one of the problems with the skirmish against AI is that they are so predictable. Always 4 jets, or 3 kirovs. Never a massive rush with multiple players coordinating, etc
I remember Generals A.I. being better for that reason. If you let them build up, the next thing you know, every single thing in your base is either covered in toxic chemicals, has been EMP'd or there's a stack of Overlords and nuke cannons turning your shit into Fallout 5.
If I recall, manually targeting with the AEGIS actually makes it shoot faster than letting it just choose targets on it's own. An elite one has an absurd manual fire rate that will easily destroy a kirov in seconds. At least that's how I remember it from back in the day.
OMG, I have no idea how many tens of hours I have spent playing this map. Capturing all the oil derricks, shutting down all the super weapons with jets, capturing at least one mcv from soviet and yuri building all the super weapons and unit types, and then just chill. like getting a dozen fully promoted chronolegionnaires. I remember having to build a LOT of IFVs or aegis to shoot down blimps
Bryan Vahey, thank you. I have not played this game in at least 10 years. I had no idea it was possible to play this online again until I stumbled across your videos. Now I have to relearn the game so I don't suck.
I remember loving to play this map as yuri, building an obscene amount of psychic tower at the bridge, and sending large amounts of enemy cash donations straight to the grinder
Bryan, if you have a 1 Chevron or 3 Chevron Aegis Cruiser, and you actually command it to attack Kirovs (instead of simply telling it to drive near them) it will gain a massive rate of fire increase
This map brings so many memories. I played on slower speed and felt like A real general. Destroying both bridges and putting AA up while camping. In the end I did special operations where I sent helicopters with units lol. And used jjets as airstrikes ^^
I remember there was map where 7 player are in one large connected area and 1 player is on an island that have an Allies MCV. I would pick Yuri and keep restarting the game until I spawn on that island then capture that MCV to have both allies and yuri. the enemies would send mostly Kirov and rocketteers at me so I spread cruiser all around the island to kill them.
This map was where I learned to fight better against multiple enemies. I'm still crap at RTS though, and still don't have a computer that can play mine
Very nice, brings back memories. So I tried to install RA2 on my comp but I guess windows 10 doesn't load the install (or it does but when you click install, nothing happens). Would love some advice on how to get this game installed on Windows 10 for those of you who are aware of this problem so I can join in on the nostalgia.
i was having similiar problems, and now, thanks to the tutorials, i am able to lanch the game only to realize second later that it crashes right after i hit anything in main menu and here i thought i finally managed it ;s fck me sideways, right? i guess the only really viable way is to play it via virtual machine or something
i play ra2 normally on win10 pro 64bit without any problem/lag, even when i'm playing multiplayer. and i figure it out from tutorial on c&cnet forum if im not mistaken
Alief Adnan thanks, found a good source on the c&cnet. For anyone else looking, search on forum "Help Installing Red Alert 2" > click on "fir3w0rx" link which will take you to a new forum > Plokite_Wolf has a 10 part guide which I used and is working for me. I couldn't find my Yuri disk so I just did steps 1, install, 4 and 5 and that's all it took for the game to run. Hope that helps for anyone else.
The prisms wrecking yellows base in a matter of seconds at the end is insane.. However, watching you play against the computer is not remotely as much fun as against real people.
in the older games you could force a attack by holding control or shift then click the area you want to attack, thats how you removes trees as well IF I remember correctly
Hey... use the aegis cruiser by actually clicking on the enemy units. It is exponentially stronger. At max rank it will melt like 50 Kirov's in seconds.
I don’t think you need to hold control down to accomplish. Simply selecting the unit to attack rather than letting it auto select makes it shoot faster
For a challenge, this but, lose 0 units or active super weapons and/or xxxmalaboo as allied also, and it is you 2 vs all brutal computer players, that should be some nice chaos... maybe xD
I would always blow up both bridges, put out rocketeers and guardian gis and and snipers. All enemy's against me were US with one Yuri and one Soviet. Not uncommon to have a 15k+ kill count at the end
On this map you can just destroy all bridges to the middle island except your's. The AI will throw at you air and navy, but around 20 antiair tanks will hold everything. As a plus you get all oil refineries. Why you never build walls? They protect against infantry, spies and engineers. I used to play alot in C&C Red Alert Yuri's Revenge and really like your videos, really enjoy it watching!
