Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

I just got red alert 2 and found it........unsettling(capital in fire.....)

Collapse
X
Collapse
 
  • Page of 5
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
Previous 1 2 3 4 5 template Next
  • #1

    I just got red alert 2 and found it........unsettling(capital in fire.....)

    Yes I know its years old but I picked up a copy today.

    I live in NY, 40 miles from the city.

    I was of course concerned about what happened on september 11'th but I didnt feel an emotional connection to it.......

    In the earlier levels of red alert 2 you are in the capital, and see many various national landmarks in flames, and you have to mow down line after line after line of brainwashed civilians......I found this very unsettling.

    Except for the mission in grand theft auto 2 where you turn a bus load of people into hotdogs, this is the second time I've ever been to discusted by a game that I stopped playing it for a bit......mabey I'll go back to it tommorow.

    Am I wierd for being troubled- even in a game- by watching washington burn, all the while you mow down hundreds of civilians?
    Tags: None
  • #2
    I like Red Alert 2 and have the expansion. In both of those you conquer London (as both the allies and the soviets in the expansion), Egypt, Russia, Germany and Paris. So it's not just America.

    I like the way the plot goes. If you play as the Soviets you see British rather than American news reports after the US falls. It has nice touches like that.

    Comment

    • #3
      So what is the objective of Red Alert and its follow-ups? Aliens invade the world? Nations attacking other nations and crushing them?

      Gatekeeper
      "I may not agree with what you have to say, but I'll die defending your right to say it." — Voltaire

      "Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart." — Confucius

      Comment

      • #4
        GK: West v. USSR in an alternate WW2.
        “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
        - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

        Comment

        • #5
          Imran:

          Fascinating. Just how "alternate," though?

          Gatekeeper
          "I may not agree with what you have to say, but I'll die defending your right to say it." — Voltaire

          "Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart." — Confucius

          Comment

          • #6
            As in, Einstein goes back in time and kills Hitler in 1923, and Stalin decides to invade Europe, alternate .
            “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
            - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

            Comment

            • #7
              I never played this game and dont know jack **** about it but why couldnt they just have it be a cold war turned hot? Too hard to have nuclear weapons in a real-time strategy?


              thanks
              "Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
              "I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi

              Comment

              • #8
                Because they needed to have Stalin .
                “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
                - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

                Comment

                • #9
                  Does Kane make an appearence in the original Red Alert?
                  I make no bones about my moral support for [terrorist] organizations. - chegitz guevara
                  For those who aspire to live in a high cost, high tax, big government place, our nation and the world offers plenty of options. Vermont, Canada and Venezuela all offer you the opportunity to live in the socialist, big government paradise you long for. –Senator Rubio

                  Comment

                  • #10
                    I dunno... didn't play all the way through.
                    “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
                    - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

                    Comment

                    • #11
                      Stalin died in 53 (?)... have war break out over the paritition of Germany and Manchuria.


                      thanks
                      "Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
                      "I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi

                      Comment

                      • #12
                        First, this thread should go in the Other Games section. This is especially important because hasn't Vesayen made four off topic threads today?

                        Back to the topic, Kane is in the original Red Alert. When you play the Soviets he walks in the background, seemingly unimportant. He starts to do more near the end.
                        "Yay Apoc!!!!!!!" - bipolarbear
                        "At least there were some thoughts went into Apocalypse." - Urban Ranger
                        "Apocalype was a great game." - DrSpike
                        "In Apoc, I had one soldier who lasted through the entire game... was pretty cool. I like apoc for that reason, the soldiers are a bit more 'personal'." - General Ludd

                        Comment

                        • #13
                          Stalin died in 53 (?)... have war break out over the paritition of Germany and Manchuria.


                          Chinese are no fun.

                          And this is about the West. IN the original Red Alert, IIRC, the US really doesn't even show up. It's Western Europe v. USSR.
                          “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
                          - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

                          Comment

                          • #14
                            Who's Kane?
                            "Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
                            "I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi

                            Comment

                            • #15
                              Imran:

                              Damn I would definently buy a game with the Chinese in it. There's no games where you can play the modern Chinese army, are there?
                              "Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
                              "I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi

                              Comment

                              Previous 1 2 3 4 5 template Next
                              Working...
                              X