@@zoom3000 they would have been really useful during the early game. I would have built them in the 2 water areas north of the base to ease the defense effort. Other than that, loved your gameplay (and others you've shared too)
Fun fact: aegis shoot faster when you target them manually, compared to their ROF when they attack on their own. So not only are they strong Air denial on their own, but in case there’s just a few Kirovs too many, this bit of micro gives even an „oh crap“ button. Ridiculously OP AA when you target them manually.
@@futonschiessverdammnt4798 yeah but if it makes sense for a zeppelin to be armored in a game, then a flying guy with a pistol taking it down can also make sense.
@@Ponen77 Yes! We're totally safe behind this line of fortifications. There is also no need to ever attack the enemy if it was occupied, by... let's say... uhm... conquering land in the east or something.
Mirage tanks are massively underrated in skirmish. You can position them such that they will wipe out basically anything that rolls past them and almost never get hit.
Sometimes, problem remains after the men are exhausted, but then you tell everyone problem doesn't exist anymore and everyone who disagrees gets a ticket to Siberia.
Me and my family live here in Russia for generations and I can assure you - there is no such ''strategy'' or proverb in Russian. But we have another - ''Die, but do!''.
@@TimoRutanen no, it never was like this. Those who was a reason of problem will go to labor camp (or will get shot, if the court decided so) - that is how it worked.
thought the same thing, used to try to do 0 loss games vs 7 hardest AI. harriers always ended up ruining it with their suicide dives. But just saw the end of this clip. 2k losses damn. inefficient from start to finish.
In defense one row of mirage tank + one row of prism tanks work much better than a row of grand cannon, especially if they're all elite. I also seem to remember there're times when a truck sits in the middle of the enemy base and you didn't target it first to explode all the other tanks and save yourself some work.
i was wondering how he will cope with countless nukes and then ive realized that he plays with superweapons switched off. the video is cool nonetheless.
i don't blame the player honestly. it's way too easy in this game to develop superweapons for either allies or soviets. I would throw Yuri in the group but I always thought Yuri's superweapon sucks balls
Please protect your prism tanks, those troops had families!!! Half and half prisms and mirages and you’ll churn through everything. Keep some IFVs at the back for anti air.
The most efficient way to stop Kirovs with Rocketeers is not to attack the enemy but place them at an interception point. When you attack with Rocketeers they often waste several seconds "positioning". When they are just chilling and a Kirov flies by they will fire as soon as it gets within range. With Aegis Cruisers - it might've been fixed, but I remember that while they attack automatically even while moving, once you order an attack the salvos will become way more dense, destroying enemy units within seconds.
I just came here to listen to the soundtrack and those awesome lines said by all those units. Pure joy. Good rock music with warmonger spirit. Best cocaine for a kid when you had this game.
As I remember correctly, if you hold shift button during making order units, you will order 5 per 1 click. Your mouse should be tough, like pro-korean SC player's mouse.
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I HAVE SOMEZING VERY EXZITING FOR YOU COMMAHNDER! EET IS CALLED MY...MEERAAAJ TANK. IT HAS THE ABILITY TO....actually kill enemy tanks. Unlike the prism tank. No but seriously, mirage tanks are much much better against Rhinos/Apocs and you could have won waaaaaay faster if you had a 50/50 mix of mirages and prisms instead of all prisms. Also running rocketeers into 3 flak cannons is usually not a great idea ;) Fun video though!
I remember playing this game when I was 12 and I kept choosing America every time I play because I just spam prism tanks. I was even so proud of myself to beat 2-3 AI nations at easy to normal difficulty because of that lol. Such a nostalgic game.
You're a very good player, but there's room for further improvement: 1) Since you're already using spies to steal money, why don't you also put spies into War Factory and Barracks to upgrade your troops ? The difference is significant. 2) I see you struggled to aerially defend your Prism Tanks with Rocketeers, so why not just add some IFVs in the mix ? The IFVs are not vulnerable to anti-air, they are on the ground "protected" by the Prism Tanks, so it's a better match. Cheers !
