Command & Conquer

Description

Command & Conquer developed ideas from Westwood's previous Dune 2, forming a real time strategy game which has influenced many. The control system of selecting units with the mouse and then directing them is similar to future titles such as Total Annihilation.

The game focuses on a war between two organizations, The Brotherhood of Nod and the Global Defense Initiative. You can take control of either side for more than 15 missions. Both have different units and structures, including artillery, tanks and light infantry.

In most missions you have to build a base first to build new units and structures. Most important are the special harvesters, which collect Tiberium and deliver it to a refinery, where it's converted into money - money which is needed to create additional units.

The game also features FMV mission briefings and victory cutscenes.

Alternate Titles

• "終極動員令" -- Chinese title (traditional)
• "Command & Conquer: Tiberium Dawn" -- Working title
• "Command & Conquer Teil 1: Der Tiberiumkonflikt" -- German title
• "C&C" -- Informal title

Part of the Following Group

• Command & Conquer games

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User Reviews

A fast paced, brilliantly designed game that has stood the test of time	DOS	Maw (827)
The yardstick by which all RTS are measured.	DOS	The Mahaduta (8)
A Definitive Title of the Real-Time Strategy Genre	DOS	Antti Salminen (66)
Full of flaws- yet addictive and fun.	DOS	El-ad Amir (111)
An addictive game.	DOS	robotriot (6345)
This game made "Real-Time Strategy" a household term.	DOS	Raphael (1175)
I like this game. A lot. This is the anti-Warcraft.	DOS	Thohan (19)
The definitive strategy game	PlayStation	Grant McLellan (555)
I HATE this game!	DOS	PCGamer77 (3025)
Genuinely dislikable.	DOS	Tomer Gabel (4476)

The Press Says

Abandonia	DOS	Dec 28, 2004	5 out of 5	100
GameSpot	Windows 3.x	May 01, 1996	9.3 out of 10	93
The Video Game Critic	Nintendo 64	Dec 15, 2001	A-	91
PC Player (Germany)	DOS	Jul, 1995	91 out of 100	91
Absolute Playstation	PlayStation	Mar 01, 1997	9 out of 10	90
PC Games (Germany)	DOS	Aug, 1995	90 out of 100	90
Super Play	Nintendo 64	Aug, 1999	84 out of 100	84
High Score	DOS	Nov, 1995	4 out of 5	80
GameSpot	Nintendo 64	Jul 06, 1999	7.6 out of 10	76
Power Unlimited	Nintendo 64	Sep, 1999	7 out of 10	70

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Trivia

Westwood voluntarily changed a few things in the German version, because they feared the game could be indexed.

- The cover: the soldier on the cover was displayed bigger, so that the weapon on the left couldn't be seen anymore

- The manual: the photos of the soldier units were censored with "Geheim" [secret], so that nobody could see that they had human faces

- The game: the soldiers were called 'androids' or 'bots', and they spilled black blood when they died (oil)

I also believe that one of the videos was censored, when Seth gets a head-shot, but I am not sure of this, because I don't own the US version.