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Command & Conquer: Red Alert Secrets & Solutions: The Unauthorized Edition (Secrets of the Games Series)
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Knowledge is power, and this book has power to spare. Add it to your arsenal for: Exclusive intelligence maps for every mission Tactics for multiplayer and AI play Brass-tacks details on every game element--troops, weaponry, etc. Side-by-side comparisons of Allied and Russian forces And more!Original Command & Conquer missions also included! About the Author
Joe Grant Bell is the author of numerous electronic entertainment titles including MechWarrior 2: The Official Strategy Guide, and Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Official Strategy Guide.
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Command & Conquer: Red Alert Secrets & Solutions: The Unauthorized Edition (Secrets of the Games Series)
This review is from: Command & Conquer: Red Alert Secrets & Solutions: The Unauthorized Edition (Secrets of the Games Series) (Paperback)
The explanations of strategies in this guide are incredibly straightforward and concise. And the strategies themselves - unlike those in most other guides I've seen - are specific and always work. Take this paragraph from the 10th Soviet mission walkthrough:
"Your Spy Plane should become available in the meantime: Send it a short distance west of the visible water. You should expose the (Turret- and an AA Gun-guarded) Radar Dome complex. Send a Yak to hit the oil drums around the AA Gun, destroying it. Then hit the Turrets with MIGs. Impressive."
I'll say. Works so well it feels like the game designers planned it that way.
The previous review states the guide's major weaknesses- poor maps and limited multiplayer strategy coverage. The maps look like a child's scribbles with computer generated icons superimposed on them. However, they are useful in letting you know what areas are important for a particular mission, and what path you should follow in non-base...Read more
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