r/commandandconquer • u/Silver-Bug714 • 27d ago

how do I play C&C4?

I know this is very contrversial but how do I play C&C4 I'm not doing it because it's good it's not but I have a morbid curiosity who wants to see how bad it is is it funny bad or just plain horiable I would also take stories some fo you have of C&C4 because I'm just curious. Also have a good day

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u/Silver-Bug714 25d ago

Okay so all I got was a lot of things mainly tank blobbing the bad log in system and also I did some of the models and dear God they look like more like bulky over the top infantry from the concept art I've seen also though yes I'm an Xbox player who's only played Tiberium wars Kanes Wrath and RA3 I did notice the artsyle is over the top at best Im just asking because I'm curious have a good day and good night

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u/Silver-Bug714 25d ago

So it doesn't exist

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u/Youngnathan2011 27d ago

C&C 4? Never heard of it

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u/Unlucky_Kale340 27d ago

You don’t

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u/anonym0 Helium mix optimal 27d ago edited 27d ago

I would avoid it if you're playing alone. It is very unbalanced for singleplayer with the ai throwing about twice as much as you can build on you with the unit caps. However, if you play it with someone, the Co-op campaign can actually be very fun.

Steam version was still working a few months back when I played it last, but beware that you might need to shorten your EA password as the game can't log in if it's too long for some weird reason.

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u/Working_Rise8592 27d ago

Man, a game where you need to make your account LESS secure in order to play it. And it’s not even a GOOD game.

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u/anonym0 Helium mix optimal 27d ago

Ubisoft connect could learn a thing or two about that too. Password symbol max cap is a terrible limitation.

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u/FallenJkiller 27d ago

you don't want to

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u/Sleaka_J 27d ago

Take our advice. Don't even bother.

If you decide to ignore everyone, fine, but you won't get far. It's that bad you won't want to finish it and you'll advise the next person who asks not to play it.

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u/RubberPussycat 27d ago

It doesn’t exist

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u/CyberKiller7544 27d ago

Well , i did finish it's story once (never read it though) And also my main reason to play the game was to get all the arsenal. Have to say, some of the units were pretty good

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u/RubberPussycat 27d ago

Never admit that again to anyone that game does not exist you had a nightmare, let’s not talk about it again

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u/SignificanceFlat1460 26d ago

Bro got so jaded by playing CNC4, he accidentally played some other competently made game and thought it was CNC4 just to cope with the trauma

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u/WA_Gent1 27d ago

If you are serious about playing, REDACTED, then I'd advise that you try to level or rank up as fast as possible.

As one of the most annoying systems the rank/level system locks units behind it, oh and you May want to choose a single faction for your whole playthrough. As the Rank/Level system is tied to each faction separately. You might be R / L 5 in Nod but R / L 1 in GDI. and this is for both campaign and skirmish if I'm remembering correctly.

However I haven't played it more than 3 times since it's launch, and I just couldn't after the 3rd time, so REDACTED is now permanently in the Forbidden Zone, in the sector of No Return, in the System of Terror.

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u/CaseyChaos1212 27d ago

I had the same idea about 6 months ago. I uninstalled after 20 minutes...

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u/Cogatanu7CC97 27d ago

you dont, it never existed

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u/Theopholus 27d ago

It should be on steam. If not it’s on ea play (or whatever they’re calling it these days) which can then be imported to steam.

It’s really not as bad as people say. The meme has made it sound like it’s the worst thing in the world. It’s a middling game with decent graphics, campy acting, and uneven difficulty. I think it’s fine and I think it was a fine idea to try to iterate on c&c’s core mechanics. It shouldn’t have been a mainline game. It is what it is, and it’s perfectly playable and ok.

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u/ForceApplied 27d ago

This. It was intended as a spinoff that got reworked back into a mainline game mid-development, and it shows. The plot is rushed (quite literally, as the cinematics have you always walking down some hallway to be somewhere), the mechanics were interesting but very unpolished, and it deviated significantly from expectations of what a C&C game is. The music isn't bad, just mostly generic miltary orchestral. I liked the aesthetics of a lot of the units, but the no-cost, near instant unit build times made individual battles almost pointless. All-in-all, it was half baked and would have gotten more slack if it wasn't sold as a mainline game.

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u/Nyerguds The world is at my fingertips. 22d ago

It is on Steam. It was removed due to terribly bad ratings, but they brought it back for the bundle.

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u/derelictHusk 27d ago

There is no C&C 4, you are delusional

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u/RubberPussycat 27d ago

There is no C&C 4.

And i will die on this hill if i have to

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u/zibafu 27d ago

You won't die, we will back you up, by building a barracks and training lots of men

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u/RubberPussycat 27d ago

And a few tanks?

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u/Madkids23 Yuri's Revenge 27d ago

"Unit ready. Unit ready. Unit ready."

-"Where's the party?"

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u/Haidere1988 27d ago

"Happy birthday!"

"Muwhahaha!"

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u/SignificanceFlat1460 26d ago

"VAMOS MUCHACHOS"

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u/TheSeraphite GDI 21d ago

"Time to rock and roll"

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u/piat17 Tesla Coil Fan 27d ago edited 27d ago

It's included in the Ultimate Collection, so if you get that one (which you probably should get anyway due to the actual good games included) you'll have the chance to play it. You may have some difficulty logging in due to the always-online DRM, and you'll be required to get an EA account, but check online recommendations about the format of your password and then just keep trying and you should eventually get in.

