Command & Conquer: Red Alert Expansions & DLCs

Strategy 02 August 1997

The official expansion to Command & Conquer: Red Alert, the renowned RTS title released in November, 1996 by the Westwood Studios company. Counterstrike features sixteen new scenarios (eight for each of the factions) of various difficulty levels. In contrast to the vanilla version of the game these missions have not been combined into a campaign, allowing us to play them out at our will. The developers have definitely not forgotten about the fans of multiplayer skirmishes, as shown by the whopping total of one hundred completely new, unique maps. The production has also been further diversified by the addition of four fresh units: the Tesla Tank, the Elite Super Soldier, the Wonder Dog and the Superjet; however, the fact that we can only obtain these troops in certain scenarios and cannot construct them on our own is a definite drawback. Command & Conquer: Red Alert – Counterstrike contains a rather interesting oddity, namely a hidden minicampaign, in which we try to prevail over an army of gigantic ants.

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Strategy 02 August 1997

The second expansion to Command & Conquer: Red Alert, a bestseller RTS developed by the Westwood Studios company. The new expansion pack, titled The Aftermath, offers eighteen unique singleplayer scenarios (nine for each of the factions), which, similarly to the previous expansion, have not been combined into a separate campaign. The fans of the multiplayer mode will once again receive one hundred brand new maps, C&C Red Alert – The Aftermath also introduces seven fresh unit types, which the players can freely construct during the skirmishes. The Allies have bolstered their ranks with the teleporting Chrono Tank, field mechanics, who can repair damaged units, and also with Phase transports, capable of unleashing powerful warheads. The Soviets have obtained more of Tesla’s inventions, including the Tesla Tank and Shock Infantry, as well as an upgraded submarine capable of attacking and destroying targets on the ground. Both sides of the conflict have access to the devastating force that are the MAD tanks.

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