The game balance between the forces of the Allied and Soviet armies differed from other games at its time. The single player campaign was also complemented by live action cinematic sequences that are a feature of all Command & Conquer RTS games since the original, except for Generals. The single player campaign also received high praise for its detailed story line and missions, which often required the player to defeat the enemy with various sets of circumstances before continuing. Red Alert is also hailed as one of the first games to feature competitive online play. It also featured two factions that had differing styles of play. The game was known to be easy to control, simple to learn and responsive to users' commands. Players could queue commands, create unit groups that could be selected by a number key, and control numerous units at a time. Red Alert was praised for its user interface, which claimed to be more developed than the competing games of its time. 3.4 Connection to the Tiberium universe.On 14 November 2018, it was announced that Command & Conquer: Red Alert would be remastered by Petroglyph Games and Lemon Sky Studios under supervision of Electronic Arts, along with the Counterstrike and The Aftermath expansion packs. Although its expansion packs, Counterstrike and The Aftermath, both released in 1997, did not get an official freeware release, they are de facto considered free to distribute as well, as none of the community-hosted mirrors of the expansion discs or repacks have been taken down since 2008. On 31 August 2008, Electronic Arts officially rendered Command & Conquer: Red Alert freeware. The PlayStation version was also re-released as a download on the PlayStation Network for PSP and PS3. It was initially available for PC (MS-DOS & Windows 95 versions included in one package), and was subsequently ported to PlayStation. The second major game to bear the C&C title, Red Alert was originally meant to be the prequel to the original Command & Conquer of 1995, and takes place in the early history of the alternate universe of Command & Conquer when Allied Forces battle an aggressive Soviet Union for control over the European mainland. Command & Conquer: Red Alert is a real-time strategy computer game of the Command & Conquer franchise, produced by Westwood Studios and released by Virgin Interactive in 1996.

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