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The Remarkable Story Behind Command & Conquer's Remastering

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Featuring interviews with Jim Vessella, Petroglyph Games and Lemon Sky, we explore how Command & Conquer Remastered Collection came together, and how the international team remastered FMV, graphics, audio, music, gameplay and more.

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Hosted & Edited by Danny O'Dwyer
Gameplay Capture by Frank Howley
Closed Captions: Megan Carnes

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
01:24 - The Westwood Days
05:02 - Split Up & Reunion
10:20 - Remastering FMV
14:50 - Changing Gameplay
19:30 - Tweaking Audio
21:33 - Remastering Music & SFX
26:09 - Remastering Graphics
29:51 - Community Council
33:28 - The Final Release
36:10 - The Future
37:58 - Credits

20 Comments

@NoclipDocs Creator 6 years ago (edited) Pinned

This is the first documentary we've recorded in quarantine. How did we do?
SPAAAAACE! (https://www.patreon.com/noclip)

@slipknotpurity00 6 years ago

Both this remaster and the Age of Empires remaster just seem to be oozing passion from the developers and they all include so much extra bonus stuff. It feels so different from the WC3 Reforged development.

@El-Duderino-His-Dudeness 6 years ago (edited)

Man I really hope they give Tiberian Sun and RA2 the same treatment. That would be a dream come true.

@DSlyde 6 years ago

My favorite thing about the remaster is how much it looks and sounds and feels like how I remember it, rather than how it actually was.

The rose colored glasses of nostalgia and childhood imagination will smooth out pixelated sprites and fill in detail thats not actually there, and what the sprites look like in the remastere is how I remember the old game looking because of that. It perfectly captured that.

@shzmeteor3954 6 years ago

It’s actually impressive this remaster happened the way it did. Particularly, the full cooperation with the community during the development is not something I’m used to seeing.

@InnuendoXP 6 years ago

yess been waiting for this!

Hoping for a HD remaster of Tiberian Sun too

@Hobointhehallway 6 years ago

This was clearly a labor of love, the detail they went down to in ensuring the game is simply restored and not modified is incredible.

@afterburner94 6 years ago

The amount of painful work delivered by the Malaysian artists at Lemon Sky is to be commended. What a gargantuan task.Amazing documentary , even with lockdown constraints!

@PerpetualAlfa 4 years ago

Frank's enthusiasm is heart warming

@Vvardenfell_Outlander 6 years ago (edited)

This release is one of the most expertly handled remasters ever made. I hope Tiberian Sun gets the treatment next. THANK YOU EA, PETROGLYPH & LEMON SKY!

@PaulXPZ 6 years ago

I want Red Alert 2 and Generals remastered. Those 2 were my absolute favorite C&C titles

@davedogge2280 6 years ago (edited)

We played the original version of this multiplayer endlessly in the mid 1990s on the network at work after the boss went home at night. We called it 'chess in real-time' it was amazing.

@doonishsan 6 years ago

wow, a Malaysian company also helped developing the game?
thats pretty cool

@Jonnicom 6 years ago (edited)

This remaster exists purely because of the love the fans have for the franchise, and the community keeping it's voice loud, even years after all hope was lost. It just speaks to how great these games are.
I'm getting a little emotional watching this. Just seeing all of the love that went into making this happen, seeing Frank talk about the music, and Petroglyph saying it was "music to their ears"...it's such a special franchise to me. I discovered CnC 1 in 1998, at just 6 years old, but I never looked back.
To everyone being negative in the replies, enjoy your pissy Cheerios!

@Avossk 6 years ago

Noclip's been on a roll with the projects that I'm interested in! Here's hoping we get a Tib Sun/RA2 remaster!

@GADEMHS 6 years ago

Pretty interesting that Lemon Studios also worked on the Warcraft 3 "Reforged" and the work that was delivered was nothing like C&C in terms of quality, original feel, and detail.
Observe closer Blizzard, learn and remaster your culture to the glorious times you once belonged to.

@DoyleRules91 2 months ago

All parties did a spectacular job on the remaster. Thankyou to everyone involved.

@bubuasqw123 6 years ago

6:21 xD What a convenient time to see that sentence!

@retroshark 6 years ago

This game changed my life. This game changed everything. The remaster could not have been handled or been done better by anyone. It’s literally perfect. Just seeing and hearing Frank talking about the process of recreating the audio and sound fx brought tears to my eyes. Stylistically, cinematically and artistically - this game is absolute perfection. The nostalgia factor is so high its off the charts. I just feel so blessed to have been able to witness it from inception to its current remastered status, and to have played and have the ability to play a game so iconic as this one. Words cant describe the feelings I have about this project. Its just so so immense. I’m so happy I lived to see this.