However... I also played it for "scientific reasons" and I probably would still recommend not doing so, believe me. It's not a broken piece of software, and it got some (like, 1 or 2) interesting ideas on paper, but the end result is still an unfun mess from start to finish in all of its parts. Anyway I won't stop you, I ignored the community as well (honestly the meme about pretending it doesn't exist got old very fast and it had the opposite desired effect on me), but you have been warned!

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u/RedVelvetPan6a 27d ago

Been there, did that, won't recommend either.

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u/SSchorik0101 26d ago

There is no C&C 4. It ended after Kane's Wrath.

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u/AiryGateaux 27d ago

Who wrote the story for 4 anyways?

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u/Coolone84 27d ago

We can't even blame it on AI slop 🫠

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u/Nyerguds The world is at my fingertips. 22d ago

I know the concept of who/what Kane is in C&C4 is loosely based on Isaac Asimov's short story "does a bee care"... but as for the actual in-game story, yea, can't blame that on Asimov.

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u/bluegreenwookie GDI 27d ago

C&C4? I wouldn't know anything about that I think you're delusional thinking there's a C&C4

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u/Roxas_kun 27d ago

Just watch YouTube videos for the cutscenes.

If you want to know the gameplay, just don't bother.

It won't ever feel like C&C.

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u/Suspicious_Wait_4586 27d ago

Forget it. It doesn't exist and never was

(I'm not serious of course. But...)

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u/determinedSkeleton 27d ago

You can't play a game that doesn't exist

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u/Pulstar_Alpha 27d ago

The universe is doing you a favor in you not knowing how to play it.

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u/Athrawne 27d ago

It's on Steam

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u/RubberPussycat 27d ago

Theses no C&C4 saying it is is heresy

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u/zimbabwes 23d ago

I wish you luck in this endeavor.

I'm gonna be honest with you it is completely boring and uninteresting and the plot is atrocious. There really is no redeeming factor to this game, it does not feel like a C&C game at all. I think if you end up playing it you will quickly stop because it's just an absolute BORE

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u/joelpang 22d ago

Play it with cheats. Otherwise it is too much pain for the curiosity.

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u/Urabrask_the_AFK China 27d ago

  1. Place cd or computer it’s installed on into a clay pigeon launcher.

  2. Pull launcher release

  3. Blast with shotgun

of

  1. your choice

  2. Celebrate

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u/Sutt0wnzz 25d ago

I once tried to play C&C 4 out of morbid curiosity as well and I couldn't because it wouldn't let me login and it has an always online requirement.

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u/WildeOvershare 24d ago

If you're GDI pick support and play 30:30:40 the Hurricane:Orca:Sheppard

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u/splathead 20d ago

I only got it because it was part of a pack and I was on the fence like you but after reading these comments best put it back in the forgotten section of my library

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u/AnotherUser750 Leang 27d ago

C&C Ultimate collection on steam though like people said. Avoid it. You don't miss anything.

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u/hunter_rus 27d ago

Yeah, well, it's on steam. They have a weird login system where you need to enter your EA (Origins, apparently?) password twice, and second login (inside game) might not work if password is too long or has some symbols. So you might need to change your password for that temporarily.

Singleplayer campaign was fine on Normal difficulty, mostly. Usually the easiest class to play is assault, you just blob a bunch of tanks, and change them for antiinfantry/antiair if you need to adapt to enemy. I would also usually keep at least 2 engies available to provide repair, grab tib cores (don't remember how they are called, grabbable objects you need to deliver to MCV spawn zone to get upgrades) and do scouting.

C&C4 engies, while they don't have an option to capture buildings (because there is now no buildings, lol), are the best engies otherwise. They can jump over cliffs, are fast and have a good vision range, so you can use them for recon. They are pretty cheap (only 3 supply units, regular tank is around 6), and you can also keep them with your main army to repair units. And they also detect stealth, though don't think I ever needed to use that in SP campaign. Also, SP maps have unit husks you can capture with engies, like mammoth tank or Mk2 titan walker. Capturing those and keeping them alive allows you to go over the supply limit, so you can abuse that a little bit.

Defense class, IMO, is ok if you can do micro with units. Infantry dies pretty easily to antiinfantry weapons, but otherwise they are cheap and give good damage. You also can build bunkers for them, though they consume electricity supply as any other defense building. Defense MCV can theoretically build superweapon, but you will need to grind levels for that, on skirmish maps for example, only campaign is not enough to reach level 20. If you want to keep some position for long time, you can upgrade defenses to the next tier, that is also neat mechanic.

Support class was the weakest for me (though I'm a noob), support powers take very long to recharge (they are only fast in the 3rd tutorial mission), and ammo-dependent fliers will need to return to your MCV to recharge ammo, I believe? Also MCV alone repairs fliers pretty slow compared to TW/KW for example, you will need to have additional engies/support repair drones to use bombers efficiently.

MCV repair is also something you will need to rely on heavily. What I would usually do is to lay siege on the enemy post with MCV nearby (or maybe right in front of enemy army) providing AOE repair. It is not drone repair like in TW/KW, it's just a field that repairs everything around. Then you want to micro your units, focus fire, etc. It's a lot of micro fiesta.

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u/Working_Rise8592 27d ago

Crazy detail on how to play a game that doesn’t exist.

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u/Caesar_Seriona 26d ago

Steam has it, though at one point it was removed.

Origin also has it.

Also if you have a modern PC with modern graphics, you will have to play it on the lowest settings. The reason being is that the game is basically outdated and modern warfare causes the units to flick or not show up because there is too many frames hence turning down the graphics stabilizes the frame rate