Easiest way to win is create three tanks and destroy bridges three tanks fit side by side on a bridge control 'click' and attack (firce attack) the bridges once they are destroyed select the three tanks and control click on the water between the broken bridge that way even if the bridge is repaired it gets destroyed immediately now no matter how strong the enemy is you get ample time to build your base and army.
If it had been 1v7 Players, I bet this would be near impossible. Or even a FFA on this map. That sea section is prime for Dreadnoughts and Carriers to abuse.
Why does AI leave you with oil derricks? As I remembered it usually just bombs them with airplanes or paratroopers and the biggest trouble was to keep derricks alive. With untouched derricks you just have ridiculous amount of money and it is so easy to win against 7 brutals
Hey! I don't know what recording software you are using at the moment but check out "OBS Studio". It's "mainly" for streaming but also works wonders for recording gameplay (It's what I use it for). Setting up the program the first time could be abit tedious but once you've figured out how you want your videos to look and saved the settings, it's really easy to start recording your games! (I'm quite new here but it's very fun to see that people are still playing RA2! Also, you make great content, and it's very interesting to see how you play)
So, idk which iteration of this game you're playing, but C&C The First Decade showed up today & I've got everything installed, now I just hafta run compatibility tests cuz I've gotten errors for both RA2 & Generals & their respective expansion packs..
Try using Open Broadcaster and set your min and max bit rate to be pretty high 5000 to 10000. I use it and its open source. Or if bandicam has a bit rate setting turn it up
Dude, love watching your videos. RA2 is my favorite game in the entire C&C series. I downloaded the game on Origin but apparently my computer is too advanced to let me play it. I hear the game start up and then I get a black screen with audio but I can’t play the game. Something going on with the compatibility options. I have tried EVERYTHING. every configuration. What CPU do you play it with and what have you used as your settings in the compatibility tab? I really want to play and I can’t. Ugh!
I appreciate your RA2 vids, thanks for your help in keeping the community alive. I have some questions about this match: Were they all teamed together, 1A vs. 7B? (I assume yes) Was it set to 60 FPS in skirmish or 45 FPS in a CnCnet lobby game? Was it set to 4 Russia/3 America AI or others mixed in? I'm trying this from the same spot on the map, as Korea, at 60 FPS in skirmish, against Russia and America all teamed together, with Brutal AI checked. I'm following the same build order and setup and I'm surprised to see them destroying all my oil derricks (maybe because the bridge was destroyed) and so many Tanya/engineer choppers flying in.
didnt you know? if you select an Aegis cruiser and set it to attack a Kirov it will take it down MUCH faster than if you let it attack it automatically.... !!
Master's thesis? Sounds fun, I remember when I did mine. Best feeling in the world to finish it though. Love your channel, I was always hopeless at RTS games but RA2 was a childhood gem for me.
Arctic Circle! One of my favorite maps! :D Have you tried playing Iraq/UK then 7 brutal American enemies in Arctic Circle? You'll gonna love your final score 😂
Man, maybe some things have been updated in the past couple years, but everytime I play a couple of brutals they send tons of units at me in waves within the first minute and a half. I do wish they kept that level of intensity throughout the entire game without a mod though
I think all of us have tried fooling the AI in this map abusing they're dumb af when it comes to bridges. They simply stop attacking you and send you air stuff which you can defend easily. >destroy bridges>get lots of AA for kirovs and stuff>get like 6 prism>beat them all effortlesly There are many ways to make fun of the AI, there are some maps with buildings you can garrison near the enemy base destroying everything they build. In the map "Little piece of dune" you can beat any brutal enemy in a minute or less. Fun stuff.
