Command & Conquer 4: Эпилог

Doesn't work, can't login.

64 minutes of trying to log into and play a game that was taken offline by the time I got a hold of it. :(

Requires internet and an account with EA to log in and play even if you want to do singleplayer. No offline mode.

0/10
Honestly just sad spent 40 minutes of my 5 and half play through getting the settings right without it crashing.
I would have been better off quitting there.
Instead i played through the worst campaign of the series, No base building or resource management.
Plays like a real shitty moba hardly an RTS and a terrible send off for the franchise.
Still waiting for the fun part of the game after finishing it.

i have been a C&C player ever sense the start of the franchise, i have enjoyed almost every single C&C that has been created. this however is NOT C&C. EA has once again fu ck ed another great title and turned it into a virtual pile of dog shit, i wish i could see this company fall to its knees and disappear forever just like how they have disappeared so many great titles.

the brotherhood doesn't approve of this. Kane will rise again! FOR THE BROTHERHOOD!!

well it's not free because of the bundle. this isn't worth it.

This is the perfect example of why mandatory always online, log ins and launchers and other nonsense like those should not be accepted at all. The game is just not functional, it wants log in, you log in, game launches, there is another log in for the exact same thing for some reason which does not work. There is a work around which involves you compromising your account security in order to play this. There is no fucking way I am doing that.

Fuck you EA! It's utterly ridiculous that I have to now go and pirate a game I paid for but its not functional because these fucks just don't care... they were fine taking my money though, and they have zero accountability for any of it.

Even getting this for POS for free is not worth it. All the EA login hopes is complete and utter BS. Avoid like the plague...actually I would take a plague over this EA crap.

So, got the game some time ago... felt like meh. i'll play it.. It requires an EA account to get into the game.. fine.. whatever.. I created one.. Then you error trying to log in.. most forms tell you to you know,.. just keep at it.. or do a command for it to be admin only.. went to systems files and did allow for admin.. kinda crazy.. it loads...

Then when you load into the game.. a new promt for the logan info you just did and what not.. okay.. cool-. The game itself is kind of a steep learning curve but its also different.. i thought i'd be able to keep playing.. turns out.. admining the game so you can actually play is against EA policy and the game thinks your cheating- so i got my EA account banned-... Dont recommend buying unless you want your EA account at risk

I can't even play this junk due to EA account requirement.. what a disaster.

This is by far one of the worst Command & Conquer games that is in existence, besides the garbage that is the mobile games. The way this plays is like anything but the previous titles that came before this abomination. It is fully deserving of having the negative review score that it does along with just never being mentioned about in the C&C fan base as an official game. Allow me to list as to why this is one of the worst RTS games I have ever played.

The leveling progression system:
Unlike the previous titles, where the way you unlocked more units and structures throughout the campaign, the way the progression system works is what I would expect to see in a MMO RPG game like World of Warcraft, not in a RTS game. In order to unlock more units, structures, and upgrades, you have to earn XP in game and level up to unlock more. Which makes this game outrageously difficult starting at the beginning. Especially in the campaigns, where AI enemies are absurdly strong having everything unlocked in the first missions, while you're stuck with the most basic of units that can barely do anything. This ultimately turns the game into a grind fest for the campaign missions and skirmish matches, just to be able to unlock more units and tech to make the game easier. And of course, levels you gain through NOD and GDI are earned separately, so you're having to grind as each faction to unlock more tech.

Unit cap and game play mechanics:
The unit cap in this game is absolutely obnoxious and unnecessary, especially since none of the prior titles ever had unit limits integrated into them (except for the console versions of RA3 and Tib wars 3 & Kanes Wrath due to hardware limitations on Xbox and Playstation), which makes the game feel smaller since you're now commanding only small squads of units instead of whole armies. The most you'll ever get for unit cap is around 50-60 unit points for campaign, and up to 90 unit points in skirmish or online matches. And it is horribly small, especially since a lot of the units take around 6-8 unit points, so you don't get to really build much of an army, as much as you get more of just a large squad of units instead. Of course, this can easily get broken if you get the husk repair upgrades while playing as Offense crawlers.

Speaking of which, instead of MCVs, you get a production unit/structure called a "crawler" instead. These just build all your vehicles, infantry, and aircraft instead of traditional productions buildings in prior games. This mechanic is one I hate the most, as I enjoyed having like 8-10 barracks or war factories just pumping out a massive army of units. Instead, you only get to build one unit at a time, with a max of five being able to be stored in your crawler while it's mobile. And the only crawler that can even build any sort of structures is the defense crawler, but that only builds bases defenses and nothing else.

