Tiberium Essence Campaigns - Act on Instinct

As my Tiberium Essence story comes to an end, I thought it'd be nice to do a music video which looks back at all the main missions of GDI, Nod and their sub-factions.
The outstanding Act on Instinct remix was done by SIDNIFY and the full version are available to listen to on KZbin and Sound Cloud:
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Act on Instinct was originally created by Frank Klepacki
Link to all my missions/campaigns:
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Gameplay Footage by RedDeadSmeg
Cutscenes from C&C3 Tiberium Wars and Kane's Wrath

[@wiej007]

EA: *Leaves C&C and dont do anything to it exept one remake* C&C fan: Fine, I will do it myself.

[@grimmshredsanguinus2915]

and it was beautifull

[@CliffuckingBooth]

*remaster (and its awesome)

[@DrDrystal]

*sigh* that was awesome to bad EA never saw the potential in making C&C a 5 Race RTS: Nod, GDI, Scrin, Forgotten and Cabal.. So much potential lost.. Still wonderfully done

[@BFMert]

If its gonna be like CNC4 it better never happen :( But yeah, i'd pay a lot to see a new CNC game, especially tiberium series. I dont except extreme great graphics or gameplay either, i'll even take an expansion

[@BigBossN313]

@@BFMert yeah C&C4 was an abomination. I don't think EA will make a new one though, not after what happened in the Generals 2 closed alpha

[@Duchess_Van_Hoof]

Something like Twisted Insurrection would be nice, but that would never happen with EA.

[@DrDrystal]

@@Duchess_Van_Hoof yeah they really dont like Money and Making Fans happy. They rather take the "shit on face and make money and take a lawsuit while the franchise gets killed of and any chance of a future dies"..pitty

[@SyncMaster-f3j]

Вот черт... вроде слушаешь один-два раза, получаешь приятные воспоминания, ностальгию.... слушаешь раза три-четыре... черт, слезы на глаза наворачиваются... какая же охрененная игра была... целая эпоха ушла...

[@kella_4290]

Damn that was great! I am glad to have been a part of this truly great campaign! As far as I am concerned this is now part of the official CnC canon! Fun missions and great story telling. I am sad that its coming to an end, but glad that I could be part of it :) One vision!

[@CJagd]

One purpose: To make a better stoyline than EA

[@reddeadsmeg4379]

Thanks for all your help with making Steel Talons 2, GDI 3 and the upcoming finale :) I'm glad you consider it official canon!

[@factfiend1000]

The laws of canon as developed by Overlord DVD state that fans can ratify works of genius into the canon. This is a work of genius.

[@etabiansosin]

These Tiberium Essence Campaign Mods should be downloaded on Steam.

[@reddeadsmeg4379]

It works well enough on Mod DB

[@djmariovanm]

i dont agree with it cuzz they will monetized it as hell 🤔

[@Daniil_Poliakov]

​@@reddeadsmeg4379 steam workshop or mods on the steam base just more usefull and popular.

[@12matty31]

those fan campaigns were so much fun to play! great video and thanks for the C&C nostalgia :)

[@reddeadsmeg4379]

No problem! They were equally as fun to make :)

[@SoldierOfFate]

"Genocide is not our cause" and then the beat dropping at the 2:00 mark really generates the feeling of fighting for a rapidly dying future.

[@ateefrashid7459]

This... This should have been cnc 4... Loved the campaign and the diff factions

[@CnCDune]

For the next music video: hit the "End" button. That'll make UI disappear, IIRC. Also, you picked the best version of Act on Instinct for this. Nice!

[@reddeadsmeg4379]

I think it makes the briefings disappear as well, sadly

[@ForTheBrotherhood]

​@@reddeadsmeg4379 If you're talking about mini-map videos, then if you hide the HUD and the video ends before you un-hide it, you're stuck on that mission forever.

[@reddeadsmeg4379]

@@ForTheBrotherhood No, I'm talking about the writing on the screen, not the videos.

[@CnCDune]

@@ForTheBrotherhoodCan confirm; RA3 fixed it.

[@Sunnysideanyway]

I loved your campaigns dude. Keep up the great work.

