jigglet
Banned
Buy the game (via EA's shitty store), then install this patch: https://cncnet.org/red-alert-2
I rarely come across any patches this perfect. I have been playing for a few years now....and not a single crash. Not one. No glitches, no bugs, nothing.
Usually old games with patches come with a ton of caveats. Or a million patches, fixes, and hacks you have to install to get it running. Not this one. It's literally one patch and it works flawlessly.
And it's not some fake ass 1080p / 1440p with stretched pixels. It renders natively in modern resolutions (this includes the UI, some games like Generals can be scaled to modern resolutions but the UI is still locked to the past).
And about 18 months ago they added support for the campaign (launch directly from Origin after installing the patch, CnCnet launcher is only for multiplayer or skirmish).
All the other C&C games are a massive pain in the ass to get working, but this one is perfection.
If you've ever enjoyed this game, do yourself a favour and get this patch.
(look how damn sharp the pixels are below, it doesn't even need a remaster)
(btw the definitive source for anything C&C these days is here: https://cnc.community/ -- here you can find info on how to run past C&C games. As I said none of them run as flawlessly as RA2 but I guess if you're still determined to play them, you know where to start)
I rarely come across any patches this perfect. I have been playing for a few years now....and not a single crash. Not one. No glitches, no bugs, nothing.
Usually old games with patches come with a ton of caveats. Or a million patches, fixes, and hacks you have to install to get it running. Not this one. It's literally one patch and it works flawlessly.
And it's not some fake ass 1080p / 1440p with stretched pixels. It renders natively in modern resolutions (this includes the UI, some games like Generals can be scaled to modern resolutions but the UI is still locked to the past).
And about 18 months ago they added support for the campaign (launch directly from Origin after installing the patch, CnCnet launcher is only for multiplayer or skirmish).
All the other C&C games are a massive pain in the ass to get working, but this one is perfection.
If you've ever enjoyed this game, do yourself a favour and get this patch.
(look how damn sharp the pixels are below, it doesn't even need a remaster)
(btw the definitive source for anything C&C these days is here: https://cnc.community/ -- here you can find info on how to run past C&C games. As I said none of them run as flawlessly as RA2 but I guess if you're still determined to play them, you know where to start)
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