Is Generals 2 the Next Command & Conquer?

[Sonic 296]

The Red Alert 3 Premier Edition includes a special episode of Battlecast Primetime. And apparently during this episode, EALA General Manager, Mike Verdu, discusses the future of Command & Conquer. While nothing was actually named, a sequel to Generals seems likely to be the next Command & Conquer game. While I haven't seen this video myself, Mike Verdu stated that we will learn more about the next Command & Conquer in early 2009. Also worth noting from this interview with Mike Verdu, he says that "he's a big fan of Generals". So take what you will from all that.

[Johnnyxp64 20]

what can i say...hmmm i told you

 

but WTF? this is also confirmed in the premier dvd speciall battlecast episode???????? :omg: :omg: :omg:

i HAVE that DVD and i skiped this episode cause i thought was boring!!!!!???????

 

Damn i am right back to it Sonic i will try to make a small video version of the specific comment as soon as possible so you can uploaded that too ;-)

Edited November 2, 2008 by Johnnyxp64

[Sonic 296]

what can i say...hmmm i told you

It wasn't exactly top secret news. Infact it was probably always going to happen.

 

Damn i am right back to it Sonic i will try to make a small video version of the specific comment as soon as possible so you can uploaded that too ;-)

Don't don't post any content from the RA3 Premier Edition. It will be removed. People paid for that stuff.

 

Assuming its for real.... Generals 2, should be a great multiplayer only game I guess

[Johnnyxp64 20]

Don't don't post any content from the RA3 Premier Edition. It will be removed. People paid for that stuff.

Assuming its for real.... Generals 2, should be a great multiplayer only game I guess

 

 

yeah right i paid but personally i dont care that much if i upload 30secs of that video

 

ok nevermind,

 

Generals2 will be a superb multiplayer, but as i said i am hoping they will make it more C&C and will come up with some kind of single player story that worths this time

we will see...."time will tell"

Edited November 2, 2008 by Johnnyxp64

[CCHyper 3]

Ahh, from what i heard by a few people who are in nick with EALA, its pretty much Gen2. They want to balance out each series to make them upto date, and then go from there.

[ORCaLoVeR 0]

I rather had another Expansion pack for C&C3 wich gave it a proper story line, wich could end and conclude that series.

 

 

I have many ideas on how that could be accomplished, just a shame the folks at EALA dont have those ideas.

[ApornasPlanet 9]

Ahh so boring. Why must they constantly be pumping out RTS after RTS. I won't buy G2 just like I didn't by the original Generals. It would have been cooler if they gave us Tiberium instead or, as mentioned, expension packs for C&C3 and RA3. I wonder, will G2 still use the SAGE engine? Or will we use an entirely new engine? If the later is the case then I might buy it too play all the cool mods released for it.

 

[Lion 1]

Actually, he doesn't state what game or universe it is in during that interview. I have that special DVD and watched it. He deos say that we'll know something about it in early 2009.

[Sonic 296]

I've just updated this story Lion. My original info came from CNC Saga, the translation (using Google's language tools) was poor I guess.

[The Commander 0]

As long as they only call it "Generals 2" and not "Command & Conquer: Generals 2"

 

I will be happy with that.

[Johnnyxp64 20]

it says generals guys...dont be so tight its not like you confirmed a nuclear war in rl!

someone will upload the video and you will see. actually its the next logical step and the google transltion was working fine, there is an other in a franch site too...i will find that link....

 

 

[Silverthorn 0]

As long as they only call it "Generals 2" and not "Command & Conquer: Generals 2"

 

I will be happy with that.

 

I agree on that one, although it's a bad mistake to revive the universe, but if they want to go ahead, I rather see the title as only "Generals 2" WITHOUT the C&C title itself. C&C is all about sidebars, MCVs, pay while building method (Generals is pay first then you can build), etc.. NOT about command your army & conquer your foes. Hardcore fans like myself don't care of that sentence which Apoc mentioned that last time (Sorry Apoc). Hopefully I no need to repeat myself with that sentence.

 

Well, Lion, if you say that it's not yet stated what universe it is, I better hope it's not Generals, personally I don't like the universe since the controversial level is pretty extreme, look at Germany, and the worse one is China. If I were a Chinese, I'll get provoked because like our Chinese Red Army is weak, like I played the Shin Fai Generals Challenge level (Through Deezire's ProGen mod), all that infantry killed by anti-infantry weapons (Gattling cannons are the best example) is so horrible, all that many Red Guard soldiers are killed. Not to mention also the China's memorial icons like the 3 Gorges Dam, Hong Kong Convention Centre & the Tiananmen Gate.

 

Although it's just a game, but it's still sensitive to create such issues. So I prefer EA to do the next C&C as another Tiberium one, if they feel like giving that universe a break first, there's always a room for a new universe while putting the Generals one to a full stop.

 

PS : At least RA3 did approach on the right path for eliminating the nukes, whether it's Einstein or not, it's best to take it out because of the nuke history on Hiroshima & Nagasaki. And even better when the co-op missions does not involve those locations.

Edited November 2, 2008 by Silverthorn

[Johnnyxp64 20]

2 words friend Silverthorn "war sales"

in real Life= Weapons, in Digital Life= Games!

