r/commandandconquer • u/FutureLynx_ • 3h ago
Old school 2D graphics of RA2 completely destroy C&C generals 3D graphics:
This RA2 screenshot is from a mod that makes Generals in RA2 engine.
For those who are not aware, Generals is a good game despite its terrible graphics and camera.
RA2 aged like wine, Generals aged like milk.
This happened in a lot of other RTS games. When they tried to go 3D they mostly failed. Examples: Stronghold series, Caesar series, AoE series, Lords 2 -> Lords 3, Red Alert, and many other series.
You can see that in the screenshot of RA2 the graphics are clear, sharp, and everything is easy to read, the buildings the units.
The screenshot of Generals has the typical fish eye camera, everything looks weird and harder to read, buildings barely fit in the screen.
Im not saying Generals is a bad game, Im saying it is a good game, despite its graphics.