Aside from the two campaigns mentioned, it also includes a Boot Camp which stands as a training and introduction to the whole game. Soviet Psychic Corps’s leader Yuri and US President Michael Dugan are the main characters of the storyline. From here, both campaigns lead to different storylines which both consist of 12 missions to be played to victory. Set in 1972, the game’s storyline starts in the Third World War with the Soviet Invasion in the United States. In single-player, Red Alert 2 features the same main two campaigns which make their appearance in the first game: the Soviets and the Allies. The game can also be played with multiplayer using CnCNet.
It runs on Microsoft Windows both on single and multiplayer mode. Initially released in 2000 by Westwood Pacific and published and distributed by Electronic Arts, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 is a real-time strategy game standing as a sequel to Command & Conquer: Red Alert.
