+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted February 16, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted February 16, 2010 THE BATTLE FOR THE FUTURE HAS BEGUN!Set in the early 21st century, Tiberian Sun once again pits the Global Defense Initiative against the Brotherhood of Nod in a struggle for control of the planet. With an epic storyline that unfolds as play progresses, players learn the reasons behind the worldwide outbreak of Tiberium and what happened to the notorious Nod leader Kane, who was presumed dead at the end of the first Command & Conquer. KANE IS DEAD. A NEW ENEMY HAS EMERGED. It's time to head up the Firestorm task force. Nod's experiments have unknowingly released a horde of cybernetic nightmares upon the world. As GDI and Nod scramble to save themselves, they realize their only salvation lies in the unthinkable. CLICK HERE FOR INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS Download Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldgunner Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Definitely an example of the heyday of the CnC series! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightEco Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 I love C&C and Tiberian Sun was one of my favorites. It has a bunch of drawbacks and can be a pain to get running on a modern system, but for free, its a great game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikey_richie Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Used to love this game, and its predecessor Red Alert with the Aftermath pack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldgunner Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 I got it in both its original form and TFD, made life so much easier having one disc for them all. I always used to turn off superweapons for skirmishes though, as the AI would spam them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSteyrAug Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Great game. Not their best, but for free who can complain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pheee Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 AB a little late with this. https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/874224-official-pc-gaming-special-offers-deals/page__p__592234242entry592234242 https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/65246-classics-for-free/page__st__525__p__592234284entry592234284 and even another thread was created that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayepecks Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Wish they'd update these to work for HD resolutions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMELTN Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 I just can't get into these types of games but great that they are allowing the download. I know these things were a huge hit back in the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmatic Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 ohh YYEESSS FINALLY the day has come when i can play this game without buying it.... outdated intel atom netbook is incomplete without retro games filling it up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrp04 Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Did anyone try the Command & Conquer 4 beta? I did and I really didn't like it. It is nothing like the previous games. I also didn't like Red Alert 3 very much, but really liked C&C3. C&C4 is only related to Command & Conquer in story and the names of the factions, gameplay is nothing alike. I would relate it more to Halo Wars. I will not be buying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commodore Max Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Awesome. This game is amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGHammer Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Did anyone try the Command & Conquer 4 beta? I did and I really didn't like it. It is nothing like the previous games. I also didn't like Red Alert 3 very much, but really liked C&C3. C&C4 is only related to Command & Conquer in story and the names of the factions, gameplay is nothing alike. I would relate it more to Halo Wars. I will not be buying it. I'm in it (in fact, I've been trying to play it in skirmish mode due to connectivity stability issues), and you're right; it's NOT like the older C&C titles. Still, what's wrong with that? In terms of storylines, the Tiberium Control Network pretty much eliminated the need for harvesting in the traditional sense; so if you want to blame anyone, blame Kane. Truth be told, the forced move to an expeditionary-force (EF) model that the TCN brings in plays more into the hands of NOD than it does GDI (at least if you look at the C&C 3 force/base structure). So I can understand from a tactical sense why Kane would actually go to GDI with the idea; he was thinking that GDI would basically walk into a trap that would allow NOD to chop up the resultant smaller force structure piecemeal. What Kane forgot is that GDI has a history of expeditionary forces (mostly special operations forces) of its own; in other words, GDI went back to its roots. (Hence the crawler; there was a similar unit in C&C 3 called the BattleBase.) The combination of the TCN and smaller force model (for both sides) also took a major NOD propoganda tool out of play (GDI as a "force of occupation"). (Oooops.) There's a historical precedent for this (real world, not C&C timeline), and it's still going on - Afghanistan. The NATO forces' move to that selfsame EF model (as opposed to large fixed bases) took attempts by the Taliban to paint NATO (let alone the US) as "occupiers" and forced them to fall rather flat. C&C 3 iisn't going anywhere, any more than Generals/Zero Hour went away when C&C 3 was released. Original Starcraft (now called Starcraft Anthology, it also includes the BroodWar expansion) hasn't gone anywhere, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrp04 Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 I'm in it (in fact, I've been trying to play it in skirmish mode due to connectivity stability issues), and you're right; it's NOT like the older C&C titles. Still, what's wrong with that? In terms of storylines, the Tiberium Control Network pretty much eliminated the need for harvesting in the traditional sense; so if you want to blame anyone, blame Kane. Truth be told, the forced move to an expeditionary-force (EF) model that the TCN brings in plays more into the hands of NOD than it does GDI (at least if you look at the C&C 3 force/base structure). So I can understand from a tactical sense why Kane would actually go to GDI with the idea; he was thinking that GDI would basically walk into a trap that would allow NOD to chop up the resultant smaller force structure piecemeal. What Kane forgot is that GDI has a history of expeditionary forces (mostly special operations forces) of its own; in other words, GDI went back to its roots. (Hence the crawler; there was a similar unit in C&C 3 called the BattleBase.) The combination of the TCN and smaller force model (for both sides) also took a major NOD propoganda tool out of play (GDI as a "force of occupation"). (Oooops.) There's a historical precedent for this (real world, not C&C timeline), and it's still going on - Afghanistan. The NATO forces' move to that selfsame EF model (as opposed to large fixed bases) took attempts by the Taliban to paint NATO (let alone the US) as "occupiers" and forced them to fall rather flat. C&C 3 iisn't going anywhere, any more than Generals/Zero Hour went away when C&C 3 was released. Original Starcraft (now called Starcraft Anthology, it also includes the BroodWar expansion) hasn't gone anywhere, either. I still would like a new C&C that is like C&C. C&C is popular for what it is, not whatever C&C 4 is. There are other games to get if you want that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyrdstorm Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 I still would like a new C&C that is like C&C. C&C is popular for what it is, not whatever C&C 4 is. There are other games to get if you want that. have to agree with u...C&C 4 is absolutely HORRIBLE!! mocked the whole series and i refused to play it lol...mates loved that Gemma Atkinson was in it though.... :devil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minifig Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Any DRM in this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osiris Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Any DRM in this? Why would there be DRM in a free product? Why would EA possibly waste the time coding in DRM into something they are giving away? Good of them to do so anyway, I loved these games back in the day but yeah cant get back into them now, just too old and I dunno each to their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avalanche Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 One or more dll files are either missing or damaged. Please reinstall. (N) I did follow the instructions but the batch file doesn't even work, I get an error complaining about some dll file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knightwolf20024 Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 if your using windows vista/7 set compatiblity mode on both sun.exe and game.exe ( i dont remeber if this one is there its been along time since i played) and then run it How to set Compatiblity mode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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