[@reddeadsmeg4379]

Cheers mate. I'm not sure what I'll end up doing after the finale, but I'm looking forward to whatever it may be

[@AphitethLordOfLight]

The ending pieced it together for me and was empowering. That specific line is one of my favorites.

[@Cupshadow]

Thanks for making all of this. I have a blast making a video about it. Even though sadly i am stop at certain mission and never come back.

[@defenseurbruh671]

Can't believe i only got recommended this only now, that was so amazing. I loved every single one of those campaigns, and the fact it ended honestly makes me sad. I still have so much questions, like who are the grey black hand always watching you in the missions? What was the star breaker ion cannon supposed to do during the GDI campaign? It's a shame those weren't answered, but you nailed all of those campaigns, truely, great work.

[@reddeadsmeg4379]

Thanks for the kind words! The Finales will answer the question what the Starbreaker's purpose is ;)

[@shujaulhaq5789]

Agreed that was so amazing :>

[@yoshizeku7385]

The campaigns are so epic and fun to play!! Thanks for making them😀

[@Yourwaifuisntreal]

This was recommended to me and all I have to say is absolutely beautiful! 👍

[@Svemirsky]

Sidnify realy did a stellar job with this remix

[@blitzkrieg8776]

I remember finishing that last mission with only 5 seconds to spare. Pooled the last of my resources into a couple orca bombers as a last ditch effort.

[@Napper96061]

Beautiful...

[@Nod_Soldier]

Piece Through power!!! One vision, one purpose!!! For the Kane!!! For the Brotherhood of NOD!!!! Kane Lives!!! Kane Lives is dead!!!!

[@KinderAndry]

Wow, dude, how could I miss that? Looks great, I am going to dive into it.

[@Towig93]

its fucking dope, visuals + music

[@Music_Nation652]

In English: Since Im C&C fan, I like mod alot! But I really want, to someone remake four chapter of C&C (Tiberium Twilight). People didnt like the mechanic and the story. Like in original previous game, at the end of scrin's campaign, they told, that they will get payback, but then, we didnt get it. Sadly. I would like to see something better than we have now. And also, thanks to the author of Tiberium Essence (Carnius/RedDead Smeg) for the great mod, from Russia! :) In Russian / На русском: Поскольку я фанат серии игр C&C, мне очень понравился мод! Но я бы очень хотел, чтобы кто-нибудь сделал ремейк четвертой части C&C. Людям не понравилась механика и сама история. В оригинальной прошлой игре, в конце компании скринов, нам сказали, что они отомстят, но этого так и не случилось. Жалко. Мне бы хотелось видеть что-нибудь лучше того, что мы имеем сейчас. Также, спасибо автору мода Tiberium Essence (Carnius/RedDead Smeg) за этот прекрасный мод, из России! :)

[@reddeadsmeg4379]

Hi, thanks for the kind words but I'm not an author of the mod (Tiberium Essence is Carnius' creation). I'm just a fan of the mod and wanted to do a story around it. There are probably map makers who do Scrin missions, but I don't (besides the two non-canon I made) because I don't have an interest in the Scrin (beyond playing them). With my Act 3/Finale, it's how I would have done C&C4 if I was in charge of the story. I feel like the Scrin would return, but there would have to be a break first to make it special. Greetings from the UK :)

[@PrimevalRevenant]

SPOILERS AHEAD. The poor Archon, he didn't deserve such a fate :( Really enjoyed the campaigns though, thanks a lot of the amazing experience! Had a blast playing them. Last Divine mission is evil until you figure out the easy trick to beat it. xD

[@ollllj]

2:49 everybody siiiing: My little pon(y)! My little Pon(y)! My little Pon(y)! My little Pon(y)!

[@andrewn3537]

Old good tiberium sun/firestorm times!

[@michaelkimberling7307]

Who else wants a cheesy action film based on command and conquer?