 

thats why they will do it. maybe they also found out a way to make a story line without having to "kill" any nation or offend them....

like world in conflict....oh wait the russians are the bad guys again there attacking usa, for what? the polute seas? the poluted air? attack usa to get what? the burned amazonio?

 

lets stop it here cause this will get way to far....

 

i strongly belive Generals 2 can have those characteristics you mentioned from previous games but just use a modern todays technology.

i would die to control nuclear subs and aircarriers in those fantastic new water graphics of RA3, but a little bit more dirty, cause our seas are not that clean anymore

Edited November 2, 2008 by Johnnyxp64

[Silverthorn 0]

I don't mind them trying to adjust the sensitivity level, Generals 1 was a huge mistake because EA thought countries like China would be like the people in America, just nothing if your famous monument is attacked or your own president smells like poop. But in Asian countries, it's the other way round, they're sensitive to such stuff. If an American tourist says something bad to a Chinese shopkeeper for example, that shopkeeper is gonna call the police and arrest the tourist. If it's the other way round, the American shopkeeper will say that's ok and understand about it like George Bush sucks for example.

 

Back in Generals 2, sure, they can go ahead, but imagine trying to make the storyline as sensitive-free as possible, I can see it's the most toughest universe to manage. There were controversies last time regarding unit quotes, especially from the Paladin Tank.

 

Other games like Call of Duty 4 & "Act of War" are also modern-based, and it did approach a sensitive-free path, so it's a good job they made. Generals 1 on the other hand, is a no. But for Generals 2, we'll see. Storyline is what I'm worried, but the most is the gameplay, don't want those regular RTS systems (Ex: bottom bar & dozers), they already made me tired. And the music makes me sleepy.

[[NE]Fobby[GEN] 10]

My bet is that it will be a Generals game set in the future. Just following their routine:

 

Renegade, Generals, C&C3, RA3 :

Tiberium (canceled), Generals 2, C&C 4, RA4

 

I do hope, though, that it is not a Generals game. I think the only reason why I played Generals was because we went several years without a C&C RTS game and nothing exciting was coming out at the time.

 

We'll see though.

[Castleman12 0]

Maybe theyll do something to Generals if it is Generals 2,

 

maybe they'll have Live-Action, it wouldn't be smart to not have them....

 

Though, I can picture the Generals series being much like World In Conflict or End War.....

 

Or they'll connect Generals to the TW >.>

 

Who knows.

[sith_wampa 6]

As long as they only call it "Generals 2" and not "Command & Conquer: Generals 2"

 

I will be happy with that.

Why bother? Its too late now.

[TheBlackOut 7]

Cool. Generals always had a suck SP but if EA actually you know, supported it, Generals 2 could have a great MP.

 

Except... this is EA...

[ORCaLoVeR 0]

Most EA games are played online.Most of them dont have exciting single players

 

Generals,Battlefield series and so on

Edited November 2, 2008 by ORCaLoVeR

[Lion 1]

I've just updated this story Lion. My original info came from CNC Saga, the translation (using Google's language tools) was poor I guess.

 

 

Update you story again...I made a small mistake in the quote. Mike actually stated that "he's a big fan of Generals".

 

I had to listen to it a few times to get it right. Coming through my speakers it sounded like he said he wasn't a big fan. I put my headphones on, and that's what he does say, that he's a big fan of Generals.

 

Sorry for the screw-up. I also posted a bit more of what he said in that interview. Just check CNCDEN.

 

[Johnnyxp64 20]

Update you story again...I made a small mistake in the quote. Mike actually stated that "he's a big fan of Generals".

 

I had to listen to it a few times to get it right. Coming through my speakers it sounded like he said he wasn't a big fan. I put my headphones on, and that's what he does say, that he's a big fan of Generals.

 

Sorry for the screw-up. I also posted a bit more of what he said in that interview. Just check CNCDEN.

 

 

thats way i was insisting fiends, to be honest i had to listen to it 5 times with headphones too LOL :lol: :lol:

 

thanks for clearing this up Lion.

 

btw is it me or all the sudden the interest got lost from RA3 to Generals 2? .....

Edited November 2, 2008 by Johnnyxp64

[TheBlackOut 7]

Most EA games are played online.Most of them dont have exciting single players

 

Generals,Battlefield series and so on

Yea, except, that's one main reason why some C&C fans are ******. C&C has exciting SP.

[Johnnyxp64 20]

For those still wondering, the guy says i havbeen fun of generals, and just when he says he wouldnt be surprized to see an other installment of generals in some point in the future (smiles) bla bla bla cant say anything yet....bal bla

 

 

the sure is the HAVE-BEEN doesnt sound TOO clearly, but then he continius with the positive points that was his first game to come in the EALA etc etc

[CnC-Fin 0]

I hope Generals II is the next C&C game. Then EA should wait couple of years before next C&C game, because in about 18 months we've got 3 C&C games (Tib Wars, Kane's Wrath and RA3). That's dumb if every year come something like 2 games, you just don't have enough time to play C&C.

[Sonic 296]

btw is it me or all the sudden the interest got lost from RA3 to Generals 2? .....

I think its just you. Generals 2 is still just a rumour, nothing has been announced.