Command & Conquer Red Alert
It is a real-time strategy game from the Command & Conquer series created by Westwood Studios in 1996, which together with Dune II and Warcraft II defined part of the real-time strategy genre and has given me long hours of entertainment. Red Alert takes place in another timeline in which Allied forces face Soviet Union forces in a fierce military struggle for control of the European continent.
It is a sequel to Command & Conquer based on another timeline which added many special units and reorganized the balance of the factions. And that's where you come in, either on the Allied or Soviet side. Allied players will depend on stealth and surprise, while those who line up with the Soviets will rely on brutal force. Where the Soviets are characterized by the use of powerful land units endowed with considerable firepower and supported by a powerful air and naval force and the Allies base their strategies on speed and their large naval force, thus giving a new style to the strategy by not giving the same units or the same style of battle to the warring sides.
History
Albert Einstein applies his theories of relativity to time travel by building a machine called the Chronosphere, going back in time to kill Hitler before he comes to power. The plan works, and with Hitler out of the picture, Nazi Germany never materializes. But unfortunately, the Red Threat does, under the regime of Iosif Stalin, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics quickly became an expansionist world power as Hitler and his Nazi Germany never emerged to balance forces with the USSR on the European continent, carrying a gigantic war machine to the West, raining down destruction and terror on those unfortunate ones who are in its way, where the allies are outnumbered by an enemy superior in number and weapons, thus starting World War II as a Soviet campaign of Eurasian domination.
During the game we will see different characters from both the Allied side (Marshal Gunther von Esling, Tanya Adams and the aforementioned Albert Einstein, etc), and the Soviet side (Soviet Prime Minister Iosif Stalin, Marshal Georgy Zhukov, the General Topolov, etc), and we will see different scenes of these characters played by real actors which are not as impressive as the animated scenes and can sometimes be uncomfortable or annoying, although this does not take away that the game is quite impressive.
Playability
The design and functionality of these units is possibly the best of their time at its best in the field of real-time strategy gaming. The variety of strengths and structures is unmatched, providing players with a wide variety of strategies to achieve their goals. Better yet, the units on both sides are not mere copies of each other, but maintain a kind of balance, for example the so-called Allied Destroyer, which can relentlessly attack units of land, sea and air from long distances, is counteracted by the Soviet MiG, which has a powerful strike and is absolutely devastating in number. The Allies doctor, who can literally restore life to the infantry units that are barely breathing, is frighteningly paired with the brutal Soviet attack dogs that can annihilate half a dozen troops in a matter of seconds.
The game brings at least forty or more levels which consistently strike the right balance between long and never-ending construction and wear wars, and short and intense outbreaks of conflict behind the lines, convoy protection and hostage rescue. Nor will you be forced to use any particular strategy to solve the mission's objectives, the number and variety of units means there are literally dozens of ways to take over a territory. Red Alert does not require overwhelming strength to win, with the right mix of troops, the right plan and the right time, you can easily win battles that otherwise seem to be against you.
This game gives the ability to play with both sides (Soviets and Allies), until the end, where we will have unpredictable results because we will have risks in planning our strategy against enemies, but we will have a pretty nice experience in the game because of all the above and the truth is a pretty interesting game which is worth trying.
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