[@inquisitorthomasdefinitely536]

PEACE THROUGH POWER

[@StealthLazarusOfNod]

This would have what Command & Conquer expansion sets had been, if EA didn't mess it all up. You have impressively filled the storyline void between after the events of Firestorm Conflict, and before the events of Kane's return through Rio Insurrection. Not to mention also filling another storyline void after the battle for the Tacitus in the Rocky Mountains. Also add the Forgotten perspective, and the iconic immersion of that ideal Tiberian aesthetic from the Second Tiberium War. EDIT: Also, a thought. I wish TE has also assets for those old and outdated arsenal used in the Second Tiberium War being occasionally used to clash with newer generation arsenal in Third Tib War and beyond, like for example: how GDI and Forgotten still used First Tib War-era Mammoth tanks during some battles in the 2nd Tib War. That would have greatly increased the immersion, and the feeling of desperation and resourcefulness.

[@reddeadsmeg4379]

Thank you for the kind words, they mean the world to me! I'm glad that the purposes of the campaigns were accomplished, and that the aesthetic of Tiberian Sun came through. TE does have some First Tiberium War units for the Forgotten such as: A10s (used for support powers such as Spy Plane etc), the old MLRS which is Forgotten Hydra and the old Mammoth Tank. But unfortunately, the old Mammoth Tank is broken in TE 2.0 because it can't attack for some reason. I do agree that I wish there were some more old tech such as the Adv Guard Towers, Light and Medium Tanks and Nod artillery to show desperation and resourcefulness as you said. Thanks again, I'm glad you enjoyed the story!

[@A-Tech-DGMPV139]

А ведь в этом моде обещали добавить КАБАЛ как отдельную фракцию. И вроде даже работают над этим. "Slave to the System..."

[@reifukaiyukikaze]

the real c&c 4 tiberian/tiberium series

[@reddeadsmeg4379]

Cheers, that was the goal of this story and I'm glad you see it that way!

[@hellenabernus273]

fans:ah this is gud expancion EA: mmm but i like the celphone mode a mean...money mode

[@A-Tech-DGMPV139]

3:07 Home... sweet home...

[@Kaiju-Driver]

Dang what a beat!

[@lelouche25]

God I lov eCommand and Conquer

[@EvilNecroid]

if only EA never bought out westwood

[@jamesperkins191]

Haha 2:46 that mech impatiently tapping its foot

[@reddeadsmeg4379]

Haha, well spotted!

[@crosskoyamayandaytugay3508]

nice

[@igncom1]

Any recommended play order for your campaigns?

[@CJagd]

It complex, there Cabal, Forgotten, Zocom, Black hand, Steel Talon, Killian and Divine faction intertwined (Plus stock TW&KW Mission) I manage to make one, but it to long for a comment. PM me if you want

[@reddeadsmeg4379]

Yeah, pretty much this

[@keihardejan]

10/10

[@reecechapman7286]

It's such a shame that ea didn't see the potential in the tiberian plants and animals and continued it

[@Scarfacex11]

hope the dev make more mission.... i believe !

[@reddeadsmeg4379]

There certainly will be more!

[@Scarfacex11]

@@reddeadsmeg4379 pog ! thanks for making it bro !

[@barricadedpurifier]

If only there was a workshop

[@reddeadsmeg4379]

As in Steam workshop? I'll look into it

[@ИванИванов-ь7х7б]

Did ZOCOM want to genocide the mutants? And why?

[@ildiran]

Having just discovered these campaigns after messing around with TE for a couple months, is there some kind of guide for which campaigns come first? Or some kind of all-in-one download for them all? I want to start getting my teeth into them as soon as possible but I don't know where to start. I do know they're in the 'addons' section of the ModDB page but there's so many campaigns or parts of campaigns to download I'm a little confused.

[@reddeadsmeg4379]

CABAL, Forgotten, Act I, Act II Prologue, Act II, Act III My Scrin campaign is non-canon

[@ZhaoYang221]

This should be C&C4 Tiberium Twilight. Not that weird Twilight.

[@dzsbravl1840]

😍👍

[@Bassilios-961]

@ReddeadSmeg how can I play this ??? this is the first time i see this game, is this a mode for kane's wrath or what

[@jeanmichel8919]

Should I play this mod? And where does it take in time? (Kane wrath ended at 2052 last date Canon)

[@countryballsempireoftanger1959]

RTX on

[@kyvilfongkot6372]

Hey how do you get the custom campaign

[@TheIcelandicBoy]

Wait what the heck?!? I just got the Essence mod but am still playing the main game itself with new units. Where can I play this new campaign???

