Command and conquer series#

EVA isnвЂ™t the only one who gets an audio upgrade, as original composer Frank Klepacki and the Tiberian Sons also return with remastered music. Serving as the announcer for all of the gameplay, itвЂ™s awesome to hear EVAвЂ™s voice actress reprising her role to re-record her lines in high definition. Booting up the original title, players are greeted by the battle interface computer companion, EVA. ItвЂ™s been about twenty years since I last played these original C&C games, so it was an awesome blast from the past to hear the titleвЂ™s opening themes and trademark sound design.

Command and conquer series#

While we still get the same great gameplay that made the series great, there are a few snags in the titleвЂ™s modernization. As more and more remasters and remakes are being developed, an important component of bringing beloved old games into the future is modernizing controls so that they age well. ThereвЂ™s a lot to celebrate with this remaster, yet there are some glaring missteps that feel like they should have been ironed out after more than two decades. For fans of behind-the-scenes development, the collection also features a bonus gallery with unlockable developer videos, B-roll footage, photos and even unreleased music tracks. This collection features the same original titles like we remember, but with updated graphics, sound design and creative options with map creators. The Remastered Collection brings both Command & Conquer and Command & Conquer: Red Alert with all DLCs to a new generation of gaming after 25 years.

While these days we have some more modern Command & Conquer titles we can turn to (like the recent mobile game or the newer sequels on Steam), the originals still hold a lot of great replay value for newcomers and veterans alike. The title explored novel themes like alternate historical timelines and science fiction warfare - not much was cooler than building a Tesla Coil and watching it zap approaching enemies before they could make a dent in your defenses. Back in 1995, the game was a huge hit in the RTS world and paved the way for future games in the genre like Age of Empires, Starcraft, Homeworld and countless others.

Being an Army man, my father always encouraged me at a young age to explore strategic games and would often guide me while I played Command & Conquer. It spoke to us on personal levels, besides being entertaining, as we grew up in the military background. For years after its initial release, we were die-hard Command & Conquer fans. My fatherвЂ™s latest obsession this time was the newest installment in real-time strategy: Command & Conquer. IвЂ™d pull a chair up and watch him build empires and demolish virtual enemies. If you were to know at least one thing about me, itвЂ™s that my love of strategy games comes directly from watching my dad on the computer for hours. The year is 1995 and IвЂ™m sitting in front of our Packard Bell computer attempting to learn the ins and outs of this new game my dad is crazy about.