C&C Generals Zero Hour

by Steve Gibson, Jul 07, 2003 7:22am PDT

Here comes the C&C Generals expansion! EA has announced the C&C Generals Zero Hour expansion this morning which strangely enough expands upon C&C Generals. This gets a full story because despite the annoying interface you cant customize I ended up playing countless hours of Generals:

Players will wage a global war to become the ultimate General of modern warfare as they square off against the world's most elite commanders. An all-new Generals Challenge mode will allow players to control any of 9 distinctive armies in battle through 9 computer-controlled Generals. After defeating the AI Generals, players will have the ability to select conquered armies to play online.

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i put many many hours into this game as well. in fact at one point it was like starcraft all over again. Each army so different and so cool. Then i lost interest all of sudden.

But i never really had a problem with the interface.

Also where is 1.6 ?

Jul 07, 2003 7:52am PDT

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i put many many hours into this game as well. in fact at one point it was like starcraft all over again.... : jedi_27
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  Ya me too....I played this game like a mad man and then suddenly stopped. I'm not really sure why either... : Scotty22
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      6th, played up to 6th mission of each race, then nothing! : radula
- haha now that i think of the same thing happened to me i'm pumped for this expansion though. : fry975
- yeah, me too for some reason... : Cpt. Baseballbat

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What's with all the new games that have "zero" in their name? Is that the new "3D"?

Jul 07, 2003 1:28pm PDT

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What's with all the new games that have "zero" in their name? Is that the new "3D"? : bigimp
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sold my C&C generals copy.. dont bring out more crap :(

Jul 07, 2003 4:32pm PDT

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sold my C&C generals copy.. dont bring out more crap :( : yautja
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- That reminds me. I hate stupid people. : Nukeitall
- I agree, it sucks ass. : Cpt. Baseballbat
- thanks for reminding me, i can probalby still get a few bucks for that coaster : Pneum0

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I just creamed my pants! I am about to get my second expanshion to my two favorite RTS games! WOOHOOO!!!

Jul 07, 2003 11:40am PDT

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I just creamed my pants! I am about to get my second expanshion to my two favorite RTS games! WOOHOOO!!! : MarksmanX
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- /wipes off man chowder.. yeah, I'm excited too but could ya aim it in another direction? Huh? :-) : Wolfanoz

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C'mon EA...christ...give us some aircraft carriers, destroyers, navy seal deployments...you know some water based stuff. The community is trying to do it themselves because you punks won't.

I wanna be able to blow a bridge up, and have engineers have to fix it. OR get one of those Army Engineer trucks with the flip out bridges...that'd be badass.

Jul 07, 2003 9:02am PDT

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C'mon EA...christ...give us some aircraft carriers, destroyers, navy seal deployments...you know some wat... : Madwacker
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LOL! Look at EA's stock for the day!
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030707/75205_1.html
Generals Expansion = Profit!!!! hehe

Jul 07, 2003 5:27pm PDT

LOL! Look at EA's stock for the day! http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030707/75205_1.html Generals Expansion =... : pigvomit

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Yay. C&C Generals rocks.

/ V

Jul 07, 2003 7:23am PDT

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Yay. C&C Generals rocks. / V : {Venger}
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- second to that. total w00tness baby. : Nighthavvk
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  dammit I forgot how to play. : bling1bling
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    chinese overlord tank > * :D hehe : Downforce
    - US rocket soldiers with S&D and laserlock own the Overlord :) : tunis5000
- I agree with the Swede. : Wolfanoz

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Motorcycles are great and all, but what about the shoes?

Jul 07, 2003 4:15pm PDT

Motorcycles are great and all, but what about the shoes? : Sayj3000

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Maybe this expansion will fix multiplayer? Their current setup is pretty crappy.

Maybe the game will be fun again too?

