Command & Conquer Generals: Zero Hour
Sam previews this imminent add-on.
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The USA gets some natty futuristic stuff to play with. From the EMP Patriots which will disable the bad guys' buggies, to the Laser Tower and the Advanced control rods, the Yanks are going to be coming at their rivals with some serious firepower. The Spectre gunship can be called upon to rain gun and mortar fire on a target while troops can be upgraded with chemical suits to stick one at those nasty GLA types, who you can guarantee will employ their WMDs when given the chance. The Chinook can become a combat Chinook, less likely to fall out of the sky when spat at due to the addition of gunports for the occupants. There's a Microwave Tank to disable structures and cook nearby infantry and a Laser Tank which needs power to be maintained at the base for its highly damaging beam of light. The concept of the drones has been expanded, with some now carrying missiles and others being camouflaged. Planes can now carry bunker busting bombs which annihilate anything lurking in a tunnel network and pleasingly make the ground swell as they incinerate the terrorists inside. A supply line option will allow the US to collect money faster while the Firebase will keep out the nasties with its howitzer and four infantry emplacements.
There will also be three new neutral structures for the taking. The Repair Pad will provide a place to fix up the battle weary, the Howitzer will blast away like any big gun should, and re-enforcements will be the reward for whoever captures the associated building. These should increase the actual strategy of the game rather than the tactical differences the other changes will make. Why these games aren't called RTTs is anyone's guess.
The single player campaign will have five missions for each side. The GLA is trying to make a comeback from its defeat in the first war and Dr Thrax, this game's own Chemical Ali, plans to rid the world of the USA with his toxic arsenal. The Chinese have decided that Europe is the best place to head for some good old territorial expansion, and the US is getting ready to hold back the hordes of the undemocratic for the free world once more, hopefully picking up some nasty WMDs along the way. The developers promise us an even more cinematic experience this time, with more cutscenes and emotional involvement in the proceedings. For example, the missions will be preceded by new reports for 'embedded reporters' covering the developments. Whatever, I'm sure we all just want blow stuff up anyway.
Which is something we will have plenty of opportunity to do in the all new Generals Mode. The player gets to play as one of nine different Generals, all with their own unique units, upgrades, taunts and army load-outs. Each one will give the player differing war strategies to try out, the idea being to push the player into playing out the many differing styles that can be used in the game. Fancy just bombing the crap out of everything, sitting and defending your base with nukes or rushing the enemy with waves of hardcore infantry. How about playing as GLA General Prince Kasaad, master of camouflage, or US General Townes, tooled up with 21st century laser technology. The trick will be to decide how to play off against the inherent strengths and weaknesses of each General as the player works their way through the competition in a fashion similar to "Vs" modes in fighting games. These Generals can also be used in the skirmish and multiplayer games, and once a General has been defeated it can be used online.
There's also the option to use a right-click interface for the first time in C&C history, and a Battle School which will record your efforts for later analysis. The world builder has been tidied up and optimized a bit, and fansites will be able to have their own ladder systems backed-up by EA. There are some more battle honours to collect; including one for winning the General's Challenge mode, for defeating all the General types online and a few others.
All in all this looks like setting a new benchmark for expansion packs. The amount of content is fantastic and my only personal worry is that the perfect balancing of units in the first game may be messed up by the new arrivals. Oh, and that I will finally actually wet myself while battling against my flatmates on the old LAN. With the game being slated in for a September release which it looks like achieving (having recently gone gold), the future of politically incorrect warfare is looking fine indeed.
Comments
Not bad, good review, the extra Neutral units really should've been included from the start, all looks like this add on was planned from the start, can't fault EAP on the marketing eh?
It seems to be a 'feature' of games today that many of the features of games which are included in the hype get dropped for the original release only to appear in the expansion pack. It's kinda like buying a vodka, waiting for 5 mintues, then buying the coke as not a dash but a seperate drink.
Knowing EA, they will do anything to optimize their profits, they probably took the very original version, looked and said, 'Hey, we could probably get off with selling this at the same price while cutting off some features for the Expansion'. You have to admit, looking at it from EA's view, it must have been bloody tempting to screw its customers and it's work force's pay slips (for the exp) by doing this.
On the other hand, as long as this expansion pack is a fair pirce, I'll pay it, I'm looking at 20 to 30 euro, no more or Im out the door with these new EA C&Cs.
Snow has been done with the original C&CG, rain would be just as easy. Alot of these "new" units are available in fan made mods. Its more like they've taken the best fan based modding community and just rebranded it as theirs. If you ever saw their hype on the RA2 Offical boards before they removed them you'll see alot of their "promises" where just HYPE. What they didn't achieve with the original they have added to the expansion. The ability to play with multiple generals was scrapped from the original and has been reenabled in fan made mods that are just as good as a professional game.
Hey, would you guys stop insulting EA until after the game comes out? I mean come on... your basing all of your facts on this review while you yourselves havent even played it. I think EA can make a good game and until i play it, stay partially neutral on this matter.
too true, although many have tried, many have also failed, and the only TRUELY good Generals mod (And perhaps, the slightly more realistic) is SecondWave, compared to mods such as 'Generals X' which was nice, but a little over-balanced, and stuff was WAY too costly... that and SecondWave is destined for ZeroHour by the sounds of it...
Wiil it crash like the original with the blue screen of death, or maybe a different colour this time!
Have been reading the comments so far about Zero Hour, and alot of it sounds like a souped Generals X. I have been wanting zero hour to have alot more Naval wars, since there is plenty of land wars. I just hope it is worth it.
