Unfortunately that also means a lot of rough edges.Ĭommand & Conquer wasn’t the first real-time strategy game. Remasters are, or at least should be, as much about preservation as they are modernization. The original Command & Conquer experience is never more than a handful of toggles away, and I think it’s important and worth applauding the lengths Petroglyph has gone in order to preserve the unaltered work, whether for history lesson or nostalgia. If you hate it though? Toggle back to the original sprites. As I said though, upon first launching the game you’re treated to updated installation sequences, animations that knowingly stamp “OBSOLETE” on the old internet setup placard and “Upgrade” the visuals to your modern monitor resolution.
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Of course, nowadays you install Command & Conquer Remastered through Steam like any other game. They were stylized progress bars though, damn it! Progress bars designed to look like they came from the future, or from an alternate timeline in the case of Red Alert. You’d select your sound card, set up your internet connection, tell the game where to install-and yes, watch progress bars fill. IDG / Hayden DingmanĬommand & Conquer had some of the best install programs, building the world before the player even touched the game proper. Basically, there was a time in the not-so-distant-past when installing a game was marginally more interesting than watching a progress bar slowly fill. If you weren’t there, you probably have no idea what I mean. Wait, installation sequences? I guess we should back up and explain, because even the concept of an “installation sequence” is a time capsule straight from 1995.
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When you launch Tiberian Dawn or Red Alert for the first time, you’re treated to incredible reworks of the original installation sequences. The love is evident from the very first minute.