Yep, everything Chinese, Russian, North Korean, Iranian... is super bad quality and never works. But in glorious USA and its allies, everything works so damn well in comparison because we're so damn good. (Nevermind that most of our stuff is made in China to begin with)
most incorrect thing about this game was if you win the mission the narrator lady would say "WE have been victorious" but if you lose she would say "YOU have been defeated"
This is the game that taught me that black markets are physical places with vendors selling weapons, human organs, and illegal nukes. ... What do you mean that's not how it works?
Wish the GLA workers were less "slaves made to work" and more "opportunistic vultures who look forward to picking apart the properties of others for anything of value" with the shoes upgraded instead being black market salvage kits and an eagerness to use it.
one of the reasons this game got banned in china was because it showed chinese forces blowing up the hk convention center in germany it got banned because it was released right up to the invasion of iraq and the govt that always knows best, thought that it basically let players play the iraq war out
I'm an Arab and I can assure you at no point any of us was offended by the GLA, there were times when we would play 6-7 hours a day in a games network shop (good old LAN) over and over and over. I always laugh at people in first world counties when they are offended on our behalf when it doesn't even slightly concern them. Our strategy was: US (all Factions: Needs time and protection by teammates before they can get a decent airforce) China: (Nuke/Tank needs time like US) (Infantry: spam buses from minute #1) GLA: (Toxin/Demolition) aggressive from minute #1, GLA Stealth: just spam quad cannons all game.
Cyber cafes weren't much of a thing in the UK, but I loved going into them when on holiday, playing Quake 3, Unreal Tournament and C&C Generals with the locals. Good times.
I’m a Pakistani American. Seems like non-Muslims are more offended of the GLA than we are. Hell, its my favorite faction EDIT **** Holy moly the community is very much still alive! Thanks for all the likes!
Ive found that generally the people most offended by cultural stuff are usaully by those who its got nothing to do with. Now theres reasons why but thats a different long conversation, i just find funny is all.
US paladin tank: we fight for peace. Preserving freedom. Protecting our people. It's the right thing to do. US rocket infantry: I wanna blow something up!
You don't think gameplay is sufficient to make a game fun? Like if there aren't some references (veiled or otherwise) to stereotypes a game couldn't be fun?
@@TzarLatok waah waah waah. The game made fun of everyone dont cry about stereotypes. It gives it soul and character that makes infinitely more entertaining than any game that has to tiptoe around people who bitch and moan about nothing. Im literally chinese and the chinese impressions and attitudes are spot on.
@@mattsterh7740 " _The game made fun of everyone dont cry about stereotypes_ " Huh? Did you not read my post, I am simply questioning why a game would NEED stereotypes to be fun as OP said. " _It gives it soul and character that makes infinitely more entertaining than any game that has to tiptoe around people who bitch and moan about nothing._ " So you think the only way a game can have soul or character is stereotypes? Seems stupid but OK.
Wow I’m glad there’s a lot of fans! I truly enjoy the OST alot and the funny voice lines! What are your guys favorite?! Plus I just got into mods and holy shit are they so much fun!
@@jboydayz Man, I played all the so called ''18+ banned'' games in the past when I was a lot younger, and nope, did not turn me into a serial killer. Unlike the ones on social media that would destroy your entire world because you might like something they don't. You played Command & Conquer? That means you like war! *goes apeshit posting 100 tweets* You laughed because the man said allows instead of arrows? *100 more!*
When vanilla came out one of my friends, who saw us playing it at a LAN party remarked: "When you have those GLA workers, aren't they much slower than Chinese trucks?" To make fun of him we said: "Yeah, they are much slower than US helicopters or the Chinese trucks but you can research the "Shoe" upgrade to make them run and gather faster." He believed it at we all found it was hilarious because we were 15 year old shitheads who were also aware of how inappropriate that was even back then. Then Zero Hour came out and they actually introduced the "Shoe" upgrade ...
Yeah man the red alert series is the best with how it's just a fictional story about a conflict between countries considered to be traditional enemies which is just to give an element of story to support the gameplay which is the core of the game the reason people played it so much and still long to play it today.
C&C has amazing soundtracks in general. My partner and I watched Bill and Ted recently and I thought it was so cool when I heard lines that were sampled.
60 years from now I will still be able to quote and recall the voice lines for various C&C units. "Hehe, nobody will notice their money is missing." "It's a LiTTLe HAwt in HeRe." "LOOK AT MY BEAUTIFUL WEAPON." "I. Am. Big." "Nationalism will bring us victory!" "China, save us!" "Going doooownnnn!" "Troop Crawler signing in." "Nuke Warheads, preserved." "China will grow larger." BUM-BUM-BUM-BUM BUM
They did remove one GLA mission from the main game, though, where you had to exterminate civilians with toxin tractors. But it was made available for download later on.
Oh, yeah, I remember that mission... of course, campaign is still great without it. Also, am surprised that you're here too, being an LPhoenix viewer and X-Wing game series fan.
@@michaelandreipalon359 Heh, yeah, I have the ability to appear where people least expect me ;) I've always been a first-person shooter fan, first and foremost, but during the 00's I started to open up towards other stuff, which included strategy games and the X-Wing/TIE Fighter sims. There's something about flying that feels really liberating. Besides, I'd never be allowed to fly in real life due to my very poor eyesight.
@@AlexeiVoronin We sure share the same game preferences. Won't even be surprised if we might have a lot in common when it comes to, say, books, shows, movies, etc..
This game is stupid, wacky, doesn't make sense and is overall a fever dream. I LOVE IT. This game will live in my heart forever and when I'm old, I'll be recalling the GLA soundtrack and not remembering where it's from.
the two things that keep coming back to me are the GLA slaves line "i need shoes" which is darkly hilarious, and the voice line you get when you research Arm the mob. "AKs for everyone! yaaaaaay!"
The entire game was great satire, much like the C&C series itself, even though this one wasn't made by Westwood Studios. Even the USA team was very over-the-top, but yet commentary on the then War on Terror and War on Iraq. You had tanks called Crusaders and Paladins, with lines like, "Doing what's right!" it's brilliant, haha.
I think the part about Crusaders was actually real, there was a real armored vehicle called crusader in development around the time Generals were released. Two differences: 1) it was a self-propelled howitzer, not a tank, 2) it was scrapped due to budget cuts somewhere in 2005. In a sense, Generals are a monument to closed weapon projects: stealth helicopter Comanche makes appearance, Crusaders being actually deployed, and many more stuff that never made it past the prototype stage.
