Wielding strange new technologies and hungering for revenge, the Soviet Army invades America. Overwhelmed Allied forces, unprepared for the surprise attack, are decimated. Will freedom be crushed under the heels of Communist aggression? Red Alert 2 is another Real Time Strategy from Westwood the makers of the brilliant Command and Conquer series. This is one of the few RTS that really was modded heavily, and not just limited to new maps and or player models.
Red Alert 2 is quite possibly one of the best games ever made. When I was no older than 6, I remember playing Red Alert 1 for the first time, it was an amazing experience only to be followed up by an even better one as soon as my Mom came home one day with a copy of Red Alert 2 for me and my brothers.
Red Alert 2 (And also Yuri's Revenge while we're doing a full review) has been my favorite game ever since it was released, and I don't just mean out of the Command & Conquer series, I mean in general. While I am a fan of many other game series' such as Half-Life, Armored Core, Sonic The Hedgehog, Portal, Command & Conquer etc. Red Alert 2 tops them all in my books.
Real Time Strategy has evolved so much and so well since it was first founded by Westwood back in the golden days, and even though it has kind of gone down the drain thanks to EA's lack of knowledge on how to run the C&C franchise, the greats are still there and this is one of those titles that I can play and mod for the rest of my forseeable days without getting bored.
I love everything about Red Alert 2, the balance, the gameplay, the campaign, the music, I even like the graphics even though a lot of people seem to look down on them, there is just nothing at fault at all. With the addition of Yuri's Revenge, the game was made even better by adding some new missions, new music, some new units (thus, new tactics) and the unique voices for each unit. The game just got better and better as time went on.
Sadly, Red Alert 3 did not live up to my expectations, but after seeing Tiberium Wars being the follow up from Tiberian Sun, I had my doubts anyway, but Red Alert 2 / Yuri's Revenge are eternal. They have so much playability thanks to being so modding friendly and I intend to play them for as long as I possibly can (when I feel up to it, of course).
This is what Real Time Strategy should be and should have always remained as, Red Alert 2 and Yuri's Revenge are perfection.
This is a really awesome game. One of the bests I have ever played.
The game of my childhood yet to this day no proper sequel :(
I played this game for the first time, when it was just released back in the year 2000 and I just loved it. And when yuri's revenge was released in 2001, I played that too and it was even better! Playing these AWESOME games makes me so nostalgic :') and brings back good old memories :')
I JUST LOVE THEM! :D
Words can't describe how awesome this game is. Playin' in multiplayer is fun too. Just one word: KOOL
This is the only game I still play after 10 years (or was it longer? I am 50 now). Never had any game that is more addicting than this one.
Fun, down to the core. Map making is also very easy.
Command & Conquer - Red Alert 2 can really be summed up in three words: absolutely ridiculous fun. Command & Conquer - Red Alert 2 might be the most fun RTS out there, even just the vanilla game and not even taking into account the incredible amount of absolutely amazing mods that up the fun factor even more.
The engine is incredible, I would say the pinnacle of 2.5D RTS engines having been evolved by Westwood since the original Command & Conquer - Tiberium Dawn. Command & Conquer - Red Alert 2 has such character and it shows in the units, story and setting. It maintains just the right level of seriousness mixed with this wacky craziness.
The missions of the vanilla campaign are incredible and of course the entire production is very high quality as with all Command & Conquer games. Overall Command & Conquer - Red Alert 2 is an incredible fun RTS with lots of character and very high production values.
Command & Conquer - Red Alert 2 was also the final true Command & Conquer game by the original developers before Electronic Arts again destroyed a studio and a franchise. So this is where Command & Conquer ended for many of the original fans. Command & Conquer 3 was not bad, but just never recaptured that "C&C Thang" of the original four games by the original Westwood crew. Credit though to Electronic Arts for funding the remaster of the original two Command & Conquer games.
That said, Command & Conquer lives on very much through the absolutely amazing community of modders for both Command & Conquer - Red Alert 2 and Command & Conquer 2 - Tiberian Dawn having put out so many incredible mods, so also consider checking those out.
This is my first game！！！
Instead of reading this review, you could be playing RA2.