C&C Generals Thread

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-02-24 11:22am

Since our illustrious leader has decided to get C&C:G, what do the rest of you think about the game?

Dori-Ma · Post by **Dori-Ma** » 2003-02-24 01:17pm

CONS:
Plays more like a glorified Demo
No story development
Runs between $40 to $50
Shows how much time until an enemy can use a super weapon
Announces when a super weapon is used
Infantry look like they're in party suits
Seven missions per side for twenty-one missions
Very easy to accidently pass missions
World Editor needs some improvement
No real need for heros i.e super infantry
No naval units
No real mission diversity

PROS:
Infinite resources using unique buildings or unit
Construction of multiple super weapons

Vehicles and buildings are rendered quite nicely
Nice variety in secondary strikes: Artillery, A-10, Athrax Bomb...
Shows a timer for super weapons
Tells how long the initial timer for strikes is
Skirmish AI is predictable but fun and challanging on higher settings
Unique heros i.e super infantry, only truely useful against human opponents
Aircraft....rule

Overall if the story was fleshed out a little and there were more missions the game would be a total riot. As is it's just an over priced riot with room for improvement.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-02-24 01:36pm

It's great.

DeadM · Post by **DeadM** » 2003-02-24 01:42pm

I want this, I want this now.

Darth Balls · Post by **Darth Balls** » 2003-02-24 02:38pm

I am a ENORMOUS Command & Conquer nut. Hell I was just playing Tiberian Sun right before comming here!

I really want this game BUT I want to hold off since I'm ordering a new computer on saturday. I don't want to play Generals on my Pentium III with it looking like crap....I want to play it the way it was meant to be played.

Cpt_Frank · Post by **Cpt_Frank** » 2003-02-24 03:25pm

My nuke-record is currently at 23 silos.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-02-24 03:29pm

Cpt_Frank wrote:My nuke-record is currently at 23 silos.

I had 15 nuke cannons at one point and 20 odd particle beam cannon uplink stations.

Cpt_Frank · Post by **Cpt_Frank** » 2003-02-24 03:31pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:
Cpt_Frank wrote:My nuke-record is currently at 23 silos.
I had 15 nuke cannons at one point and 20 odd particle beam cannon uplink stations.

IIRC you can only use 1 particle canon at a time....
right?

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-02-24 03:40pm

Cpt_Frank wrote:
Admiral Valdemar wrote:
Cpt_Frank wrote:My nuke-record is currently at 23 silos.
I had 15 nuke cannons at one point and 20 odd particle beam cannon uplink stations.
IIRC you can only use 1 particle canon at a time....
right?

Yup, but having over two dozen ready to go one after another is great.

Cpt_Frank · Post by **Cpt_Frank** » 2003-02-24 03:52pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote: Yup, but having over two dozen ready to go one after another is great.

Yes yes it is.

(Although personally I prefer the cleansing power of the holy thermonuclear fireball)

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2003-02-24 04:25pm

Cpt_Frank wrote:
Admiral Valdemar wrote: Yup, but having over two dozen ready to go one after another is great.
Yes yes it is.

(Although personally I prefer the cleansing power of the holy thermonuclear fireball)

Infidel!

I prefer the Scud Storm myself.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-02-24 04:27pm

Cpt_Frank wrote:
Admiral Valdemar wrote: Yup, but having over two dozen ready to go one after another is great.
Yes yes it is.

(Although personally I prefer the cleansing power of the holy thermonuclear fireball)

Stealing or warping The Great Leader's lines is punishable by death by torture.

ArmorPierce · Post by **ArmorPierce** » 2003-02-24 04:32pm

I hear that it sucks dick compared to to AoM.

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2003-02-24 04:34pm

ArmorPierce wrote:I hear that it sucks dick compared to to AoM.

*ArmorPierce hears the standard air-raid warning signal of a Russian Nuclear Missle being launched nearby*

You've got about *checks watch* 20 seconds ot take that back.

