C&C Generals was very politically *correct* (GLA)

[@LazyDarkLord]

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[@Makem12]

The devs absolutely were very proud of what they did with the dams.

[@Renigen]

They were so proud, each faction had to destroy one of each in their campaigns lol

[@unknown0soldier]

I really liked to make custom maps back in the day, and I remember there was a short PDF written by the developers as a guide for using "world builder" (the generic tool for making maps for Generals and ZH). At the end of the PDF, there was a FAQ section and one of the questions was "How do I create a dam?" and the developers' answer was something like: "Simply don't. It took us a lot effort and hundreds of line of coding to make those dams in the campaign" xD

[@Makem12]

@@unknown0soldier If we had the code on hand, I assume it would be relatively easy to replicate it for other dams.

[@unknown0soldier]

@@Makem12 Maybe, but then again, the majority of people who used world builder were most probably enthusiasts, not dedicated programmers

[@zacheryhernandez7298]

despite the GLA being horrible terrorists I really think they have the best campaign, goddamn I love those little tanks.

[@anotherbacklog]

GLA engineering in the pinnacle of imagination.

[@oditeomnes]

I just notice how turrets of the Chinese battlemaster (let's not kid ourselves, those are soviet tanks) literally gets catapulted into air when destroyed. This aged so well.

[@hello_world704]

USSR licensed those models to many countries, including China.

[@Laander_]

I love how i keep being recommended Generals content in 2025 all of a sudden, a glorious start to the year.

[@unknown0soldier]

One interesting difference between the GLA campaigns in Generals and Generals ZH is that they are depicted much more evilly in Generals (compared with ZH). You destroy dams, kill civilians to steal UN supplies, deliberately take revenge by using toxic weapons on civilians (cut GLA mission), and destroy and loot buildings to gain cash. In ZH, GLA are more humane. They are depicted as a faction that are more focused on fighting the imperialist powers, not innocent civilians. For comparison, the last GLA mission in Generals is about using a toxic warhead on a city, while the first USA mission in ZH is about the GLA targeting a military base. I don't know if this shift was intentional or not though (edits: typos)

[@LazyDarkLord]

It is. In story sense (imo) because of the faction restructuring after their defeat. Like when you are trying to find the US air craft carrier, Kanwar said to not attacking the dock workers.

[@romeopaparon8368]

​@@LazyDarkLorddude i believe its because a change in leadership i mean in zero hour the gla have generals which dr. Thrax might be the one leading the gla in the first campaign and in zero which deathstrike took leadership to unite the GLA forces to kick the americans out in europe

[@idnyftw]

my fan theory is that the original gla general died in the American campaign, the new zero hour generals emerged to take charge and they're... slightly nicer

[@anotherbacklog]

They even gave the workers shoes in ZH, how nice of them!

[@unknown0soldier]

@@anotherbacklog lol I can't remember this one, the shoe upgrade was introduced in ZH?

[@tommykaung5882]

"AK 47 for everyone."

[@malikatamaka6515]

10:12 Damn, i never even thought of doing that strat

[@davidsugijanto6935]

Defending in this mission is quite hard at the beggining

[@alhusseinali]

Glory to the GLA ✌️

[@Tank_Facts]

I once heard this game described as a "Parody on the War on Terror."

[@equusquaggaquagga536]

EA made a war on terror game and thought we wouldn't remember

[@MuhammedAL-Chad-nz4jx]

War Of Terror On Islam And Muslims*

[@romanzusman2892]

turn on captions and watch 4:10 4:14. AI has very fitting translation for this bit

[@romanzusman2892]

and 9:26 😅

[@anotherbacklog]

“Fight on the ground, like men!” My favorite line of the entire game.

[@abhisheknaithani3647]

King raptor inbound

[@HotZetiGer]

Dam of tyranny

[@hayro252]

Games like Generals won't fly in these times sadly. Not to mention that USA units were too white.

[@zoidySVK]

Not enough black trans non binary US soldiers 2/10 -IGN-

[@karlcraft2496]

????

[@DBT1007]

​@@karlcraft2496the people are all European race. No brown ppl

[@MuhammedAL-Chad-nz4jx]

lol. GLA Is Still Based Tho...

[@abhisheknaithani3647]

Legionnairer gonna live this video

[@davidsugijanto6935]

I have complain. I think the voice volume is too small compare to soundtrack. I barely hear anything