# Command & Conquer: Generals

17 Hacker News commenters recommended Command & Conquer: Generals and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Fans recommend the Apple-device port of this classic real-time strategy game for its nostalgia and replay value. Critics say it crashes, especially in Safari, and runs poorly on modern systems.

## Why people recommend it

- Nostalgic favourite of the series (3 comments): "Red Alert, Generals, all bring back a lot of memories!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48295455)) "This is one of the best of Command and Conquer games." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48789479)) "a far superior sequel to Dune 2000" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48789498))
- Fans admire the fan-made port (3 comments): "this is an actual good use of what sounds like a person guiding a model to do a mass conversion" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48788939)) "I would love to see more of this sort of work being done out in the wild, not discouraging it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48796034)) "A great use for what AI can help with, especially in the hands of dedicated fans." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48790338))
- Fun to replay for hours (3 comments): "I can't tell you how many new hours I've poured in it since bringing it to my iPad" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48788347)) "Were it not so buggy, I think C&C generals ranks pretty high on fun modern RTSes." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46988453)) "Those were also really fun to play over LAN." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48699492))
- A dream come true for fans (2 comments): "This is an actual dream come true" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48788492)) "would be a dream come true" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46000494))

## What people warn about

- Crashes and memory problems in Safari (2 comments): "Safari (macOS) — kills the process mid-game once memory usage passes some threshold" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49798235)) "If only the mods didn't crash so much." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46997441))
- Buggy and slow on modern systems (2 comments): "Were it not so buggy, I think C&C generals ranks pretty high on fun modern RTSes." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46988453)) "this game runs like crap on modern windows" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48789401))
- Unclear macOS support versus iOS (2 comments): "I didn't see any commit message of yours addressing macOS rather than iOS." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48789476)) "a macOS port of a 20 year old game to run on iOS" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48791336))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Beyond All Reason](https://hackerapproved.com/p/beyond-all-reason.md): 76 recommend
- [Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness](https://hackerapproved.com/p/warcraft-ii-tides-of-darkness.md): 51 recommend
- [Total Annihilation](https://hackerapproved.com/p/total-annihilation.md): 48 recommend
- [StarCraft](https://hackerapproved.com/p/starcraft.md): 36 recommend
- [StarCraft II](https://hackerapproved.com/p/starcraft-ii.md): 32 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Command & Conquer: Generals", https://hackerapproved.com/p/command-and-conquer-generals/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).