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Command & Conquer Red Alert™ 2 and Yuri’s Revenge™

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2024

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Quick resume

The world erupts in conflict as Soviet forces invade American soil in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2. You are the Supreme Commander. Arm yourself to the teeth with top-secret technologies and lead the Soviet or Allied troops to victory.

Global score

94/100

Genres

Action, Strategy, Role-playing (RPG)

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    Pros

    • Classic and timeless rts gameplay
    • Strong nostalgic value and community
    • Engaging story and memorable cutscenes
    • Active multiplayer with cncnet support
    • Modding and map editor for creativity

    Cons

    • Requires manual tweaks for modern resolutions
    • No official remaster yet
    • Ai can be predictable and limited
    • Some technical issues on modern systems
    • Sedentary gameplay with no physical activity

    Motivations

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    • Competence

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    • Competition

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    • Continuation

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    • Cooperation

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    • Creativity

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    • Domination

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    • Escapism

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    • Expectation

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    • Experimenting

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    • Exploration

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    • Expression

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    • Fantasy

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      "Strong alternate history setting with exaggerated stereotypes, over-the-top units, and humorous fictional narrative."

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    • Fellowship

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      "Active multiplayer community and modding groups foster social connection and shared interest."

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    • Growth

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      "Players develop strategic skills, learn unit strengths, and improve gameplay over time."

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    • Health

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      "Typical sedentary computer gameplay with no physical activity involved."

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention during gameplay; not suitable for passive or background play."

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    • Intimacy

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    • Leadership

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    • Progression

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    • Relaxation

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    • Sensation

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      "Engaging audio-visual design and soundtrack provide sensory stimulation."

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    • Status

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      "Recognition through multiplayer rankings and community reputation."

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    • Story

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      "Strong narrative immersion with engaging story, characters, and cutscenes."

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    • Strategy

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    • Thrill

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    • Value

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Fellowship, Domination, Status. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Domination, Fantasy.

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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