You know, one or two IFVs mixed in with your Prism Tanks would have saved so many lost from stray V3 rockets and airborne Siege Choppers (which counter Rocketeers, it seems). Entertaining game though! I noticed that the radiation from Demolition Trucks lasts slightly longer. Is that a recent balance change? And last question, I promise! I noticed you never try to infiltrate a War Factory or Barracks with a Spy - is the veterancy simply not worth it?
Lifehack: don't touch prism thanks when near enemy base. Don't point them to targets unless absolutely necessary. Key is their HUGE range. Bring the ones at he back forward while enemy thanks that approach get obliterated by those that stay. Your cloud of prism tanks slowly but surely will approach the base with minimal loses. Half of them fully promoted. Also very important to cover air with cheap and fast IFV tanks not with rocketiers. Two tanks with engineers is a bonus to keep promoted prisms alive. Whenever I get 20 prisms, 10 IFV with 2 engineers. I go and easily chain kill enemies one by one. Except for France with its long range cannon maybe. When I saw hundreds of prisms and rocketiers die I felt sorry for their aimless demise))
Funny how they have flying troopers, still use zeppelins and regular tanks. Gotta love red alert. And those V2's, truck sized missile, when 2.5 meter missile is good enough to cause big havoc.
I think EA should be ashamed of themselves for no joke ruining Red Alert. Red Alert 2 was absolutely amazing the best ever and then they have the nerve to drop Red Alert 3 which didn’t compete with Red Alert 2 in anyway shape or form it’s like 3 should be the first one honestly. RA2 was ahead of its time and will probably never be topped.
I hope you'll consider moving away from these boxy, flat maps. they're really boring to look at. It gives me no visual cues to relate the progress with. There's nothing like "ow, that's that bridge where he just kicked half an army's ass, despite the layout having obvious disadvantages"
Zoom3000 The best thing that you don't forget anything you put a link for downloading the map, RA2 playlist and Extra hard mode that's very good thing I hope you will continue, good luck.
I used to make loads of maps when I was younger. My favorite one was Transylvania which contained a huge forest with a village in the middle, then on the top middle of the map was count draculas castle with yuri in front of it and a t rext a bit further away lmao awesome times
I think a spy in the enemy infantry or war machine building gives a permanent buff to all your units. Might make things a bit easier. One of my strategies was using defense buildings as weapons. By building power plants to extend where I could build, eventually having just about the entire map lol.
I miss listening to "Grinder"...the best theme ever in RA2. You should not have focused in making multiple Grand Cannons, three at each bridge is sufficient enough as long as you support these with at least seven Mirage Tanks and Infantry. Also, build many Patriot Missiles to improve air defense. Considering that there were Paratroopers, disperse your dogs to kill them.
Today I started using improved AI. Jeeez. If skynet was brutal like this,there would be no John Conor. Nothing throws it off. It uses several things, the stock AI couldn't pull off. Destroy construction yard? It builds new one right now. The stock version took 3 minutes before it build one (even if it had only war factory) In the end, you must give it to the guy. It's hard as shit win and you must get lucky
" Kirov reporting "
" my truck is loaded "
the most scariest words for a beginner player
Not only beginner, even pro
Kirov reporting still scares me everytime I play.
warning : Nuclear missile launched + lightning storm created = i know my base is fucked :(((
I fear no thing.....Kirov reporting......but that thing, that thing scares me.
Wow! A religious scholar plays RA2?! Interesting
Dude when this game gets the remaster, Internet will blow up. Best RTS ever made.
Will there be a remake ?
@@mirmira8255 nah westwood is long dead, you can have the modded versions though.
@@xuansonhapo1234 Uh... Petroglyph Studios is basically the OG team and are the ones responsible for the recent C&C remaster.
Generals better, CHECKMATE
@@xyxkk1kk23 generals was utter souless trash compared to the red alert series.
Some aegis can nullify all kirovs, saving a ton of money and efforts to micro rocketeers.
