Single player RTS games. Mega-lo-mania on the Amiga/Mega Drive was my introduction, and Command & Conquer really got me hooked.
Sadly the genre is a shadow of its former self now, and what’s left is mostly multiplayer focused. I miss the days of good long campaigns with slightly campy FMV cutscenes.
There are some excellent C&C mods available now. Here’s two:
Combined Arms is a Red Alert mod that brings in GDI and Nod and does a lot of interesting things. Campaigns for all factions as they deal with the upheaval that is a second war being overlayed over the war they were fighting.
Mental Omega is a Red Alert 2 mod that reimagines the expansion pack, Yuri’s Revenge. Heavy faction overhauls and a full campaign. There’s also a second mod that goes on top of it that remakes the entire Red Alert 2 campaign using the improvements of Mental Omega. It tells the same story, but all of the missions have been recreated with more complex and varied design.
Single player RTS games. Mega-lo-mania on the Amiga/Mega Drive was my introduction, and Command & Conquer really got me hooked.
Sadly the genre is a shadow of its former self now, and what’s left is mostly multiplayer focused. I miss the days of good long campaigns with slightly campy FMV cutscenes.
There are some excellent C&C mods available now. Here’s two:
Combined Arms is a Red Alert mod that brings in GDI and Nod and does a lot of interesting things. Campaigns for all factions as they deal with the upheaval that is a second war being overlayed over the war they were fighting.
Mental Omega is a Red Alert 2 mod that reimagines the expansion pack, Yuri’s Revenge. Heavy faction overhauls and a full campaign. There’s also a second mod that goes on top of it that remakes the entire Red Alert 2 campaign using the improvements of Mental Omega. It tells the same story, but all of the missions have been recreated with more complex and varied design.
Mental Omega is brilliant, if a bit difficult!
Need to give Mega-Lo-Mania a proper go. Only really got a few levels in.
Dune 2 and Populous got more time from me!