Command & Conquer: Red Alert vs Command & Conquer Remastered Collection
Command & Conquer: Red Alert is a strategy game from Westwood Studios (1996) while Command & Conquer Remastered Collection is a strategy game from Petroglyph (2020).
Quick answer: Command & Conquer: Red Alert has the higher Metacritic, 90 to 82.
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
What each one is
Command & Conquer: Red Alert is filed under Strategy. In contrast, Command & Conquer Remastered Collection under Strategy.
Command & Conquer: Red Alert is a real-time strategy video game in the Command & Conquer franchise, developed and published by Westwood Studios in 1996. The second game to bear the Command & Conquer title, Red Alert is the prequel to the original Command & Conquer of 1995, and takes place in the alternate early history of Command & Conquer when Allied Forces battle an aggressive Soviet Union for control over the European mainland.
Command & Conquer and Red Alert are both remastered in 4K by the former Westwood Studios team members. Includes all 3 expansions, rebuilt multiplayer, a modernized UI, Map Editor, bonus footage gallery, and over 7 hours of remastered music.
Story, characters and reception
Plot
Command Conquer: Red Alert takes place in a parallel universe. At the Trinity Site in New Mexico in 1946, Albert Einstein prepares to travel back in time. He activates his experimental time machine and returns to Landsberg , Germany , on December 20, 1924, where he meets Adolf Hitler just after the latter's release from Landsberg Prison . (Wikipedia)
Reception
Sales In the United States, Command Conquer: Red Alert debuted at No. 2 on PC Data 's computer game sales chart for November 1996, behind Microsoft Flight Simulator . Following a third-place finish in December, it became the United States' seventh-best-selling computer game of 1996 as a whole. (Wikipedia)
Plot
See also: Command Conquer (1995 video game) § Plot See also: Command Conquer: Red Alert § Plot Command Conquer: Remastered Collection consists of two games: Command Conquer: Remastered and Command Conquer: Red Alert - Remastered . They contain the same plot as their original counterparts, with visual changes and upscaled full motion video cinematic footage. ^ Macgregor, Jody (March 8, 2020). (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception Command Conquer Remastered Collection received "generally favorable reviews", according to review aggregator Metacritic . Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received "mighty" approval, being recommended by 92% of critics. Alex Battaglia of Digital Foundry wrote that " Command and Conquer Remastered plays, looks, and sounds great". (Wikipedia)
At a glance
| Command & Conquer: Red Alert | Command & Conquer Remastered Collection | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | — | 8.0/10 |
| Steam rating | — | Very Positive (91%, 34,961) |
| Critic aggregate | 90/100 | 82/100 |
| Price | Unknown | $19.99 |
| Install size | — | 32 GB |
| Steam Deck | Untested | playable |
| Released | 1996 | 2020 |
| Developer | Westwood Studios | Petroglyph |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
Command & Conquer: Red Alert vs Command & Conquer Remastered Collection, point by point
Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.
Genre and premise
Command & Conquer: Red AlertStrategy gameCommand & Conquer Remastered CollectionStrategy gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
Command & Conquer: Red AlertNo descriptive tagsCommand & Conquer Remastered CollectionStrategy, RTS, Base-BuildingThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
Command & Conquer: Red Alert ✓Metacritic 90Command & Conquer Remastered CollectionMetacritic 82Metacritic's critic aggregate, from the game's Wikipedia reception where it was never on Steam.
Content and scale
Command & Conquer: Red Alert—Command & Conquer Remastered Collection34,961 reviews · 32 GBReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
Command & Conquer: Red AlertUnknownCommand & Conquer Remastered Collection$19.99Read live from Steam and subject to change.
Command & Conquer: Red Alert takes 1 of the marked rounds to 0. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.
Which to pick, by what you want
- The better reviewed of the two: Command & Conquer: Red Alert (Metacritic 90)
Where they differ
StrategyRTSBase-BuildingMultiplayerClassicGreat Soundtrack
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, Command & Conquer: Red Alert is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Command & Conquer Remastered Collection is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.
System requirements, side by side
| Command & Conquer: Red Alert | Command & Conquer Remastered Collection | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | — | NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 |
| Minimum CPU | — | Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 @ 2.4ghz |
| Minimum RAM | — | 4 GB |
| Install size | — | 32 GB |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Command & Conquer: Red Alert · Command & Conquer Remastered Collection.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 0 accessibility features for Command & Conquer: Red Alert and 0 for Command & Conquer Remastered Collection. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are Command & Conquer: Red Alert and Command & Conquer Remastered Collection in scope?
Command & Conquer: Red Alert lists little scope data. Command & Conquer Remastered Collection has drawn 34,961 Steam reviews and installs in 32 GB.
Is Command & Conquer: Red Alert or Command & Conquer Remastered Collection better?
Neither carries enough reviews for us to score it reliably, so we do not call a winner. The table above shows what each does have.
Which is cheaper, Command & Conquer: Red Alert or Command & Conquer Remastered Collection?
One or both do not have a current listed price, so a straight comparison is not possible. See the table above.
Should I get Command & Conquer: Red Alert or Command & Conquer Remastered Collection?
Command & Conquer: Red Alert has the higher Metacritic, 90 to 82. It also depends on what you want: the "which to pick" section above calls out which is cheaper, lighter on storage, better on a Steam Deck and the safer bet by weight of reviews.
Do you rank one above the other for a fee?
No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.
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The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.