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Command & Conquer: Generals

EA Pacific

2003•Strategy•PEGI 12

Taste attributes: actionscience fictionwarespionagerobots/ai/spacevehiclesfasttried & testedunsavouryheavyimaginarylinearbig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeA wide-ranging strategy game that is fantastical, heavy and unsavoury. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

80 / 100

251 ratings

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About This Game

Command & Conquer: Generals puts your trigger finger on the pulse of modern warfare. Choose your powerful General to control massive armies of bleeding-edge military weaponry across a globe teetering on the brink of Armageddon. Command one of three unique sides, each with customisable high-tech arsenals ready to deliver unprecedented firepower on land or in the skies. Annihilate the opposition in the 27-mission single-player campaign or dish out the damage in global multiplayer mayhem. Prepare your forces, Commander…it’s time to engage in the next generation of real-time strategy - Command & Conquer Generals.

Summary: IGDB

Story

Generals takes place in the near future where the United States and China co-operate to fight against the Global Liberation Army (GLA), a terrorist organization based in Central Asia. In chronological order, the campaign is played through the Chinese, GLA and then the United States perspectives respectively. China: A military parade in Beijing is attacked by GLA forces, culminating in the detonation of a stolen Chinese nuclear warhead and the beginning of the GLA's incursion inside China's borders. The Chinese mobilize to stall and contain the GLA, but in the process lose the Three Gorges Dam...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionScience fictionWarEspionageRobots/ai/spaceVehiclesAll consuming questFighting evilHuman spirit/resilience/survivalRescue/escape/jeopardySolving the riddle/not as it seemsUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

Modern warfareHelicopterMotorcycleConstructionReal-timeWarArtificial intelligenceTank

Where to play

Steam

Details

Developer: EA Pacific
Publishers: Aspyr Media, Electronic Arts, ak tronic Software & Services, Mindscape
Released: 1 February 2003
Series: Command & Conquer
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Age rating: PEGI 12
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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