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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Fredericton, New Brunswick
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Nice if you've got XP installed on your Intel Mac via Boot Camp or your virtualization environment of choice. I tried years ago to get C&C Gold running on my VPC on my dual-G4; it ran, but it ran painfully slow. I'm sure it'd be much better on an Intel Mac. I have to say, despite all of the RTS games I've played, I still find myself having a soft spot in my heart for the original C&C (especially the cheesy FMV cutscenes with Kane - I still remember when Seth tries to get you to invade the Pentagon and Kane shoots him in the head right in front of your eyes!). Only Starcraft matches or beats its greatness... "The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character business without morality; science without humanity; and worship without sacrifice." - Mahatma Gandhi |
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I shot the sherrif.
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No, Dune was the greatest of them all. Then Starcraft. Then S&C.
Dune gets points as the best, early RTS. Starcraft gets points as the most polished and best improved logic. (Attack as you move, novel idea!) C&C for me ended up a weird limbo between the two. Not quite one of the first, and not as polished as SC. Google is your frenemy. Caveat Emptor - Latin for tough titty I tend to interpret things in the way that's most hilarious to me |
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Join Date: Jun 2004
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The innovation that C&C: Tiberian Dawn brought into the mix was truly asymmetrical races. It was probably the first computer game I played somewhat "seriously" to win. It took Starcraft to replace it. Note that it was by Westwood Studios just like Dune2.
When compiling a history of significant early RTS, technically there's one more to add to the list: Warcraft, for having the first multiplayer. It wasn't all that great a game, but a WC match now and then between epic Doom deathmatches got us used to the idea of multiplayer RTS. What was born then kicked into overdrive with C&C. |
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Rocket Surgeon
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: The Canadark
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Tiberian Sun! Tiberian Sun! Juggernaughts rocked my world. And Mammoth tanks. And freakin' Carryalls!
God, I really need that game again. Graphics? Pah! Playability is king. |
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Lovable Bastard
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Boston-ish
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It just made no sense to me why I should play Tiberian Sun when Starcraft was sitting right there and was way more fun. Still, a bad C&C game is better than most other games. I played it, I liked it, but it just paled in comparison to the other entries in the series. Logic, logic, logic. Logic is the beginning of wisdom, Valeris, not the end. |
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Fredericton, New Brunswick
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"The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character business without morality; science without humanity; and worship without sacrifice." - Mahatma Gandhi |
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Lets not forget that GTA was also released as freeware quite recently. I mean, come on!
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Arizona
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I must say C&C has made the best RTS I have played... Yes, the story modes suck, but online/LAN rock in all the C&C games!
RA rocked TS rocked Gens ZH rocked C&C 3 Rocks My fav of them is Gens and 3, because most of my friends play them, I even had a Gens ZH lan once (Nuke China Vs China Tank vs GLA Steath) If you can read this this, please send to an admin, i am blocked and cant post.... |
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