why not some mirage tank?? they are pretty useful vs tanks and also troops, also AI have a hard time to realize which is mirage tank and a bit of hint, spy helped for veterancy so it will be much easier to get elite (too bad navy ship won't be affected)
Epic game. I mean, I kinda laughed at the moment when the chrn legionnaires got ur mcv. The def was too shabby and weak. They did got the chance to get ur mcv at late game. The resource production is weak. Establishing good resource production at early game is a vital keypoint. Train more miners the moment you got ur wfactory. Then ore purifier when u got ur bttle lab. Mirage tanks and battle fortress mounted with guardian GI's and seals makes a rock solid def. Plus with scattered GI's from airdrops makes it more tougher. And a trivia, did you know that when you make an aegis enter a patrol loop makes the fire rate at burst mode?? Even an unpromoted Aegis roaming around back and forth can stop a full kirov assault single handedly. Makes a good air lock def aerial def. Espcially when surrounded with water. And using prism tanks on offense is definitely a must.
one of the problems with the skirmish against AI is that they are so predictable. Always 4 jets, or 3 kirovs. Never a massive rush with multiple players coordinating, etc
Bryan Vahey a fun one is to play as Yuri, after a while all you are doing is moving captured units to grinders, it's awesome
There is a mod called 'artificial brutality' - try that, it makes it much harder. Also the AI will try sending much larger groups of naval forces.
The AI always maxes themselves out and never expand.
I remember Generals A.I. being better for that reason. If you let them build up, the next thing you know, every single thing in your base is either covered in toxic chemicals, has been EMP'd or there's a stack of Overlords and nuke cannons turning your shit into Fallout 5.
Ruudsosalsa its all coded. That is
If I recall, manually targeting with the AEGIS actually makes it shoot faster than letting it just choose targets on it's own. An elite one has an absurd manual fire rate that will easily destroy a kirov in seconds. At least that's how I remember it from back in the day.
Yeah, I was hoping to see some of that again when I saw the elite Aegis! Just like ole times
i thnk its done by selecting the elite aegis and double click on a target, and the missiles will come in bursts
CriticalCurse in bursts? more like in an unstoppable wave
i must have remembered incorrectly then. thanks for telling me :)
IIRC, the burst happens when the unit you were targeting was destroyed
OMG, I have no idea how many tens of hours I have spent playing this map.
Capturing all the oil derricks, shutting down all the super weapons with jets, capturing at least one mcv from soviet and yuri
building all the super weapons and unit types, and then just chill.
like getting a dozen fully promoted chronolegionnaires.
I remember having to build a LOT of IFVs or aegis to shoot down blimps
other people did this too?!!
I just use rocketeers.
@ 6:50 I noticed with Aegis cruisers if you order them to directly attack something they spit out missiles at like 300% their normal speed.
A much better trivia. Order it to patrol loop and the fire rate increases like crazy without the hassle of manually targetting
18:35 Medic & Heavy(Team fortress 2)
Now try that in Mental Omega, see how long you will last (lol)
Bryan Vahey, thank you. I have not played this game in at least 10 years. I had no idea it was possible to play this online again until I stumbled across your videos. Now I have to relearn the game so I don't suck.
I remember loving to play this map as yuri, building an obscene amount of psychic tower at the bridge, and sending large amounts of enemy cash donations straight to the grinder
Love how fast that last yellow base crumbles beneath the boot of your upgraded prisms.
Bryan, if you have a 1 Chevron or 3 Chevron Aegis Cruiser, and you actually command it to attack Kirovs (instead of simply telling it to drive near them) it will gain a massive rate of fire increase
ugh I was cringing every time he didn't micro that aegis. FIRE ZE MISSILES!
No problem man. Keep up the good work with the videos and good luck with the Patreon page
Ordering it to enter a patrol loop is much better. Fire rate at burst mode. Plus no hassle of manually targeting each
oh man that chrono legionnaire taking out your mcv at 7:05 really cracked me up xD
Arctic circle in everybody's top 3 favorite maps for skirmish.
this card is very light. you destroy bridges and capture towers. you put a shipyard in the center. you defend the sky and mock your rivals
This map brings so many memories. I played on slower speed and felt like A real general. Destroying both bridges and putting AA up while camping. In the end I did special operations where I sent helicopters with units lol. And used jjets as airstrikes ^^
2:55 the dog just disappeared
friendly fire?
happens when you attack the same unit the dog jumps on. A semi annoying bug
@26:02 the Harvester dance xD
Seeing an army of Prism Tanks go to town on a base is truly a sight to behold.
