And there’s a demo out now
If Red Alert Remasteredwasn’t quite remastered enoughfor you, there’s an impressive new option for reliving your ninetiesRTSnostalgia in crisp noughties fidelity. Red Alert Redux is a comprehensive fan-made remake of theinfluential Command & Conquer gamethat revamps its visuals with full 3D and swathe of gameplay changes, additions and improvements.
The upshot is seeingRed Alert 1’s previously 2D sprites for troops and buildings become proper 3D models in the Generals engine, as well as introducing brand new units and upgrades to the earlier game. It looks very impressive in the trailer for the mod’s new demo, which shows off familiar units duking it out across snow-covered maps and plenty of explosive carnage as planes rain down bombs.
The 0.96 beta release of the mod includes the base Allied and Soviet factions to play across 18 skirmish maps, plus two of the missions from the game’s single-player campaign - with the ambition of bringing the entire game, its sub-factions and campaign into the mod in the future once balance and stability have been tested.