@@quint3ssent1a Most of the units the US deployed in Generals was either tech already in use, cutting edge tech that had just hit the scene, prototypes that were later scrapped for budget and common sense reasons (F-117 was discontinued because the F-22 was faster, more maneuverable, packed the same armaments and had only a marginally bigger radar footprint than the F-117 and was cheaper to produce at 22million per plane compared to 35million per plane.) The rest are technology that wasn't developed but was theoretically possible with the tech at the time. Zero Hour was rushed an included even more of these, such as Railgun Artillery, Laser rifles for Rangers and Burton, Laser main guns for Comanches and Paladins. Airforce and Superweapon were intended to have their own (weaker) tanks, but due tot he rush they were never completed, though the assets (audio files, screenshots of development, unused models and icons) were still in the game files. All of the content ZH didn't include was restored in the mod Shockwave, which aimed to be what ZH should have been, and it's glorious.
CnC Generals was ALL of the politically incorrect! But it came out long enough ago that being offended wasn't people's default setting yet and social media was still pretty new so a million people hadn't commented on how politically incorrect it was by midnight on launch day 😂
Games were still censored then, but only in some countries. Iirc China bans anything that could even be remotely interpreted as against them, Germany bans or heavily censors anything violent, there's quite a bit of things.
The caricature being that nation does not care about copyrights and their holders, copying other nations/peoples designs, and using cheaper inexpensive materials to create cheap knock off's that barely work for any appreciable time
This is not the best example imo. C&C Generals is actually very brilliant because US army is just as stereotyped and caricatured. And the game is made by americans. It isn't as obvious as Red Alert with those things but the idea is the same. Just not as ridiculous. Actually sometimes it's a little scary how well they've relatively predicted the future of geopolitics back then.
tbf though, germany is / was rather particular on some things regarding violence. Even before Generals / Generäle. I distinctly remember that even already in RA, we fought with robots against robots. Also I would like to point at Half Life and the fact that when you killed humans, they just sat down and shook their heads instead of falling over (Well, in the german version). Then again, the factions and locations were re-named in Generäle...
@@sjonnieplayfull5859 I meant the 2 gattling tanks are helping the stationary cannon, he didn't give enough credit to the tanks so I thought I made mention
I agree. Seeing the Gatling cannon and the gatling tank mowing down those terrorists was so bad*ss when I was a kid even until now. But my favorite bad*ss scene was the showdown between the Crusaders and the Scorpion tanks in the first USA mission until today.
Because China only allows its citizens to utilize entertainment made by them. They get salty when they think games "smear the image of China and the Chinese army" when the Chinese army in this game was actually very nicely represented as respectful individuals.
Literally the only game that makes the Chinese army look badass not to mention they literally get the best ending out of all the factions and they ban it lol.
I'm Chinese and I loved this game, and to see an American studio making such accurate prediction of what China turned out to be today is amazing and hilarious.
@@hiyoritokisada594 it could be a prophesy, or a fucking curse, who knows, either way what it forevisioned was pretty bang on, ISIS attacked a Chinese diplomatic hotel recently too, let's hope this doesn't all end with a bunch of bombs.
@@Pancombine18 Pretty accurate. NGL. China acts like a multi level marketing company: "Your success is our success, but your failure is your failure."
I would say every faction is comically stereotyped... The whole game doesn't take it self seriously is the equivalent of playing with toy soldiers while doing funny voices.
@@e-satan9032 EA cut the development of Zero Hour in half. Several missions are missing and there were supposed to be a lot more General Challenges from General Juziz, the Chinese Infantry General as well as the Supreme Generals of the US and the GLA. Voice Lines for these Generals have been recorded and can be found on the Internet, but the devs never got around to make their maps and Challenges, which is why its alway Leang we go up against in the end. EA was a soulless company back then as well.
@@wjzav1971 Don't Juhziz have a General Challenge map? Ok, that might be Shockwave or something adding it, but still...100% correct about the last Gen. Always Leang. (How's Shin Fai map supposed to look like? Some Urban Warfare hell? I imagine docks for some reason)
one of the best strategy games ever. not gonna change my mind. also, it's mostly only people from first world countries (looking at you, usa) that get offended by everything. C&C generals was insanely popular among arabs. especially in tunisia, we had so many dedicated LAN parties playing it. the good old days. also, if you have a professional friend at this game, never let them play GLA. they may have weaker units in a 1 to 1 comparaison, but the unorthodox tactics it pushes you into adopting will make you basically untouchable
That intro alone got it banned in Germany. I think it's hilarious that the German censors didn't even need to get to starting a game before banning it.
@@zyxophoj To this day I believe that censoring this game was a political move in the wake of the Iraq war: Germany opposed the US invasion of Iraq, which had been justified by alleged weapons of mass destruction being developed and horded by Saddam Hussein. . . . . First USA mission in the game: Find the hidden Bio-weapons in Baghdad.
@@nathanb1509 thats not why dude, in germany video games are not seen art. So in germany they had a different version, everyone were robots. They also could not cross play.
Back in 2003, I was a US Marine walking through the bazaar in Baghad and I stopped by at a booth to watch some Iraqi's playing this game. I really wanted to step in and show them how to play it properly. I also played it back in the barracks with a few other marines, and I was so good that I could do 3v1 and still dominate everyone. Ah... the memories. I once had a LAN match against the IT guys in Quake3, where it was a team deathmatch -- first to 100 kills wins. It was 6 v 1, with me being the solo player. I ended up winning, 100 to -6. They didn't kill me a single time, but they did accidentally shoot each other.
@@ConradKo Oh, I thought you were asking about C&C Generals : Zero Hour. haha. With Quake3, I primarily used the rocket launch, plasma gun, shot gun, and rail gun. I switched from WASD movement controls to ESDF so that I could keybind my weapons to adjacent key presses, so I could instantly switch to a different weapon by moving a finger to an adjacent key. I think rocket launcher was "R", shotgun was "W", rail gun was "G", plasma was "T", etc. The gun I would use would depend on the situation, usually I initiate with a rocket by shooting a nearby wall or floor, bounce them, get close and use shotgun, and finish them off with plasma rifle. If they are far away, I just rail gun them. I tried to get max armor, max health and quad damage as often as possible so I can one shot a bunch of people. If I saw someone running towards a weapon/health item, I would just shoot rockets at the weapon/item location and they would get blasted away. I won something like 100 to -6, with a flawless victory (zero deaths). They team killed each other on accident a few times and got negative points.
