The only evidence that this game is new is a few graphical effects like coloured lighting and smoke. Consequently we have multiplayer options, hi-res graphics and the ability to group units, rather than having to direct them one at a time as you had to do in the original. All Westwood have done is meddle with the missions to make them more balanced, film some FMV and slapped it all into an updated Red Alert box. The Bad And The Uglyįor this 98 remix, the game remains largely unchanged. When they start calling them remakes, you know there's something fishy going on. The truth is, though, what games publishers call sequels, we call remakes. While remakes of films tend to be bigbudget money-rakers with nothing but special effects to sell them, it's the new and improved effects that make games remakes better. Anyway, the thought of a sequel to Dune 2 sent saliva glands into overdrive - until we read later on that Dune 2000 wasn't really a sequel, but rather a Cremake' of the original classic.Now, remakes can either be a good thing or a bad thing. Sends a shiver down the spine, doesn't it? Let's extend the scenario to the world of first-person shooters: what if Wolfenstein had never happened? It doesn't bear thinking about.

Without it, Total Annihilation might never have been. Dune 2 was the first decent real-time strategy game, and without any hint of exaggeration has shaped the genre as it stands today. As soon as Westwood announced details of Dune 2000, alarm bells started ringing.

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