[@reddeadsmeg4379]

Link to all my campaigns are in the description

[@TheIcelandicBoy]

@@reddeadsmeg4379 Thanks for that. Should have checked there first but I just got so surprised by your video.

[@GamingHistory.]

2:29 is that a montauk?

[@reddeadsmeg4379]

Yes

[@kanesgamingchannel9899]

How to Play those missions??

[@TabalugaDragon]

wait, where is this campaing from? I don't remember this in the game

[@reddeadsmeg4379]

The campaigns are fan made add-ons for the C&C3 mod: Tiberium Essence

[@jordynh08]

Do you have any plans on making sub factions based on your campaigns for skirmish?

[@reddeadsmeg4379]

It wouldn't be possible to do it without sacrificing GDI and Nod, plus I don't do skirmish maps

[@Seraphim-h3q]

Where can i download???

[@gyokhanaydan1779]

What is purple nod logo? Marked of kane?

[@reddeadsmeg4379]

The Divine, a Nod sub-faction which is a mixture of Forgotten and Nod technology

[@gyokhanaydan1779]

@@reddeadsmeg4379 hmm. ı wasnt see before. Which mod ?

[@reddeadsmeg4379]

Tiberium Essence, the one the campaigns are from, the Divine are my creation

[@brotherhoodofdefense8362]

@@reddeadsmeg4379 SIGH ME THE FUCK UP!

[@punic4045]

how do I download these campaign missions, and in what order? It looks super fun

[@reddeadsmeg4379]

There's a link to all my work in the description of the video

[@abrams7143]

Just click end pls (U can hide the HUD)

[@reddeadsmeg4379]

Bit late now :p. and I know, but it hides the briefings as well which I want people to see

[@oldundead]

Watching this now I still prefer the original Tiberian Sun aesthetics. Tiberium Wars looks like C&C Generals, which I don't like.

[@reddeadsmeg4379]

I wouldn't say TW looks like Generals. TW still has some futuristic elements in the Blue Zones and an apocalyptic element in the Red Zones. Generals had a much more realistic and contemporary look. But TW is inferior in terms of atmosphere when compared to TS.

[@dubuyajay9964]

Are you a modder?

[@reddeadsmeg4379]

Nah, I'm a mapper and scripter

[@Hapokas112]

@@reddeadsmeg4379 I would count that as modding...

[@reddeadsmeg4379]

@@Hapokas112 not exactly, you don't need to change the game files to make and script maps

[@blackhand1193]

What a wonderful campaign this was. Especially the subject you picked up while EA dropped... SPOILERS! It was a literal middle-finger to TW Forgotten lore 'they gone into seclusion' this campaign was. ZOCOM and GDI council before Philadelphia BOOM became bunch of A-holes who were nothing different from TS Nod who only used Forgotten and 'WIPE THEM OUT' with full prejudice, something EA was 'too afraid' to delve deeper. And Divination... oh, how beautiful that was. You did one hell of a job to remind important part of lore they forgot and linked it to Ascension soo well. It is a shame Archon had to go like that, but this is RTS, war game. It's not uncommon that brothers in arms of yesterday turn into final boss of today.

[@blackhand1193]

Though I do like to point out some issues with Steel Talon fighting ZOCOM It keeps bothering me ST revealed Giraud's recording all those years later during Act 3 when they checked it right away in Act 2 prologue. Maybe I missed something like 'they lost it back than but found it recently' but still it's kinda too rushed. I think it wouldn't be bad if ST didn't check the disc 'yet' as Archon woke up faster than they thought, so asking him what Nod has done to him but before they could hear anything because of Archon's hesitance as they are 'same' GDI, ZOCOM knocks ST door and warns to hand over 'Divine' blabbering every justification they can bring but doesn't actually reveal critical info like 'what's the Divine and why ZOCOM want him so much', ST not knowing such thing responds 'Wtf are you talking about? His another Nod victim mutant. And you seriously want to blast friendlies if we don't hand over Nod victim who we are supposed to protect and you say this is 'doing what's right' for the planet? You thriller lovers lost your nerve at Red Zone or what?' Then Scrin arrives, out of chaos everyone forgets about disc and ST moves on to deal with aliens, may or may not have that disc stucked somewhere. Archon tells ST what happened to his brethren but fails to find disc, and Dying Sun mission 1 and 2 goes the same, than during mission 3 vs ZOCOM part they talk more than current version, like ST accuses ZOCOM and ZOCOM admits but justifies their genocide, commando fires out of rage, and rest as it was. And then ST, while disbanded(unable to prove ZOCOM action, they became mad ones, as ZOCOM still has strong connection with GDI council even after Philadelphia BOOM) accidentally finds the disc and presents it to council(and doesn't forget to leak it to public), ZOCOM gets fxcked as it is now. But this is just my take on things, you had reasons to push the story this way. Oh btw, as far as I'm know that 'truth revealed, ZOCOM got fxcked' lore part was only in readme file. If you ever come back to former missions I suggest you put in those infos in missions too.(And ofc this is just 'suggestion', not forcing something. If you don't feel like it, you don't have to.)

