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Command & Conquer: Red Alert - The Aftermath

Command & Conquer: Red Alert: The Aftermath is the second of two expansion packs for Command & Conquer: Red Alert, and was released in 1997. Unlike the previous expansion packs, The Aftermath introduced some…

62 24 September 1997 ESRB T

Command & Conquer: Red Alert - The Aftermath is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Westwood Studios, released 24 September 1997 on DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Command & Conquer: Red Alert - The Aftermath is

Command & Conquer: Red Alert - The Aftermath is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Westwood Studios and released in 1997. It is available on DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB T age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

An expansion pack for Command & Conquer: Red Alert. In addition to improving gameplay through unit additions and alterations, Aftermath includes 100 multiplayer maps and 18 new single-player missions of varying difficulties. There is also the introduction of "mega" sized maps, which can comfortably house an eight-player battle.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are science fiction and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Command & Conquer series

Command & Conquer: Red Alert - The Aftermath is the fifth of 30 entries we hold in the Command & Conquer series. The next entry was Command & Conquer: Sole Survivor in 1997. Its critic score of 62 is 3 points below the series average of 65. The highest-rated entry is Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 at 90.

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How it was received

Command & Conquer: Red Alert - The Aftermath holds a critic score of 62 out of 100. That places it above 22% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1997 averaged 65, so it scored 3 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Command & Conquer: Red Alert - The Aftermath launched on 24 September 1997, within three weeks of Final Fantasy VII, Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, Resident Evil: Director's Cut and Ultima Online. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Final Fantasy VII, Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, Resident Evil: Director's Cut, Ultima Online.

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When did Command & Conquer: Red Alert - The Aftermath come out?
Command & Conquer: Red Alert - The Aftermath was released on 24 September 1997 for DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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