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Yes, Red Alert is the game that everybody is talking about, the newest creation of Westwood Studios. Finaly the game has been released the 22nd of November and everybody is buying it like crazy (I had to go to 7 stores until I found a copy of it !!!) and is the prequel of Command and Conquer. In this game you will know how Kane rose to such importance, how Tiberium became to exist.
The game works on a "What if ?" basis, the premise is that the infamous Hitler never rose to power but instead of him Josef Stalin "the devil in the sheep coat" threatens the world. The reason that Hitler isn't in the game is simple, Einstein transports him to another era, putting him out of the way.
The allies have to fight Josef Stalin, and when you play multiplayer games you can even choose the country you will fight for, you can choose between England, Germany and France. And if you want for the people, I mean if you want the imperialist and capitalists pigs you can choose between Russia and the Ukraine.
Westwood as well integrated several new smarter missions. Like protecting convoys, indoor missions with a spy called Tanya, and time limited missions. This will make the game much more challenging for the Command and Conquer fans out there.
Finally Westwood, listened to the amount of e-mail that they got and finally built in a map editor. Red Alert will be playable overt the Internet, one on one with Westwood Chat (it is included on the CD) or through an IPX Connection (KALI and Kahn are supported). A big improvement is that you can save multiplayer games, so you don't have to stay up until 5 o'clock in the morning to finish a game that you are playing. As well the AI player was enhanced, so you can play with a "smarter" computer, this includes the chance to train your multiplayer skills with the computer.
One of the elements that Westwood kept is the scientific one, as we all can remember, Dr. Moebius is a key element in Command and Conquer, in this game it is Albert Einstein. According to the game he is the responsible for the creation of a new building called the Chronosphere, that will enable the allies to send some units through space for a limited time, in other words, you can transport your units to a specific location to attack something or somebody and then they get transported back (it is by the way now that I played the game several times the most useless builduing you can build). It is based on the theory of quantum transportation, in the following link is a more scientific approach to the Philadelphia experiment
The game has fourty new units and structures, most interesting are the spies that dress the same color as your opponent and infiltrate the base and survey how much money you have, your radar view, etc. I think this excellent for multiplayer games. But like for every bug there is a medicine, the remedy for spies are the guarddogs, they can smell them :) Another good unit is the thief with him you can steal your opponents money or technology, he will be available in some single player missions and in multiplayer missions (depending on the tech level you are playing!).
Here are one of the finest links on the Web about Red Alert, full of wisdom and I must confess most of them with a much more elaborate design than mine!
The latest news about Red Alert and Command and Conquer are here ! Well finally the game was released and most of the web pages are on a stand by status, in first place thanks to the Thanksgiving Holidays and in second place because everybody is playing it (this includes me too). So just wait a few days until new information and new strategies arrive here at the news section. If I get enough information about serious strategy tips I will create a new page dedicated to that topic, so please e-mail me what you think should be included. I will of course mention your name :).
Here are some of the new vehicles in this game with their respective picture.
All the information you'll ever need about the Structures in Red Alert are here, characteristics, how to use them, their abilities, advantages/disadvantages, you name it !
Thanks to the map editor in Red Alert everybody can create new maps for endless playing. Please e-mail me your favorite map or your latest creation, I will honor your name and please include a summary about the map and the reason why you created it that way. Why keep the map to yourself if you can get feedback on how cool your map is !!!
Who will prevail is upon you, but surrender is not an option !!!!!
If you have questions or just want to help me to make this a great page for Red Alert fans please e-mail me, if you benefit from this page try to benefit others ! I will try to improve this page every day with all the information that is coming out lately.
This page is not intented to praise any political movement or to promote war, violence ot any other kind of reproachable conduct that is punished by the criminal law of the United States of America or by the treaties signed and effective internationally .
All the pictures are property of Westwood Studios, if I infringe any kind of copyright law please e-mail so I can fix that and apologize.
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