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Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2

Westwood Pacific

2000•Strategy•PEGI 12

Taste attributes: fantasyscience fictionespionagehistoricalrobots/ai/spacevehiclesunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricatebig & variedall consuming questfighting evilfish out of water/culture clashhuman 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 intricate. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

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

IGDB rating

88 / 100

438 ratings

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About This Game

The Soviets are back and this time they’re on American soil. Fight for the red, white, and blue – or just the red. But be careful – the mystical madman Yuri, with his mysterious mind-control technology, is readying his army for a shot at world domination.Fight on the side of freedom or battle behind the Iron Curtain. Prism tanks, Tesla Troopers, Terror Drones, Desolators, Psychic Mind Control Giant Squid, and Sonic Dolphins are just a small part of your arsenal. Play either side in the full solo-play campaign or as one of the nine nations in eight modes of multiplayer.

Summary: IGDB

Story

What if Hitler never existed? Einstein pondered the question and created a time-machine to eliminate Hitler as a young man, thus preventing World War II as history remembers it. However, Einstein stopped one evil only to create another - because Stalin's Soviet Union is now poised to conquer Europe... and Allies must stop them!

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

FantasyScience fictionEspionageHistoricalRobots/ai/spaceVehiclesAll consuming questFighting evilFish out of water/culture clashHuman spirit/resilience/survivalRescue/escape/jeopardySolving the riddle/not as it seemsUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

Modern warfareBloodyTime travelRussiaInvasionConstructionDeathVoxel

Details

Developer: Westwood Pacific
Publishers: Electronic Arts, Mastertronic Group Ltd, Sold Out Sales & Marketing
Released: 25 October 2000
Series: Command & Conquer
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Age rating: PEGI 12
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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