Command & Conquer: Generals
Hacker ApprovedShares rank 12 of 24 real-time strategy games by recommenders
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.
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.
20 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 17
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 85%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 17 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 5.7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Nostalgic favourite of the series
“Red Alert, Generals, all bring back a lot of memories!”
Comment from 27 May 2026 in “Ask HN: What game have you replayed more times than any other?” “This is one of the best of Command and Conquer games.”
Comment from 4 Jul 2026 in “Command and Conquer Generals natively ported to macOS, iPhone, iPad using Fable” “a far superior sequel to Dune 2000”
Comment from 4 Jul 2026 in “Command and Conquer Generals natively ported to macOS, iPhone, iPad using Fable” Fans admire the fan-made port
“this is an actual good use of what sounds like a person guiding a model to do a mass conversion”
Comment from 4 Jul 2026 in “Command and Conquer Generals natively ported to macOS, iPhone, iPad using Fable” “I would love to see more of this sort of work being done out in the wild, not discouraging it.”
Comment from 5 Jul 2026 in “Command and Conquer Generals natively ported to macOS, iPhone, iPad using Fable” “A great use for what AI can help with, especially in the hands of dedicated fans.”
Comment from 5 Jul 2026 in “Command and Conquer Generals natively ported to macOS, iPhone, iPad using Fable” Fun to replay for hours
“I can't tell you how many new hours I've poured in it since bringing it to my iPad”
Comment from 4 Jul 2026 in “Command and Conquer Generals natively ported to macOS, iPhone, iPad using Fable” “Were it not so buggy, I think C&C generals ranks pretty high on fun modern RTSes.”
Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Warcraft III Peon Voice Notifications for Claude Code” “Those were also really fun to play over LAN.”
Comment from 27 Jun 2026 in “OpenRA” A dream come true for fans
“This is an actual dream come true”
Comment from 4 Jul 2026 in “Command and Conquer Generals natively ported to macOS, iPhone, iPad using Fable” “would be a dream come true”
Comment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Red Alert 2 in web browser”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Crashes and memory problems in Safari
“Safari (macOS) — kills the process mid-game once memory usage passes some threshold”
Comment from 22 Sep 2026 in “Generals: Zero Hour in Browser” “If only the mods didn't crash so much.”
Comment from 13 Feb 2026 in “Warcraft III Peon Voice Notifications for Claude Code” Buggy and slow on modern systems
“Were it not so buggy, I think C&C generals ranks pretty high on fun modern RTSes.”
Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Warcraft III Peon Voice Notifications for Claude Code” “this game runs like crap on modern windows”
Comment from 4 Jul 2026 in “Command and Conquer Generals natively ported to macOS, iPhone, iPad using Fable” Unclear macOS support versus iOS
“I didn't see any commit message of yours addressing macOS rather than iOS.”
Comment from 4 Jul 2026 in “Command and Conquer Generals natively ported to macOS, iPhone, iPad using Fable” “a macOS port of a 20 year old game to run on iOS”
Comment from 5 Jul 2026 in “Command and Conquer Generals natively ported to macOS, iPhone, iPad using Fable”
Other real-time strategy games people recommend
The four most recommended other real-time strategy games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beyond All Reason | 76 | 17 | 82% | 10 | 1 yr6 owners | Approved |
| Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness | 51 | 2 | 96% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Total Annihilation | 48 | 7 | 87% | 7 | — | Approved |
| StarCraft | 36 | 22 | 62% | 10 | — | — |
| Command & Conquer: GeneralsThis page | 17 | 3 | 85% | 6 | — | Approved |
What people said
18 of the 20 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Safari (macOS) — kills the process mid-game once memory usage passes some threshold”
“the fact that anyone can take it from you is what keeps it interesting”
“I would love to see more of this sort of work being done out in the wild, not discouraging it.”
“a macOS port of a 20 year old game to run on iOS”
“A great use for what AI can help with, especially in the hands of dedicated fans.”
“a far superior sequel to Dune 2000”
“This is one of the best of Command and Conquer games.”
“I didn't see any commit message of yours addressing macOS rather than iOS.”
“this game runs like crap on modern windows”
“this is an actual good use of what sounds like a person guiding a model to do a mass conversion”
“This is an actual dream come true”
“I can't tell you how many new hours I've poured in it since bringing it to my iPad”
“i haven't played this gem”
“Those were also really fun to play over LAN.”
“Red Alert, Generals, all bring back a lot of memories!”
“If only the mods didn't crash so much.”
“Were it not so buggy, I think C&C generals ranks pretty high on fun modern RTSes.”
“would be a dream come true”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.