Game play experience:
The fact that C&C 4 is an always online game means that you have to log into an EA account in order to get online and play this game. It doesn't matter how or which platform you use to play this, you still need an EA account just to be able to even fully launch this game. Even then, good luck trying to get on, as I've had multiple times where I'd randomly get forced out of a game due to connection issues and be forced to log back in, losing any experience that I gained during the middle of a match or campaign mission.

Overall summary:
I wouldn't consider this even an official C&C game. The way it plays and functions strays so far away from the C&C game series that it shouldn't even classify as one. The game play mechanics aren't enjoyable and generic at best, the level progression system makes this game grindier than it ever needed to be, and there's so many technical issues that it makes it honestly difficult to play. This is a game I would honestly recommend any C&C fan to steer clear from.

TL;DR
If I was given the choice to watch grass grow for a week or play this game for an hour, I'd rather watch grass grow.

Why on the Earth, would I need to log in EVERY TIME?

I ran a skirmish to learn the build sequence... there isn't any...

I have an engineer.. why? He doesn't build anything.

There is one positive aspect to this game, it came free when I bought the C&C group...and it came with an uninstall feature, which is AWESOME!

Do you enjoy logging in twice, every time, to play a game? I cannot beat the first mission, not because it is hard, but because my units disappear and the game crashes. Even using third party fixes doesn't allow me to play this game. I wish I could hate on the content like others but I cannot even get that far. Even the positive reviews of this game are negative.

the only game worse than this ive played is suiside squad

This game is just terrible. It is completely unplayable in both a literal and figurative sense. It bears not even a passing resemblance to any of the other C&C games. No base building, no resource gathering, but they added minuscule supply caps so that you can engage in exciting...12 unit battles? I tried my best to make it through this game but there are constant crashes and login issues. Just absolute utter trash.

i don't want EA log in bull**** , i use steam that's it

Literally everything is bad, EVERYTHING.

Even kane's character is different and of course worse.

For me, there has been no C&C 4 and the story ends at kane's wraith.

easily the worst game in the franchise. they just went against everything the community loved about C&C. played for about 1-2 hours and just couldn't put up with it anymore

CNC 4 shot my goldfish, keyed my car and kidnapped my family at gunpoint for ransom

I am very dissatisfied with the game, I played it once and now I can't log in anymore. Very bad all in all

Do I have to say anything about why this game was the worst? Besides completely changing how the game is played, how this was supposed to be a spin off game but EA made the decision to make it a Triple A game, how they ruined the story of the Tiberium series with one of the worst CnC stories along with one of the weakest endings to a series/ franchise ever, from ruining Kane's character, from having to level up to get better units, from having to log in and play online even on single player. From even releasing a broken version of the game on Steam that you have to find a workaround to even play the game. There's a reason as to why people don't acknowledge this game nor ever mention it, this game is the embodiment of EA, greedy ba****** who ruin any franchise they acquire for making quick cash. Taking something that was successful and running it into the dirt for what? A little more profit? In the end they lose more money for making this POS rather than making a real CnC 4. With the steam workshop update along with the source code being released, maybe, just maybe EA will attempt to make a proper CnC game after all these years but never hold your breath for EA.

This game is bad, the launcher is a mess and getting the game to work/start was a huge hassle between it not starting, it took at least five tries, plus having to register and you have to log in twice through the launcher, then again login in-game which at any point either logins could fail to connect to the server. Once or if you finally get to play, it requires an online connection at all times including single player, even if you have excellent internet, the server may fail at any given point in which your progress will not be saved. The worst is yet to come, there is no real skirmish, it is all based on sort of missions that are beyond boring and basic. the server lost connection on mission 2 and even though I completed it, I would have to redo it. This game is not fun and no wonder it was the final straw to killing the Command & Conquer franchise.

very hard to start the game. needs ea account, but after registering, still cannot play. waste of time.

Crashes over and over, it's just not fun when I'm trying to de-stress. Also the logon is nuts, why not at least let it cache the credentials.

Definitely one of the worst renditions. 0/5 Anythings.

Everything that was great about C&C is not here.

I don't want to play a game where I can't change the settings to what I want. I don't want a time limit or score limit when playing Skirmish.

weak, especially from C&C, very dissappointed. they changed the whole game ad for the worse. if you dont want to do the work to make a full RTS game then don,t make anything, i hate these new half RTS capture games.