What do you mean? This is politically correct in our book 🤣🤣 I wish they could make great games like this anymore. No one I knew really offended by this, they knew this was a fiction and it's fun as hell! Dr Thrax is my favorite, he has funny monologues. Can listen to him all day xD
politically correct is just recognizing the fact that human culture and social expressions are incredibly more diverse and complicated than "lol yellow people = computers" "brown people = bombs lol"
@@darkranger116 It's a dog whistle to shut down people for having "wrong opinions". Having accents is apparently politically incorrect, but them speaking perfect English with a near western accent isn't... Having accents is more realistic for people living in the region. But morons based it on 3rd generation people living in their country.
@_*ZAPATOZ*_ Imagine how much of a tool you would have to be to go on a rant about a pejorative term literally used for critiscism of the very thing you're being mad about
Generals is one of the best RTS games ever made and the modding comunity makes it better. for you all. give it a try to "rise of the reds" mod if never heard of it
This has always been one of my favorite video game cutscenes since the first time I watched it. I didn't even like the mission that much, but I would play it just to watch the cutscene again
These were the best C&C games at the time they were released, and I'd still put Generals and Zero Hour at probably the 2nd and 3rd best (after C&C3 Tiberium Wars). As much as people get nostalgic about Tiberian Sun and RA2, they had a lot of major annoyances and shortcomings.
Tiberian sun was easy to change by just modifying the .in as a text document though. No more useless light infantry when you draw their damage up and keep their AP low
This game was and is so awesome. I play a mod for it called Rise of the Reds which added Russia and ECA (European Continental Alliance) alongside new units + graphics.
Its true, so was Red Alert 3, but they're still great games. They are absolutely products of their time, i dont think the devs were oblivious to any of it. GLA every day, they're always a breath of fresh air, especially when you're masochistic and try to do no-death matches vs hardest AI. That shits tough asf
Red Alert 3 not as much in terms of commenting on politics, I mean the Red alert universe was already batshit insane, and now there's an anime robot faction bent on world dominance lol. Closest thing would be the hilarious stereotyping of each faction which has some unique charm
I remember reading a newspaper article about this game when it came out. I'm still surprised it even happened looking back at it. I mean 2003...that was like the height of the War in Iraq/Afghanistan.
The Americans attacked Iraq in May 2003. This game was long in development before then and they had no idea that Operation OIL was going to happen. I remember the Americans spending months telling the Iraqis to dismantle their best weapon systems or they will invade... the Iraqis complied and the Americans invaded anyway lol
Like GamingSpoiler said it really clearly, most of the people who may be offended by such things aren't offended. Only people who have nothing to do with are pointing fingers and say it is political incorrect and racism. What they don't understand or want to understand that this is just a game that wants the player to enjoy and have some fun.
Interesting fact: It was the last game rated "for 16 " here in Germany that needed to be censored (Suicide bombers became RC cars, all soldiers were turned to Cyborgs). But there was a 4 week period in which the uncensored version was sold - and I got one back then ^^
Ha, me too. After that, EA apparently did some hard lobbying to change the regulations. Nowadays, the Bureau of Censorship has a seat on the table where age regulations are decided so that something like this will not happen again :)
I remember how much I hated this mission. Mainly because the nuke cannons would not stay entrenched. I would tell them to stay where they are and new whoever comes in sight and yet they would constantly dismantle themselves and then waste precious time re entrenching themselves before firing again.
Yeah, and when I would order them to attack a unit, they would move like 2 meters, be entrenched and miss in the end And the enemy would destroy the targeted building or reactor
It may be politically incorrect but it was loads of fun. You haven't lived until you transform your bomb trucks into aircraft carriers and "sail" them into an enemy base before nuking the whole thing just to be sure xD
I'm Chinese and we aren't the least bit offended by the portrayal either. The PLA was kinda cool in this game. The only thing we didn't like was the gibberish Chinese names the generals had.
@@Fuzz82 Naah. People already offended even before this. I recall some senator did mention about BMW XXX. Man, the good ol Twisted Metal would be extremely offending these days.
@@danyleon4870 fr gen z is sensitive af, I'm a gen z too and I agree this generation be sensitive enough to fucking cancel a dude for existing, they always find the stupidest reasons to cancel a dude 💀
@@SwagTinCommander Nah see what you said there is corny lol, every Generation has been sensitive. Look back at how every generation tried to cancel something. Rock Music, Movies, styles of clothing, etc etc. The only reason Gen Z seems more sensitive is because the internet exists and that type of stuff is more visible now than it was before.
I remember China banned this game so hard since their faction uses nukes as a weapon, and use 'human wave' tactics. I miss when games didn't give a crap about politics and made fun games. Also GLA faction best faction since they have the best postal service 😉
No. China banned the game because in the Chinese Campaign, you destroy the Three Gorges Dam because China values it as a great achievement for China even though the world told them it was a stupid idea.
Generals seriously had some banger "this is all out fucking war!" music tracks, this being one of the most memorable. Fuck now i wanna go DL and play it again for the thousandth time!
The voicelines for the workers are absolute gems. When you clear mines, chinese are like "Mines are dangerous!" And "I will get rid of those mines!, the americans say "why do I always get the dirty jobs?", but the workers have bangers, like: "there are mines out there?" And "OK, here I go..."
The concept art for CnCG2 was great! I loved the way they'd developed the GLA's background some more: sort of like a more plausible version of the Brotherhood of Nod.
I'd never played this until recently. For many years I'd asserted that Red Alert was the series peak but Generals and Zero Hour have completely dethroned it. They're fucking brilliant.
Dude, I am Muslim Arab, and I used to call the GLA as "The Arab faction" Nothing offensive about it, it is a game that we enjoyed, and I spent tons of hours on it when I was a kid.
the only unrealistic part is the chinese military structures and vehicles function as intended.
China must grow larger.
@@NiteshadeX2 we have very big plans
typing this while your using some china made hardware good job
You've been consuming too much western propaganda.
Yep, everything Chinese, Russian, North Korean, Iranian... is super bad quality and never works.
But in glorious USA and its allies, everything works so damn well in comparison because we're so damn good. (Nevermind that most of our stuff is made in China to begin with)
Oh man, these games rocked. Every unit is a caricature. The Chinese hackers crack me up.
Nobody will notice their money is missing!
rocked? They still do! The online C&C Generals Zero hour community is alive and kicking.
@@Qlimax_ZH I got cnc online working a few weeks ago, any tips on how to find casual games?
