Product ReviewsCommand & Conquer: Generals (PC, 2003)

A Classic That I've Purchased Three Times

I've played this with my older brothers and nephews since 2003. I just built a new pc in 2017 so I had to get it again. Great gameplay, very decent graphics for a game from 2003. The very best of real-time, tactical warfare games.Read full review...

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: jakedgames

Simply cannot run (Do not buy until you read!)

Bought this game back when I was 7-8 with my own money because I was really into military stuff. Decided to pick it up again (I had lost it) last week. It came super quickly and in amazing condition, however what I didn't know is that it does not run on windows 10 (my computer) rendering this purchase pointless and a waste of money. I've done alot of research to try and make it run but none of it worked. My advice, steer clear unless you're sure you can run the game on your system.Read full review...

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My best RTS (Real Time Strategy) Game

I still remember when I was a young kid watching my cousin play the playstation version of Command & Conquer Red Alert. I was so intrigued by the gameplay. What I didn't like was that he almost never let me play, so I watched him play and waited for my chance patiently. And so I learned watching him play and started to appreciate the series with the years flying by. When I first found this game at the retail store I knew I had to own it and so I bought it. I never imagined I would grow to love this game so much. It has been almost 8 years since this game came out and still the online gamers fill the multiplayer rooms. There are 3 major points to note. 1. On online multiplayer games most players use MH (maphack). 2. Expect much trash talk in online games. 3. This game is very addictive because of so much competition EA games gives you; in their own words 'challenge everything'. If you don't care what people say to you this game is for you.Read full review...

Command & Conquer Generals (PC Games)

I bought this game because I was still playing Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2, so I decided to get the most up to date version of Command and Conquer. I love the 3D feature, good graphics, and they made this game very realistic. However, they made it much harder as well, and it is not as easy to control your troops, but I feel that after a couple hours of playing this, and it might make a little more sense. Overall though, it's a good game, and I can't wait to play it on LAN.Read full review...

Good Strategy Game - I play it a lot with my kids (Net)

An excellent military strategy game, with different levels, and maps. You can also download alternative and excellent maps from the Internet. It is very easy to learn, as it gives you training missions that help you get familiar with the commands.

The main thing I don't like about this game is the need to keep the CD inserted (for game protection purposes). But I found a way to override this problem with Farstone's Virtual Drive.

Enjoy.Read full review...

Command & Conquer Generals

I’m in command
The Commander and Conquer games have certainly had their ups and downs throughout the years. We can all remember the high points like Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert… and we’d rather not remember Tiberian Sun. Red Alert II, the last game in the series, was definitely an improvement though it was clear that the days of C&C challenging the Blizzard games for online popularity were coming to an end.

Generals promised to reverse that trend. EA Pacific, who also developed RA2, took a ground-up approach to the game. No more building on past engines, everything would start fresh. As with any complete overhaul, there were great risks involved. Generals might have lost its C&C identity and alienated the hardcore C&C fans, or the new design decisions might conflict with each other. The more established a franchise, the more difficult the changes become – but when it’s obvious that the key axiom in the old “if it’s not broken, don’t fix it” adage doesn’t hold, those changes must be made.

Changes summary
The most plainly obvious change is of course the graphics engine. There is nothing, absolutely nothing left of the old C&C here. The full-3D engine comes complete with all the goodies gamers have come to expect in modern games. High-resolution textures, great particle effects, smooth animations and polygons out the ying-yang are all here.

The interface has been updated as well. Gone is the old right-hand relic that adorned previous games and in its place is a traditional bottom bar. This means that production is also queued up at the buildings, rather than with the interface bar at the right.

Gameplay has had a few key changes as well. There are no engineers, so the annoying engineer cheese is a thing of the past, but buildings can now be captured by upgraded riflemen. The familiar rocket soldier is back in various forms, and each side has its special infantry types (like hackers and hijackers.) Aircraft have undergone a substantial reform as well, but we’ll get to that later.

What’s stayed the same?
Surprisingly, for all the massive visual changes, the actual style of play hasn’t been affected all that much. Units are still distinctly command and conquer-ish; tanks, light vehicles and infantry behave much as they have before. They are still relatively frail compared to WarCraft III, combat is always ranged since there are no melee units.

Units still fall into relatively convenient classes. Each side has an answer to another’s weapon, though obviously the GLA won’t have a completely equivalent unit to China’s Overlord tank.Read full review...

Great addition to C&C library

The game is pretty much the same as the others in the C&C library. Choosing from three different sides to play the storyline is fun. The game is fast, beautiful, and for the price, you won't be sorry. I highly recommend this game to anyone familiar with C&C games, as well as anyone who has never played them before. It is a great addition to RTS games.Read full review...

now if I can just complete the Chinese campaign

I enjoyed playing Command & Conquer enough that I wore out the CD-ROM. Generals was awesome & challenging enough to want to play several times and test your strategies, This might make me want to get another copy of Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour, too.Read full review...

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Generals Gameplay is superior

While the storyline to Generals is indeed lacking compared to the other Command and Conquer titles, the gameplay and graphics make up for any lacking. In fact, I would have to say that Generals is at least the second best Command and Conquer game, second only to Red Alert. The detailed weapons, the perfect balance between armies, the silly quips of the units, the music, and the realism of the battlefields all lend to the gaming experience in ways that no other game comes close.

For those who are concerned about the storyline, consider this: Generals is such a free-style game that you find yourself creating your own personal storylines during the course of a battle. And this - I find - is what makes a game great: right up there with medieval Lego armies and little green plastic army men wars.Read full review...

Simply SUPERB!!!

The Command and Conquer - Generals is one of the best strategy games for any platform, specially for PC. You choose to be either good or bad then will progress on conquering... The most you conquer the better weapons, technology and buildings, you'll get.

Don't know why, but bad guys has better arsenal...

You'll need a fast processor 2.0GHz up on this one.

If you ever play Warcraft it is almost the same regarding strategy...

Highly recommended!Read full review...