

It is free, and is still good value for money. Nothing short of a paid DLCĬonsidering the sheer weight of additions, including the changing up of the balance system, suggests this should have been paid DLC rather than a simple mod. Instead, something such as ranking up to make characters almost un-killable would have easily added many new facets to the game. This mod’s ranking system could be easily confused for the one in Stronghold Kingdoms. However, despite the graphical upgrade being welcomed by the fans, it feels more like window dressing rather than something like a genuine HD upgrade as seen by games on the later Playstation consoles. Compared to its predecessor, the game allows playing as a specific country which entails unique units and strategies.The musical and sound upgrades are obvious to anybody who has ever played the game before, especially when considering the new units and their new batch of sounds. Different campaigns feature different ways of supply collection. Collection of resources can be done through various means: ores, gems and oil. The gameplay is based on resource collection to be used for constructing buildings and units. Multiplayer mode on the other hand can be played both through LAN and online. All these three run in an alternate ending structure. If selected, Boot Camp eventually leads to the Allied Campaign.

Aside from the two campaigns mentioned, it also includes a Boot Camp which stands as a training and introduction to the whole game. Soviet Psychic Corps’s leader Yuri and US President Michael Dugan are the main characters of the storyline. From here, both campaigns lead to different storylines which both consist of 12 missions to be played to victory. Set in 1972, the game’s storyline starts in the Third World War with the Soviet Invasion in the United States. In single-player, Red Alert 2 features the same main two campaigns which make their appearance in the first game: the Soviets and the Allies. The game can also be played with multiplayer using CnCNet. It runs on Microsoft Windows both on single and multiplayer mode. Initially released in 2000 by Westwood Pacific and published and distributed by Electronic Arts, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 is a real-time strategy game standing as a sequel to Command & Conquer: Red Alert.
