>vanilla game is the Dune 2000 level of being plain and disappointing as far as C&C games go>the add on is the best C&C gameHow did they do it?
>>12063779New units and a whole third faction bring a lot of mp gameplay variety. Vanilla RA2 is just complete campaign once and forget about it kinda game.
>>12063779Vanilla RA2 was already the best C&C game until Yuri's Revenge
>>12063779It's no Tiberian Sun.
Which is the one with the suicide bomber dirt bikes?
>>12063779None of that is true at all.Red Alert 2 is the best C&C game and one of the best RTS of all time, YR is a great expansion that is slightly worse than the original game in terms of mission design and faction balance, but just the fact that it gives you two massive campaigns and a whole entirely new faction makes a great expansion that is just more of what you already loved.
i dunno, I prefer base RA2, Yuri kinda fucked it up desu.
RA2 with or without YR is absolutely mid. Fun to play but nowhere near the depth of AoE2
>>12063991Command and conquer generals
Yuri's faction is horribly imbalanced tho.
>>12064021Red Alert 2 is just dumbed down Tiberian Sun with less depth and atmosphere, maybe a little better balanced. People who were playing C&C since 1995 rolled their eyes at the series stagnation at that point and turned to Starcraft and AoE2. YR is an honest attempt to make the game more interesting and fresh.
>>12065068Red Alert 2 had personality, electricity, adrenaline pumping music, creative scenarios, striking artstyle.AoE2 was dry, drab, boring for autismos.
>>12064917Soviets are actually best in high level competitive. Yuri is good for noob stomping
>>12065189I agree but in the end gameplay is what matters the most
>>12065202All of that is part of gameplay. The whole fucking reason why RTS died as a genre is esports comp autism bullshit instead of just focusing holistically on a fun and memorable experience with a killer campaign.
>>12065206Vanilla RA2 gameplay is a step back from Tiberian Sun. You just spam tanks and win and the factions are too similar.
>>12065228>the factions are too similarThis is what I really dislike about Red Alert 2. The first game's balance is more interesting.
>>12065189>adrenaline pumping musicGENTLEMEN, THIS IS A NUCLEAR DEVICE
>>12065603TIME IS RUNNING OUT
>>12066508T-T-TIME IS RUNNING OUT
>>12065193Only with Iraq. The other soviet factions are terrible.
