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Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour

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9.1 User Score:

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Based on 16 critic reviews
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Game Info

Publisher: Electronic Arts

Developer: Electronic Arts Los Angeles

Genre(s): Real-Time Strategy

Players: 8

ESRB Rating: T (Teen)

Release Date: September 22, 2003

Summary

Prepare to unleash the absolute latest in modern weapons technology against the worlds most powerful Generals in Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour. In the next era of military strategy and might, youll need to command a more technologically advanced arsenal to defeat new, more powerful enemies. The first expansion pack for the critically acclaimed Command & Conquer Generals challenges players to square off against the worlds most elite commanders for battlefield domination. Even the most experienced C&C Generals veteran must learn new strategies and tactics to take full advantage of -- and learn to defend against -- the next generation of the worlds most lethal weapons. With new units, structures, and upgrades, as well as the all-new Generals Challenge Mode, Zero Hour delivers all the firepower youll need in your quest to become the ultimate modern warfare General. [Electronic Arts]

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What The Critics Said

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GameSpy

The addition of the specialized generals, however, pushes this expansion set over the top. If you've already got Generals, you cannot go wrong with getting Zero Hour.

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Cheat Code Central

Bigger, better, more realistic and more difficult than Command & Conquer: Generals, Command & Conquer: Generals Zero Hour, is the expansion pack that keeps on giving.

IGN

The campaign is usually enough addition for an expansion pack as it is. The extra work the team did on the Generals' Challenge mode is awesome.

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Computer Games Magazine

It may not win over the reflex-challenged, bearded gamer types, but fans of the original "Generals" won't find a title better tuned and tweaked to their tastes. [Dec 2003, p.88]

Xequted

These factors combine to make a very rewarding and challenging strategy experience and create a great improvement to an already amazing strategy title.

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GameZone

Finally, an expansion that is a must have for every fan of the game. Quite simply, if you don't pick this up, you are definitely missing out!

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Game Informer

A great expansion to an already solid game. [Dec 2003, p.180]

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GameSpot

A great expansion that's a must for anyone who enjoyed Generals. It fundamentally improves the core game, it and should ensure that C&C Generals continues to be popular well into the next year.

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Game Over Online

Given the little over a week that it took me to run through it all, I feel that this expansion pack is about average. It contains a few little tweaks that improve the game mechanics noticeably, though some of the more basic problems with C&C:G continue to shine through.

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ActionTrip

Offers plenty of goodies for fans of the original. It goes beyond simply offering more of the same (the Challenge mode is indeed unique in that sense), and it also features some subtle yet very significant changes to the gameplay mechanics that will make the single-player experience a lot more enjoyable.

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Computer Gaming World

Even the friendly A.I. does a much better job of fighting and surviving. There are still some interface problems, but Command & Conquer is better than it's ever been.

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G4 TV

The new challenge mode and sub-divisions further enhance the "Command & Conquer"-style of gameplay, and the increased features, tweaks, and improvements make it an essential purchase for fans of the series.

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Yahoo! Games

It might seem spare when you consider it consists mainly of tweaks and minor additions, but it makes Command & Conquer: Generals play like a new and much better game.

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PC Gameworld

The new additions lack enough substance to make Zero Hour worth the investment for those who weren’t sold on the original.

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Armchair Empire

It puts at least a cherry on the "vanillafication" that was Generals.

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PC Gamer

Pretty visuals and fun multiplay aren't enough, though, and ultimately Zero Hour is cut off at the knees by a surprisingly long list of problems...There's simply no excuse for this expansion's bug-riddled state. [Holiday 2003, p.102]

What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 9.1 (out of 10) based on 75 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Elenonde gave it a7:
A fun game, with many flaws. With it's Blizzard-style interface and "modern" setting, it's only remaining C&C trait is its ridiculous weapons. Oh, and the computer player still isn't really AI, but more of a build script. And the strategy is still "build more stuff faster" with a few extraneous side-specific tactics. Imbalance is an even worse issue in the expansion, since with the addition of Generals turtling with the US has become all the more easier. Still, it's hard to resist melting your enemies with a dozen superweapons or overpowering them a wide variety of fantasy-fied booms. woot GLA!

Kevin D. gave it an8:
It's good, but not great. there are to many bugs and all it features, had to be part of of the original generals. if you have generals, it's worth your mony. otherway it to much.

James B. gave it a10:
It is an excellent expansion to an excellent RTS. All the new units add unparalled depth to strategy.

M. Alex gave it a4:
Just like command and conquer, just without the fun (and movies, and kane). Monotonous.

Joey gave it a9:
This game is the best strategy / war game yet I hope the next one is better!

Gid S. gave it a10:
I think it need more real weapons like f117 more of aircrafts tanks and ships so on it is really good but need more weapons more tecnology bigger maps for same number for players.

Master Invisible gave it a 10:
10 Scud Storms on a base rule! (That's 90 scuds!)

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