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Published: 2019-12-09 12:22:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 2319; Favourites: 43; Downloads: 7
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Before StarCraft reigned supreme, we had Dune, C&C and C&C:Red Alert.This is a painting of the first GDI (Global Defense Initiative) mission from the classic real-time strategy game, Command and Conquer: Tiberian Dawn, developed by Westwood Studios. In the mission, the player commands a strike force with the objective of securing a beachhead from the sinister Brotherhood of Nod.
This one is made for the Video Game History Project by
I painted this based on my fond memories of the game as well as a series of different screenshots and videos, and so, as a result, I'm afraid it might not be 100% accurate.
This was a very fun, nostalgic picture to create and made me reflect how nice games we had back in '90s. I'm not opposed to Star Craft etc., but I did like these types of strategy games more, because they really focused on strategy (economics, positioning, army composition) instead of awarding micromanagement done in nanoseconds.
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Oh my gosh, this put a thrill in my heart whose first distant origin.... I couldn't quite discern for a moment.
I don't think I ever played this game myself, but I sure enjoyed watching my brothers and my cousins play it.
Just so freaking nostalgic.
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Such a lovely comment, really made my day! Thanks!
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Nostalgia...I also prefer C&C series' aesthetic and storyline more anyway.
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There’s some indescribable coziness about those old C&C-games.
My favorite was definitely RA2.
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Yeah, I played a lot of RA2/Yuri's Revenge (especially the units and their wacky voice actors), but for me, my favorite was Tiberian Sun/Firestorm.
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Those two were definitely my favorite ones in the series. ^^
But Tiberian Sun is definitely a favorite to me as well. I’ve spent so many hours on that game as well. xD
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Yeah, and Tiberian Sun had the cool "destroyable ground" engine. With artillery pounding the ground, you could have a moat around your base.
I read somewhere that they removed the feature from RA2 due to how much processing power it required. I wish newer games would incorporate a similar feature.
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That's a really awesome feature.
It's a real shame how it was removed from RA2. It would've been great to have.
And yes, I absolutely agree. It adds a fair bit of realism, and possibilities too.
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Good job with the soldiers and that thing they are grouped around.
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Thanks. 
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This certainly brings back fond memories.
(Not sure why you're pitting StarCraft against older RTS games though~ a sizeable portion of the modern RTS fanbase had their roots in C&C, et al. And it's true that micro is emphasized more- and it's the flashy split-second moments that capture the attention- but more often I've seen and experienced that whoever is macromanaging is still the one who wins. Like, you can micro your heart out and feel like a badass ...only to realize you haven't been spending your money/building your infrastructure and now your opponent is going to bulldoze you. I feel like that core principle is still safely intact. I dunno, one's mileage vs. another.)
Anyway, not to take away from your work, cuz I like it lots.
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Yeah, I can certainly appreciate what you're writing, and I do agree to some extent. And as I said, I do appreciate StarCraft and feel that it's keeping the genre alive. Nonetheless, I still prefer the older games where it felt like you were commanding an army. The micro-emphasis, the limits to the amount of units you can build, every unit having their own hotkeys etc. are things that I don't like so much.
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