19:00 ahahahahah
If you put a mind controlled civilian inside the battle fortress its game over
i think you can't put any "mind controlled" troops inside any vehicle
BluSheep щ
Why is that so?
Have you tried having combining a Tanya, and 4 elite antiair men inside the battlefortress?
Want some good fun single player? Steal all super weapons and release in a single brutal CPU :3
Almost at 10k buddy! Good job keep up the good work
I remember there was map where 7 player are in one large connected area and 1 player is on an island that have an Allies MCV. I would pick Yuri and keep restarting the game until I spawn on that island then capture that MCV to have both allies and yuri. the enemies would send mostly Kirov and rocketteers at me so I spread cruiser all around the island to kill them.
i'm here waiting for someone to chime in
I used prism tanks with mirages on this map. Just coming close to base and shot with prisms...but air careers do this job good enough too
This map was where I learned to fight better against multiple enemies. I'm still crap at RTS though, and still don't have a computer that can play mine
why no arctic circle map on Mental Omega?
Hi, do you know how to get red alert 2 on Macintosh?
I did beat 7 Brutal AI with Superweapons.. but only with Yuri.
I liked how you tried to cap the teal mcv but couldnt because of your prisms :D
Any advice on buying this game again? I miss re alert 2 and yuris. I want to get back on it if possible thanks
Very nice, brings back memories. So I tried to install RA2 on my comp but I guess windows 10 doesn't load the install (or it does but when you click install, nothing happens). Would love some advice on how to get this game installed on Windows 10 for those of you who are aware of this problem so I can join in on the nostalgia.
there are lots of tutorial to get RA2 (and yuri revenge) to run in windows 10, just search m8
i was having similiar problems, and now, thanks to the tutorials, i am able to lanch the game only to realize second later that it crashes right after i hit anything in main menu
and here i thought i finally managed it ;s
fck me sideways, right?
i guess the only really viable way is to play it via virtual machine or something
i play ra2 normally on win10 pro 64bit without any problem/lag, even when i'm playing multiplayer. and i figure it out from tutorial on c&cnet forum if im not mistaken
Alief Adnan thanks, found a good source on the c&cnet. For anyone else looking, search on forum "Help Installing Red Alert 2" > click on "fir3w0rx" link which will take you to a new forum > Plokite_Wolf has a 10 part guide which I used and is working for me. I couldn't find my Yuri disk so I just did steps 1, install, 4 and 5 and that's all it took for the game to run. Hope that helps for anyone else.
The prisms wrecking yellows base in a matter of seconds at the end is insane.. However, watching you play against the computer is not remotely as much fun as against real people.
when the enemy build loads of conscripts and stick them all over their base
How the heck do you order your troops to attack a bridge? Or was that and enemy unit there?
in the older games you could force a attack by holding control or shift then click the area you want to attack, thats how you removes trees as well IF I remember correctly
Every time I see a lot of enemy Prism tanks locked together, I would send in a chrono legion and they would destroy themselves with friendly fire.
Step 1: destroy bridges
Step 2: lotsa IFVs or flak tracks
Step 3: mass kirovs or harriers
Step 4: profit
How can i play it on win10 i have got the red alert 2 cd but dont have the yui thing
ilove your videos man thanks for it please never stop uploading
can you share any links to download RA2?
18:30
One supported BF vs the world
Hey... use the aegis cruiser by actually clicking on the enemy units. It is exponentially stronger. At max rank it will melt like 50 Kirov's in seconds.
Now do exact same thing, but with superweapons.
*Black Eagle intensifies*
hard won't describe that situation 😅
I can do it but I need a map with tons of gold and oil derricks ..and I can take them all
where can i download this game..i miss this game so bad..
i can't find one that works in windows 10.. TT TT
Any idea where can I get this game for windows 8 ?
now try 1 vs 7 brutal AI on mental omega with mental AI bost activated :3
if you were allies What is the best way to kill a bunch of typhoons attack subs from Soviet enemy?
