Anybody still playing C&C Red Alert 2?

DvdGene · 12-10-03, 11:25 PM

Anybody still playing C&C Red Alert 2? Just started a couple of months back upon a recommedation of a friend of mine. We play online occasionally. Anybody else into this game and want to play with a newbie? Let me know.

Great game, I'm hooked. I know its not the latest and greatest of the C&C series, Generals is, but I just the same, this is one heck of a real-time strategy game.

DvdGene

ClarkKentKY · 12-10-03, 11:36 PM

Just got it the other day from EA (90cents, thank you EA) ... And i've already beat the Allied missions. Just started the soviet missions tonight. Haven't gotten around to playing online yet. You'd probably beat the crap out of me.

the aftermath · 12-10-03, 11:58 PM

I used to be damn good at that game, played it relentlessly. Haven't played it in about 2 years, but I'm sure it's still fun.

DvdGene · 12-10-03, 11:59 PM

Try to play skirmish mode vs the computer. Loads of fun!

Better yet, try online play once you get the hang of it. Lots of strategies to try out...

bigsoos · 12-11-03, 11:12 AM

Skirmish is kinda hard when you do 3 on 1 or even 2 on 1. The game's AI will just pound the crap out of you. I like playing th Iraq team on skirmish mode. Desolator's ready!

PixyJunket · 12-11-03, 11:18 AM

Both Red Alert games are awesome.

C&C was the only PC games I REALLY got into, ever.

rabbit77 · 12-11-03, 12:29 PM

This game was the sole reason why I bought a link for the Playstation. We'd be up till dawn in college playing skirmishes with 2 PSX's and 2 TV's.

Then again we were up till dawn for most nights anyway.

Memories...

PixyJunket · 12-11-03, 12:55 PM

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Originally posted by rabbit77
This game was the sole reason why I bought a link for the Playstation. We'd be up till dawn in college playing skirmishes with 2 PSX's and 2 TV's.

Then again we were up till dawn for most nights anyway.

Memories...

Holy crap.. I thought I was the only person that bought one of those things.. and yes it was for Red Alert.

rabbit77 · 12-11-03, 01:25 PM

Yeah, there wasn't much else you could do with that link cable...

We had a pretty cool setup when we did this, too. We'd take two 13" TVs and put them in the middle of our rectangular kitchen table with their backs against each other... then we'd sit on opposite ends of the table and face each other battleship style.

"For king and country!"

DvdGene · 12-11-03, 09:02 PM

Skirmish mode with the computer is great. Just fortify your defenses first coz the computer AI will throw everything at you offensively.

Skirmish mode with others are even better. Anybody interested in playing?

PixyJunket · 12-12-03, 08:15 AM

I liked building walls all the way out to an enemy base and they deploying some teslas or cannons.. ah those were good times.

bigsoos · 12-12-03, 11:24 AM

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Originally posted by DvdGene
Skirmish mode with the computer is great. Just fortify your defenses first coz the computer AI will throw everything at you offensively.

Skirmish mode with others are even better. Anybody interested in playing?

I always hated getting nuked then getting hit w/ the storm!

illennium · 12-12-03, 02:50 PM

Heh, I still have a shrinkwrapped copy of the original Command & Conquer (not Red Alert) on my shelf. I stopped playing PC games around the time that came out.

Jonny2k1 · 12-12-03, 02:59 PM

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Originally posted by bigsoos
Skirmish is kinda hard when you do 3 on 1 or even 2 on 1. The game's AI will just pound the crap out of you. I like playing th Iraq team on skirmish mode. Desolator's ready!

Only until you get good. I stopped playing the skirmishes because they got boring. I would put as many brutal AI's that would fit into the mape, and they still couldn't beat me. (Not to brag or anything. I am just saying they are very predictable which makes them easy.) Playing skirmishes on LAN or online is the only way to go - people aren't as predictable as the AI. I actually broke out good ol' RA2 the other day because I read a news article about Tesla coils.

al_bundy · 02-20-08, 02:30 PM

picked up The First Decade and so far this is the only one i can play

didn't know they kept the original resolution limitations, and those were some crappy graphics

rabbit77 · 02-20-08, 09:39 PM

Jeez I started reading this thread and was about to post that I bought a link cable for the PSOne just for this game.

matome · 02-21-08, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by PixyJunket

I liked building walls all the way out to an enemy base and they deploying some teslas or cannons.. ah those were good times.

LOL, the Grand Cannon/power plant creep. Poeple would get so annoyed online when that worked

. I was a hot-keyed Black Eagle guy myself.