Update: finally see some elite aegis later.
Yep, usually we dont use them against normal comp, and i still didnt played a lot of water maps, so it still doesn't come naturally
@@zoom3000 they would have been really useful during the early game. I would have built them in the 2 water areas north of the base to ease the defense effort. Other than that, loved your gameplay (and others you've shared too)
Fun fact: aegis shoot faster when you target them manually, compared to their ROF when they attack on their own. So not only are they strong Air denial on their own, but in case there’s just a few Kirovs too many, this bit of micro gives even an „oh crap“ button. Ridiculously OP AA when you target them manually.
@@TomJakobW yeah when an elite aegis shoots manually its like the missiles are dancing around it lol
Imagine getting your fleet of heavily armored war zeppelins shot down by a bunch of guys with pistols and jet packs
lol zeppelins can't be armored, they're just big baloons
@@lepe tell that to the soviet kirov.
@@futonschiessverdammnt4798 yeah but if it makes sense for a zeppelin to be armored in a game, then a flying guy with a pistol taking it down can also make sense.
@@lepe givem that this game has timetravel, laser tanks, and nuclear bomb trucks then yes, what you said also makes sense
@@futonschiessverdammnt4798 Nuke trucks? where?
kirov reporting
Aegis Cruiser : Allow me to introduce myself
I was going to say something similar, perfect body of water right there for the perfect air defence.
Yeah I was asking my self same thing why he didn't build water base?,
@Lemon Acid Rounds also, the flak has aura damage...
Oh yes... especially the elite one
Ah, the Maginot line. Beautiful!
It's a shame that irl there aren't map boundaries
@@DaGleese Just imagine the boundaries as an impenetrable forest...
this version of maginot line could be destroyed by some heavy bomber
@@christianholzschuh6853 impenetrable forests with winding roads and hills are great barriers....no armour will be able to make its way through that
@@Ponen77 Yes! We're totally safe behind this line of fortifications. There is also no need to ever attack the enemy if it was occupied, by... let's say... uhm... conquering land in the east or something.
the importance of spies is incredible on this map. 25:50 you went from no money to 250,000 in 30 seconds
Nope. He stole money by a spy)
@@anykey3251 can you read?
46:00 That lone Kirov is a hero of the nation.
LMFAO. I SAW THAT.
Boris was at the controls of that one.
Spy disguises himself as a dog.
Walks into enemy base.
"uwu whats this."
pweese give me huggie wuggies uwu
"Ill smell the commanders butt uncontested"
It cost you nothing to type that, but you did it anyways
*Notices your refinery* OwO what's this?
Come on...
Red Rocket.. red rocket boy!
thanks for the map ! love it !
awesome as always.
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@@Prayut. ด้วยครับ
In my head it will always be "Squirrel away, Sir"
Mirage tanks are massively underrated in skirmish. You can position them such that they will wipe out basically anything that rolls past them and almost never get hit.
The ai is a bit broken regarding mirage tanks. Thode things are completely invisible to the ai when stationairy
For a person playing France, you sure do employ soviet strategies! XD
"Throw men at the problem till there's no problem!"
Sometimes, problem remains after the men are exhausted, but then you tell everyone problem doesn't exist anymore and everyone who disagrees gets a ticket to Siberia.
Me and my family live here in Russia for generations and I can assure you - there is no such ''strategy'' or proverb in Russian. But we have another - ''Die, but do!''.
@@TimoRutanen no, it never was like this. Those who was a reason of problem will go to labor camp (or will get shot, if the court decided so) - that is how it worked.
@@Vinsedesign Quite right. Greetings from Finland.
thought the same thing, used to try to do 0 loss games vs 7 hardest AI. harriers always ended up ruining it with their suicide dives. But just saw the end of this clip. 2k losses damn. inefficient from start to finish.
Ahhh, elite Aegis, so satisfying.
* enemy gets an elite apoc, sends 12 Harrier *
I feel ya, bro
22:00 - Unit lost, Unit lost, Unit lost, Unit lost.