@@Qlimax_ZH not really, most modders moved on someplace else, sadly
@@rizkiramadhan9266 There are currently WS being held. Prize money over 4k.
most incorrect thing about this game was if you win the mission the narrator lady would say "WE have been victorious" but if you lose she would say "YOU have been defeated"
I haven't noticed that! ahaha
women ☕️
@@pitbul2877 women ☕
That's how communism works.
hows this incorrect, this is the most correct thing, everyone wins but if one loses then the blame is shifted on them
This game is a cultural treasure
Truly
this and red alert 2
Workers that have minesweepers but no shoe
Also Tiberian Sun!@@BridgeTROLL777
I base my politics around this game
This is the game that taught me that black markets are physical places with vendors selling weapons, human organs, and illegal nukes.
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What do you mean that's not how it works?
@@nickkurzy2246 In certain countries, yes they are.
You’d be doing better than all those retard liberals
Lol if I did that I will Osama bin lading the second
@@nickkurzy2246 But most importantly, cheap knock off shoes.
"Thank you for the new shoes!" without a doubt, one of the funniest RTS line in history.
"Can i have some Shoes?!"^^
That, and "Why don't YOU drive?" from the demo truck!
@@JonLondrezos GLA postal service. Nothing stops the mail!
"What are they? Protesters?"
Wish the GLA workers were less "slaves made to work" and more "opportunistic vultures who look forward to picking apart the properties of others for anything of value" with the shoes upgraded instead being black market salvage kits and an eagerness to use it.
Yeah this game definitely inspired me to become a GLA suicide bomber.
A Pink Femboy GLA Suicide Bomber lol
@@rt_huxley9205 the GLA are multinational, if it were made today im sure it would have alphabet people as bombers fighting for the cause
@@schmallboi9282 So, are you volunteering then?
GLA postal service.
We deliver the package on time💀
The GLA campaign inspired to cosplay as a bomber back at 2001 😩
Can't imagine many games involving terrorists blowing up Hong Kong these days lol
GLA postal service! Nothing stops the mail!
That time it was. Before xi taking over entire xinjiang
Hong Kong is the Sean Bean of video games
i mean technically it was us blowing up the convention center due to the GLA occupying it
one of the reasons this game got banned in china was because it showed chinese forces blowing up the hk convention center
in germany it got banned because it was released right up to the invasion of iraq and the govt that always knows best, thought that it basically let players play the iraq war out
I'm an Arab and I can assure you at no point any of us was offended by the GLA, there were times when we would play 6-7 hours a day in a games network shop (good old LAN) over and over and over. I always laugh at people in first world counties when they are offended on our behalf when it doesn't even slightly concern them.
Our strategy was:
US (all Factions: Needs time and protection by teammates before they can get a decent airforce)
China: (Nuke/Tank needs time like US) (Infantry: spam buses from minute #1)
GLA: (Toxin/Demolition) aggressive from minute #1, GLA Stealth: just spam quad cannons all game.
Cyber cafes weren't much of a thing in the UK, but I loved going into them when on holiday, playing Quake 3, Unreal Tournament and C&C Generals with the locals. Good times.
The Quad Cannon is the most badass unit in the game.
(laughs in Laser General) Airforce is nice to supplement and support, but not his strength.
The voie acting in that game was ahead of its time. "Shall i push the button?"
@@HyperXcube not responsible for damaged goods
I’m a Pakistani American. Seems like non-Muslims are more offended of the GLA than we are. Hell, its my favorite faction
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Holy moly the community is very much still alive! Thanks for all the likes!
Ive found that generally the people most offended by cultural stuff are usaully by those who its got nothing to do with.
Now theres reasons why but thats a different long conversation, i just find funny is all.
As a muslim myself. GLA are just so cool, heck they have so many good units.
@@zamfy7141 No air power though. Just SCUD spam.
''Just'' SCUD spam...
@@tomgjgj POISON THEM AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
I mean, hard to compete with Jarman Kell. Coolest hero in generals.
GLA postal services
Nothing stops the mail!
Hitting the gas!
Sorry, no tracking numbers
That's an easy disguise!
@@nickkurzy2246 It's always funny to get that one when telling the truck to disguise itself as a drone.
see but one of the reasons why we loved it is because they didnt spare any punches with caricatures of *Any* of the factions. i love it to death
US paladin tank: we fight for peace. Preserving freedom. Protecting our people. It's the right thing to do.
US rocket infantry: I wanna blow something up!
@@mindfish21 It being named Paladin, understandable :D
@@mindfish21 "It's the right thing to do!"
Kills 10 GLA slaves
@@mindfish21 GLA postal service. Nothing stops the mail!
@@TheKurtkapan34 I don't get it
Without stereotypes and clichés, what fun would it be being a faction in a game like this.
Welcome to today's world.
You don't think gameplay is sufficient to make a game fun? Like if there aren't some references (veiled or otherwise) to stereotypes a game couldn't be fun?
@@TzarLatok waah waah waah. The game made fun of everyone dont cry about stereotypes. It gives it soul and character that makes infinitely more entertaining than any game that has to tiptoe around people who bitch and moan about nothing. Im literally chinese and the chinese impressions and attitudes are spot on.
@@mattsterh7740 " _The game made fun of everyone dont cry about stereotypes_ "
Huh?
Did you not read my post, I am simply questioning why a game would NEED stereotypes to be fun as OP said.
" _It gives it soul and character that makes infinitely more entertaining than any game that has to tiptoe around people who bitch and moan about nothing._ "
So you think the only way a game can have soul or character is stereotypes? Seems stupid but OK.
@@TzarLatok why do you NEED to keep bitching
This game taught me everything I need to know about international relations.
So basically, _give'em all a good ol' Dr Thrax prescription, right?_
gla needs quad cannon or scud launcher.
yeah me too. what we've learned is "If words fail, perhaps war could fix that."
I have a BA and soon a Masters in International Relations. I can assure you, you don't need them if you've played Generals
"I've got the bomb."
I love Generals so much because it makes typical offensive stereotypes bad ass. My order is China, GLA, and the U.S.A.
Wow I’m glad there’s a lot of fans! I truly enjoy the OST alot and the funny voice lines! What are your guys favorite?! Plus I just got into mods and holy shit are they so much fun!
How are these stereotypes offensive?
@@GaiaLegend based opinion. Whilst Elon musk has fired loads of snowflakes there are still some of them on the platform
@@jboydayz Man, I played all the so called ''18+ banned'' games in the past when I was a lot younger, and nope, did not turn me into a serial killer. Unlike the ones on social media that would destroy your entire world because you might like something they don't. You played Command & Conquer? That means you like war! *goes apeshit posting 100 tweets* You laughed because the man said allows instead of arrows? *100 more!*
Laser General
Infantry General
Stealth General were my picks.
