Red Alert 2

[Captain2]

alright, i know its an old game, but frankly the simple fact its a war between the Soviets and Americans in an alt his already makes me interested...

anyone else ever try this game? i recently got it and played it as much as i possibly could

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

Aye, I got it a while back, then lost the damn CD key.

I had a fun time as the Soviets, had some good times. I'm not a fan of RTS, but this is definitely on my list of good games

 

[Synobun]

Very good game, get Yuri's Revenge.

 

[Captain2]

yeah, if I hadnt messed up my Doomsday game with a mod I'd have a Red Alert inspiried AAR

plus I got Yuri's Revenge, he seems a bit overpowered when i've fought him...

 

[Heretic_Cata]

I've been playing it for the past month. I just erased it yesterday because i finished all campaigns.
Fun game.

plus I got Yuri's Revenge, he seems a bit overpowered when i've fought him...

Neah, trust me, soon enough he will seem underpowered - especially if you play as the Allies. Things get a bit more tactical if you play as the soviets against Yuri.

 

[Dell19]

The first one was pretty good as well. The missions inside buildings where interesting to solve.

 

[steviejay]

Played it, loved it, played it some more. It was the first game I ever played online as well.

I just LOVED the AEGIS cruisers, sit a few of them at your base and you'll never have to worry about air attack again, when I had them I cannot recall a single time they didn't get promoted to the maximum level

 

[Synobun]

Yuri gets quite weak after a while, the end of it is funny too.

Spoiler the end :

He gets eaten by a dino

 

[vmxa]

I played both sides, but I never played the Yuri addon and still have it (not installed). I am playing some of the stuff again off the Decade DVD.

 

[Wolfe Tone]

It is a great game. I really have to play it again. I remember bricking it whenever I heard the words 'Kirov Reporting'. But I soon developed an effective defense, IFVs, lots of IFVs (I think that's the right acronym, it's been a while) with nothing in them

 

[Grand Dad]

It is undoubtedly a very good game. Have played it a number of times...both sides, liked the Sov one better except for Yuri's dominating commands. Then had the pleasure of getting back at him in Yuri's Revenge. Frankly it was a bit more difficult than RA 2 .

 

[Chukchi Husky]

I have the game, but haven't played it in a while.

 

[Grohan]

RA2 rocks!

Great campaigns, units and humour make this game fun to play.

 

[Darth_Pugwash]

It's a definatley a fun game.

Though I always got the impression that Yuri was too powerful.

 

[steviejay]

how awesome are the infantry in it?? there's nothing better than getting a squad of 5+ infantry up to max promotion and fortifying them someplace between the enemy base and the ore field.....

I suppose the only thing more awesome than that is finding a group of 5+ infantry up to max promotion and running them down with something tank-like and heavy......

 

[Darth_Pugwash]

I loved promoting my infantrymen up, and garrisoning them in buildings. I wished that all the infantry (especially the sniper) could go in buildings though.

Who else finds that 2D graphics a la RA2 are prettier than modern 3D graphics? I suppose 3D will eventually look better than 2D as technology progresses but for now I kinda prefer the 2D look.

 

[Tee Kay]

Ah! The classics! To be honest, RA2 really got me into PC gaming. In fact, it's the first PC game I've ever played.

I got both RA2 and Yuri and I sometimes dust them off and play them just for old times sake. But for some reason Yuri's Revenge takes a really long time to load on my system and the games lags a lot as well. Don't know if this happen to anyone else...

I love the cut scenes. The scenarios are quite well done too.

Spoiler :

(I really enjoy using the Eiffel Tower as a giant Tesla Tower. When I play that mission I don't kill the last enemy unit until I've destroyed all civilian buildings within range of Eiffel Tower. )

And remember, build lots of these:

 

[El D34dlyto]

I, being a C&C fanatic, can safelly say RA2 is a great game. And if some of you Civ3 players want to play even better versions of it, RA2 also has a modding community - check these sites:

Freedom Studios
Project Perfect Mod
C&C Guild

I'm sure you will find some really nice mods - both enhancing the game and Total Conversions.

 

[p dandy]

One of my favorite games ever.

One unique thing I saw was that in addition to scripting mixed groups of units that the AI sends at you, the developers also scripted strats in there like the Tanya-IFV strat that focuses on C4ing your construction yard.

 

[Grand Dad]

At places it's just fantastic! I usually finished most missions well below the par . Ending Yuri's Revenge is tougher and costlier in terms of losing units and time .
By way somebody mentioned the Eagis Cruisers, they are very good as anti-aircraft weapons but have to be defended as they are defenceless against enemy attacks!