COMMAND & CONQUER GENERALS, a subset of the popular COMMAND & CONQUER real time strategy games now under the banner of EA Games, refined the series even more, and now the Zero Hour Expansion Pack refines GENERALS, perfecting the series’ best while adding new elements.
The GENERALS series puts players in command of one of three world powers: the US, China, or the GLA terrorist group. Zero Hour introduces nine subfactions, units under one of the three powers, including the US air force and the Chinese infantry. Each has its own unique leader and its own playing style. Some subfactions may not be able to build every unit available to its umbrella faction but may have access to specialized technology that no other group has.
In the new Generals Challenge mode, a player’s subfaction is pitted against the other eight on their home territory. The game also includes five new missions for each of the three superpowers. Each faction has three new units available, plus a new building, new upgrades, and new general powers. These new units include the US microwave tank, the Chinese Helix helicopter, and the GLA combat cycle, while new buildings include the US firebase, the Chinese internet center, and the GLA can now construct fake installations to confuse its enemies.
This expansion pack for COMMAND & CONQUER GENERALS includes everything a good expansion pack should have. Players should waste no time in picking up COMMAND & CONQUER GENERALS: Zero Hour Expansion Pack.
It’s Zero Hour, and time to unleash the absolute latest in modern weapons technology in a quest to become the world’s most powerful General. In Command & Conquer™ Generals: Zero Hour, the first expansion pack to Command & Conquer Generals, players will wage a global war for control of the modern world and face the ultimate challenge by squaring off against the world’s most elite commanders. Selecting from a variety of new units and an arsenal of new high-tech weaponry, players will use whatever it takes to remove enemy Generals from power.
To emerge victorious, even the most experienced C&C Generals’ veteran must discover new tactics and strategies to take full advantage of-and learn to defend against-the world’s most lethal weapons. With the addition of new units, structures, and upgrades-plus enhanced controls, Battle Honors, and a variety of new online features-Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour gives players the firepower they’ll need for global domination. With 15 new missions, players may be tasked to destroy the U.S. fleet in the Mediterranean, root out a splinter cell in Cairo, infiltrate a U.S. intelligence building, or send in special operatives to capture weapons of mass destruction.
An all-new Generals Challenge mode allows players to control any of 9 new armies in battle against 9 AI generals. The ultimate goal will be to successfully make their way through all 9 enemy Generals, and unlock a select number of their armies for play in Skirmish and Online modes and prove once and for all they are the Ultimate Modern Warfare General.
Zero Hour fundamentally improves the core game, and it should ensure that Command & Conquer: Generals continues to be popular well into the next year.
FEATURES
Challenge mode
All new Generals Challenge mode allows you to progressively take on 12 generals from across the globe, each with their own strengths, strategies and tactics.
Unique armies
Command one of three unique armies inspired by real-world ideologies: the high-tech US force, the swarming Chinese war machine, or the resourceful Global Liberation Army.
New technologies
New hi-tech arsenal of weaponry-from the U.S. Specter Gunship to other next-generation military weapons designed with microwave, laser, and satellite technology.
New units
Utilise a massive arsenal of new units (e.g. GLA Combat Cycles), new structures (e.g., China Internet Center) and new upgrades (US Hellfire Missiles, and Chemical Suits).
Combat school
New Combat School feature tracks your stats and provides post-mission analysis-study the feedback to improve your battle strategy.
Weather effects
Rain, snow, and other weather effects further immerse the player in combat.
Visual enhancements
With more visual enhancements, the most stunning 3D RTS game delivers an even more visceral experience.