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  • Red Alert 2 & Yuris Revenge free on Origin

    From Rin Stowleigh@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 29 16:52:06 2015
    XPost: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action

    RA2 is quite possibly my favorite RTS of all time. I'm speaking of
    the online play, I don't recall spending much time in single player,
    because to me the whole point to this type of game is human-on-human
    tactics.

    RA2 was great because given a reasonable level of skill, there was
    always a number of tactical possibilities beyond just the speed of
    building up enough forces and rushing your opponent. The game play
    can be pretty amazing against a worthy opponent.

    I've had it sitting in my list of Origin games for a long time. The
    built-in multiplayer is no longer operational, there are third party
    solutions I have not investigated. Maybe I will. Bet I get my ass
    handed to me the first few rounds.. lol. I'm no doubt rusty, not
    having played in probably 14 years, but I bet 2-3 hours of practice
    would turn things around once I remembered some of my old tricks. Once
    upon a time I was crazy good at that game ;)

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  • From Rin Stowleigh@21:1/5 to rstowleigh@nevrhadgmail.com on Sun Nov 29 16:53:32 2015
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    On Sun, 29 Nov 2015 16:52:06 -0500, Rin Stowleigh
    <rstowleigh@nevrhadgmail.com> wrote:


    RA2 is quite possibly my favorite RTS of all time. I'm speaking of
    the online play, I don't recall spending much time in single player,
    because to me the whole point to this type of game is human-on-human
    tactics.

    RA2 was great because given a reasonable level of skill, there was
    always a number of tactical possibilities beyond just the speed of
    building up enough forces and rushing your opponent. The game play
    can be pretty amazing against a worthy opponent.

    I've had it sitting in my list of Origin games for a long time. The
    built-in multiplayer is no longer operational, there are third party >solutions I have not investigated. Maybe I will. Bet I get my ass
    handed to me the first few rounds.. lol. I'm no doubt rusty, not
    having played in probably 14 years, but I bet 2-3 hours of practice
    would turn things around once I remembered some of my old tricks. Once
    upon a time I was crazy good at that game ;)

    Here's a link for those who want to own the last truly fun RTS ever
    created (except maybe Age of Empires HD).

    https://www.origin.com/en-us/store/free-games/on-the-house

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