![]() ![]() Fight with and against dozens upon dozens of players of a wide variety of skill levels. Want to relive these old classics? Join the ranks of our close knit and vibrant community. We keep the best of Westwood's legacy alive, and build upon it. ![]() We run the community portal for Command & Conquer Red Alert 2 and its expansion, Yuri's Revenge, for players on the GameRanger server. Though I guess that says more about how stupid the gamer demographic is than Crytek.We are TMG Team. It's actually mind-boggling that they've managed to stay somewhat relevant and on the radar of the videogame industry for so long given the fact that they've basically re-released the same exact game every 2-3 years for 20 years now: a tech demo that can melt GPUs with story/gameplay mechanics that are at least 10 years behind the curve. The concept for every single game Crytek come up with (Crysis, The Climb, Hunt: Showdown) seems like something they shat out during a 15-minute coffee break. Ubisoft took their half-assed Far Cry IP and actually turned it into a passable excuse for a shooter franchise with FC2/FC3. I can't stand how shallow of a developer Crytek are, their only claim to fame is CryEngine and its glory days are firmly in the past given it's completely failed to achieve the popularity and licensing revenue of Unreal, Unity or the Source Engine. In fact, it was the original Far Cry with sexy new game engine. The franchise never took off in the first place.Ĭrysis was a glorified tech demo with the most braindead campaign story ever seen in an FPS that made the original FarCry seem like a Shakespearean play and gameplay that devolved into running around while cloaked as you eliminated the broken AI. And holy bananas, the soundtrack! AND the quotability of the units (lol see below)! Too much love for this -chefs kiss- special guy. The micro focus, unit mix, difference in races/generals, and mostly the sheer fun factor are yet to be matched. Disgusting that it's been 20 years and nothing comparable in the genre has lived up to it (Dawn of War 1 gets real close but ZH is a tighter package with more longevity). TLDR: best RTS evaaaar (again, IMO but you can GTFO if you disagree you mule). Used to think e-sports was a total joke and waste of time, yet here I am watching like 45min of Dominat0r replays every day (the bugger pumps like 3 out a day, he's a machine!). Rise of the Reds and Contra are others both highly regarded but I never got into them quite as much as they kinda meddled with the core game mechanics (IMO).Īnyway, hundreds of hours of fun if you dip your toes in again - after playing relentlessly as a teen, I forgot about PC gaming for the most part, then reinstalled following a period of illness. The modding scene is funking great too - Shockwave is my fave, with Shockwave Chaos mod (4thelulz) also worth a suss. GenTool also activates a bunch of tools for online matchmaking and replay recording/auto-uploads. Once installed, make sure you get GenTool and GenPatcher (google) as they fix all the problems running on a modern OS/hardware that is present in a game that had its last official update in 2005 I think. The game is reasonably difficult to legally acquire these days but can be done either by purchasing a 2nd hand CD key from g2a or similar, or you can buy the whole CnC franchise via EA's Origin replacement (should have called it Orifice) reasonably affordably, if you can find the listing (it sometimes disappears, cos EA will kill your childhood for money, but won't let you pay them). is a great source of info and gameplay most of the pros are based there.ĭominat0r (former ZH world champ) has a brilliant YouTube channel pumping out high-quality replays with full commentary, check that out for sure. E-Sports tournaments draw 30k+ viewers and prize money is in the thousands of USD now (all community run/managed). Generals (well, Zero Hour) is pretty much at its all-time peak of popularity right now and only getting stronger. ![]() Given every time someone posts anything to do with Generals/Zero Hour I (and a few other OzB degens) get a rockin' nostalgia boner (and want to share it you're welcome), here's the current situation… ![]()
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