Command & Conquer: Red Alert: Difference between revisions

''[[Hitler's Time Travel Exemption Act]] : The Series''

 

 

The premise is simple: in 1946, operating out of a laboratory in Trinity, New Mexico, [[Albert Einstein]] uses a time machine to travel to Landsberg, Germany in 1924 and removes [[Adolf Hitler]] from history. While this prevents the Nazis from rising to power and keeps Germany docile, unfortunately it leaves [[Josef Stalin]] with no obstacle to the Soviet Union’s expansion. This sparks an even worse version of [[World War Two]] during the 1950's as the Allies try to withstand the endless hordes of the Red Army, backed by deadly Tesla-based technology. But thanks to Einstein’s chronosphere and [[Non-Entity General|one nameless European commander]], the Soviets are defeated.

 

 

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* [[Bald of Evil]]: Kane

* [[Continuity Nod]]: Kane features as one of Stalin's advisors.

* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: Red Alert 1 actually tried to play the series premise entirely straight, with subtle performances and writing. The rest of the series devolved into high [[Camp]] pretty much immediately.

* [[Empathy Doll Shot]]: Right at the start of the Soviet campaign, as the Soviet air force strafes fleeing villagers. [[Cruelty Is the Only Option|You gave the orders]].

{{quote| '''Nadia:''' "And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord...and took up residence...in the Land of Nod!"}}

* [[Nuke'Em]]: Employed by the Soviets in the Allied campaign. As the Allies turn the tide of the war and are steadily advancing across Europe into the Soviet Union, Stalin decides to destroy the primary capitals and cities of the European Allies with the nuclear weapons his scientists have recently developed, while using his own forces as a sacrificial lamb to draw attention away from the missile sites. The player has to capture and then infiltrate the facility to safely dismantle the weapons.

* [[You Have Failed Me]]: Stalin warns the player "If you fail, do not return", and later snaps an underling's neck for faulty intelligence ("You disappoint me, Kukov"). This was just after he ordered you executed.

* [[Schizo-Tech]]: The technology is all over the place, with assault rifles from '49, helicopters from '72, and ''GPS'' mounted on ''Sputnik-like'' satellites. On a general scale, the tech level is that of 'Nam.

* [[Shown Their Work]]: Chillingly so, from how the Allies would function in such a war (heavily dominated by European forces rather than US), to the nature of the Soviet Union and Stalin himself.

* [[Sliding Scale of Silliness Versus Seriousness]]: Compared to its two sequels in the series, this game retains the most serious tongue.

 

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