My son and I have played Red Alert & Red Alert 2 together for a long time.  We bought this product and the difference is amazing.  The graphics and missions are much more like todays warfare around the world.  For example, you can upgrade a regular soldier (USA ranger) to be able to capture buildings...you don't need an engineer.  You can upgrade your tanks to have drones ...so every tank or Humvee can have upgrades....so a cluster of vehicles has all these cool things flying overhead helping win battles.  You can call in airstrikes and lots of other cool things that make the game much more realistic.

On support...EA still misses....for example in the book it says if you register they will give you a free cheat code or tip for doing that. The only thing they gave us was a note saying we could now play the game online.  On top of that the click through menu on the software for Generals main website is no longer there..and there is no redirection (if you can believe that!!).  there's no easy way to ask questions and these problems are not addressed on their FAQ's page.

We haven't figured out how to do everything on this game yet, and the lack of tutorials or tips is frustrating for my son (7 yrs old).  Yet the missions are more like Iraq/Afghanistan warfare in the news over the last few years than it is like Viet Nam or WWII.

We have had these same problems with almost every EA game we own.  But still this game is an incredible improvement over the other Command and Conquer games.
My son and I have played Red Alert & Red Alert 2 together for a long time. We bought this product and the difference is amazing. The graphics and missions are much more like todays warfare around the world. For example, you can upgrade a regular soldier (USA ranger) to be able to capture buildings... you don't need an engineer. You can upgrade your tanks to have drones... so every tank or Humvee can have upgrades.... so a cluster of vehicles has all these cool things flying overhead helping win battles. You can call in airstrikes and lots of other cool things that make the game much more realistic. On support... EA still misses.... for example in the book it says if you register they will give you a free cheat code or tip for doing that. The only thing they gave us was a note saying we could now play the game online. On top of that the click through menu on the software for Generals main website is no longer there.. and there is no redirection (if you can believe that!! ). there's no easy way to ask questions and these problems are not addressed on their FAQ's page. We haven't figured out how to do everything on this game yet, and the lack of tutorials or tips is frustrating for my son (7 yrs old). Yet the missions are more like Iraq/Afghanistan warfare in the news over the last few years than it is like Viet Nam or WWII. We have had these same problems with almost every EA game we own. But still this game is an incredible improvement over the other Command and Conquer games.