Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun 
            (STRATEGY)


   In real-time gaming, Command & Conquer and Warcraft still stand as the
   forefathers of the genre. It's a fine legacy, but one that Westwood
   hopes to update with Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun, the sequel to
   C&C. While at first glance, Tiberian Sun might look like a nominal
   improvement over C&C, it is so much more. The terrain is prerendered
   3D like Total Annihilation's, but is much more interactive. You can
   blow up bridges and warp terrain 

   The units will be voxels (3D pixels), so they'll look more real and
   move much more fluidly. Westwood originally wanted to go more sci-fi
   with Tiberian Sun's look, but the company has scaled back the
   futuristic artillery in favor of keeping the spirit of the game truer
   to C&C. You'll still have the familiar heavy GDI tanks and invisible
   NOD stealth tanks, but there will be even more differentiation between
   the two sides now. Expect the NOD theme of hit-and-run, guerilla
   warfare to extend even further into its units. And Westwood really
   wants to give the GDI more personality, so expect its units to pack
   some powerful surprises.

   Storywise, Tiberian Sun takes place several years after C&C, when the
   entire equatorial region of Earth has turned into a mutated jungle,
   thanks to the spread of Tiberian. Kane returns as the leader of the
   GDI and is trying to accelerate this Tiberian plague, but the GDI
   hopes to stop him. Westwood has many more features in store for
   gamers, features that we think will restore Command & Conquer to
   prominence once again in this genre. Stay hooked and we'll give you more
   on this fascinating game.