Command and Conquer Red Alert, Strategy Guide for PC Cd Rom Version

Customer Reviews

Build lots of tanks

2002-01-29
Did you read the title to this review? Good, now you don't need to buy the official RA strategy guide - that's all the good advice it offers, other than absurdly obvious things like "Don't kill the friendly medic" and "Avoid the flame turrets".

If the whole guide was full of examples like those two, it might be worth buying for amusement factor. But no. Those 240 pages aren't just awful, they're uncreatively awful. The mission walkthroughs give you no specific strategies and are indistinguishable except for the maps.

This book also has pep talk. "Give 'em hell, commander comrade comrade commander." This is a STRATEGY GUIDE for crying out loud! I don't want to hear about how we need to give 110% and there's no I in Team. But then, since there isn't much offered in the way of good tactics, maybe this guide could be seen as a self help book rather than a guide.

The list of units and structures was copied from the instruction manual, unchanged except for:

-the addition of unit stats that would be useful except they're incomplete
-the insertion of the phrase "eh, comrade?" in key places
-larger font and spacing

Okay, the maps. The maps aren't bad (I don't see why people want them in color; it would be pretty, sure, but would make the book cost three times as much and wouldn't help any). I liked the maps because I got to see what was going on in all those areas you aren't able to explore (aha! so there was a bunch of snow there!) and because I got to see the computer's starting forces (not that that's useful, I just liked to see them). They also had some use in forming my own strategies.

This is the worst strategy guide I ever read. The best strategy guide I ever read, somewhat ironically, is the unofficial RA guide, superior to this one in every respect except for the maps.

Reasonably good, could have been better 2000-03-18
As gaming guide for bellaonline.com, I spend a good portion of my time testing games and reading the strategy guides to see if I missed anything. I *love* Red Alert as a game, but this book doesn't quite do justice to it. The maps they give you are pretty hideous, and the descriptions they give of the solutions to missions are often extremely vague. I realize it's hard to do a walkthrough for a game like this, but there are usually methods that work very well for a mission, and they simply don't give you those details. The first 60 pages are wasted on troop reviews! I like their tip system, and feel they were on the right track ... they just didn't quite get there.

WAS SHAKEN TANYA BABY? 1999-06-13
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one of the best books for this game 1999-06-12
The ONLY problem with this book is the maps arn't in color but I don't mind. This book has everything for the game. I beet the Solviet and got to level 13 on the Allieds (until it got stolen). It's the best book

A great book 1999-04-10
A great book for any red alert player. With it I have completed soviet missions, and nearly completed allied missions

This was a very good multiplayer strategy book. 1998-12-08

The fate of the world is in your hands! Detailed maps and strategy- complete every Soviet and Allied mission
Master all Units- spies, destroyers, MiGs, subs, and more. Extensive multiplayer coverage- crush enemies by modem, network, or the internet
Complete terrain editor guide- custom-build your own battle maps. Quick troubleshooting reference- keeps the action coming

Overall a great buy...

1998-11-28
I purchased this strategy guide over the net and it arrived a week later and I've been playing outstanding ever since. It's definitley worth the money. Great Buy!!!

A must have for any Red Alert player!

1998-07-08
This book is the best! It has complete pictures of all the maps, as well as tips on how to beat all of the levels. I use this book every time I play, and I can't imagine not having it. A definite must-have for any Red Alert player!

not to great

1998-07-04
Terrible sratagy guid for multiplayer ! (almost a sure loss!) not worth the cash! The only thing I liked were the maps, although they could have been in color! The guid for the acual game is moderatly written.

Overall not worth the money