IVG: Before Blizzard took over the world of real-time strategy, there was competition in the form of Westwood Studios. Red Alert 2 takes place in an alternate universe, where World War 2 never happened. Due to this, the Soviets and Allies find themselves at odds. It starts off with the invasion of the US (before Activision made it a yearly event in the COD series) and you can play the campaign from the perspective of both factions.
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Red Alert 2 came out 20 years ago and Retroheadz goes back to see if it is just as good today to play.
This is one game I've continuously kept coming back to since it's original release and the mod scene is still active, i hope the Tiberium Dawn/RA1 remasters do well enough to do this game as well.
I used to hurt my fingers playing so much C&C games that I'd have to take days off from them to recover.
But it was so fun. Like chess but bigger. Kill the king, queen, knight and rook (main construction and vehicle buildings, power and barracks) and it was all over. As all the other pawns would be swept away.
Strategising expressed in real-time, turn-based and the time-bending variants in between has been a cornerstone of gaming since close to its infancy. Here's a selection of the very best examples of strategy games to ever grace the medium.
