| Command & Conquer Generals Deluxe Edition | 
 enlarge | From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $59.95
Buy New: $20.90
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 7238
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows 98, Windows 2000
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
EAN: 5030930047061
ASIN: B0012KU8Z4
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Includes both Command & Conquer Generals and Generals Zero Hour | | • | Become a powerful general--rack up victories and upgrade your forces | | • | Command 1 of 3 unique armies inspired by real-world ideologies | | • | State-of-the-art battleground with unprecedented detail | | • | Next-generation weapons for the next generation of war |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Welcome to the next era of military strategy and might. Lead the high-tech U.S. forces, the vast Chinese war machine, or the resourceful Global Liberation Army to victory against the world's most formidable military masterminds. Create tomorrow's headlines today to become the ultimate modern warfare General.
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| Customer Reviews:
 One heck of a solid RTS November 1, 2008
This game is just awesome. The graphics are so so compared to others but it really makes up for it in the diversity of the factions. No faction is alike whatsoever. No copy/paste going on here. There are so many ways to crush your opponent which makes the replay value extremley high. I play this online with friends i know or friends i made online and it just makes a great time. Unfortunately I had to give it 4 stars though (i really didn't want to) but I just clearly can't say it's a perfect game (hence 5/5 stars would say its perfect). The reason being the graphics could have been better as stated before. The story lines, not great. No cutscene acting like other command and conquer games. And when playing online, sometimes the servers are down and you can't sign on for the longest time. Also when a friend makes a game room online it takes forever to see it come up. Other than these flaws, the game sure does make up for it. Flawed, but near perfect game. I will continue to play it for years to come.
 The benchmark against which all RTS games should be measured June 10, 2008
This is an awesome game. Hands-down, it is the most replayable in the Command and Conquer family, and it gets RTS right. Every RTS game to come out after C&C:Generals and Zero Hour will be compared to them.
The forces are balanced to a point. If you play effectively as any of the three factions, you will be able to tailor your strategy to beat any opponent.
The Global Liberation Army is comprised of psychotic fanatics hell-bent on chemically poisoning the world - complete with evil laughter, pointed comments, and grassroots tech tree that relies on stealth and surprise. The People's Army of China are determined, methodical, and sometimes a little tyrannical in their overwhelming firepower. The cocky US military are like a bunch of tech-savvy cowboys who thrive on new gadgets.
This is the first C&C to be in true 3-D. Soldiers can enter buildings (as well as torch them) - but US forces can rappel by copter into them, taking the buildings floor-by-floor. GLA "martyrs" can create car bombs and drive them at high speeds into enemy forces. Terrain becomes a factor, especially with Chinese inferno tanks and migs that create firestorms to burn swaths of enemy land.
While the missions for Generals are too few (only 7 or 8 for each faction), the Zero Hour expansion pack adds more playability with more deeply interactive environments (ie, snipers shoot at your forces from overhead rail bridges, while minarets tumble after being damaged sufficiently) and sub-factions. My favorite is the Chinese nuke general - whose migs drop tactical nukes instead of napalm.
So yes, this game is devious, clever, and about the most enjoyable RTS I've played since the 1998 release Total Annihilation (which is still fun, despite the VGA graphics).
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