Me: WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY All those tier 3's just gone to their doom :'(
I don't like Aegis ships. They make me fall.
hahah good joke
Aegis it's the best defense against Kirovs
@@cesarvillalobos8632 yep
they make you loosing altituuuuude
In defense one row of mirage tank + one row of prism tanks work much better than a row of grand cannon, especially if they're all elite. I also seem to remember there're times when a truck sits in the middle of the enemy base and you didn't target it first to explode all the other tanks and save yourself some work.
Those suicide trucks would do them dirty. Also you`d have to move them all the time because of Kirovs.
i was wondering how he will cope with countless nukes and then ive realized that he plays with superweapons switched off.
the video is cool nonetheless.
I doubt he would of been able to win if they could use SWs. 7 nukes hitting you all around the same time would practically be an instant loss.
I think I seen one of his match's with SW on and still won
i don't blame the player honestly. it's way too easy in this game to develop superweapons for either allies or soviets. I would throw Yuri in the group but I always thought Yuri's superweapon sucks balls
"Cannot deploy here" is like someone taunting "Hah, you missed!"
Please protect your prism tanks, those troops had families!!! Half and half prisms and mirages and you’ll churn through everything. Keep some IFVs at the back for anti air.
16:50 sees alot of KIROVS
*BUILDING*
I want the patriot missiles!
How many?
ALL OF THEM
the morale in rocketeer corps must be pretty low
See also: Harrier Jets
And Dolphins
all bound to the lonely Kirovs heros of the match 46:15 and 54:48. As well that rocket at 55:41 lovely :)
The most efficient way to stop Kirovs with Rocketeers is not to attack the enemy but place them at an interception point. When you attack with Rocketeers they often waste several seconds "positioning". When they are just chilling and a Kirov flies by they will fire as soon as it gets within range.
With Aegis Cruisers - it might've been fixed, but I remember that while they attack automatically even while moving, once you order an attack the salvos will become way more dense, destroying enemy units within seconds.
A custom map and being on a corner. That makes it much easier.
"easier"
...
*KIROV REPORTING x1000*
He is clearly just having fun.
It would have saved you a lot of space if you captured that nearby soviet base just for their reactors. Solid turtling btw
How do you repair buildings like you did at 18:20? Is it a key macro or something? Would save so much time to have a "repair all" key lol
Likely an add-on or something for auto-repair damaged buildings. I don't think he presses any buttons, there is instant auto-repair.
7:09 Sounds from hell.
"My truck is loadeKirov reporKirov reportinWarning, our base is unOur base is under attacKirov reportinRepairing
The pain
I just came here to listen to the soundtrack and those awesome lines said by all those units.
Pure joy. Good rock music with warmonger spirit. Best cocaine for a kid when you had this game.
Like someone said aswell.. you got lake use it.. water units are by far.. superior to land ones in firepower..and the anti air is one of them ..
drinking game: take a shot every time the game says "unit ready"
My liver would look like it swallowed nuclear waste.
When you're only 3 minutes into a game, and you hear multiple *_KIROV REPORTINGs_*
As I remember correctly, if you hold shift button during making order units, you will order 5 per 1 click. Your mouse should be tough, like pro-korean SC player's mouse.
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dang I remember thinking this was the most realistic game I ve ever seen
"Kirov reporting" x100 lol
I HAVE SOMEZING VERY EXZITING FOR YOU COMMAHNDER! EET IS CALLED MY...MEERAAAJ TANK. IT HAS THE ABILITY TO....actually kill enemy tanks. Unlike the prism tank.
No but seriously, mirage tanks are much much better against Rhinos/Apocs and you could have won waaaaaay faster if you had a 50/50 mix of mirages and prisms instead of all prisms. Also running rocketeers into 3 flak cannons is usually not a great idea ;)
Fun video though!
Prism tanks are actually really good if mass produced, the thing is that the are literal glass cannons.