How do you make the game run so smooth? Mine has stuttering...
i love how after harassing the enemy for a minute they just fucking surrender it's priceless
Did you know Ctrl + left clicking on attack when Aegis Cruiser is selected makes it fire faster and more rockets?
I don’t think you need to hold control down to accomplish. Simply selecting the unit to attack rather than letting it auto select makes it shoot faster
You okay? you sound tired
i just thought u got a new mic with a bit more bass.
If you choose a target for the Aegis cruiser it will shoot much faster.
This is most notable when it has the elite rank
For a challenge, this but, lose 0 units or active super weapons and/or xxxmalaboo as allied also, and it is you 2 vs all brutal computer players, that should be some nice chaos... maybe xD
Hello guys where to download Red Alert 2 will it work for windows 10 ?
I remember asking you to do this like a month ago! Thanks for listening man love your videos!
Spy is every time worst happen to my baze! Here too! But you beat them all problems :)
@18:30 when everybody hates you so much.
poor yellow.. they didnt even see that level 3 prisms coming :D
if you use an attack command on the anti air boat it shoots way faster
i played 1vs7 brutal about 56322 times on this map.. thank you bryab
Finally the long awaited video!
I would always blow up both bridges, put out rocketeers and guardian gis and and snipers. All enemy's against me were US with one Yuri and one Soviet. Not uncommon to have a 15k+ kill count at the end
if your aegis is elite you can just click on a nearby target and it goes crazy sht mode killing a kirow in like one second
On this map you can just destroy all bridges to the middle island except your's. The AI will throw at you air and navy, but around 20 antiair tanks will hold everything. As a plus you get all oil refineries.
Why you never build walls? They protect against infantry, spies and engineers.
I used to play alot in C&C Red Alert Yuri's Revenge and really like your videos, really enjoy it watching!
Easiest way to win is create three tanks and destroy bridges three tanks fit side by side on a bridge control 'click' and attack (firce attack) the bridges once they are destroyed select the three tanks and control click on the water between the broken bridge that way even if the bridge is repaired it gets destroyed immediately now no matter how strong the enemy is you get ample time to build your base and army.
yay finally my favorite map is here
i noticed you don'ttarget fire with the anti-airship from alied ...
when you let autoatack it has 1 speed and when you target fire it will go beserk
can u try soviet?
If it had been 1v7 Players, I bet this would be near impossible. Or even a FFA on this map. That sea section is prime for Dreadnoughts and Carriers to abuse.
Why does AI leave you with oil derricks? As I remembered it usually just bombs them with airplanes or paratroopers and the biggest trouble was to keep derricks alive. With untouched derricks you just have ridiculous amount of money and it is so easy to win against 7 brutals
Is this vanilla C&C RA2: YR?
Why was there no Yuri enemy? Is he harder/more annoying?
Hey! I don't know what recording software you are using at the moment but check out "OBS Studio". It's "mainly" for streaming but also works wonders for recording gameplay (It's what I use it for).
Setting up the program the first time could be abit tedious but once you've figured out how you want your videos to look and saved the settings, it's really easy to start recording your games!
(I'm quite new here but it's very fun to see that people are still playing RA2! Also, you make great content, and it's very interesting to see how you play)
Is there any way to make it harder?
You should do one making it as hard as possible ya know
try it again in mental omega ;) that shit is harder and a lot less predictable.
So, idk which iteration of this game you're playing, but C&C The First Decade showed up today & I've got everything installed, now I just hafta run compatibility tests cuz I've gotten errors for both RA2 & Generals & their respective expansion packs..
love ur gameplay bro !
may i ask what software you use to record ??
how did you get yuris revenge? Im still clueless
is it a digital download?
they dont have it though
i searched
ooooohhh I remember now, I have to fucking buy the ultimate collection😕
the elite Aegis has a much higher rate of fire if you manually order it to attack
Best thing aber 3 3star Battle fortresses with filled with 3 Star GIs and Then just drive through bis base :D
As I can attack bridges and trees, I have the ra2 portable and I can not.
i remember my uncle teaching me how to beat 7 Brutal on artic circle years ago. just steal their money lol
what do you use to record with?
