C&C 4 Developer Q&A Session #15

[Troopzor 5]

A new edition of the C&C4 Developer Q&A has been released on the Official C&C Forums. Edition 15 features questions covering gameplay, story, and even how C&C 4 will be distributed! Check it out below.

 

If you do not have a friend to play with for the co-op campaign, can you play it alone or with an AI ally?

 

There are no co-commanders in CNC4 – if you don’t have a co-op buddy, you play alone and the mission is rebalanced as appropriate.

 

How can Nod counter the mighty Mastodon?

 

The Mastodon is a very powerful unit and can be difficult to counter at first. Any support unit will be able to tear apart unprotected Mastodons, especially Basilisks whose chain lightning can hit multiple Mastodons at a time. As an Offense player, Widows excel at taking out Mastodons and even smaller units like Scorpion Tanks and Stealth Tanks have the firepower to knock out Mastodons. As Defense, it is very difficult to counter Mastodons since the Mastodon is primarily an anti-Defense unit, but High Confessors with their chain lightning are your best bet. The reason why most players are decimated by Mastodons is because of the Mastodon’s area of effect weapon. Most players simply right click to attack the group of Mastodons and as the units move forward and try to get in range, they are all being obliterated by the Mastodon’s volley because they are all closely clumped. The trick is to surround the Mastodons (by burrowing, stealth, or simply attacking from different areas), and then make sure as few of your units are hit by each Mastodon’s volley. Once you’ve knocked out 1 or 2, send in Engineers to capture them and use the Mastodons against your opponent.

 

What brings Tiberium Crystals to the battlefield?

 

That is an Idris Corporation lifter, used by the Tiberium Control Network to return (relatively) stable processed Tiberium to the battlefield or construction area where it may be of use.

 

What kind of mission objectives will there be in the single player campaign?

 

All of our objectives are lab based. In CNC4, you can capture a lab, destroy a lab, defend a lab and even escort a lab! =) There will be many different objective types in C&C4, stay tuned to future Q&A's for more!

 

Will C&C4 be out on Steam and other download services?

 

Yes, C&C 4 will be available on digital download services, such as the EA Store and Steam.

Have a question of your own that you would like answered in the future? Then post in the Ask A Developer Thread on the official C&C forums.

[mirza044 4]

What kind of mission objectives will there be in the single player campaign?

 

All of our objectives are lab based. In CNC4, you can capture a lab, destroy a lab, defend a lab and even escort a lab! =) There will be many different objective types in C&C4, stay tuned to future Q&A's for more!

 

Is this some kind of joke or...?

[Nmenth 291]

The Mastodon is a very powerful unit and can be difficult to counter at first. Any support unit will be able to tear apart unprotected Mastodons, especially Basilisks whose chain lightning can hit multiple Mastodons at a time.

 

As Defense, it is very difficult to counter Mastodons since the Mastodon is primarily an anti-Defense unit, but High Confessors with their chain lightning are your best bet.

So nice to see the inclusion of fantasy magic in this game, what would science fiction be without chain lightning?

[Guest Stevie_K]

Chain lightning?

[Malevolence 6]

Is this some kind of joke or...?

 

It's just as good as saying EA rickrolling the entire C&C community!

[BioBen 3]

What kind of mission objectives will there be in the single player campaign?

 

All of our objectives are lab based.

 

Lovely. And I thought the game would have an interesting campaign.

[Sonic 296]

What kind of mission objectives will there be in the single player campaign?

 

All of our objectives are lab based.

The answer to that question goes on to say there are many different objective types in C&C 4. The lab stuff is just an example. So before you make silly comments read the whole thing. Don't pick out parts to suit you just so you can be a smart ass

 

Other than destroy, defend, escort and capture what else can you do for a single player mission anyway?

[Nmenth 291]

Other than destroy, defend, escort and capture what else can you do for a single player mission anyway?

Except it says

In CNC4, you can capture a lab, destroy a lab, defend a lab and even escort a lab!

 

The rest of the quote isn't necessary, it is not taken out of context unless they wrote this as a joke (a very unfunny one).

[Malevolence 6]

Seriously this is not funny anymore. I hope C&C4 offers more than revolving around this lab they mentioned.

[Wee_Ooh 0]

They've shown one mission so far, and it had nothing to do with a lab, so I don't see the problem here. It was obviously a joke.

 

I thought it was funny. >_>

Edited January 30, 2010 by Wee_Ooh

[Guest Stevie_K]

The lab stuff is just an example. So before you make silly comments read the whole thing. Don't pick out parts to suit you just so you can be a smart ass

but..?

All of our objectives are lab based.

 

 

[Sonic 296]

So your all convinced the entire campaign revolves around destroying, defending, escorting and capturing labs then?

 

Clearly something isn't quite right with the answer to that question. And I'm sure it will explained at some stage.

[Nmenth 291]

So your all convinced the entire campaign revolves around destroying, defending, escorting and capturing labs then?

They made that pretty clear, in my opinion... but like I said, if that was meant as a joke, it's not funny.

[Guest Stevie_K]

So your all convinced the entire campaign revolves around destroying, defending, escorting and capturing labs then?

 

I'd love to believe otherwise as you, but I couldn't find anything that says it was a joke. If you do however, I would be very pleased if you would post it.

 

 

[Gben 20]

Hello?!?

 

 

Earth-to-cncnz??? Earth-to-cncnz??? Come in cncnz??? Do you read me??? Is anyone there?

 

What kind of mission objectives will there be in the single player campaign?

All of our objectives are lab based. In CNC4, you can capture a lab, destroy a lab, defend a lab and even escort a lab!

 

=)

 

There will be many different objective types in C&C4, stay tuned to future Q&A's for more!

[Nmenth 291]

I hope your interpretation is right, gben, but I only read that as continuation off the '...a lab' paragraph, more of the self-hyping.

[Guest Stevie_K]

Hello?!?

Earth-to-cncnz??? Earth-to-cncnz??? Come in cncnz??? Do you read me??? Is anyone there?

 

Any contact?

 

All of our objectives are lab based.

 

I don't see why he would write "ALL" if it wasn't all.

[Wee_Ooh 0]

Are you guys serious? >_>

 

They've shown a mission. It involved securing a downed ship and proecting it from Nod forces. No labs involved. I don't care what you think about EALA, NO ONE is dumb enough to make an RTS where every mission revolves around laboratories. Or Labrador Retrievers.

[Malevolence 6]

The logic simply baffles me. What?

[Nmenth 291]

I dropped Apoc an email, requesting that he come by here and set us all straight on this.

[BioBen 3]

Aaaagh! I'm so confused!*runs around madly and into a wall*

 

Seriously EALA can't just randomly throw jokes at us if this is what it happens to be.

[Sonic 296]

Reply from APOC about this. Looks like an attempt at a joke that didn't work....

 

We were being a bit humorous, here is the real answer:

 

The Player (or Players, in co-op) will encounter a wide variety of objectives throughout the Command & Conquer 4 campaign; from rescuing endangered VIP’s and escorting civilian convoys to defending downed spacecraft and investigating ‘Scrin-esque’ signals emanating from the Tiberium Control Network itself.

 

[BioBen 3]

Oh thank god. APOC, don't do that to me.

[Gben 20]

Storm in a teacup....

[mirza044 4]

he Player (or Players, in co-op) will encounter a wide variety of objectives throughout the Command & Conquer 4 campaign; from rescuing endangered VIP’s and escorting civilian convoys to defending downed spacecraft and investigating ‘Scrin-esque’ signals emanating from the Tiberium Control Network itself.

that's much better. thx for effort sonic.