Comments on: In Praise Of: Command & Conquer.

By: mark

mark — Sun, 04 Sep 2022 14:32:28 +0000

c and c did not start the genre Herzog Zwei did. Dune 2 popularized it in a more known and significant way than c and c.

By: slimbuk

slimbuk — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:09:27 +0000

While Dune 2 introduced me to games, C&C is what really got me into them. I’m glad Kane’s entrance is mentioned in this post because its awesome.

By: jiiiiim

jiiiiim — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:05:58 +0000

I think Tiberian Sun is the only C&C I’ve ever played, which seems odd considering how strategy-heavy my early years were.

By: innokenti

innokenti — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:09:53 +0000

That’s what I meant by excellent acting – suitable for the given task. Which was to act like a ridiculously stalin-y Stalin.

Sardaukar were awesome. And the varied Atreides/Harkonnen/Ordos forces were very nice to pootle about with. And I liked how attack and defence battles were different… it was all quite good, if not mind-blowing.

By: Smurf

Smurf — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:00:51 +0000

YOU SHUT YOUR FACE. YOU SHUT YOUR STUPID FACE AND SHUTUP.

By: hentzau

hentzau — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:49:37 +0000

It was my first PC game (apart from Doom) and really opened my eyes to what games were capable of.

By: hentzau

hentzau — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:48:50 +0000

It has not aged well.

By: hentzau

hentzau — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:47:13 +0000

“excellent acting”

DOES NOT COMPUTE. Stalin-guy was like Kucan in that he understood exactly what was required of him and delivered to a T, but I’m not sat here saying George Takei schooled us all with an acting masterclass when I saw him in a Christmas pantomime a couple of years ago.

Tiberian Sun isn’t bad, exactly, it just went out of its way to make everything that wasn’t actually playing the game as dull as humanly possible, which is why I hate it.

Also, Emperor was… interesting, but still kind of mediocre, and I wouldn’t have played even the skirmish as much as I did if it hadn’t let me go charging around the map with hordes of Sardaukar.

By: tomhoward87

tomhoward87 — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:56:25 +0000

This was probably my first “proper” game apart from SimCity 2000, so it will always have a special place in my heart.

By: Smurf

Smurf — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:40:40 +0000

Speaking of CGI sequences that blew my mind at the time. Dungeon Keeper.

I never skipped the intro video when I played it and I don’t think I can say that about any other game.