To get around this problem, you can shorten the distance of your movement orders and just tap them along as you close in on your goal. Far too often, you see units get caught on rocks or buildings are held back as you mount critical attacks on enemy positions. Though the controls are solid, the path-making of your armies is not. You can also tap anywhere on the minimap in the upper-left corner of the screen to immediately snap the camera to a new location. The tab system is an excellent way to help you keep the units manageable because there are moments where they tend to bunch up, making it difficult to select a specific unit unless you pinch zoom close to the ground. You can also assign these squads to three tabs for easy use. There is a small button that lets you drag a box over a group of units to move them all at once. You simply touch units to take control of them and then tap another location on the map to direct it. Red Alert's control scheme is quite good. The unit designs are clever, especially the Soviet war bears and zeppelin air ships. Each faction has a healthy number of units, from war bears to jet fighters, as well as a number of buildings and defenses to install at bases. There are some optional objectives from time to time, but it would have been good to see more mission variety beyond kill 'em all. The missions offer very little variety – typically you are ordered to destroy everything in your path or acquire a base. The campaign is split into five missions for each faction, Allied and Soviet.

With no multiplayer in this download (EA promises it will come in an update - perhaps it should have held the game until it was ready), the focus of Red Alert is on the main campaign and skirmish mode.

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