You should try ifv+chronos inside😂
I remember playing this game when I was 12 and I kept choosing America every time I play because I just spam prism tanks. I was even so proud of myself to beat 2-3 AI nations at easy to normal difficulty because of that lol. Such a nostalgic game.
You're a very good player, but there's room for further improvement:
1) Since you're already using spies to steal money, why don't you also put spies into War Factory and Barracks to upgrade your troops ? The difference is significant.
2) I see you struggled to aerially defend your Prism Tanks with Rocketeers, so why not just add some IFVs in the mix ? The IFVs are not vulnerable to anti-air, they are on the ground "protected" by the Prism Tanks, so it's a better match.
Cheers !
Unit Lost. Unit Ready. Unit Lost. Unit Ready.
i used to play this on my grandads computer when i was 7 and it was the best thing ever
Still Playing it and its still the best ;)
@@timmy_5372 hoping for remaster soon.
You showed real restraint not sending 2 spies to greens completely unprotected ore refinery.
I finished it with 3 trials. Thanks for the map!
which map s ths
Used to love training dozens of Yuris and just commandeering any enemy that came near
You know, one or two IFVs mixed in with your Prism Tanks would have saved so many lost from stray V3 rockets and airborne Siege Choppers (which counter Rocketeers, it seems). Entertaining game though!
I noticed that the radiation from Demolition Trucks lasts slightly longer. Is that a recent balance change?
And last question, I promise! I noticed you never try to infiltrate a War Factory or Barracks with a Spy - is the veterancy simply not worth it?
Wet, sometimes
You should have built a bunch of aegis sea cruisers because patriot missiles just drain your power.
That auto building repair is neat.... How'd you do that?
I was 19 when RA2 came out. Spent many a night playing ranked matches. A lot of them guys back then were stupid good.
Hey Brandon, and thanx for your comment. Feel free to subscribe my channel if you like, i keep upload RA2 games from time to time.
Lifehack: don't touch prism thanks when near enemy base. Don't point them to targets unless absolutely necessary.
Key is their HUGE range. Bring the ones at he back forward while enemy thanks that approach get obliterated by those that stay. Your cloud of prism tanks slowly but surely will approach the base with minimal loses. Half of them fully promoted. Also very important to cover air with cheap and fast IFV tanks not with rocketiers. Two tanks with engineers is a bonus to keep promoted prisms alive.
Whenever I get 20 prisms, 10 IFV with 2 engineers. I go and easily chain kill enemies one by one. Except for France with its long range cannon maybe. When I saw hundreds of prisms and rocketiers die I felt sorry for their aimless demise))
Oh man! I would love to watch some pvp action on this. One of my most cherished childhood memories
It's been 22 minutes and i have not seen the might of the battle fortresses.
Funny how they have flying troopers, still use zeppelins and regular tanks. Gotta love red alert. And those V2's, truck sized missile, when 2.5 meter missile is good enough to cause big havoc.
I watch u play this game everyday.
awesome! you should've sent spies into their barracks and war factory, then you get free upgraded units when they are made.
Did I just see 3 kirovs being created at the same time at 42:25?
42:22
Spies taking loads of savings made by the working class
Me: He is too dangerous to be left alive!
Trucks of peace vs. France? oooof XD
I think EA should be ashamed of themselves for no joke ruining Red Alert. Red Alert 2 was absolutely amazing the best ever and then they have the nerve to drop Red Alert 3 which didn’t compete with Red Alert 2 in anyway shape or form it’s like 3 should be the first one honestly. RA2 was ahead of its time and will probably never be topped.
I haven't played this game since early 2000s. can't you send your spy into their barracks and all your infantry will spawn with the 1st tier level up?
Yes you can
The same happens with War Factories, adding 1 level of veterancy to War Factory and Shipyard units.
47:53 Those GIs on the left were ready to die to the Elite Apocalypse
4:46 Really hurt...
This looks absolutely fantastic. What a battle! And shit-tons of resources so you can just go mad and build everything!
