Command and Conquer was one of Westwoods' strongest selling titles ever. It did not take them long to decide to bring it out for the 32-bit systems, so how does it stack up? Very, very well. Because it's an older game, I was able to pick this little jewel up for only $9.99 and that was one of the best 10 dollars I have ever spent. With its solid (if sometimes messy) graphics and lovely machine gun sounds, this game is a winner to the highest extent. I love real-time strategies and this game will fill that void that is missing from the strategy genre on the Saturn.
The graphics run at the quality of 640x480 resolution at a PC, which isn't nessecarily a bad thing; in fact it is quite nice. The characters are nice and somewhat large (when compared to seeing them on a 800x600 resolution). And since it uses the sprites, the Saturn handles them well; you have 60 little guys and 12 tanks on the screen with no slowdown at all. The cut scenes are marvelous — the cg ones that is. Since I hate full-motion video, some of the cut scenes are not to my liking. But then, I didn't buy this game for the cutscenes, I bought it for the heart pounding action (the cut scenes are a nice touch though. :) The sound is what you expect the rat tats of uzis and thw whistling of blowing tank shells and missiles, so they were done well. The cursor is fairly easy to control and if it goes too slow for you, just hold R shoulder button to speed it along.
My only complaint about this kick-ass game is the mini-map. Now if you play strategy games (real time in particular) you know the mini-maps are crucial; they tell you where to place your troops, where the enemy is at, and what spots need defense. Without the mini-map you are essentially blind, especially since you are not at the zoomed-out view of a 800x600 resolution (you see more of the map this way). And the only way to see it is by pressing C. Doing that means you can't control any of your guys on the map because your control is locked onto the side bar menu, and you can't move around the mini-map (clicking on it and it takes you there). However, this is the only complaint (that and having to enter in a password to start from where you left off — eerrgghh) in an overall excellent package. If you find this, pick it up, you won't be dissapointed. How could you be? you get two freakin disks — one for GOD and one for NOD — jam-packed with levels and cutscenes!
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