Its amazing how bad they messed up this game both the way how a COMMAND AND CONQUER game would've worked but that wasn't the worst this game could offer, this game is design for us to put our EA accounts always to get in the game twice i repeat twice that wouldn't get tiresome at all when done repeatedly because the game crashed. And this is not a maybe this will happen scenario because this happened to me when first booted up the game they quite literally ask for your EA account twice and when i opened the game, the resolution was bad and while i saved the game for some reason crashed on the settings since i want my resolution fixed and for some reason they don't save your EA account making me log in twice again, meddle with the settings since it crashed and game crashed again resulting me to log in twice and i will say this process literally repeated for about four times just because i want the resolution to fit my screen. yup thank god they released the ultimate edition on steam i might've lost my mind if i have bought this separately.

And i really don't wanna play this installment of C&C but i want to know the campaign so ill probably have no choice but to play this sometime.

Worst C&C game possible, ruins all of the aspects that made C&C fun like building, army variety and just a version of rock, paper scissors

I have played this and all the series games for years but i can say this one is by far the worst. they have taken away the ability to produce nearly infinite units and base structures. as well added the whole horrible triple MCV thing (certain units need a certain MCV) which in a combat RTS is a huge waste of programming typically in a real world combat the factories on base produce all you need if not it is sent over from your home country. Plus the ending is ridiculously foul with either faction, either way your character dies they were in too big of a hurry to finish. i personally would have wanted to see the other world Kane traveled to help build and fight whatever enemy's he had there. or on the GDI side survive and be honored as president or ETC leadership for the long story of the series.

Do Not buy, its and insult to the other games do not buy horrible!!!

I have to log in twice upon every single launch, the resolution is broken.
I'm done with this game without even having played it, it's atrocious...

At this point this is a scam.
It is not working and should be removed from Steam as a faulty product.
I bought it with all the other C&C games in a bundle for a few Euros, still I fell scammed.
Belive the reviews. This is not only sh1t, this plague, this is ebola having AIDS.
I hope EA goes the same way as Ubisoft, except not bailed out by the CCP, so it burns down and rots in hell where it belongs.
If you didn't realize so far I am somewhat pissed off for what they did to such a beloved franchise.
Among many other sins, in my eyes their worst was killing Westwood.

This game looks fun and I've owned it for years but I can never play it because EA has some terrible login system that you have to deal with every time you play it.

Starting the game is a nightmare, several logins required with every start, the gameplay sucks, has nothing to do with C&C "principles". Visuals are way worse than C&C3 (eyes literally hurt from looking at it), I've played it years ago as it came out and somehow it seems even worse now. Setting the game to work with "modern" resolutions is basically impossible, it's more fun to just watch the videos on youtube...

lets put it simply shall we. It simply won't let anyone (not just me) anyone log in. Rubbish

miserably terrible game in general, would give it a 1/5 gameplay if i could EVEN LOG IN!
Seriously DONT BUY THIS GAME STAND ALONE! we all basically got this as part of the bundle, obviously, but I'm the millionth person complaining that IF you can even log in, the game itself is basically ass, it MUST be a new dev team with new garbage to push; its like the quality of microtransaction game with no microtransactions. seriously its ass

Many users report issues with the EA login system, such as "General System Error." This could be due to server problems, outdated compatibility settings, or restrictions on password formats, Some players speculate that EA may have shut down servers for the game, making it unplayable for both single-player and multiplayer modes.
The game may not run properly on newer operating systems like Windows 10 or 11. Adjusting compatibility settings or running the game as an administrator has helped some users. Beyond technical issues, the game itself has been criticized for its departure from traditional Command & Conquer gameplay, which has left many fans disappointed.....

I haven't had any performance issues or bugs, but damn this game is just NOT fun to play.

For some reason they decided to completely change everything that was fun about C+C games.

Unit caps, bizarre missions that are either too short, or too convoluted and difficult, no base building.

I just cannot grasp the mindset behind this.

I bought this game on major discount and I payed too much for the opportunity to confirm the validity of the poor reviews for this game.

What kind of game dev decides that instead of playing into all the things that make a game franchise fun and popular they would rather remove and minimize all of those great qualities to leave buyers with a game no one wanted to play from the start.

Mission design is terrible. Graphics feel worse than C&C3. Unit pathing is worse than Starcraft ONE.

And did you enjoy resource extraction, unit build ups, and base building? Well this game has none of that.

Did you enjoy being able to starve your enemies of resources and steal their buildings? Yeah, cant do that in C&C4.

I've never seen such a huge miss on such a simple assignment. Check out the end story on youtube. Its not that good either.

I played this game when it was first released back in 2010

Steam would only allow me to review it once i installed and try to play the game. I bought the C&C collection as I don't have to use a cd/dvd to play any of the games.

