Command and Conquer Generals is an American real-time strategy game that was made by EA Pacific, and it was released on February 10, 2003. Due to the game's negative portrayal of China and due to its 'realistic warlike elements', the game was censored in China and Germany, the latter also due to the imminent war in Iraq.
Dominate Your Opponents in Real-Time 1v1 Matches! Stay up to date with Command & Conquer™ & EA emails. Sign up today to receive the latest Command & Conquer™ news, updates, behind-the-scenes content, offers, and more (including other EA news, products, events, and promotions) by email. Your Connected Platforms. Command and Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour is the expansion pack for the computer game Command & Conquer: Generals, released in 2003. Zero Hour added several new abilities to each side, and a new mode of play called the Generals Challenge, where the player takes on the identity of one of nine generals (three representing each faction) and does battle against most of the other generals. The game is called command and conquer generals zero hours. It is an expansion of command and conquers generals. The fact that it is an expansion pack over a previous installment clearly states that the main storyline of the game remains the same while there are improvements based on various sections of the gameplay and inclusion of different.
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Censorship[edit | edit source]
Germany Censorship[edit | edit source]
The local version specifically for release in Germany is titled Command & Conquer: Generäle. The original uncensored version was banned because of the imminent start of the Iraq War at the time.
- The intro was removed due to real-life political references.
- In the German release every human in the game was changed to a robot/cyborg.
- USA was renamed to the Western Alliance.
- The last USA mission's victory video was removed.
- China was renamed to the Asian Pact.
- The last China mission's victory video was removed.
- The GLA was renamed IBG.
- The last GLA mission's victory video was removed.
- The city of 'Baghdad' was changed to 'Twin Sword City'.
- The name 'Operation: Final Justice' was changed to 'Zone: Desertsimulation Slaughter of the Machines'.
- Any scene that shows civilians was modified for the German release. In the German version, the civilians were digitally removed.
- The suicide bomber unit was modified for the German release. In the German version, the unit is a rolling bomb.
- The GLA mission 'Almaty Supply Raid' was removed from the German release.
China Censorship[edit | edit source]
- The game was banned in China due to it portraying a negative image of China's army, and due to the game 'smearing China's national image'.
Where to find it uncensored[edit | edit source]
Every other country has the game completely uncensored.
Command And Conquer Generals Zero Hour Mods