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  • Rating:9

    Great Game

    I spent many hours as a teenager playing this game. The campaigns aren't quite as fun however the skirmishes are a blast. I spent many of nights playing this game until the crack of dawn and getting screamed at by my par... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.5

    Good in Many Ways, but you can see problems.

    In 1995 a group known as Westwood created a great, wonderfully balanced game known as Command and Conquer. The next year they made a prequel. This prequel was going to have the same, fast-paced gameplay of the original. ... Read Full Review

    1 of 2 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.5

    The "sequel" to Command & Conquer & also the best in series.

    When Red Alert was released, the RTS Genre was already established by Command & Conquer, 1 year earlier. In Red Alert, instead of GDI vs NOD we have Allies vs Soviets.Again, a 2 way war battle that can get boring.Red Al... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:10

    Origins of my gaming carrier , C&C Red Alert The Best of the Best ! Nothing less nothing more just BEST!

    Red Alert was praised for its user interface, which claimed to be more developed than the competing games of its time. Players could queue commands, create unit groups that could be selected by a number key, and control ... Read Full Review

    1 of 2 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:10

    After so many years... SIMPLY THE BEST

    When I was around 12 years old, my father bought me this game. I didn´t like it at first because i couldn´t understand it. But after playing it for a while, I could not stop playing it. I played this game for more than 2... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9

    C&C Red Alert keeps the great RTS style of gameplay that the original C&C has in a creative alternate timeline.

    C&C Red Alert was a great RTS experience for me.It's set in an alternate timeline where WW2 never happened(I will let you discover why for yourself)and the Soviet Union(lead by Stalin)became the major threat to the world... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:10

    The beast within!

    the best strategy game that ever been created. after u play this game it will be hard for u to find another game to play as long as you spend time on this game. its really hard to describe this game. u cant just play it.... Read Full Review

    0 of 3 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.5

    Very awesome classic it is the best rts classic overall

    Command and Conquer Red Alert is to my understanding a classic one of the fathers of the rts franchise. The easy controls is nice and sweet. The skirmish games as far as i am concerned is the first of its kind. The campa... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.5

    Still the best C&C of the entire series

    Even with RA2, Tiberian Sun, Tiberium Wars, Generals, and all the other C&C games, Red Alert remains as the best one to date. C&C introduced us to the RTS genre, but it was not without flaws. Red Alert addresses most o... Read Full Review

    2 of 3 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.5

    Hard to imagine it being better.

    This is probably the first game I ever played on PC(15 years ago, and I'm glad I did). In fact, I ended up buying the Command and Conquer ten-game pack recently, just to have another crack at it years later. The missi... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful