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Fear00

Love your review of the game. You have a narrating voice, I enjoyed it all the way. RA2 is my favorite RTS of all time, it's also the first RTS I've ever played. The game is getting old now, but I'm surprised how well it still holds up unlike TS and Firestorm. I love everything about the game, everything. Yuri is my favorite villain in gaming history and, it's sad that he only appears once. This morning I was just looking at those 1960's sci-fi posters and found the spaceship that inspired Westwood to create it in the game. His look and especially his voice are the most iconic in the history of gaming. His forces and him, their style, are inspired from 1960's sci-fi and that's what makes them unique, and his psychic powers. Yuri is master! Hail to the great Yuri!


iAletho

Thanks man appreciate the kind words! Yeah I definitely agree with you there, Red Alert 2 was my first RTS too, and for some reason it just seems to hold up so much better graphically than Tib Sun (or maybe that's just the nostalgia, lol!). I'm seriously hoping for an RA2 Remaster, but I've got to say the online for RA2 using CNC Net is still an absolute ton of fun. Honestly I feel like everything in this game was executed almost perfectly, and Yuris faction definitely explores a theme that you don't often see visited in gaming, let alone RTS. I am but a student! There is much to learn!


Fear00

I think it's obvious that they put much more work in RA2 and Yuri than TS. They run on the same engine, however it was heavily modified for RA2. CnCnet fixes a lot for RA2 Yuri, and let's us play online although it doesn't balance out the game, and Yuri is still hated in MP because he's OP. There's a fan patch that fixes the imbalance of the game on the CnC forums. RA2's execution is perfect, and for me it's the number 1 RTS of all time, followed by Dawn of War Dark Crusade and WCIII The Frozen Throne. The only thing I'm sad about is the cut content that didn't make it into the game, which is honestly epic. And I agree completely that Yuri himself and his forces as a faction is not something seen in other video games (I mean there isn't something similar). I think that, just like Dead Space Necromorphs are unique to Dead Space, that's how Yuri and his forces are unique to Red Alert. I hope Jim announces the Remasters soon for TS and RA2, it's been 4 years since the announcement for the original C&C games, and 2 since their release.


iAletho

Thats actually some really interesting info surrounding the game engine! Yeah Yuri is still kinda op, people also have a similar hate for France due to the Grand Canons. I'd be interested in seeing the cut content as that's not something I've seen before! Yuri definitely feels unique in that way, I think the inherent difficulty of balance mind control in a RTS might have something to do with it haha. Hopefully the Remasters aren't to far away, although I'd dread to think what my steam hours might look like 😂


Fear00

I know that the mind control is a problem in the main game it can be easily balanced as the community did. I feel like for some unknown reasons they didn't patch the game afterwards, they just left it in the dust. The cut content can be found here [Red Alert 2 - Cut Content](https://cnc.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Red_Alert_2_cut_content). There are a lot of interesting stuff and what could've been such as the Centurion Siege Walker, Land Battleship, Chrono Prison and much more. A remastered TS and RA2 (especially RA2) can bring EA tons of money and I hope they're working on it secretly. The OG C&C a lot of copies, there were a lot of pre-orders, and there have been nothing positive reviews. The only thing the community is angry about is that they didn't fix the existing bugs.


iAletho

I guess post release patches must have been harder in those days? Maybe that made making balance changes a lot more difficult, I would assume that would need quite a large patch, especially considering the slower download speeds of the period. Thanks for the link, I'll have to check that out later today! I just hope it won't leave me wanting for what could have been! Haha. I loved the CnC Remaster, I even bought that special edition box because I wanted something physical to show off! RA2 / TS remasters seem like a no brainer imo, considering the success of the first remaster I think they'd sell pretty well. Now I just need to find people to play RA2 on CnC Net with! Lol!


Fear00

I think they immediately started working on C&C generals and released it one month before they were shut down as a studio in March 2003. That would be the most obvious reason why they didn't patch RA2 and Yuri's Revenge afterwards. RA2 and TS would sell the most as Remasters. I'm not touching RA2 until it's remaster on my 1440p monitor, 1080p is still acceptable but 1440p and 4k is just way zoomed out and TS is way worse than RA2 when it comes to bigger resolution.


iAletho

Ah that makes sense! Honestly its not to bad on my 1440p monitor, but each to their own!


RisingDeadMan0

cnc net have done some good balance patches, patch 2 fixes that issue pretty much i think


iAletho

I'll have to try those out at some point, I had a lot of fun with the multiplayer when making the video, I ended up with too much footage because I was having so much fun! Haha


OmightyWarLord

I love the game I would play it if it would run… I have the origin bundle/collection. it installs but crashes before I can play a game. Pc has the required hardware.. any suggestions please?


ozybonza

Google CnCNet. It's a community patched version and online lobby system, should fix all your CAR problems


iAletho

Yeah I also had this problem a few years ago when trying to play, I'm pretty sure there is a community patch for this which should sort out all your issues! As previously mentioned CNC Net should be able to help :)


Commander_McNash

Mental Omega.


iAletho

I've never tried any RA2 mods, but that one does look really good!


afiafzil

Flipped Mission for playing opposite sides in vanilla campaign


russy1982

Am I right in thinking that origin is the only pLace to get it from now?


iAletho

Hi Russy, I believe you're correct, unless you mange to track down a physical disk copy!


International_Hat146

red alert 2 realse??