# Command & Conquer

17 Hacker News commenters recommended Command & Conquer and 7 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 10 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Recommended for its enduring strategy gameplay and community mods; critics flag security problems and unbalanced factions.

## Why people recommend it

- Nostalgia from childhood and early gaming (3 comments): "played an important role in my command & conquer childhood" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49460736)) "I have enjoyed lots of fun times with game like cmomand and conquer in the past" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48622383)) "I loved command and conquer series" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48295455))
- Defined the real-time strategy genre (2 comments): "Warcraft II and C&C made me fall in love with the genre" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46206682)) "Command & Conquer evolved RTS much more" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46217854))
- Still played and modded by community (2 comments): "Also appreciate this game is still being played and even developed by the community." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46861435)) "easily moddable (command and conquer, tribes, etc.)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47178443))
- Atmospheric soundtrack and distinctive style (2 comments): "the soundtracks would really draw you into the atmosphere" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46001145)) "far and away my all-time favorite for style" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49494045))

## What people warn about

- Failed to engage some players (2 comments): "Tried them but never felt them." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48619842)) "Tried them but never felt them" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48621235))

## 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", https://hackerapproved.com/p/command-conquer/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).