MobyRank MobyScore
PlayStation
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3.5
Windows 3.x
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4.2
Nintendo 64
74
3.5

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

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User Reviews

A fast paced, brilliantly designed game that has stood the test of time DOS Maw (828)
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 Bronze Star Contributing Member (6165)
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 (559)
I HATE this game! DOS PCGamer77 Bronze Star Contributing Member (3051)
Genuinely dislikable. DOS Tomer Gabel Bronze Star Contributing Member (4480)

The Press Says

Abandonia DOS Dec 28, 2004 5 out of 5 100
Coming Soon Magazine DOS Mar 14, 1996 95 out of 100 95
Game Revolution SEGA Saturn Jun 06, 2004 A- 91
The Video Game Critic Nintendo 64 Dec 15, 2001 A- 91
Absolute Playstation PlayStation Mar 01, 1997 9 out of 10 90
High Score DOS Nov, 1995 4 out of 5 80
High Score Macintosh Mar, 1997 4 out of 5 80
IGN Nintendo 64 Jun 29, 1999 7.6 out of 10 76
Jeuxvideo.com Nintendo 64 Aug 12, 1999 15 out of 20 75
Game Revolution Macintosh Jun 05, 2004 B 75

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Trivia

Kane is played by Joseph D. Kucan, he is the voice & video director for most of Westwood's games (including the command&conquer series).


This entry was contributed by Kartanym Bronze Star Contributing Member (9944), Kabushi (43658), robotriot Bronze Star Contributing Member (6165) and MAT Bronze Star Contributing Member (34845)
 

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