Why do I hear this music every time I see Red Alert being mentioned?
OpenRA
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#82Reminds me of 0 A.D. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0_A.D._(video_game)). The usual problem with an open-source game is the art/music, but this looks pretty decent.
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#83I heard that the Red Alert 2 source code is officially (while unannounced) lost, which is why there has been no remaster. Is this true?
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#84Timely. I just downloaded Augustus last night and played a bunch of Caesar III with the assets for $5 from GOG.
Interestingly Augustus is itself a fork of Julius, where Julius intends to replicate original behavior including bugs whereas Augustus adds a number of QoL improvements like better parking control for the walkers.
Anyway all that to say, open-source engine remake projects are awesome.
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#85If you play the original and then OpenRA you will be amazed how well OpenRA is balanced. As an example, while in the original game using allied artillery against soviet tesla coils was a dead sentence in OpenRA is great to be able to fire well beyond its range forcing you to come out of the base to defend it. They also added a ton of features which make the game truly enjoyable and fun to play. Well done OpenRA team!
I actually loved the imbalance of OG RA, I live for vaporizing my foes with tesla coils!
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#86Did anyone else expect Scarab of Ra from the title?
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#87Related. Others?
OpenRA – Classic strategy games rebuilt for the modern era - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42823667 - Jan 2025 (122 comments)
OpenRA – Classic strategy games rebuilt for the modern era - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37553193 - Sept 2023 (169 comments)
OpenRA: Red Alert, Command and Conquer, Dune 2000, Rebuilt for the Modern Era - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28511076 - Sept 2021 (199 comments)
OpenRA Release 20210321 (and new website) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26533422 - March 2021 (10 comments)
OpenRA: An open, cross platform and expandable implementation of Command&Conquer - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23342320 - May 2020 (3 comments)
OpenRA: Classic strategy games, rebuilt for the modern era, open source - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14065021 - April 2017 (1 comment)
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(p.s. reposts are fine after a year or so; links to past threads are just to satisfy extra-curious readers!)
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#88Have they cleaned out the racists, trolls and general scumbags from the 'community' ?
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#89Related. Others? OpenRA – Classic strategy games rebuilt for the modern era - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42823667 - Jan 2025 (122 comments) OpenRA – Classic strategy games rebuilt for the modern era - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37553193 - Sept 2023 (169 comments) OpenRA: Red Alert, Command and Conquer, Dune 2000, Rebuilt for the Modern Era - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28511076 - Sept 202…
i was about to say with AI there are a lot of new games being published, even web ones. but this one seems to be in the works for a while
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#90OpenRA is great, it feels like a better version of Red Alert 2. The one thing I'm missing is C&C Generals and Zero Hour. Those were also really fun to play over LAN.
A better version of Red Alert 2 is insanely high praise.
I agree, also unfair comparisons since RA1 and RA2 are really different games. Perhaps they meant C&C 2? Which is RA1.