Most overpowered unit ever = elite IFV. I would keep a Tanya in one and kept mowing down the U.S. airdrops idiots kept tryingto dump in my base. I would get two elite ones of those and drive into their base directly, pop out the Tanyas and pretty much win the game with those two.

Mopower · 02-21-08, 02:22 PM

Loaded up Red Alert Retaliation for PS1 on my PSP this morning. Even on the small screen it kicks ass.

12-10-03, 11:25 PM	#1
DvdGene Senior Member Join Date: Aug 1999 Posts: 268	Anybody still playing C&C Red Alert 2? Anybody still playing C&C Red Alert 2? Just started a couple of months back upon a recommedation of a friend of mine. We play online occasionally. Anybody else into this game and want to play with a newbie? Let me know. Great game, I'm hooked. I know its not the latest and greatest of the C&C series, Generals is, but I just the same, this is one heck of a real-time strategy game. DvdGene

12-11-03, 11:12 AM	#5
bigsoos DVD Talk Ultimate Edition Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Sachse, TX Posts: 4,021	Skirmish is kinda hard when you do 3 on 1 or even 2 on 1. The game's AI will just pound the crap out of you. I like playing th Iraq team on skirmish mode. Desolator's ready! __________________ "The last time I saw a pair of jugs that big, two hillbillies were blowing on them." "I guess irony can be pretty ironic sometimes."

12-11-03, 11:18 AM	#6
PixyJunket DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Plano, TX Posts: 23,217	Both Red Alert games are awesome. C&C was the only PC games I REALLY got into, ever. __________________ Twitter, Wii U and Xbox 360: PixyJunket

12-12-03, 08:15 AM	#11
PixyJunket DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: Plano, TX Posts: 23,217	I liked building walls all the way out to an enemy base and they deploying some teslas or cannons.. ah those were good times. __________________ Twitter, Wii U and Xbox 360: PixyJunket

12-10-03, 11:36 PM	#2
ClarkKentKY DVD Talk Platinum Edition Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 3,754	Just got it the other day from EA (90cents, thank you EA) ... And i've already beat the Allied missions. Just started the soviet missions tonight. Haven't gotten around to playing online yet. You'd probably beat the crap out of me.

12-10-03, 11:58 PM	#3
the aftermath DVD Talk Hall of Fame Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: In my mind. Posts: 7,694	I used to be damn good at that game, played it relentlessly. Haven't played it in about 2 years, but I'm sure it's still fun.

12-10-03, 11:59 PM	#4
DvdGene Senior Member Join Date: Aug 1999 Posts: 268	Try to play skirmish mode vs the computer. Loads of fun! Better yet, try online play once you get the hang of it. Lots of strategies to try out...

12-11-03, 12:29 PM	#7
rabbit77 DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Des Plaines, IL Posts: 6,662	This game was the sole reason why I bought a link for the Playstation. We'd be up till dawn in college playing skirmishes with 2 PSX's and 2 TV's. Then again we were up till dawn for most nights anyway. Memories...

12-11-03, 01:25 PM	#9
rabbit77 DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Des Plaines, IL Posts: 6,662	Yeah, there wasn't much else you could do with that link cable... We had a pretty cool setup when we did this, too. We'd take two 13" TVs and put them in the middle of our rectangular kitchen table with their backs against each other... then we'd sit on opposite ends of the table and face each other battleship style. "For king and country!"

12-11-03, 09:02 PM	#10
DvdGene Senior Member Join Date: Aug 1999 Posts: 268	Skirmish mode with the computer is great. Just fortify your defenses first coz the computer AI will throw everything at you offensively. Skirmish mode with others are even better. Anybody interested in playing?

12-12-03, 02:50 PM	#13
illennium DVD Talk Platinum Edition Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: NYC Posts: 3,158	Heh, I still have a shrinkwrapped copy of the original Command & Conquer (not Red Alert) on my shelf. I stopped playing PC games around the time that came out.

02-20-08, 02:30 PM	#15
al_bundy DVD Talk Hero Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: in da cloud Posts: 26,196	picked up The First Decade and so far this is the only one i can play didn't know they kept the original resolution limitations, and those were some crappy graphics

02-20-08, 09:39 PM	#16
rabbit77 DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Des Plaines, IL Posts: 6,662	Jeez I started reading this thread and was about to post that I bought a link cable for the PSOne just for this game.

02-21-08, 02:22 PM	#18
Mopower DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The Janitor's closet in Kinnick Stadium Posts: 15,717	Loaded up Red Alert Retaliation for PS1 on my PSP this morning. Even on the small screen it kicks ass.