Red Alert2 Game Reviews

Maximum3D   12/5/00    Rating - 4/5
"Every game has its share of bugs; Red Alert has its bugs. They are minor and include artifacts forming when flying into the shroud; some units freeze and will not respond to the commands even when they acknowledge the selection; and the production of lemon vehicles. What this means is that some vehicles are a lot slower than the others, they don't fire as fast, things of that nature. This has only occurred in the second to last mission of the Soviet campaign when the war factory was mass-producing apocalypse tanks. Load times are also somewhat long.  Overall none of the bugs are show-stopping, and Red Alert 2 seemed very polished."
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Games Domain (Second Opinion)  12/5/00
Command and Conquer's designers typically built missions that required the player to figure out the "key" to success. Was it an early attack or a protracted siege? Should you attack their harvesters and bleed them dry or focus on building out your own technology tree for the long haul? This technique return in Red Alert 2 and is, for the most part, just as effective as in C&C.
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GameRush Review  10/31/00  Rating - 94/100
"Red Alert 2 has turned out to be everything I could have wished for, okay, so it doesn't bring anything new to the RTS genre but does that really matter, this game is solid! This is the best RTS for ages, the units are great, the game looks great, the balancing is everything they said it would be and the multiplayer is fantastic. Westwood have certainly shown once again that they are capable of producing the best strategy games around."
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Gamespot UK Review  10/27/00  Rating - 9/10
"Red Alert 2 needs little introduction. Suffice to say it's the sequel to one of the best-selling PC games of all time in the UK. But that's just one of its many claims to fame. The fact that nobody outside of Westwood Studios knew anything about it before May of this year, and the fact they said it would be released in October - and, hey presto!, it's on time - has to be pretty amazing too. I mean, this is the games industry - that sort of thing doesn't happen often. But let's face it, this is Command & Conquer and Westwood has had plenty of practice."
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The Games Network  10/27/00  Rating - 95/100
"Shock horror! I have been lured away from my beloved consoles to play a computer game! And I don't know how I can tear myself away! Red Alert 2 has arrived and Westwood Studios have done themsleves proud once more with another Command & Conquer title that'll have you mouse clicking and keyboard tapping like a lunatic. I haven't felt this warm and fuzzy about a computer game since Star Craft. Bless you Electronic Arts, for my pc is now not only a reminder of how much work I have to do but also a haven for some kick ass gameplaying."
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IGNPC Review  10/27/00  Rating - 9.3/10
"Westwood delivers one of the most refined, captivating and pleasing strategy games of the year."
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CGO Review  10/26/00  Rating - 3/5
"Red Alert 2 might very well be the best of the series to date. Die hard fans of the series will want the latest and greatest, which in a short time will garner all of the attention at Westwood Online. If you are new to real-time strategy games, you will appreciate the easier difficultly levels."
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Gamers Depot Review  10/25/00  Rating - 5/6
"With Red Alert 2 you get everything that made the original so much fun, while at the same time you have a cutting-edge RTS game that might not be considered revolutionary, but is all kinds of fun to play."
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