C&C Generals

[drew.]

I need a new game to play :P I loved age of empires so would i like c and c general? Looks really fun. Is it a good game?

[Spyda]

yes, if youve played red alert, its very different, and it requires quite a good PC to run properly, anything over 1G to 1.4 should run it great, i mean the game even reccomends having over a 1.8Ghz CPU

it is a good game, and the 3D effect is good, and you can interact with everything

[sleepypost]

I am planning on getting it once I have the money. I have read some reviews (Game Informer) and they gave it a 9.25 and all of my buds have had good things to say.

[drew.]

I have (currently but about to change) a 1 gig p3. tha vid card is kinda crappy. Will it run good? Is the internet play good also?

[Spyda]

thats more or less the PC my brother has, and hes suffers from minor slowdowns sometimes, especially during network games, but its only minor, and its still playable
the internet play, I personally didnt like

[drew.]

Thanks, the price is kinda steep so ill see how much i have after i dorder my mobo. Ya looking at gameinformer made me decide on thinking about getting it.

[drew.]

currently 50 at best buy, that might be to much for me right now

[Spyda]

well, put it this way, if you like the C&C series of games, youll love generals

[sleepypost]

50 bucks is what it is at best buy. I mean, thats a console price! thats way too much for C and C no matter how good it is. By tradition, sequals, especially the fifth or higher installment should sell for a lower price. I dunno, I think that that is the trend..

[Spyda]

this is like a new generation for C&C, look at red alert 2, that sold for peanuts, this is all new

[sleepypost]

i dont care about the nature of the game, it is the compaby's responsibility to the public in my opinion that if it can't create a new franchise, it should pay the public back by keeping prices moderate. I mean think about it this way: we bought C and C 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 etc, and now we are supposed to throw down 50 bones and shelve those other games? that doesn't make sense from a moral standpoint.

[Steve W]

It may not be worth the fifty oxford scholars you were on about but it is such an amazing game the GLA rule and well its just great

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[Propain]

Awsome game but totally different form previous ones (obviously, its called improvement lol) when your playing theres pauses in the game when big events happen and you watch a little movie for a few secs the resume playing. sorta like after each mission in red alert 2 + yuris... official site http://www.ea.com/eagames/official/c...als/launch.jsp its funny that minimum requirements are 800 mhz but recommended is 1.8 ghz lol

cheers

[sleepypost]

that means that with 800 mhz, the game will operate at a blistering 5 frames per second! and at 1.8 ghz it will move at a BEARABLE pace and at 2.5 ghz it will move quite nicely! (ok, maybe a slight exaggeration...)

[Steve W]

Ah well they probably just put that on so they can sell more copies I like the way they describe the chinese as "sleek as a bullet train" but they are as fast as lame donkey with a hernia! Do you reckon they will bring out an expansion pack then? I still mass the cheesy cut scenes

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[sleepypost]

wait, the Chinese say that? or they are said to be as "sleek...", cuz im having trouble discerning, game and Chinese people in general from your statement!

[Spyda]

those cut scenes destroyed RA2 for me

[Steve W]

Wait wait they didn't say that about chinese peeps - i can see how that can be the wrong way. In the command and conquer website they quote the chinese army as being "sleek as a bullet train" (even though bullet trains are japanese) however when you play the game you will find that the chinese army is extremely slooooooww ....... but powerful - the overlord tanks are fantastic- "i am big" twin anthrax cannoned optional gattling gun/bunker mounted on top and just general "big mother"!

Sos for the confusion

Im gonna start a new thread about the C&C vids see what peeps thinK!

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[sleepypost]

Oh ok, now i understand!!! the Chinese as in Chinese Army in the game! I am sooo slow....

[Steve W]

He he i am glad you said something - people maybe thinking im racist or something glad its been cleared up!

I tell you one of the levels is very fitting for this time of the year its called something like "siege on bagdad - final justice!" eh dear....its lucky it aint been banned!

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[oleblue73]

Yes! C&C Generals! Great game! I'm going to upgrade my vid card just for this one! I've got an Athlon XP1700+ w/ a Radeon 8500 64MB and I've had to turn down some of the graphic goodies to get the game to run smoothly. I can't tolerate that. This game requires a killer box, but it's worth it.

[Steve W]

Yeah i just completed it - does anyone know what happens when you get all of the awards?

I played it on normal and was fooled into thinking that it was a good level to try it on - due to the last china mission being really hard to do i thought it was the learning curve however i found the GLA missions and the USA very easy - looks like i will have to try it again on hard

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