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[Devastator]

There is the "How is the Red Alert and Tiberian universes related?" thread but this is general discussion about the RA series.

So use this thread to talk about the Red Alert series, I suppose.

Alright, go on and hate on me, but I prefer RA2 over RA1

This post has been edited by Pepsi: Apr 22 2012, 12:41 AM

[Bittah Commander]

I agree RA1 is better than RA2 in every way except for modding. The fact RA2 completely lost its seriousness is what puts me off; its often argued that RA1 was already a bit less serious than TD, but RA2 just completely overdoes the sillyness in every single aspect (story, voice acting, mission briefing videos and the ingame graphics look like Roller Coaster Tycoon with tanks) and with RA3 it even went further downhill.

To me RA1 is simply the prequel to TD (with no RA2 or RA3 in between; which is what Westwood intended to begin with) and although it's still quite fun to play, I think TD's gameplay is still a bit better since its factions are balanced a bit better against one another.

[Rampastring]

I think TD's gameplay is still a bit better since its factions are balanced a bit better against one another.

I've always had a mixed feeling of RA1's balance. While Soviet's tanks and V2s are much more powerful than the Allied units, the Allies have things like the GPS Satellite and powerful navy units. It depends a bit on the map I think. But I agree, TD is probably the most balanced C&C.

TD is no better, the Nod bikes can even outrun tank shells, and an APC loaded with engineers is unstoppable early on (this would be more balanced if either the APC or the engineers had the communication center as their prerequisite). Hence why everyone condems the APC in online multiplayer.

Dodging tank shells with Bikes requires some migromanagement. I think they're fine in TD, at least they're not useless like the TS bikes. The bikes are also crushable, so they cannot do much against a large army of tanks.

I've never seen an APC + engineer rush in TD, but I think it's counterable in some way, at least with Unit Count on 10 (which is the only setting I play with anyway).

This post has been edited by ^Rampastein: Sep 16 2010, 03:59 PM