Awkward, over-ambitious, and not particularly good, but I have such fond memories playing the multiplayer that I can't in good conscience rate this lower than what I did.

You can tell this is an FPS made by an RTS studio because they didn't really know what to do for things like 'weapons' and 'enemy variety' and 'map layouts'. Buildings in the single-player are mostly mazes packed with various kinds of easily-dispatched infantry, the vehicle sections are almost completely linear, and the 'gunfeel' is truly terrible. There is a nice variety of weaponry, but not a ton of reason to use things besides the rifle or sniper. The vehicle physics hold up surprisingly well though; driving a humvee kicks ass???

The worst part though is that the player character is an obnoxious action movie dweeb with zero comedy or camp to him. In one scene he scopes his ex's butt and actively comments on how hot she is. Sometimes he says the commando catchphrases. Concentrated cringe! Likewise, the plot is oatmeal mush that means and amounts to nothing.

Still, it swung for the fences even if it hit a foul, and the multiplayer on huge servers of people mowing each other down in endless stalemates was so much fun. It's not unplayably bad, but definitely a relic of its time. While there is an Unreal Engine remake (Renegade X), it doesn't have very many players at time of writing, and has been stuck in development hell working on the Tiberian Sun version of this game's core loop.

A nice trip down memory lane. Only worth playing for the Command and Conquer completionists.

Last mission too hard.

Reviewed on Jan 23, 2024


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