The Original Command & Conquer Appreciation Thread

[BigPoppaBear 0]

So I come home from my staff night out at half four in the morning, and I'm wired from all the Coke I had in my double Southern Comforts. I can't sleep, I'm a caffiene warehouse. So I crawl over to my PlayStation2, and I look through all my old PSone games. Something catches my eye. Why, it's the original C&C! Now, at first I had my doubts - it's a classic PC game, and was never really meant for the PS. Additionally, a few weeks ago, I'd played my copy of "Alerte Rouge" (a long story which will no doubt be explained at some point) and been bitterly disappointed by the poor conversion. But I've never known the art that was C&C on the computer, only on PlayStation. And my god, it f*****g rocks.

Let's take a step back from the graphics, this game was dated 1995, so we're not expecting breathtaking art as the Ion Cannon shatters a turret, or brilliant, awe-inspiring flames as the Airstrike is delivered. What is amazing, is the rest of the game. The CGI videos, the mission structure, the co-relation of forces - aaaah, damn good stuff. I could go on and on and on about all the stuff I loved about the game that started it all, but I thought I would open up this topic for everyone to discuss what they loved most about the masterpiece that started it all.

[Luk3us 63]

My eyes were opened to the Brotherhood of Nod....

 

I liked the storyline best of all. It was really awesome. The cut scenes were cool. Plus the little animations ya got treated to after you won or lost the mission.

 

Long live Kane.

[Gazdude 0]

Nod's units (much like Nod) sucked......

 

The Med. Tank, MLRS and Mammoth are the best....

[General immeyourenot 0]

LMMFAO, im agreeing with luk3us! OMFG! I never thought it would happen.

NOD kicks @$$!

 

I voted for the flame tank for the best unit, because, along with the increadible SSM launcher, it is.

 

I got C&C95, in, 1995, but it took me the best part of 2months to complete, because it is by far the hardest C&C game to date!

 

If only more games were like this, the world would be a happier place.

 

LONG LIVE C&C 95!

[Luk3us 63]

Nod's units (much like Nod) sucked......

 

Lets stop the whole What side is better discussion now, Cause NOD OWNS all anwyay..... Before it gets out of hand.

[General immeyourenot 0]

We are here to honour C&C95, just because Nod is better than GDI is irelevant

[Cyborg_Commando 0]

too bad the choices do not include the arillery unit from TS :cry:

 

but the flame thank isn't too bad either, just look at the way you can pulverize infantry units and buildings

and in combination with light tanks they can cause a serious threat to enemy thanks

[Gazdude 0]

Meh.. The commando kicks ass...

[Sheepe 0]

hmmm.... lets see.... Orca and Mammoth Own! (I have a less than healthy obsession with both... its receded though). Actually my fav unit is most likely the.... grenider. simply because they go boom!

 

-Sheepe

[Nyerguds 102]

I got C&C95, in, 1995, but it took me the best part of 2months to complete, because it is by far the hardest C&C game to date!

 

If only more games were like this, the world would be a happier place.

 

LONG LIVE C&C 95!

That is impossible. C&C95 is C&C Gold, the Win95 remake of C&C. It was released in '98 :roll:

 

If you got the game in 1995 you must've bought the DOS version

 

 

Stop referring to Command & Conquer as "C&C95" dammit :x

 

 

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eheh, quite a first post I got there :oops:

Hi, I'm Nyerguds, C&C1 expert and C&C1 mod and mission maker.

 

Oh... and the Frank Klepacki as The Commando pwnz all 8)

[Cyborg_Commando 0]

nice to have another original C&C fan out here

 

WELCOME!!

[Nyerguds 102]

Thanks

[Cyborg_Commando 0]

The Flanders huh...

 

me too.... :lol:

[Nyerguds 102]

No way... echt waar? :shock:

Fijn

[Cyborg_Commando 0]

yep

denk dat we de enige belgen zijn

[Nyerguds 102]

heck, I thought I was the only Belgian C&C fan online :?

 

You got msn? Mine's just my nickname @ hotmail.com

 

(I must have the most unique nickname online )

[Cyborg_Commando 0]

heck, I thought I was the only Belgian C&C fan online :?

 

You got msn?

 

yup just look at my profile

[Guest]

Nyerguds I agree with your words.

[Mina Synd 0]

i actually got C&C: RA: Retaliation before i got C&C lolol... then i got the first (both PS1) and it was along the lines of "woaaahhh... trippy... funny army people... good plot... darned hard and an irritating commando mission... @_@" lol so now i have every single version and the worldwide warfare thing (if that's what it's called) the one with C&C, RA, and all the various extra missions/upgrade discs o.o

[Waraddict 0]

For me, C&C was a game which gave amazingly equal attention and high quality to each aspect of the game, course back then graphics like C&C were pretty good but even to today's standards C&C still beats modern games in other areas.

 

I mean, look at the mission selecting, they even went out of the way to provide country statistics, all this stuff that could be perceived as useless really added to the atmosphere and overall quality of the game, it's amazing how much spirit they put into the thing, specially since it was only their second RTS game.

 

Even if you look at Dune 2, you cannot help but wonder what on earth inspired them to do C&C, it's such a large leap, kick ass music, acted scenes, mission selecting, Westwood in my opinion came closer then any other company at making the perfect game.

 

Even Red Alert, though not terribly more advanced then C&C, was an amazing product, it was the only follow up in a game series which I felt learned from its predessesor and yet still managed to expand on the game and be original itself to a degree.

 

after that however, it went downhill, we never had such attentively created games since those two.

[AJihadOrange 0]

We can't forget the pace of the original C&C and the fact that you actually had expendable troops. I mean, you could get a base and army up in what? like minutes? That, then you could lose it and make another attack in seconds if your economy was good enough. What ever happened to that?

 

Generals is a damn joke, it's all about money, saving money, getting money, fighting over... oil derricks. The reason it's such a big deal is because even infantry are expensive as hell. like 300 for basic infantry. I don't know if it's to add realism or defeat the whole "expendable troops" thing, but I do believe it killed the game.

[chickendippers 1]

That's exactly why Generals isn't Command & Conquer

[Mr_Lee_ 0]

Generals was command and conquer...it was just a harsh mutant baby of the EA side of C&C.

[Guest MadBadger]

woooh back up back up you say

defeat the whole "expendable troops" thing

so the troops in generals ARNT expendable?........... well no one told me damn it i just played a game a while bac where all i did was make red guard...... your telling me there not expendabe? i lost over 3000 units all deff red guard whats expeneble in your books? i call red guard damn cannon fodder. but there is too much focus on money.

 

p.s what about the damn missile subs those babys own damn it.

[fox34343 1]

i love Recon Bike's