New Features for Red Alert include :

Enhanced AI - The computer is smarter than ever! (If anyone believes that, the should be dragged out into the street and shot! :) Base construction and management are the smallest of the enhancements. New settings will allow the player to set the difficulty of the opponent they want.

New Units & Structures - Thieves, Medics, Attack Dogs, Spies, Land Mines (Something we never use), Tesla Coils, Mobile Radar Jammers (Another unit we never use), Saboteurs, Destroyers, Cruisers, Bombers, Paratroopers, and Submarines... to name just a few. We won't even hint at what the Chronosphere and Gap Generators do.

Improved unit control - Complete control over air, land and sea. Formations control for those with specific tactics in mind, and waypoint plotting for all those that want units to get to their destination in a certain way. (The waypoints don't work all that well, and niether do the formations.)

Enhanced Multiplay - New Internet head-to-head and 8 Player IPX multiplay. Improved chat interface that allows for longer messages and more transmission of information to the player. New setup options make starting a game even faster.

Skirmish Mode - Want a little practice? Take on one to five computer opponents in a solo Multi-player game. (Skirmish is pointless due to the AI's stupidness.)

Detailed, interweaving story-line - an Allied and a Soviet path through the game with 13+ missions per path. A large cast of characters, including Stalin and Einstein, brings it all to life, drawing you into the C&C universe.

Play in standard VGA and Super VGA screen modes with detailed graphics like you have never seen before! (The graphics are ok. Nothing extroadinary though.)

Why did I place the new feature for red alert on my page!? Simply because of a lesson. This is what Westwood was saying about the game before it came out. As you can see, what they've said about it is to get your mind thinking, 'oh man! this is gonna be the BEST game ever! I'm gonna be the first to get it!) Now compare this to what Westwood is saying about C&C2: Tiberium Sun. Don't you see the resemblence of the two in Westwood's marketing scheme? Other words: beware of what Westwood is saying about C&C2. Proabablly about 70% of what they say is either exaggerated or simply not true. (The AI is smarter then ever in RA! HAHAHAHAHA! :)

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