I not see any problem here but what I know is
*Don't stop until it over!*
KICK IT INTO HIGH GEAR
*ovah!
@@Derpyderpderper I always heard that as "I think its gud idea!"
Let's include some RotR quotes.
"Argggh... pretty comfy in here."
"Magic scaffolding... appear!"
gatorin tank ready for action
When vanilla came out one of my friends, who saw us playing it at a LAN party remarked: "When you have those GLA workers, aren't they much slower than Chinese trucks?" To make fun of him we said: "Yeah, they are much slower than US helicopters or the Chinese trucks but you can research the "Shoe" upgrade to make them run and gather faster." He believed it at we all found it was hilarious because we were 15 year old shitheads who were also aware of how inappropriate that was even back then.
Then Zero Hour came out and they actually introduced the "Shoe" upgrade ...
Lan parties.. God, remembering that makes me feel like I just got revived out of a fossil.
>shoe upgrade so peasants faster
that is fuckin hilarious
bro even us arabs loved the game , i remeber going to the dvd store with my freinds just to buy a cracked version of it , good old days .
Everyone who played this game got it either cracked or found it years later at a flea market or something.
@@ShibuIsUnoriginal Yeah, that’s how my dad got it for me
And this mission was very hard for me to finish back then, but I eventually did it
Why is it that this game is so popular in your country altough they are potraying you like that 😂
@@yazzuo7213 It's more of a portraying of the Radical part of Arabs, Not all Arabs on the planet are willing or believe violence would solve anything.
@@yazzuo7213 Because they have a sense of humor?
I forgot that game designers used to have integrity, artistic vision and a sense of humor. 😆
Yeah man the red alert series is the best with how it's just a fictional story about a conflict between countries considered to be traditional enemies which is just to give an element of story to support the gameplay which is the core of the game the reason people played it so much and still long to play it today.
Integrity. Now that's a word I haven't seen in a long time.
@@JonatasAdoM Alas, poor sod hasn't heard of the famous Tegridy Farms... what a pity!
And then EA took over and made C&C 4
Well, indie devs still do.
The OST of this game shouldn't slap as hard as it does
C&C has amazing soundtracks in general. My partner and I watched Bill and Ted recently and I thought it was so cool when I heard lines that were sampled.
And to think there are some bootleg copies of this game that don't have the soundtrack...
60 years from now I will still be able to quote and recall the voice lines for various C&C units.
"Hehe, nobody will notice their money is missing."
"It's a LiTTLe HAwt in HeRe."
"LOOK AT MY BEAUTIFUL WEAPON."
"I. Am. Big."
"Nationalism will bring us victory!"
"China, save us!"
"Going doooownnnn!"
"Troop Crawler signing in."
"Nuke Warheads, preserved."
"China will grow larger."
BUM-BUM-BUM-BUM BUM
"WE STAND ToGeTHER!!!"
my absolute favourite will always be "AK-47... FOR EVERYONE!! YAAY *guns clicking*
Can i have some shoes!?
"What are they, Protesters!?" - Cut voice line from Chinese Dozer.
Who Are They?
"The command center! They got the command center!"
The delivery of that line got me the chills. The voice acting is amazing in this game
Particularly the mobile Scud Launcher. That anger (and the irony lol).
They did remove one GLA mission from the main game, though, where you had to exterminate civilians with toxin tractors. But it was made available for download later on.
By the developers, yes.
Oh, yeah, I remember that mission... of course, campaign is still great without it.
Also, am surprised that you're here too, being an LPhoenix viewer and X-Wing game series fan.
@@michaelandreipalon359 Heh, yeah, I have the ability to appear where people least expect me ;)
I've always been a first-person shooter fan, first and foremost, but during the 00's I started to open up towards other stuff, which included strategy games and the X-Wing/TIE Fighter sims. There's something about flying that feels really liberating. Besides, I'd never be allowed to fly in real life due to my very poor eyesight.
@@AlexeiVoronin We sure share the same game preferences. Won't even be surprised if we might have a lot in common when it comes to, say, books, shows, movies, etc..
But they showed it as a cutscene after the final GLA mission
I fail to see the problem
There money will be ours.
This game is stupid, wacky, doesn't make sense and is overall a fever dream.
I LOVE IT. This game will live in my heart forever and when I'm old, I'll be recalling the GLA soundtrack and not remembering where it's from.
Yuri's revenge is definitely more wacky than this
the two things that keep coming back to me are the GLA slaves line "i need shoes" which is darkly hilarious, and the voice line you get when you research Arm the mob. "AKs for everyone! yaaaaaay!"
Stupid and wacky? I suppose you haven't lived when suicide bombers were a thing.
"Fever dream" Another stupid trendy buzzword that people keep overusing. Please just STFU.
@@xXSgtWolfXx wow dude, you're so cool and edgy and edgy and cool.
The entire game was great satire, much like the C&C series itself, even though this one wasn't made by Westwood Studios.
Even the USA team was very over-the-top, but yet commentary on the then War on Terror and War on Iraq.
You had tanks called Crusaders and Paladins, with lines like, "Doing what's right!" it's brilliant, haha.
I think the part about Crusaders was actually real, there was a real armored vehicle called crusader in development around the time Generals were released. Two differences: 1) it was a self-propelled howitzer, not a tank, 2) it was scrapped due to budget cuts somewhere in 2005.
In a sense, Generals are a monument to closed weapon projects: stealth helicopter Comanche makes appearance, Crusaders being actually deployed, and many more stuff that never made it past the prototype stage.
@@quint3ssent1a lots of laser PD and aiming for American forces too
@@quint3ssent1a I also remember there being a YF-12, but I think that MIGHT'VE been a mod.
Actually, it was made by a sizable number of former Westwood devs. Same for Tiberium Wars+Kane's Wrath, as far as I've heard.
@@quint3ssent1a Most of the units the US deployed in Generals was either tech already in use, cutting edge tech that had just hit the scene, prototypes that were later scrapped for budget and common sense reasons (F-117 was discontinued because the F-22 was faster, more maneuverable, packed the same armaments and had only a marginally bigger radar footprint than the F-117 and was cheaper to produce at 22million per plane compared to 35million per plane.)
The rest are technology that wasn't developed but was theoretically possible with the tech at the time.