Jul 07, 2003 10:46am PDT

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    - Not for quickmatch. Even wtill, when I tried to join games from the chat rooms most people would just ki... : Chucklehead
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    Wait, your records actually recorded properly? : Derringer
    - ya for the most part. every once and awhile one didnt count : Chucklehead

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Notice the press release says it's "The First Expansion Pack"...
bloody hell, that means this C&C Generals has been The Sims'd

Jul 07, 2003 2:08pm PDT

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Notice the press release says it's "The First Expansion Pack"... bloody hell, that means this C&C Genera... : noxjon
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- *CASH MONEY'D* : Derringer

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Being developed by EALA since EA CLOSED DOWN Westwood.

Jul 07, 2003 9:00am PDT

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Being developed by EALA since EA CLOSED DOWN Westwood. : Baragon
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one thing they DEFINITELY should do:

make an option to TURN OFF super weapons like in previous C+C games ... that would make the game SO MUCH more fun when playing against a few computer opponents .. currently the game is just too easy (even against brutal armys)

Jul 07, 2003 11:07am PDT

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one thing they DEFINITELY should do: make an option to TURN OFF super weapons like in previous C+C gam... : virus
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- OOH!!! AND RANDOM TEAMS!!! : pigvomit
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    i've won 5 on 1 games before - once you get good at this game, there is no stopping you. : virus
    - My brother and I beat 6 brutal comps using just infantry and bomb trucks. : Chucklehead

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the ui ignores the right mouse button. The same button is used to select and move units. It's easy to have a few units selected, and send them someplace unintentionally.

also, the superpowers are used by selecting the building, while the general powers are used by selecting an always-onscreen icon. Going back to the builing to launch a nuke really sucks.

Jul 07, 2003 8:12am PDT

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Are they adding new races? I hope so. I also hope they make the multiplayer have some options. Right now it's the most bare bones multiplayer I've ever seen. I wish you could turn off some features for games or maybe trade resources with allies? Or even joint control?

Jul 07, 2003 11:12am PDT

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Are they adding new races? I hope so. I also hope they make the multiplayer have some options. Right now ... : Porkasaurus
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  New races? ohh snap generals is gettin orcs! : Nighteyes
  - yes, it needs more commies! : Mad Brahmin Disease
- Yea you didn't know that orcs are gonna be in the expansion jeeze where have you been? : fry975

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man, work was alot of fun when we used to play C&C Generals at work. But now work is just a bunch of work.

Jul 07, 2003 12:33pm PDT

man, work was alot of fun when we used to play C&C Generals at work. But now work is just a bunch of wor... : ease_one

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is it me or is shackspace totally b0rked ... getting like 0.10 kb/s and constant timeouts.

Jul 07, 2003 11:45am PDT

is it me or is shackspace totally b0rked ... getting like 0.10 kb/s and constant timeouts. : imperator

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How about letting us remap the keys?

Jul 07, 2003 8:22am PDT

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How about letting us remap the keys? : Dechter
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  - *high five* Most annoying thing about that game. Period. : Squirrely
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  - ARROW KEYS?!?! Dude use a mouse! :P : MarksmanX

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generals is one of the best games i've ever played.

i have logged millions of hours in counter-strike, quake 3, quake 2, and others, and this game is one of the few that make it into the "continuously played" category.

well done EA games. :)

Jul 07, 2003 10:01am PDT

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I first read this news post as CS Condition Zero

Jul 07, 2003 9:28am PDT

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I ended up playing this game a lot as well. My only gripe is the bad netcode (peer 2 peer... come on).

Jul 07, 2003 9:01am PDT

I ended up playing this game a lot as well. My only gripe is the bad netcode (peer 2 peer... come on). : [7]kami

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http://www.shackifieds.com/phpclass/detail.php?siteid=403&PHPSESSID=35dcabefafbf59a7473decc9b6966960 cough

Jul 07, 2003 8:58am PDT

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didn't 3DR trademark the phrase "Zero Hour"?

Jul 07, 2003 8:57am PDT

didn't 3DR trademark the phrase "Zero Hour"? : the archvile

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