While Blizzard’s Warcraft franchise gets all the press nowadays, Westwood’s Command & Conquer also helped usher in the dawn of the real-time strategy genre back in 1995, and fans will get another chance to relive the GDI-Nod conflict in the upcoming Command & Conquer Remastered.
Currently in development at Petroglyph Games and Lemon Sky Studios, publisher Electronic Arts released the first Gameplay Trailer for Command & Conquer Remastered earlier this week, and confirmed the re-release will retain the original 2D visual style. More details about this decision can be found at EA’s official website for Command & Conquer:
We’re ready to share the Remaster has been developed in the classic 2D visual style, unlocking our ability to stay as authentic as possible to the original games. Below we’d like to provide more details on how we’re approaching these visuals, and why we felt the 2D style was the best fit for the project.
As you may remember from one of the first posts, our plan is to remaster (not remake) the classic games. Creatively, this means our guiding light has always been to remain authentic to the original feel, and we’re constantly on the lookout for ways to achieve that goal. When we recovered the source code to C&C Tiberian Dawn and C&C Red Alert, this gave us a viable avenue to accurately match the core gameplay, feel, and signature look of the legacy titles. We felt the 2D style was the best way to bring all these elements together, and ultimately achieve the authenticity we were looking for.
Command & Conquer Remastered will also feature a graphical toggle that allows players to switch between the new remastered high definition visuals and the original game’s mid-90s aesthetic.
EA isn’t ready to announce a release date for Command & Conquer Remastered, but you can discuss the game’s progress with the developers at the Command & Conquer subreddit.
