Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge

It has been 20 years since its release. And I am very thankful to Westwood, the company which had released this magnificent game.

While being amazingly fun, I'd like to talk about its cinematics and storyline. One can not deny the fact that, for a game which was released in 2001 it has beyond spectacular cinematics. It's even better than most of the today's films. From Einstein to Premier Romanov, from Gen. Carwill to Yuri all the actors were tremendously good. And there is also Tanya, my childhood love :D. She is the best Tanya in the entire franchise by the way.

If it wasn't for EA this Red Alert series would be in much better shape today. It's a shame that Westwood unfortunately closed down.

I grew up on this game. I started playing the game since I was 10. I played it very single day. The game literally damaged my eyesight but I still loved it. I stopped playing few years ago because my laptop was broken. I started watching YouTube videos of full game walkthrough a week ago and then I decided to play again. This time, i will spend more time on skrimish, playing online may not be an option anymore. I won't some a lot of time on missions either. One of the most classic good old vintage games, how could I say no to it. "Sir yes sir", "comrade", "Yuri is my master". Let's keep the good old games alive.

That evil Yuri is at it again, trying to take over the world (cue evil laugh). This time using his own forces rather than those of the unsuspecting Russians to unleash some more of his evil mind-control mayhem on the world. As the official expansion to Red Alert 2, Yuri's Revenge is basically more of the same cheesy wacky game that you experienced in the original.

The biggest addition is that of the 3rd side – Yuri's forces- to battle the Allieds and Soviets. As expected, Yuri's forces rely on mind-control of their opponents and a careless commander can quickly find his forces turning on each other and being decimated by friendly fire. It's an interesting challenge to figure how to counter Yuri's mind control effectively but once you do, there is no plan B from Yuri as most of his units are relatively weak.

Yuri's revenge's single player campaigns are a bit more difficult than RA2's campaigns, but never so difficult that you will pull your hair out in frustration. Westwood also added some new units for the Allieds and Soviets, but I only bothered to try out a few of them, finding my old favorites from RA2 still adequate in most situations.

The new cut-scenes were a little disappointing, a number of them simply consist of a person telling you what happened and what you're mission objectives are. Scattered between the mission-briefings though, were a few good cut-scenes that were on the same standard as those in RA2. One strange quirk is the long loading times of missions, it was a big complaint back in 2001 – and the problem still persists on modern computers in 2009. Not sure how the programmers screwed that one up.

To conclude, Yuri's Revenge is a very competent add-on to the original RA2, and a must have for any RA2 fan.

Red alert creates a fun cinematic universe that beats the Tiberium series by far. Not trying to bite off more than it can chew with the right amount of comedy, drama and fantasy

...so let's nuke the bastard. Choose from a variety of soldiers, weapons, and tanks, establish your base, build up your defenses, seek out the enemy and kick ass in whatever way you see fit. This game is hilarious, mind-bendingly re-playable, and a true classic. It never gets old. The voice work is fantastic, with such cult actors as Udo Kier and Kari Wuher, how can you fail? Sure the story is cheesy - that's the point. This is not a game with deep messages and outstanding realism or whatever the hell hardcore gamers crave these days - it's a completely off-the-wall strategy game in which lots of stuff blows up, the Allies' secret agent has bigger boobs than she has guns, Soviet intelligence wears leather, and a bald Russian maniac poses a threat to free will itself. If that description doesn't make you interested, avoid this game. Anyone who can't appreciate a war game where you can pit flying saucers against dinosaurs isn't worth talking to, anyway. Play this game! (r#73)