Correspondingly, the start of a new mission takes too long to load.Ī C4 explosive tossed on a moving shaft stays stationary while the shaft continues to rotate.Ī glass ceiling had some weapons and armor that were desired. Even with the “quick” save, the only thing quick about it is you bypass the save game screen where you give the file a name … it still takes too long. In some areas, you can use stealth and others you feel a bit overexposed. The level design is interesting and represents many different areas. Plus lighting is unique although many lights apparently used a ultra-bright tungsten bulb! The weather effects were believably done … nice rain, snow and ash fallout! Good wind sound effects although they seem off in certain locations. Some neat effects with water and waterfalls. A scroll wheel on your mouse is used to cycle through the available weapons or zoom in/out with the sniper scope. You can switch between weapons by pressing the appropriate number on the keyboard for that weapon. Perhaps better maps will make having the air vehicles more fun, for now they are an acceptable addition.įor people familiar with first person shooters, the mouse controlling direction and firing while keyboard controls your movements will be natural. Both sides can choose a transport helicopter or an attack copter (well, VTOL Orca Fighter Crafter where VTOL stands for Vertical Take Off and Land). The recent 1.03 patch introduces air vehicles. Everyone on your side gets an extra boost when the tiberium harvester comes in. Credits are earned by just playing and destroying your enemy. Each character is unique with a different weapon or ability. You can pick any character although more powerful characters cost more in credits. Or you can focus on your enemy and their vehicles to earn points. You can alter the enemy's economics by taking out their tiberium harvester (or better yet, destroy their refinery). The strategies can be complex as there advantages and disadvantages to both sides. You can destroy the enemy's base, successfully place a beacon on one of the platforms in certain buildings, or win by number of points when time runs out. You may want to avoid multiplayer as it can be quite addictive! It is nicely balanced with many ways to win the match. In general, Westwood has enough elements to make the single player, story/mission-driven game interesting and enjoyable. You get constant updates and mission information from your communication unit. Also, battling it out on a large cruiser is interesting. The single player offers a look at GDI's ships and even a Nod submarine (which you stowaway on). In reality, the single player is anywhere from 6 to 10 hours of gameplay depending on how fast you want to go (you can take your time and explore everywhere). There seemed to only be a few units that would try to dodge your shots. The artificial intelligence could've been better. It would seem your player has no time to sleep! There is a good variety from rescue missions, “disable this building” missions to “escape out of prison” missions. In single player, there are missions, missions and more missions. Your reward for completing them is job satisfaction, a short movie to further the storyline, and then an even more difficult assignment. Being the tough commando, you always get the nearly impossible assignments. The multiplayer game somewhat accurately translates from the old Real-Time Strategy version although not all of the original units are available.Īs Nick Havoc, you must help the Global Defense Initiative (GDI) in their battle against the Brotherhood of Nod forces, a terrorist faction fighting for world dominance. Actually being able to enter buildings and vehicles is a different experience from their original series where you are just a global commander. The single player game is fun but the multiplayer is addicting. Everything looks different up close and personal. “Renegade” is Westwood's foray of their "Command & Conquer" franchise into the first person realm. So a reminder to “Save Often” shouldn't go unheeded. You play the role of Nick Havoc, and he does his fair share of dying as well. Fighting the experiments of mad scientists may turn your stomach. " Command & Conquer Renegade" is definitely violent! From shooting people to blowing up buildings, you can definitely do a lot of damage. Shepherd's Staff rates "Command & Conquer: Renegade" as unacceptable. System Requirements: PII, 450 MHz +, Windows 95, 98, 2000, or Me, 64 MB RAM, 500 MB hard disk space Reviewed By: Tim Emmerich, Shepherd's Staff
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