RED ALERT oh my god this was the hottest thing when it came out, it was the illest thing ever created. this was my first PC game that i put more than 24 hours into, honestly i'm not sure that i don't have close to a whole year of hours playing skirmishes against the computer... seriously this game kept me occupied for such a long time, i remember that i was angry initially when the next Command and Conquer came out because it wasn't a new better graphic version of Red Alert it went back to the GDI-Nod future as in the original games. The big differences with Red Alert over the older games was that Red Alert had the skirmish option where you could play against the computer on a map and use every unit available in the game right away and you could build your base up from the ground any way you wanted, also unlike C&c you had infantry units, armor units, aerial units, and naval units (personal favorite). Also if you had a creative mind you could build a custom map and play on that. Another huge difference was the online aspect that was brought to RTS's, (and the awesome soundtrack)
Red Alert took place in an alternate universe explained in the game and subsequent Red Alert sequels due to time travel or more specifically a technology employed in game play called chronosperes. Chronoshperes where the allied "super weapon" in contrast to the Soviet iron-curtain. They could be used to transport any individual unit (except infantry oddly) anywhere on the map instantaneously, this is tied to time travel and quantum physics. In the storyline the post WW2 allied leaders decide to travel back in time and kill Hitler! Great idea right? Except that now Germany never fights communist Russia, and now in the late part of the century the USSR is ready to take over the world. So while the allies wanted to save lives back in WW2 they now are faced with a WW3 like scenario with full nuclear arsenals on either side of the battle lines. This came out like only a few years after the cold war ended and this was such a scary sci-fi story unfolding right in your hands, i remember feeling adrenalin from watching the intro video and all.
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