GameSpot editors' review
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CNET editors' rating:
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- Reviewed on: 03/21/2000
- Updated on: 11/09/2000
- Released on: 03/08/2000
- Originally published on GameSpot: Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun Firestorm (PC) Review
Firestorm is a well-made expansion pack to Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun that enhances the original game by adding interesting new military units and enjoyable, challenging single-player scenarios. While Firestorm offers only a few changes and additions to the original game's graphics and sound, it succeeds in reinvigorating Tiberian Sun's gameplay.
Firestorm's new unit and background graphics blend right in with Tiberian Sun's original appearance. Considering the game's visuals never looked very impressive to begin with, they've actually aged fairly well, as both the old and the new military units in Firestorm are cleanly animated, just as the game's special effects are carefully detailed. Its few new music tracks are similar to the many tracks in the original, though fans of the Command & Conquer soundtracks will be pleased to hear even more music from Westwood's composers. Unfortunately, Firestorm's plain or comical sound effects are also virtually unchanged.
The best new feature in Firestorm is the new units it introduces to both the GDI and the Brotherhood of Nod factions. Although the expansion doesn't offer a huge variety of new units, the additions manage both to further differentiate the two warring sides and to significantly expand their strategic options. For instance, the GDI's devastating new triple-barreled Juggernaut walker allows for long-range bombardment, letting the GDI pound on enemy units and demolish base defenses from a safe distance. However, the unit is slow and must lock into firing position before it can attack. Nod's new spiderlike cyborg, the reaper, doesn't have such obvious shortcomings; the reaper's multiple missile launchers can attack both ground and air targets, while its antipersonnel web attack can immobilize groups of infantry. Both GDI and Nod also get limpet drones, which can burrow themselves and latch onto enemy vehicles, slowing them to a crawl.
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