I forgot you had to login twice to play this game. I just remember playing this game for 2 weeks, completing it and never playing it again.

so from C&C 1 to C&C 3 and generals, the games basically got better and the best game I found was the Red Alert series, but this game was so bad there was no C&C 4 Red alert.

so back in 2010 when I had bought this game, I was angry, I had completed this game, never wanted to play the game again and at the time, it was possible to sell games on the 2nd hand market, but this game I was stuck with.

All I remember this game was a completely new concept at the time, it was a shame it was not tested, but it was no longer building a base, but having a mobile control station and having a defence and offence command post and you no longer had to build a base, or gather resources.

so one of the best C&C games was generals and this game basically was the sad death of command and conquer.

If it was a good game, I might have been able to tolerate the digital rights management, but I basically played it for 2 weeks from release.

The only reason I have this game on steam is because it came with the complete C&C collection.

this game in the series is universally hated.

It is a real shame that EA did not go back to the tried and tested C&C, but just stopped the franchise dead.

I can't remember in 2010, if I had to install the physical game from DVD and there was a massive update that was needed to be installed before I even got to play the game and I think I needed to have the disc in my pc drive, log in to the EA account and maybe a further login, well this was at the time of really slow broadband.

The positive I can say about the game is, I managed to complete it and if I played it now, I probably still hate it, but my new pc would be able to run it at full graphics.

I still play Command and Conquer Generals and Red Alert 3, it is just disappointing that the multiplayer has been switched off due to the games age, but I have not played this game after completing it when it was first released.

This is a crime against humanity.
I skipped this game when it released and got it when it's practically free 15 years later.
Turns out I was right 15 years go, I am dumb for trying this atrocity right now.
Don't touch it, it's for your own good. If someone pays you to play this game, ask him to pay for therapy because you'll need it.

This game no longer even gets past the log in screen for EA Play it seems.

Ended up permanently removing this from my library, which I do not do lightly. Nothing much to add that other folks haven't said already.

I am no longer to play this game single player without an EA account.

Was previously able to play single player when I purchased it, but it has been "updated" to block it from functioning. Highly recommended against purchasing games from a company that will make updates that force logins for single player.

This game isn't in itself very bad, but it should have never been marketed as a singleplayer game and given the name of C&C4. It should have been a spinoff like Generals etc.

It's a really interesting attempt at RTS without base-building and with a class-based approach. It's very far from being a great RTS, but there's something fun here. It takes a very rock-paper-scissors approach to the problem and you can have a decent skirmish match in this game.

The game was initially conceived as an esports title called C&C Arena and was built off C&C3, and you can tell. The campaign, the story and the FMVs are disastrously bad. This is weird, because RA3 had great FMVs and a fun story. It seems like there was a fundamental problem with the singleplayer design, probably not enough time was given to the team.

Unfortunately this game ended up killing the franchise. That honor normally would go to Generals 2/C&C2013, but if I'm being honest, the hit this game did to the credibility of EA C&C (until 2020) was absolutely horrible. The team transitioned to doing browser/mobile C&C and Generals 2 was arguably as poorly managed as this game. It's a shame. Anyway, try this game out if you're curious.

Actually, 15 years later, in this draught of new, original, rts games, this one really slaps. I recommend playing it after the plague. Yes, you still need to play the campaign to unlock all the units, but other than that, there's no downside.

EA made ASTONISHING work to make sure you won't enjoy it:
1. You need EA account to play this "game".
2. You need to enter EA account credentials TWICE, EVERY time you launch the game.
3. Changing game screen resolution is a quest!
4. If you alt+tab, say good buy to your game session. You can't restore game window and have to kill the process in Task manager and restart it (Enjoy second point again).
5. On startup, game occasionally goes into alt+tab state by itself (hello fourth point!).
6. In average, after single mission, next mission you will enjoy solid pink textures flooding your screen (issue with loading textures properly). (You must be already a top EA fan if you still wish to continue..)
7. After completing campaign missions you see the panel of obtained EXP, which is... always(?) zero! You know why? Game never tells you. Hint: but be so kind and go play skirmish to get EXP.

So, after playing for ONLY 2 hours I formed a well-based opinion that the ones who praise this game (all 2.5 people) and say the game would be great if it weren't a direct C&C series follower, must be smoking some serious stuff.

Horrendous!
After 15 years of this game being launched and it having the recent source code release (Feb 2025), this game is still a PITA to get running.

It STILL expects you to log into an EA account to play it, multiple times, then tells you that your credentials are invalid! I can't even get to the main menu! Instant uninstall, no game is worth this amount of pointless and arbitrary hoop-jumping.

I hear that it's also only online, not that I'd know!
Until someone mods out the EA Login requirement, which I doubt is possible, avoid this 'game' like the plague!

Crashed 3 times just trying to change the resolution to 1080p and every time the game closes you have to log into an EA account twice