However, with the emphasis on quantity over quality, the Chinese forces are well-suited to winning drawn-out battles of attrition.

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The game takes place in an entirely separate continuity that is completely unrelated to the Red Alert universe or the Tiberium universe.

It is the first Command Conquer RTS game to use 3D graphics in-game.

Several real world military vehicles also exist in this universe, most notably in the USA faction vehicles, such as the Humvee, the Raptor, and the Chinook helicopter.

After the GLA launched a nuclear attack on Tiananmen Square during a Chinese military parade, the War against the GLA, one of the deadliest conflict in the timeline, officially began.

For instance, resources are no longer obtained from minerals scattered on the ground, but are instead collected at supply docks and supply stockpiles, and these resources, unlike Ore or Tiberium, are finite in quantity.

Units now possess special abilities aside from their primary functions, such as American vehicles being able to create hovering robotic drones to provide support, Chinese Hackers capable of shutting down buildings or providing a steady flow of funds, and the basic soldiers of all three factions being able to capture buildings, eliminating the previous method of using engineers (although the process of capturing buildings in Generals is gradual rather than the instantaneous capture of previous games).

Perhaps the most distinctive difference in contrast to Tiberium and Red Alert is that structures must be built using builder units, rather than prefabricated constructs which are deployed once completed.

In spite of these differences, Generals retains many of the conventions of previous games, such as power to keep ones base up and running, Superweapons to devastate the enemy forces, commando units, and a Mammoth-esque tank (The Overlord ).

Each one plays differently, and has its own advantages and disadvantages.

USA forces rely on skill, mobility, and high technology to defeat the raw firepower of China and the guerrilla tactics of the GLA.

American infantry have a number of special abilities, and include stealthy long-ranged snipers called Pathfinders and a powerful commando named Colonel Burton with a number of abilities revolving around demolition and stealth.

The USA also fields the largest air fleet in the game, including attack and transport helicopters, fighter planes, high speed bombers and stealth bombers.

American Generals abilities revolve around air power, including air strikes by A-10 Thunderbolts and fuel air bombs (a.k.a The Daisy Cutter).

They also possess a Particle Cannon super weapon capable of destroying units and most buildings in a single use.

Chinas play style emphasizes direct assaults and sheer power to defeat American technology and GLA stealth, and also places some emphasis on defence.

Combining Bunkers fully loaded with Tank Hunter for engaging tanks and Gattling Cannons to kill infantry and aircraft easily defend against any attack.

In addition, Chinese buildings can be surrounded by Land Mines to prevent infiltration.

China has a wide range of vehicle types, including several specialized tanks like Type 88 as Battlemaster, BTR-80 as Troop Crawler, Overlord tank(s) and two artillery units.

China make heavy use of gattling, nuclear, and napalm weaponry to destroy the enemy, but also posses advanced electronic warfare technology, including elite hackers, a spy called Black Lotus, and electromagnetic pulse weapons.

The Chinese Inferno Cannon and Nuke Cannon are the only artillery units whose shells cannot be intercepted.

Due to having virtually no fast attack units, except for their MiGs, China is forced to make large, ponderous assaults with heavy units, a tactic that can be countered by the GLAs speed or the USAs air power.

Command And Conquer Generals Units