2 new generals reviews!

Wednesday 12th February, 2003 · 0 comments
Posted by Mats0174, .

Thanks goes to Lion for both of these!

Anyway, first up we have the review from Gamespot, they gave Generals a nice 8.9 (The worst mark so far ), here's a snip:

Other aspects of this new Command & Conquer are decidedly different. C&C fans may not notice right away, but Generals lacks a few of the series' signature elements. For instance, Command & Conquer games always did a nice job with their installation programs, many of which put you in the mood of the games even before you could begin playing. But Generals has a boring install program, just like every other game. Also, previous Command & Conquer games made prodigious use of full-motion video cutscenes to move their stories along. Featuring recognizable actors, hammy performances, and surprisingly good production values, the full-motion video sequences of Command & Conquer have always been a distinguishing feature of the series--but the FMV is out of the picture now, too. These complaints hardly bear mentioning, but considering Generals' heritage, they're not irrelevant.



Head here to read the full review!

There's still another review for today, by UGO, this one rates Generals an A out of A+! Again here's a snipp of the full review:

A real-time strategy war game is only as good as its arsenal, and Generals does not disappoint. The USA force's mainstay are Crusader tanks, Humvees and Tomahawk missile launchers, fighter jets, Comanche attack copters, Aurora bombers and stealth fighters, plus the ability to call in an ion strike, err, we mean, particle cannon attack on a location. The Chinese are able to produce gattling tanks that fire faster the longer they shoot, dragon tanks that can project a wall of fire, and their inferno cannons or MiGs can create firestorms while awaiting deployment of their nuclear missile. And then there's the GLA...