Zero Hour was rushed an included even more of these, such as Railgun Artillery, Laser rifles for Rangers and Burton, Laser main guns for Comanches and Paladins.
Airforce and Superweapon were intended to have their own (weaker) tanks, but due tot he rush they were never completed, though the assets (audio files, screenshots of development, unused models and icons) were still in the game files.
All of the content ZH didn't include was restored in the mod Shockwave, which aimed to be what ZH should have been, and it's glorious.
CnC Generals was ALL of the politically incorrect! But it came out long enough ago that being offended wasn't people's default setting yet and social media was still pretty new so a million people hadn't commented on how politically incorrect it was by midnight on launch day 😂
Back then Americans weren't as gay as they are today
Games were still censored then, but only in some countries. Iirc China bans anything that could even be remotely interpreted as against them, Germany bans or heavily censors anything violent, there's quite a bit of things.
Your existence is politically incorrect
I make it a point to make it so
So is your's!
The funniest subtle gag about the chinese in Generals is that their rotary cannon is called "Gattling Gun" to avoid copyright infringement.
The caricature being that nation does not care about copyrights and their holders, copying other nations/peoples designs, and using cheaper inexpensive materials to create cheap knock off's that barely work for any appreciable time
@@vexile1239 🤓
@@yanneager4855 yea 🤓
What's the copyrighted name? Minigun?
@@daniellxnder Patented name is Gatling gun of course
This is not the best example imo. C&C Generals is actually very brilliant because US army is just as stereotyped and caricatured. And the game is made by americans. It isn't as obvious as Red Alert with those things but the idea is the same. Just not as ridiculous. Actually sometimes it's a little scary how well they've relatively predicted the future of geopolitics back then.
More like B A S E D
im thinking... BASED
too B. A. S. E. D.
Sir, there's a call for you from the based department
@@Outkast-sv9es *Hello, this Huxley*
Treasure this game because there's no way in hell this could be released today.
Hell, it had to be censored in Germany when it was released back then.
tbf though, germany is / was rather particular on some things regarding violence. Even before Generals / Generäle. I distinctly remember that even already in RA, we fought with robots against robots. Also I would like to point at Half Life and the fact that when you killed humans, they just sat down and shook their heads instead of falling over (Well, in the german version).
Then again, the factions and locations were re-named in Generäle...
I'm pretty sure Generals was banned in China at one point. (even though they were the good guys in the story)
There's something eternally badass in seeing that one gattling gun putting up against that horde.
Actually there's 2 Gatling tanks seen in the cutscene.
@@e-satan9032 think he meant the stationary gun
@@sjonnieplayfull5859 I meant the 2 gattling tanks are helping the stationary cannon, he didn't give enough credit to the tanks so I thought I made mention
@@e-satan9032 Ah right
I agree. Seeing the Gatling cannon and the gatling tank mowing down those terrorists was so bad*ss when I was a kid even until now. But my favorite bad*ss scene was the showdown between the Crusaders and the Scorpion tanks in the first USA mission until today.
still banned by china
good
I wonder why...
Because China only allows its citizens to utilize entertainment made by them.
They get salty when they think games "smear the image of China and the Chinese army" when the Chinese army in this game was actually very nicely represented as respectful individuals.
-100 Social Credit
Literally the only game that makes the Chinese army look badass not to mention they literally get the best ending out of all the factions and they ban it lol.
I'm Chinese and I loved this game, and to see an American studio making such accurate prediction of what China turned out to be today is amazing and hilarious.
The funny thing is CnC Generals is set in the 2020s....
@@hiyoritokisada594 it could be a prophesy, or a fucking curse, who knows, either way what it forevisioned was pretty bang on, ISIS attacked a Chinese diplomatic hotel recently too, let's hope this doesn't all end with a bunch of bombs.
@@projectadrift7711 lol does ISIS still exist?
HALALALALALALA FOR THE GLA
I like when the chinese announcer tells you after your win We are victorious but when you lose its You have been defeated lol
@@Pancombine18
Pretty accurate. NGL. China acts like a multi level marketing company:
"Your success is our success, but your failure is your failure."
I would say every faction is comically stereotyped... The whole game doesn't take it self seriously is the equivalent of playing with toy soldiers while doing funny voices.
Back when devs weren't afraid of telling a good story with great Voice acting
Back when EA still had a soul.
@@e-satan9032 EA cut the development of Zero Hour in half. Several missions are missing and there were supposed to be a lot more General Challenges from General Juziz, the Chinese Infantry General as well as the Supreme Generals of the US and the GLA. Voice Lines for these Generals have been recorded and can be found on the Internet, but the devs never got around to make their maps and Challenges, which is why its alway Leang we go up against in the end. EA was a soulless company back then as well.
@@wjzav1971 Don't Juhziz have a General Challenge map? Ok, that might be Shockwave or something adding it, but still...100% correct about the last Gen. Always Leang.
(How's Shin Fai map supposed to look like? Some Urban Warfare hell? I imagine docks for some reason)
Be careful, she is fragile...❤
morning glory
Nuke warheads, preserved
The mother of all weapons
We will be generous
Behold. The bringer of light
U want the best? Here I am
I legit don't know what you're upset about.
No one is, the title is bringing to fact, that its not..
one of the best strategy games ever. not gonna change my mind.
also, it's mostly only people from first world countries (looking at you, usa) that get offended by everything.
C&C generals was insanely popular among arabs. especially in tunisia, we had so many dedicated LAN parties playing it. the good old days.
also, if you have a professional friend at this game, never let them play GLA. they may have weaker units in a 1 to 1 comparaison, but the unorthodox tactics it pushes you into adopting will make you basically untouchable
I am from Jordan, GLA was my favorite faction, felt like it was ours lol
extremely BASED comment.
sincerely, a fellow middle easterner.
The trailer was amazing. Leaders use words like....CARPET BOMBING.
That intro alone got it banned in Germany. I think it's hilarious that the German censors didn't even need to get to starting a game before banning it.
@@zyxophoj There wasn't even any Nazis/swastizas in the game.
@@zyxophoj To this day I believe that censoring this game was a political move in the wake of the Iraq war: Germany opposed the US invasion of Iraq, which had been justified by alleged weapons of mass destruction being developed and horded by Saddam Hussein.
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First USA mission in the game: Find the hidden Bio-weapons in Baghdad.
@@nathanb1509 thats not why dude, in germany video games are not seen art.
So in germany they had a different version, everyone were robots.
They also could not cross play.