That is very good
I have played Mods in which it sounds similar to the expansion, ProGen in which they use the different generals and is a very professionally well done game. it even goes as far as to have an EULA and a new intro video. A very well done mod and Nearly as many changes and features as Zero Hour. I will be picking up Zero Hour today because it does look and sound good and hopefully will be better(at least different) than the mods that have been out.
EA Rocks, This will be a bad ass game
do you have maps
do you have maps
maps for cc generels
This is a good site
http://www.generalsmaps.net/
i love zero hour
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can you told how to use the china because i discover that USA rocket man can fire at great range that even my nuke cannon cannot approach it.did you ever met this mess before when i played genaral the usa rocket man did not shoot a great range liked that it cause me a lot of problem i had to used the helix to finish it. i hoped you can teached
i would liked to introduce my plan to discover how to use the china my plan was used rocket team ,gattling tank , helix improved with gattling cannon if you met the cunning usa rocket team you use the helix to smash them by the way did you knew the usa rocket team could fire at a great range that you had not able to touch it it really very long range i belived you had already met him if you are playing on it over one hours
don't this game have sea forces!
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Its a kickass game ...... best ive played in years but im still hoping that some day ill play a more realistic game with more tecnology and bigger maps but im fine with c&c generals zero hour EA games did did a great job
i had a great time playing it
but why is us always short of tanks.I think more units more tactics to use.
does the game haveany more countrys
After playing C&C generals and then moving to this for a time, I have to say that the game is seriously just luck depending on one thing: what you happen to choose against whom. There is very little skill involved. With as fast as the GLA are building their tunnels now, everyone should just choose GLA toxin and go build in the other person's base. Unless of course they are GLA...then you might actually have a game.
Is here Ships in Generals Zero hour coz in generals you had to edit them in
C+C have been crap since EA hav made them, they were better when it was just Westwood creating them......!
ur heat sink might not keep ur CPU to a low enough tempo.
Love C&C zero hour bought it today and have fallen in love already the graphics and gameplay just rule over any game even the gr8 Max payne 2 :-)
hahahahahaha zero hour är best så klart o of course you cant swedich
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yea u r right it really pisses me off china has so much crap
You r defenitly right about that i was thinking the sam thing.
right on man
there isnt man i expected the same thing that is really the only thing that sucks about it
yea i love ea games they r much better the westwood even though i like westwoods tiberium sun.
no only in single player and that stinks about this game.
We think this game is awesome but a bit hard to get into. I have recently commpleted Tiberian Sun and Firestorm on PC for the tenth time and i was just wondering if you knew any cheats for TS or TSF and if possible C&C Generals and Zero Hour
to check b4 bying bit torrent but it is not 100% works but youll b abell to play abit anyway by
I dont know where to get it for free but if you got alot of replies then can you tell me where i can get f---ing ships. it really peas me off please reply if you know.
that there were navle units,only if. The ships look great but in skirmish there are none, its crap. If you know where to get any please do reply, (that is if you know where i can dounload them.
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I like this game because there lots of graphics and cool superweapons.
is there any cheats
we are the arabian
and muslems. we are not
terrorest as you shown in this
game.
bets game i have ever playi
ed im my whole intire life, it is soo good, the graphics are imence and the game is so realistic. love iut, it is great
stupidest game in the world. Why no cheat????
how can i send this page to my cousin that has command & conquer: gennerals zero hour.
I wish I could play against the infantry and explosives generals in challenge mode!
why oh why oh why have i not bought this game yet???
how come they show ships but you cant build ships
that is the most greatest game in the world, but i am sad that you didnt put the soviets
i think this game is really realistic
this game rocks
its my favroite game!!!
westwood is owned by ea games
i like a lot of ea games games like the bond games and geneals games
how to master playing with GLA forces.
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he alemaal voor nieuws updates en mappen voor generals zero hour en generals
er is een nieuwe udate op www.toine.ontheweb.nl daar is een update voot generals zero hour genaamd zero hour reborn geen login troep
i think command and coquer zero hour is the fu**ing greatest game in the wol history of games
its hard
http://downloads.zdnet.co.uk/0,39025602,39097702s,00.htm for a zero hour naval mod
where the hell is the mac stuff
Any General When I use i won't lose
Anyone who like to use infantry general.......
Gattlings & Minigunners is Plane's Foe
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any one know any good download websites foe C&C generals zero hour
this is the greatist game in the world,but you need to put and Albanians
I WHANT CHEATS
generals zero hour, i like to get high and drink some beers and play it off line its to hard to play it online when your trying to get wasted i need 2 more hands or i dont know never mind
looks up (*)(*) did someone say mac , excuse me a sec, brb.
Muahahahahahahahahah mac! muahahaaha! oh man.
ok im back .
it's the best game but need to put and albanian army
Why does my computer always say "Program can not install, needs _________k storage space" when installing the v1.07 patch for command and conquer generals zero hour even though my computer already has enough space on drive C?
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Is there any war ships in zero hour?
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The best strategy that is ever made.
hey can en1 here plz give me the code to install the game i lostmine somewhere it would b really great thnx
i love it
o melhor jogo de sempre
I think USA sucks and Dr. Thrax rules
ya cant get the ships...i think its cuase their too big which is kinda crappy
in HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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i dont need to thought about this cause i really plaed this its really good.
i dare any one who play cc genrals zero hour to beat me.
i dare any one who play cc generals zero hour to beat me.
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nice try