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2003-02-24 04:43pm

AoM has the edge over Generals in terms of storyline, but C&C:G's graphics look better, IMO. Except for the infantry, of course.

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2003-02-24 04:45pm

Darth Garden Gnome wrote:
ArmorPierce wrote:I hear that it sucks dick compared to to AoM.
*ArmorPierce hears the standard air-raid warning signal of a Russian Nuclear Missle being launched nearby*

You've got about *checks watch* 20 seconds to take that back.

*3rd Impact ducks into foxhole and prays*

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2003-02-24 05:05pm

Nice game, looks well on my machine but WAY WAY too short. I only bought it a week ago and i've clocked it. It's only saving grace is that some of the Maps are nice for on-line gaming. We have a group of 5 playing each other.

blkmage · Post by **blkmage** » 2003-02-24 05:12pm

I love the aircraft and superweapons of mass destruction.

ArmorPierce · Post by **ArmorPierce** » 2003-02-24 05:17pm

LoL. Hey, don't kill the messenger. Here's on source that said that AoM was better

The introduction was kinda sad, especially when compared to red alert's one. Anyway i ignored that and its HEAVY PROPAGANDA(on manual and introduction) about the war on irak(i am against the war but this isnt a proper board to talk about it). The graphics looked ok, probably better than AoM's and wc3 but personally i liked wc3's and aom's graphic style better, but thats a personal opinion.

I have finished the tutorial and the first mission with china and USA(total 3 missions). The interface is sucky as always, although it has gone a little better than previous c&c titles. Pathing is a total joke(you think aom has bad pathing? try this)Where are the stats for my units? Why do they keep using left clicking for ordering and selecting units???

This game made me really appreciete aom and wc3. How could some ppl think that this game is superior to aom and wc3? This game is a total crap. I will finish all 3 campaigns just to see if it gets any better but i highly doubt about that.

Darth Balls · Post by **Darth Balls** » 2003-02-24 06:37pm

You told us what was said, but provide a link plz so I know who must be sacraficed to Yun Yammoto.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-02-24 07:49pm

The single-player campaign does not live up to the C&C name (unsuprising, since EA Pacific did it and not Westwood). It doesn't bring you in like in Red Alert when you could see the progress of your campaign. It's also far too short.

That said, it is fun (except China 7, which is ridiculous - a SCUD Storm countdown begins almost immediately while you're clearing out an ambush and don't even have a base).

They could have done so much more, though: the website says that America has been isolationists for twenty-odd years, China has taken it's place amongst the world's leading powers and, while communist, is lead by relatively young technocrats. The GLA launched a massive biochemical warfare strike against many industrialized nations, though North America was spared due to the ABM system.

So much potential...

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-02-24 07:51pm

Cpt_Frank wrote:
Admiral Valdemar wrote:
Cpt_Frank wrote:My nuke-record is currently at 23 silos.
I had 15 nuke cannons at one point and 20 odd particle beam cannon uplink stations.
IIRC you can only use 1 particle canon at a time....
right?

No. You can sequentially select and fire them while others are still active, though it becomes a clickfest to select/steer the beams. They're much fun, though

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-02-24 07:52pm

3rd Impact wrote:
Darth Garden Gnome wrote:
ArmorPierce wrote:I hear that it sucks dick compared to to AoM.
*ArmorPierce hears the standard air-raid warning signal of a Russian Nuclear Missle being launched nearby*

You've got about *checks watch* 20 seconds to take that back.
*3rd Impact ducks into foxhole and prays*

In C&C:G, foxhole == tunner network == GLA scum.

"Particle beam ready..."

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2003-02-24 07:53pm

Bah! I don't play RTS games soley for there single player. To the contrary, I won't buy a game that doesn't have good online player support (humans or comps). I usually play the campaigns, on ever difficulty until I can't go any furhter. Then I go online and have some fun. Sure the campaign is nice, btu online-THATS where the game really is.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-02-24 07:55pm

Is there any chance I can get it to run on a PII 350?