Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour Expansion Pack (PC CD)

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Pre-Owned/Used: Very Good Condition copies available

Product Information

• Expansion pack for Command & Conquer: Generals
• 30 new units and 20 new upgrades
• New gameplay mode versus nine AI generals
• 15 new missions
• For one or more players using LAN or Internet connection

Product Description

With the first expansion pack for Command and Conquer Generals, players can unleash the absolute latest in modern weapons technology against the world's most powerful Generals in Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour. 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 nine distinctive armies in battle through nine computer-controlled Generals. After defeating the AI Generals, players will have the ability to select conquered armies to play online.

Selecting from an arsenal of new high-tech weaponry and a wide variety of new units, players will employ whatever it takes to remove enemy Generals from power. With new weapons, such as the US Specter Gunship or Global Liberation Army (GLA) combat motorcycles, players will have all the firepower they'll need for global domination. Three new campaigns featuring 15 new single-player missions challenge gamers to destroy the US fleet in the Mediterranean, root out a splinter cell in Cairo, infiltrate a US intelligence building, or send in special operatives to capture weapons of mass destruction.

The original Command & Conquer Generals game is required in order to play Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour.

Review

Easily one of the best add-on packs to emerge on the PC in recent memory, Command & Conquer Generals: Zero Hour adds not just new levels to the hit strategy game, but a whole new game mode too. So let's start with that. The idea is that you go head-to-head against one of nine enemy generals, each of whom has a tactic they specialise in and some manner of insult to hurl in your direction. Then you need to factor in that you're playing on their ground and that they will have a better position in their territory than you. That established, you get a finite amount of time to get your base built before they start attacking. It's relentless stuff and all the more enjoyable for it. This whole mode justifies the price of the expansion pack alone.

But you do get a lot more for your money. There are new single-player missions, a lot more multi-player maps, new weapons to get your paws on and an improved visual style. Also, there's a hardened difficulty level, which does cause frustration in the early stages, but is far from insurmountable.

Perhaps it goes without saying that this is a good buy for those who bought Command & Conquer: Generals. However, the effort, enhancements and improvements you get make it pretty much unmissable. Let's hope that more expansion packs follow the standard set out here. --Simon Brew