Screenshots from the fan-updated OpenRA.
EA have now formally introduced their Command & Conquer remasters, and so they look to be in good palms. Several of the technique classics’s authentic builders are returning, together with expertise from ex-Westwood of us Petroglyph and authentic composer Frank Klepacki. Together, they’re sprucing up the unique Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn, together with its alt-history cousin C&C: Red Alert, plus all expansions for each games. Preempting the cynics amongst us, EA have additionally confirmed that there’ll be no micro-transactions. The devs announce the information under.
EA producer Jim Vessella made the full announcement on the Command & Conquer Reddit web page, the place he’d previously teased it in October. Calling it “the first offering”, the primary two C&C games plus all expansions launched as “one remastered collection”. Right now, nothing is about in stone, and each EA and Petroglyph are reaching out to gamers for suggestions on what they really feel must be retained or improved. They’ve explicitly acknowledged that that this might be a “remaster” as an alternative of a “remake”, however they do admit that the phrases are fuzzy across the edges at the most effective of instances.
My emotions on this are sophisticated. While I’m glad to see stuff up to date to work higher on trendy machines, I really feel each the unique C&C and Red Alert are from such an early, clumsy stage within the style’s evolution that they want extra than simply sprucing up. It (arguably) wasn’t till the discharge of StarCraft that the style actually hit full stride, turning the style into the twitchy, aggressive factor we all know right this moment. Command & Conquer’s endearingly goofy FMV facet holds up because of our unquenchable millennial starvation for kitsch, however I reckon its techniques may do with a tune-up.
I do assume that getting Klepacki on board is the precise name, although. I’d belief no one else to replace Hell March to trendy spec. Right now EA and Petroglyph appear to be within the early levels of improvement. I doubt we’ll see a lot of those remasters shy of mid or late 2019, if not later. Still, good to see the previous crew again collectively. In the meantime, these eager to play C&C and Red Alert on trendy PCs may do far worse than open source fan-remaster OpenRA.