Try using Open Broadcaster and set your min and max bit rate to be pretty high 5000 to 10000. I use it and its open source. Or if bandicam has a bit rate setting turn it up
hello my friend
can you share a link with me to download this game
great video.but can u pls do the same with soviets?
i feel like they are bad late game compared to allied
Dude, love watching your videos. RA2 is my favorite game in the entire C&C series. I downloaded the game on Origin but apparently my computer is too advanced to let me play it. I hear the game start up and then I get a black screen with audio but I can’t play the game. Something going on with the compatibility options. I have tried EVERYTHING. every configuration. What CPU do you play it with and what have you used as your settings in the compatibility tab? I really want to play and I can’t. Ugh!
Bryan Vahey I don’t think I did. Where do I get that download?
Bryan Vahey I figured it out. Thanks for your help
full record pls
I appreciate your RA2 vids, thanks for your help in keeping the community alive. I have some questions about this match:
Were they all teamed together, 1A vs. 7B? (I assume yes)
Was it set to 60 FPS in skirmish or 45 FPS in a CnCnet lobby game?
Was it set to 4 Russia/3 America AI or others mixed in?
I'm trying this from the same spot on the map, as Korea, at 60 FPS in skirmish, against Russia and America all teamed together, with Brutal AI checked. I'm following the same build order and setup and I'm surprised to see them destroying all my oil derricks (maybe because the bridge was destroyed) and so many Tanya/engineer choppers flying in.
didnt you know? if you select an Aegis cruiser and set it to attack a Kirov it will take it down MUCH faster than if you let it attack it automatically.... !!
Damn. You had any struggles in there? You sound exhausted!
Master's thesis? Sounds fun, I remember when I did mine. Best feeling in the world to finish it though. Love your channel, I was always hopeless at RTS games but RA2 was a childhood gem for me.
Bryan Vahey I wish you the best lucks in finishing it. Hope yor channel flourishes!
I had no idea this game was still around.
Arctic Circle! One of my favorite maps! :D Have you tried playing Iraq/UK then 7 brutal American enemies in Arctic Circle? You'll gonna love your final score 😂
Hey, here's a tip for ya, destroy the bridges near your enemies, then they can't get ya, and you can farm money easier
Man, maybe some things have been updated in the past couple years, but everytime I play a couple of brutals they send tons of units at me in waves within the first minute and a half. I do wish they kept that level of intensity throughout the entire game without a mod though
18:34 Benny Hill theme plays
Hey, do a guard/attack-move on a promoted aegis cruiser.
I think all of us have tried fooling the AI in this map abusing they're dumb af when it comes to bridges. They simply stop attacking you and send you air stuff which you can defend easily.
>destroy bridges>get lots of AA for kirovs and stuff>get like 6 prism>beat them all effortlesly
There are many ways to make fun of the AI, there are some maps with buildings you can garrison near the enemy base destroying everything they build.
In the map "Little piece of dune" you can beat any brutal enemy in a minute or less. Fun stuff.
u could just try to get you mcv back from a box or take it from a comp!
why not some mirage tank?? they are pretty useful vs tanks and also troops, also AI have a hard time to realize which is mirage tank and a bit of hint, spy helped for veterancy so it will be much easier to get elite (too bad navy ship won't be affected)
I love Arctic Circle
Epic game. I mean, I kinda laughed at the moment when the chrn legionnaires got ur mcv. The def was too shabby and weak. They did got the chance to get ur mcv at late game. The resource production is weak. Establishing good resource production at early game is a vital keypoint. Train more miners the moment you got ur wfactory. Then ore purifier when u got ur bttle lab. Mirage tanks and battle fortress mounted with guardian GI's and seals makes a rock solid def. Plus with scattered GI's from airdrops makes it more tougher. And a trivia, did you know that when you make an aegis enter a patrol loop makes the fire rate at burst mode?? Even an unpromoted Aegis roaming around back and forth can stop a full kirov assault single handedly. Makes a good air lock def aerial def. Espcially when surrounded with water. And using prism tanks on offense is definitely a must.
Can you play it as Iraq vs all in small map?