At the game’s start, you can choose to command either Nod or GDI forces. The head of Nod, Kane, now wants nothing less than control of the world’s energy sources.Īrrayed against the radical Nod are the forces of the United Nations Global Defense Initiative, or GDI, a multinational force sent to crush Nod incursions and regain conquered territory throughout the world. defense contractor has covertly supplied with a massive amount of arms. The enemy is the Brotherhood of Nod, a once secretive group that a corrupt U.S.
Through a combination of live-acted videos and rendered scenes, a story slowly begins to emerge of a future Earth where two factions are facing off. The World’s Just Gone To HellĬ&C begins with a lengthy introductory sequence which turns your monitor into a ridiculous 90s TV set. The gameplay is all there in its tentative, DOS-dated format. Despite the technical advances of the following two decades, the original C&C is still good fun – the music especially alternates between suspenseful and hip, while the cutscenes remain entertaining in a very corny sort of way. Both C&C and WarCraft II were released around the same time, and both were succesful enough that they directly competed against each other.Īmong 90s real-time strategy games you’d either get the high fantasy of WarCraft clones or the sci-fi sleekness of Command & Conquer… affably nicknamed ‘Clone & Conquer’ titles. Although it would eventually branch off to form its own franchise, the fledgling Command & Conquer of 1995 borrows quite a lot from the Dune II bag of tricks. Released in 1992, this action-strategy hybrid earned Westwood its place as a premier strategy game designer. If you ask gamers who’ve been around about their favorite early 90s games, you’d likely find a surprising title called Dune II. A squad of GDI in a non-production mission.
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