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Command and Conquer Generals Released
A reader writes:"Febuary 11th marks the day that the future of the Command and Conquer universe will be determined. Electronic Arts has taken over the franchise and has even shut down Westwood Studios. Many of us will remember Westwood for such games as Dune II. They basically invented the RTS market which makes this a sad time. Electronic Arts today launches what they are hoping will be the WarCraft 3 killa. This game along with SimCity 4 is what EA is counting on. Here is an amazing 430 screenshot pictorial of the Generals single player missions. "
hardly worth playing the game now...
What would Brian Boitano do?
I thought they intended to reduce the entire game market to Sims and Sports. But I forgot that there is one other category just as boring as Sims and Sports -- the C&C Clone category!
This increases the diversity of EA's offerings by 50%!
Whence? Hence. Whither? Thither.
they are hoping will be the WarCraft 3 killa.
Yeah, ok...Word up, homey.
Sheesh.
Bowie J. Poag
Does the game come with a free P4 cpu? Otherwise I might need an upgrade...
Good, nothing more annoying than loosing in single player mode.
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Wait, No Tanya in tight army fatuges, or at the end of the game in a thin, small dress waiting to get on a helicopter with YOU to goto the biggest party the world has yet to see?
I think we all need to bow our heads and have a moment of silence please.
Top 10 Game (Cut scenes etc) Stereotypes
10. Gorgeous female british agent saves the day
9. Female agent is Russian but defects
8. Lone US Marine saves the world
7. Arabs are evil
6. Arabs are stupid and evil
5. Aliens have Eastern European Accents
4. Aliens have German accents
3. Bad guys are from wherever the US hates right now
2. Bad guys are British
1. Bad guys are German
I think there could be a trend but I can't see it right now.
However my half-British, half-German, Communist Palestinian (who happens to own a Chinese weapons factory) leader says we will board our spaceships and attack at dawn.
Troc
Troc's dubious podcast and blog: http://www.trocnet.net
If a company in China or Russian or wherever released a game about invading and destroying things in the USA,
You realize in ALL the Command and Conquer games, you can play the badguys? Which means, ~gasp~ you're invading and destroying things in the US and its allies (esp in RA2)
You're offended? Where do you want hte missions to be, in canada and chile?
If you can't see the value in jet powered ants you should turn in your nerd card. - Dunbal (464142)
How about a C&C game where you play Canadian troops trying to avoid being bombed by USAF pilots?