46:15
Epic fail)))
In the words of doc Brown: -"They found me, I don't know how but they found me."
I hope you'll consider moving away from these boxy, flat maps. they're really boring to look at. It gives me no visual cues to relate the progress with.
There's nothing like "ow, that's that bridge where he just kicked half an army's ass, despite the layout having obvious disadvantages"
Spies sent into the war factory and barracks would’ve been a big difference also. Get those units promoted to level one out the gate.
But this is easy map... Go hard map with low gold center of gravity. haha
34:28 1 enemy zeppelin approaching your base...
Awww, That's cute...
Zoom3000
The best thing that you don't forget anything you put a link for downloading the map, RA2 playlist and Extra hard mode that's very good thing I hope you will continue, good luck.
I used to make loads of maps when I was younger. My favorite one was Transylvania which contained a huge forest with a village in the middle, then on the top middle of the map was count draculas castle with yuri in front of it and a t rext a bit further away lmao awesome times
Orange is a MVP of that game with multiple tries of destroying secondary base
Ooo, seeing you lose all your Rocketeers to those Sea Scorpions was painful!
Ouch 😟
the amount of waste in this game.. the harriers.. the dolphins.. and stealing cash multiple times. damn i love this style
Old school the best.. I love playing this France also omg those aircraft non stop towards the base was a pain but worth it...
Yea, France are my fevorite faction as well - feel free to subscribe my channel Darren, more good content on way
Best match I’ve ever seen, it’s exactly played as I wanted
This map is for amature, player easy to defend the base. Try on a more open map, then you will fully tested on how brutal the enemy is
A map with two narrow passages + no superweapons! You're a genius! This is sarcasm. So you would have lost at the very beginning.
Wow!!! That was intense!!! Thank you
2011 military intervention in Libya (DOCUMENTARY, COLOURIZED)
I think a spy in the enemy infantry or war machine building gives a permanent buff to all your units. Might make things a bit easier.
One of my strategies was using defense buildings as weapons. By building power plants to extend where I could build, eventually having just about the entire map lol.
Rocketeers versus Kirovs = death by a million paper cuts.
I miss listening to "Grinder"...the best theme ever in RA2.
You should not have focused in making multiple Grand Cannons, three at each bridge is sufficient enough as long as you support these with at least seven Mirage Tanks and Infantry. Also, build many Patriot Missiles to improve air defense. Considering that there were Paratroopers, disperse your dogs to kill them.
Thanks for the map dude!!
2:32 kind of anticipated that, “what could go wrong?”
The music in this game is so good.
Damn, you really tripped the light fantastic.
Dude wasted way more resources than necessary
Hat off to Zoom! Your videos entertainme a lot
Thanx a lot Cesar, keep like and comment my videos, it help me a lot!
I will never understand people claiming Generals is better than this. This was THE SHIT.
good map! just downloaded it
Me going to sleep 😴 late at night,...
Zoom3000: there's another for you 😊😊
Good night bro
@@zoom3000 thanks 😊
Thumbs up as soon as I saw the idea hahaha.
Today I started using improved AI. Jeeez. If skynet was brutal like this,there would be no John Conor. Nothing throws it off. It uses several things, the stock AI couldn't pull off. Destroy construction yard? It builds new one right now. The stock version took 3 minutes before it build one (even if it had only war factory)
In the end, you must give it to the guy. It's hard as shit win and you must get lucky
7 Libya vs 1 France - exactly what it looks and feels like in Paris lol
lmao
i dont play red alert but those dudes with the jetpacks are hilarious
I swear this is the best battle I have ever seen
Hey, thanx a lot - feel free to watch my other videos
zoom3000 little disappointing u didn’t bring the missile Soldier much
watching this made me redownload RE2
ahhhh....so therapeutic..."construction complete"..."building"...."construction complete"
this may be the best battle i ever seen
unit promoted, unit lost, unit ready, unit promoted, unit lost, unit ready, base is under attack, unit lost, unit ready, unit promoted,
this what we love to hear dude