Let's Play Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun

[TaxOwlbear]

Tiberian Sun, one of the most beloved C&C games. The again, which game isn't? Apart from Sole Survivor? Anyway, Tiberian Sun is the direct sequel to the original C&C and quite a step up from Red Alert. It also starts the resurrection cycle Nod is going to go through with every main game and expansion, and its tendency to have splinter factions.

 

We start the Let's Play with the two Tiberian Sun demo missions. Why? Because Tiberian Sun does have unique missions for its demo instead of (modified) main campaign missions, and we don't want to miss those!

 

Dem0 Mission 1: Initiation

 

 

[X3M]

Happy to hear you say that infantry are much better here.

Happy to see that you are doing these as well.

[TaxOwlbear]

I thought we could use some green after so much red. 

[TaxOwlbear]

Here's the second demo mission. Enjoy the abundance of reinforcements; we will never get that many again.

 

Demo Mission 2: Clean Sweep

[ch!ll]

What the hell is this stupid shit your not allowed to do tibsun videos

[Jacko]

What the hell is this stupid shit your not allowed to do tibsun videos

 

Wow is Tiberian Sun so sacred to you that people aren't alliowed to play it for fun ?

 

Ignore him. Looking forward to the TS campaigns.

[X3M]

Please continiue TaxOwlbear. Your video's are awesome.

 

But I would like to know if you have Firestorm/any other update, installed while playing the first missions.

Since Artillery are nerved greatly after installing those.

[TaxOwlbear]

No, worries, I'll play this all the way through (all mission as usual).

 

I have Firestorm installed, but always thought that the Firestorm changes only apply to skirmish, multiplayer, and the actual FS campaigns?

[TaxOwlbear]

On to the actual game and its inspiring mission names!

 

GDI Mission 1: Reinforce Phoenix Base

[TaxOwlbear]

Those are some damn efficient SAM sites! Or Orcae Transport have no armour.

 

GDI Mission 2: Secure the Region

[ch!ll]

Taxowlbear disliking my video...on video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5zvArltZsA

 

[TaxOwlbear]

Here is our first optional mission, in which we capture a train station (duh). I wish this game had a mix between the optional mission system and the C&C1 alternative mission system e.g. before you play the main mission, you get the option to, say, interrupt Nod's reinforcements or alternatively deny them access to certain units for the mission.

 

I'm happy as it is nevertheless, though. Maybe I should do an LP where I deliberately skip all the optional missions. If I remember correctly, there are one or two optional mission which are de facto mandatory.

 

GDI Mission 3: Capture Train Station

[ore_truck]

1 question, how does completing this optional mission (capture the train station) benefits the next one? Besides having the train revealing Nod turrets in the beginning.

[TaxOwlbear]

Good question. I think Nod gets less reinforcements - at least that's what the briefing says. I never noticed Nod being significantly stronger when you skip that mission though.

 

EVA also says that Nod will be able to remove less technology from the crash site, but that's probably just flavour because the actual crash site mission doesn't have a time limit.

[TaxOwlbear]

Do you see all those fancy tanks? They'll be gone as soon as the next mission starts.

 

GDI Mission 4: Secure Crash Site

[X3M]

I don't think there are any modifiers here. Except for some projectiles not being able to shoot upwards because they bounce of against the corner of terrain.

 

The train only shows an alternate route to the base, through the tunnel. Not that I recommend using it.

 

PS.

You might find some knowledge here interesting about Tiberian Sun.

 

https://web.archive.org/web/20080215040938/http://www.petroglyphgames.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=2554

[TaxOwlbear]

And this is why you don't just blow up your base after you finish a mission.

 

GDI Mission 5: Defend Crash Site

[ch!ll]

Mines better, Has a cooler cover w/Movie scenes...what..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUqqY9cKK3I

[chill]

Level 2 Nod w/Cut Scenes (Needless Profanity about Al Gore^^ to come)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy0JC8nJ4OU

[ch!ll]

Nod Level/Mission 3 w/Movie/Live Action Cut Scenes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Kob8lE2FyA

 

Level 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx-DENpEp4A

 

Suggestions? Whining? etc... I always respond.

[chill]

Level 5 [Nod...these are all Nod] I like Al gores clean shoes (The toe part)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5FvC4Ba0e4

[ch!ll]

Mission 6 [Nod]

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3DuhoG44lg

[Nyerguds]

...did you really just hijack TaxOwlbear's topic to post your own playthroughs? O_o

 

Bad form, man. Bad form

[chill]

...did you really just hijack TaxOwlbear's topic to post your own playthroughs? O_o

 

Bad form, man. Bad form

[ch!ll]

After I posted ^ I saw this V ...K I'll let him have his topic back (Even tho its not very rtsey)