[@reddeadsmeg4379]

​@@blackhand1193 The Steel Talons intended to reveal Giraud's recordings to GDI straight away, but the sudden Scrin invasion took precedence. Once the Scrin were dealt with, ST decided to confront ZOCOM directly due to Archon being captured. ST fired the first shot and were seen as the aggressors by GDI. This left ST in a far less favourable position as they were the ones being scrutinised for their actions, and so GDI wouldn't believe them. GDI favoured ZOCOM on the grounds of self-defence and, let's face it, ZOCOM are far more useful than ST in reclaiming Earth and dealing with the Scrin should another invasion happen. It was only when the Divine rescued Archon and GDI were baited at CABAL/LEGION's Core that ZOCOM revealed the truth out of desperation. GDI apologised to ST, Giraud's recording were seen by GDI and ST were reinstated. GDI would have disbanded ZOCOM if the situation with the Tacitus and Threshold 19 wasn't so dire (this is prior to ZOCOM being dealt a critical blow in Divine 3). It should be noted that my version of the Steel Talons is different from EA's: Veterans of the Second Tiberium War (Tiberian Sun), the Steel Talons vow to fight Nod at every turn despite GDI proper prioritising reclamation. The Steel Talons bonded with their Forgotten allies after seeing the horrors that Kane and Nod inflicted on the mutant population. Even after the events of the Firestorm Crisis, some mutants elected to fight alongside ST as the Steel Talons systematically wipe out Nod cells in Africa (start of my Interwar campaigns for KW). As for the ReadMe briefings, they are intended to be alternatives for cutscenes/TW's loading screen briefings and I encourage people to read them. I'm not going to add in the fate of ZOCOM in the GDI third mission itself because that isn't the focal point. I can see you thought a lot on your critiques of my work, thank you for doing so in a constructive manner :)

[@blackhand1193]

@@reddeadsmeg4379 My thanks for you creating this wonderful campaign! Well GDI politics are petty afterall. Value 'usefulness' and 'faction interest' more than common good and justice. Knew they were like that thanks to good old Rando C- I mean Redmond Boyle but interal politics are way worse in yours.😏 But I didn't expect Interwar campaigns align with your TE one... I gotta align everything again it seems.

[@reddeadsmeg4379]

@@blackhand1193 Haha yep! The GDI council aren't exactly painted in a good light in my campaigns. I don't envy their position though, they can't save Earth just on the moral high ground. One of the important messages I tried to deliver with my story is: "Not everyone under the same banner fights for the same thing." C&C3 did a good job with this by showing the relationship between Boyle and Granger, so I wanted to delve deeper into that with the contrast and conflict between Steel Talons and ZOCOM. There's no doubt that ST are the good guys and while ZOCOM's goal is understandable, their methods are deplorable. Interwar isn't a major story, to be fair. It just aims to fill in the plot holes of the Black Hand's dramatic shift under Marcion.

[@larrysummers_tech8175]

Can I use this music

[@reddeadsmeg4379]

The music is by SIDNIFY, there is a link to the original video at the end of this one, you can ask them there

[@maroonstarsface]

Is this mod for cnc 3 or kanes wrath?

[@reddeadsmeg4379]

C&C3

[@Ktezi]

Чел только камеру в геймплейных моментах нужно Отключать

[@scottm8292]

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