I would never think that, as a teen, I could get such a nostalgia trip. Gotta hunt a copy of this game down
just pirate it, dont even think of supporting the companies owning that game now
On oragin I got all the c&cs for £20. Tib sun don9work though
@@UltraProchy do you know where I can find it
There is also gentool support so online play is still a thing
@@manofculture8038 tpb still exists, and yes you can play online with gameranger
Back in 2003, I was a US Marine walking through the bazaar in Baghad and I stopped by at a booth to watch some Iraqi's playing this game. I really wanted to step in and show them how to play it properly. I also played it back in the barracks with a few other marines, and I was so good that I could do 3v1 and still dominate everyone.
Ah... the memories.
I once had a LAN match against the IT guys in Quake3, where it was a team deathmatch -- first to 100 kills wins. It was 6 v 1, with me being the solo player. I ended up winning, 100 to -6. They didn't kill me a single time, but they did accidentally shoot each other.
Hahahahaha loved the stories man! Nice!
Which map? Virtually impossible
@@ConradKo I don't remember anymore, it was way back in 2004.
@@slayemin no rail gun? No bfg10k?
@@ConradKo Oh, I thought you were asking about C&C Generals : Zero Hour. haha.
With Quake3, I primarily used the rocket launch, plasma gun, shot gun, and rail gun. I switched from WASD movement controls to ESDF so that I could keybind my weapons to adjacent key presses, so I could instantly switch to a different weapon by moving a finger to an adjacent key. I think rocket launcher was "R", shotgun was "W", rail gun was "G", plasma was "T", etc. The gun I would use would depend on the situation, usually I initiate with a rocket by shooting a nearby wall or floor, bounce them, get close and use shotgun, and finish them off with plasma rifle. If they are far away, I just rail gun them. I tried to get max armor, max health and quad damage as often as possible so I can one shot a bunch of people. If I saw someone running towards a weapon/health item, I would just shoot rockets at the weapon/item location and they would get blasted away. I won something like 100 to -6, with a flawless victory (zero deaths). They team killed each other on accident a few times and got negative points.
And thus was born a glorious pool of phrases that were used for epic memery.
“GLA Postal Service: Nothing stops the mail!”
My favorite faction for generals was the Chinese tanker general, mostly because I love using tanks in massive waves for the giggles.
Seeing a wave of 2 star battle masters and overlords buffed with nationalism overrunning a GLA base never gets old lol
Tanks! Build more tanks!
Soon, the field will fill with tanks.
@@e-satan9032 MY TANKS
back when great games were made for the PC not made to be PC
I always found rushing the South west base was solid start. Neutron shells were a godsend for this.
What do you mean? This is politically correct in our book 🤣🤣
I wish they could make great games like this anymore. No one I knew really offended by this, they knew this was a fiction and it's fun as hell!
Dr Thrax is my favorite, he has funny monologues. Can listen to him all day xD
Majority of the people who got offended were probably white girls from the Divided States.
People got offended by generals? Am i missing this or I'm too busy enjoying nuclear spams of 40 buildings on single unit?
@@ahartakpower, I don't know if there actually are people offended, but there are, it would most likely be American white girls.
@@serbianslav5494 whut
@@ahartakpower If this game got released by the recent years, probably can't even survive the 'cancel' culture
"politicaly correct" is the most facist thing i ever heared
Do you mean Fascist?
politically correct is just recognizing the fact that human culture and social expressions are incredibly more diverse and complicated than
"lol yellow people = computers"
"brown people = bombs lol"
@@darkranger116 It's a dog whistle to shut down people for having "wrong opinions".
Having accents is apparently politically incorrect, but them speaking perfect English with a near western accent isn't...
Having accents is more realistic for people living in the region. But morons based it on 3rd generation people living in their country.
Facist?
@_*ZAPATOZ*_ Imagine how much of a tool you would have to be to go on a rant about a pejorative term literally used for critiscism of the very thing you're being mad about
Nobody:
Battlemaster tank: They are trying to get to the main *ReactOOr*
Edit: this is the biggest number of likes I have ever gotten lol, thanks😁😁
"Prou-TECT it at OLL Kost!"
Generals is one of the best RTS games ever made and the modding comunity makes it better. for you all. give it a try to "rise of the reds" mod if never heard of it
This has always been one of my favorite video game cutscenes since the first time I watched it. I didn't even like the mission that much, but I would play it just to watch the cutscene again
that was the point
This was and is a really great game, who cares if it's politically incorrect.
These were the best C&C games at the time they were released, and I'd still put Generals and Zero Hour at probably the 2nd and 3rd best (after C&C3 Tiberium Wars). As much as people get nostalgic about Tiberian Sun and RA2, they had a lot of major annoyances and shortcomings.
Yuri Revenge
Lets make some friends.....
Tiberian sun was easy to change by just modifying the .in as a text document though. No more useless light infantry when you draw their damage up and keep their AP low
@@blackwoodsecurity531 The Deezire mod made it much better. But stupid things like hovercraft being unable to go over water were highly annoying.
Tib dawn is the best. Generals is close though.
Twisted Insurrection is TS on steroids!!!
*Upgrade Complete: Neutron Shells*
Don't forget about GLA builders who were literally slaves.
Stereotypical Chinese accents being attacked by Arab suicide bombers is something out of a South Park skit.
This game was and is so awesome. I play a mod for it called Rise of the Reds which added Russia and ECA (European Continental Alliance) alongside new units + graphics.
Where could I find this mod?
I can Hear Em Tremor AGAS Firing from the distance
@@DXChosa you can also hear the ECA howitzers firing
BOMB TRUCCS
@@waltermarine3248 i hate city maps specifically because of bombtrucks lmao
The post 9-11 Bush era militarism was a golden age (for media)
Funny thing about caricature villain factions in RTSses is the fact they're often the most fun factions to play.
WE'RE LOSING GROUND!!!
God I love and miss this game along with its expansion Zero Hour.
Its true, so was Red Alert 3, but they're still great games. They are absolutely products of their time, i dont think the devs were oblivious to any of it. GLA every day, they're always a breath of fresh air, especially when you're masochistic and try to do no-death matches vs hardest AI. That shits tough asf
Red Alert 3 not as much in terms of commenting on politics, I mean the Red alert universe was already batshit insane, and now there's an anime robot faction bent on world dominance lol. Closest thing would be the hilarious stereotyping of each faction which has some unique charm
NO DEATH? You psycho!
Lmao anime robot faction? XD
@@teorloges315 Yeah, Japan in ra3 is literally mechs and anime girls
Oh right
It was a different game tho
I remember reading a newspaper article about this game when it came out. I'm still surprised it even happened looking back at it. I mean 2003...that was like the height of the War in Iraq/Afghanistan.
