https://twitter.com/evren__7/status/1333931888189300736

  • Electrickoolaide32 [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    This one is a deep cut but maybe someone else could recall this.

    In the game Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2, they had a video at the beginning when you got the campaign going or when the game finally is installed that depicted the WTC on fire. I know this cause I had a version bought before 9/11. In addition to this, you could garrison civilian buildings and on the New York level you could garrison the WTC.

    I swear after 9/11, EA and Westwood removed the video and via a patch + new copies you could no longer garrison the WTC.

    Did I hallucinate this as a kid or does anyone else recall this?

    • garbology [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      you could garrison the WTC

      and it was so tall it uniquely allowed your garrisoned troops to target flying units...

      • Electrickoolaide32 [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Hell yeah then I’m not trippin. I grew up in rural KS and remember not getting the new patch downloaded till like I swear 03-04 maybe when we got a Sat uplink at the house. Then I just went to restart it and it was gone and it fucked with me so hard cause I legit remembered garrisoning the WTC.

        • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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          4 years ago

          Yeah, if I recall correctly, in the Soviet campaign you were supposed to either garrison the building or blow it up

    • Crucible [he/him, comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      Yup, the box art was drastically changed and the WTC Soviet mission was changed with a patch. I got the game before 911, my dad got a copy to play with me afterwards, it was a fun novelty to bring out the boxes side by side to show my nerd friends.