Command & Conquer
Experience the game that started it all! Enter a gritty, high-tech world and take advantage of electronic intelligence and covert surveillance to determine who reigns supreme. Join either the forces of the Global Defense Initiative (GDI) or the Brotherhood of Nod as you build bases, muster forces and dominate your enemies. All for the love of power. Play as the Brotherhood and obey the charismatic Kane’s every command or take control of GDI forces as they seek to save the world from Kane’s ambition. Gather…
Fast, gritty and full of personality, and Kane is still the best villain RTS ever had.Kit · Sadkitty Games
Loved
- Punchy, tank-heavy battles
- Iconic music by Frank Klepacki
- Campy, memorable live-action briefings
Not so much
- Unit pathfinding is clumsy
- No way to queue builds and little unit control
Play it if anyone who wants the purest version of 90s base-building strategy.
Skip it if players used to modern RTS conveniences and smart units.
No cheat codes
Command & Conquer doesn't have cheat codes. The tips and secrets below are the next best thing.
Play it better
- Harvesters are your economy. Protect them and build a second refinery early.
- Engineers capture enemy buildings. Sneaking one into an enemy Construction Yard can win a mission outright.
- Sandbags and walls slow enemies and funnel them into your defenses.
- As GDI, the Mammoth Tank regenerates health and handles both tanks and infantry.
- As Nod, stealth tanks and the Obelisk of Light are your best tools.
- Sell buildings you no longer need to fund the next push.
Hidden in plain sight
Tap a secret to reveal it.
Trivia
- It was built on ideas Westwood first used in Dune II.
- Joe Kucan, who directed the cutscenes, also played Kane.
- EA released C&C as freeware in 2007, and a remastered collection came out in 2020.
- Each CD let a player go online or play over LAN with a friend, a big selling point in 1995.
