For those of you old enough to remember the original Command and Conquer 95 and Red Alert 1 with their expansion packs, there are now two ways to relieve those golden days of gaming. Either by buying Command and Conquer Remastered or buy downloading the free community remake of OpenRA. Both of these amazing titles have built in and working Online multiplayer play, so you can either square off against other players, join forces for a classic comp-stomp or just play single player against the AI.
Remastered versus OpenRa
Remastered;
Command & Conquer and Red Alert defined the RTS genre 25 years ago and are now both fully remastered in 4K by the former Westwood Studios team members at Petroglyph Games. Includes all 3 expansion packs, rebuilt multiplayer, a modernized UI, Map Editor, bonus gallery of unreleased FMV footage, and over 7 hours of legendary remastered music by
Welcome back, Commander.
New and Remastered Features
Graphics Switching — Switch in real-time between legacy and remastered 4K graphics when in solo play.
Additional features and content:
Over 100 campaign missions
Over 250 multiplayer maps
In-game tooltips
Accessibility features
Quicksave and Autosave support
Cinematic subtitles for both games
Text localization in French, German, Russian, Spanish, Polish, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese
Voice-over in English, French, and German
The Steam version includes:
Steam achievements
Steam friends lists
Steam Trading Cards
Steam Workshop support for User Maps
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1213210/Command__Conquer_Remastered_Collection/
OpenRA
Modernizing Classic RTS Games
While we love the classic RTS gameplay, multiplayer game design has evolved significantly since the 1990s. The OpenRA engine includes new features and gameplay improvements that are standard in more recent RTS games:
A choice between “right click” and classic “left click” control schemes
Overhauled sidebar interfaces with support for hotkeys and production queues
Improved unit controls with features such as Attack-Move and stances
The “fog of war” that obscures the battlefield outside your units' line of sight
Other modern RTS features such as capturable tech structures and unit veterancy
Support for game replays and an observer interface designed for streaming games online
These core changes and continuous balance refinements to support the active multiplayer community mean that the OpenRA gameplay has evolved from the classic releases, with heavy influences from later C&C titles.
OpenRA is 100% free, and comes bundled with three distinct mods. When you run a mod for the first time the game can automatically download the original game assets, or you can use the original game disks.
