Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 is a real-time strategy video game which was released for Microsoft Windows on October 24, 2000 as the follow-up to Command & Conquer: Red Alert. Red Alert 2 picks up at the conclusion of the Allied campaign of the first game. Its expansion pack is Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge, released a year later in 2001. Red Alert 2 was principally developed by Westwood Pacific in collaboration with Westwood Studios.
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Developer(s) | Westwood Pacific |
Publisher(s) | EA Games |
Designer(s) | Dustin Browder John Hight Brett W. Sperry |
Programmer(s) | Henry Yu |
Artist(s) | Chris Ashton |
Composer(s) | Frank Klepacki |
Series | Command & Conquer: Red Alert |
Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
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Genre(s) | Real-time strategy |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2 contains two playable factions, the Soviets and the Allies, which both previously appeared in Command & Conquer: Red Alert. The single player campaign is structured in an alternate-ending mode as opposed to a progressive story mode. Like its predecessor, Red Alert 2 features a large amount of full motion video cutscenes between missions and during gameplay, with an ensemble cast including Ray Wise, Udo Kier, Kari Wuhrer, and Barry Corbin.
Red Alert 2 was a commercial and critical success, receiving a rating of 86% from GameRankings. It released with a collector’s edition. A sequel, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, was released in 2008.