sexy her up that much, though they kinda made up for that in the sequels. A strong, capable female character who could easily take care of herself and kick enough arse to practically complete whole missions alone was a rarity back then, and sadly still is. Looking back I do see the game in a kinder light, and Tanya as well. I wanted more Tiberium games, and resented that they’d made this one instead, in spite of all the improvements they did with the game. I’ll admit I didn’t much care for Red Alert when it first launched. Whichever side you choose determines the course of history! The European countries band together as the Allied Forces with US backup to hopefully stop the Soviet advance and eventually take out Stalin himself. This averts World War 2, or rather postpones it as when the 1950s come around the USSR has grown so powerful that Stalin seizes territory from China before invading Eastern Europe with the aim of stretching the great Soviet Union across all of Eurasia. As the series progressed it got ever crazier, while the Tiberium games went for a more serious approach.īack in 1946 Albert Einstein (John Milford) completes his time machine (the Chronosphere) and with the help of his assistant travels back to 1924 and removes Hitler.
Now while Command & Conquer was already rather silly and camp, Red Alert took its first stumbling steps into Batshit Country. Electronic Arts consider all three franchises ( Red Alert, Tiberium and Generals) to be completely separate and even edited out the cutscenes mentioning Nod when they released The First Decade. As the Red Alert series took off they ditched the idea of the games being prequels, though within the offices of Westwood they still saw the first game as a prequel while Red Alert 2 started an alternate universe. Joe Kucan even appeared in the Soviet storyline as an advisor to Stalin (Eugene Dynarski) and Stalin’s mistress Nadia (Andrea C. This game was originally intended as a canonical prequel to the Tiberium series. EA released the game as freeware in 2008. Virgin Interactive were still at the publishing reins at the time, though before the next game came out Electronic Arts had acquired the studio and the license. For chapter 1 discussing Tiberian Dawn, see here.įor chapter 3 discussing Tiberian Sun, see here.Īlready in 1996 Westwood Studios launched the next game in the Command and Conquer series: the prequel dubbed Red Alert.
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