Well, it was a satire. Every faction was a caricature.
The Americans attacked Iraq in May 2003. This game was long in development before then and they had no idea that Operation OIL was going to happen. I remember the Americans spending months telling the Iraqis to dismantle their best weapon systems or they will invade... the Iraqis complied and the Americans invaded anyway lol
Back when games had balls.
it was the norm back then, you didnt need balls to be politically incorrect.
@@AysarAburrub lmao how long ago when you mean "back then"? 1950?
What was politically incorrect about this?
this is like that one scene in south park were they try to fight back new jersei and than al quida shows up with an armada of planes
I don't see anything wrong with this.
Only politically incorrect part about this game was they made China seem like the good guys. Funny thing though, China still banned it lol
I don’t see what wrong with this? Generals Zero Hour is a parody of the war on terror
Like GamingSpoiler said it really clearly, most of the people who may be offended by such things aren't offended. Only people who have nothing to do with are pointing fingers and say it is political incorrect and racism. What they don't understand or want to understand that this is just a game that wants the player to enjoy and have some fun.
Interesting fact: It was the last game rated "for 16 " here in Germany that needed to be censored (Suicide bombers became RC cars, all soldiers were turned to Cyborgs). But there was a 4 week period in which the uncensored version was sold - and I got one back then ^^
Ha, me too. After that, EA apparently did some hard lobbying to change the regulations. Nowadays, the Bureau of Censorship has a seat on the table where age regulations are decided so that something like this will not happen again :)
Die Ausreden warum das alles zensiert werden musste waren auch Gold lol
If you play C&C expecting no stereotypes or caricatures... Don't play C&C
Politically correct you mean Generals is basicly predicting the future
Political correctness was around for decades even before Generals was released.
@@Red_Lion2000 thats not what im saying
I remember how much I hated this mission. Mainly because the nuke cannons would not stay entrenched. I would tell them to stay where they are and new whoever comes in sight and yet they would constantly dismantle themselves and then waste precious time re entrenching themselves before firing again.
Yeah, and when I would order them to attack a unit, they would move like 2 meters, be entrenched and miss in the end
And the enemy would destroy the targeted building or reactor
Honestly, since the GLA attack from the same 6-7 places in this map, just have the nuke cannons in attack ground stance
@@shoukatsukai Yeah I had them set to attack ground too, that's the best way to use them in, similar to the flame tanks.
It may be politically incorrect but it was loads of fun. You haven't lived until you transform your bomb trucks into aircraft carriers and "sail" them into an enemy base before nuking the whole thing just to be sure xD
Average experience of an exported Chinese worker in a Chinese worker colony in sub-Saharan Africa - 2020
I'm Chinese and we aren't the least bit offended by the portrayal either. The PLA was kinda cool in this game.
The only thing we didn't like was the gibberish Chinese names the generals had.
This came out around the same time as "No Russian" I believe. Good times
It was like 5 or 6 years before "No Russian". But with No Russian people started to get offended.
@@Fuzz82 Naah. People already offended even before this. I recall some senator did mention about BMW XXX. Man, the good ol Twisted Metal would be extremely offending these days.
@@danyleon4870 fr gen z is sensitive af, I'm a gen z too and I agree this generation be sensitive enough to fucking cancel a dude for existing, they always find the stupidest reasons to cancel a dude 💀
Cmon dude, No Russian was way worse. I can understand why some people would skip that in cod, but cc generals has no controversy whatsoever to me.
@@SwagTinCommander Nah see what you said there is corny lol, every Generation has been sensitive. Look back at how every generation tried to cancel something. Rock Music, Movies, styles of clothing, etc etc. The only reason Gen Z seems more sensitive is because the internet exists and that type of stuff is more visible now than it was before.
Ah that nuke cannon was great.
Force firing the choke point was amazing.
Brighter than the sun!
a solid strategy for defending in any campaign that gives you that
I remember China banned this game so hard since their faction uses nukes as a weapon, and use 'human wave' tactics. I miss when games didn't give a crap about politics and made fun games.
Also GLA faction best faction since they have the best postal service 😉
What's funny is China is the overall winner of the campaign.
but GLA has no tracking numbers
No. China banned the game because in the Chinese Campaign, you destroy the Three Gorges Dam because China values it as a great achievement for China even though the world told them it was a stupid idea.
There seems to be a typo in the title it should say "C&C Generals was very politically correct".
0:29 I wasn't expecting a little Wilhelm Scream there.
How is it politically incorrect, I don't get it?
What is politically incorrect? It sounds like a food...
Generals seriously had some banger "this is all out fucking war!" music tracks, this being one of the most memorable.
Fuck now i wanna go DL and play it again for the thousandth time!
"I love a crowd!" - GLA Suicide bomber
The voicelines for the workers are absolute gems. When you clear mines, chinese are like "Mines are dangerous!" And "I will get rid of those mines!, the americans say "why do I always get the dirty jobs?", but the workers have bangers, like: "there are mines out there?" And "OK, here I go..."
Games like this can never be made again
The only strategy in realistic setting I liked
It wasn't politically incorrect. It was fun.
And that's the type of wine that gets better with age as people get more and more overly sensitive
"With these shoes, I can work faster" GLA for life
This is quite mild example in comparison to the rest of the game. "Generals" would be review bombed and blacklisted by snowflakes nowadays.
I grew up in the middle east and played this game at internet cafes alot. Surprisingly, no one was offended by the GLA.
I want them to remaster this game!
generals evolution perhaps
Zerg rushing with the GLA was the best strategy.
This game was so awesome. I was mad that canceled the sequel
Saaaame, it could've been amazing... then EA did the thing EA does, and made terrible choices
Quad cannons were so good, massing them was a very effective strategy unless you ran into overlords
The concept art for CnCG2 was great! I loved the way they'd developed the GLA's background some more: sort of like a more plausible version of the Brotherhood of Nod.
IKR?!
They scrapped the whole thing as it was entering Beta-testing, IIRC.
What a horrendus waste.
Generals 2 was politically correct which made it soulless so they decided not to continue development
I'd never played this until recently. For many years I'd asserted that Red Alert was the series peak but Generals and Zero Hour have completely dethroned it. They're fucking brilliant.
Dude, I am Muslim Arab, and I used to call the GLA as "The Arab faction"
Nothing offensive about it, it is a game that we enjoyed, and I spent tons of hours on it when I was a kid.