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Command and Conquer

Command and Conquer. The very mention of this game sends shivers down the spine of any gamer born before 1995. The game that (while not inventing the genre) almost singlehandedly brought the RTS genre into the minds and harddrives of the general gaming public.

In the game, you play as a lowly general fighting for either the (supposedly) good Global Defense Initiative, or the semi-terrorist Brotherhood of NOD. Both struggling to unlock and control the secrets of the mysterious new lifeform "Tiberium". Eventually, as the plot thickens, you will learn just how the Tiberium future really is.

The gameplay is fairly simple by todays standards, being composed of the now-standard RTS mechanics, but in 1995 it revolutionized the gaming world. This game has a superb storyline, great gameplay, and really is a classic.
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caffeinekid
by caffeinekid 1188606792
EA are giving away C&C Gold to celebrate the 12th Anniversary of the franchise.

Go grab your copy here: http://www.commandandconquer.com/intel/default.aspx?id=61#NewsMain

:)
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Erathoniel
by Erathoniel 1184532372
A true classic, though I got only a re-release of it with only the GDI campaign (through PCGamer, I think), and it was still pretty good. The videos were like nothing I'd ever seen in a game until that time, and it is still a good game, not for graphics, or story, but good old gameplay.
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Diego Munoz
by Diego Munoz 1173698443
I love this game... First Dune 2, then this marked a new era of RTS... A masterpiece
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minefield
by minefield 1171109748
This was the golden age of gaming as far as I'm concerned - I would start this game up and 5 hours later it was time for school. Great tunes too!
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Remove Account
by Remove Account 1169250604
A simple, yet great game. Unlike most other RTS games, this one at least attempted to fit into a semi-realistic future plot.
That coupled with the nifty world domination map for selecting the next mission, and the cheesy yet semi-plausible briefing videos, made this game that bit more interesting.

Although i have to admit, i had more fun editing the units and making them ridiculously cheap and powerful, rather than playing the game properly :)
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Alex Attar
by Alex Attar 1167431292
C&C is still one of the best strategy games available. The best part of it is despite the simplicity it offers, incredibly complex strategies are possible. The release of "The First Decade" was probably the best move EA's ever made since I can now replay C&C in all its glory.
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David House
by David House 1166794206
This game singlehandedly got me back into gaming, and got my son hooked on games.
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Alex Scarborough
by Alex Scarborough 1166594008
Man, I loved this game. No unit cap, regenerating resources, select as many units at once as you want, instead of eight (I'm looking at you Starcraft). So much fun to just build up a huge force and cause mass destruction.

There's a Mac version by the way. It was the only CnC game to have a mac version until Generals.
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