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Command & Conquer: Renegade

Renegade's story takes place during the final days of the First Tiberium War originally depicted in Command & Conquer. GDI's top three Tiberium research specialists have been abducted by the Brotherhood of…

59 26 February 2002

Command & Conquer: Renegade is a shooter developed by Westwood Studios, released 26 February 2002 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Command & Conquer: Renegade is

Command & Conquer: Renegade is a shooter game developed by Westwood Studios and released in 2002. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on W3D.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Command & Conquer: Renegade is a first- and third-person shooter video game developed by Westwood Studios and is part of the Command & Conquer series. It is the only Command & Conquer game that uses the first-person view and was the last installment in the series to be produced under Westwood Studios banner. It was released on February 26, 2002 by EA Games. The game received generally favorable reviews from critics.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Command & Conquer series

Command & Conquer: Renegade is the 12th of 30 entries we hold in the Command & Conquer series. The next entry was Command & Conquer: Generals in 2003. Its critic score of 59 is 6 points below the series average of 65. The highest-rated entry is Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 at 90.

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How it was received

Command & Conquer: Renegade holds a critic score of 59 out of 100. That places it above 18% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2002 averaged 68, so it scored 9 points below the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 64, across 95 votes.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 2.2 GHz Intel or AMD CPU, 1 GB RAM and GeForce 4+/ Radeon 8500. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Command & Conquer: Renegade launched on 26 February 2002, within three weeks of Jet Set Radio Future, Enclave, RalliSport Challenge and Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Jet Set Radio Future, Enclave, RalliSport Challenge, Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Command & Conquer: Renegade yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Command & Conquer: Renegade — frequently asked questions

When did Command & Conquer: Renegade come out?
Command & Conquer: Renegade was released on 26 February 2002 for PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Command & Conquer: Renegade?
At minimum, Command & Conquer: Renegade needs 2.2 GHz Intel or AMD CPU, 1 GB RAM, GeForce 4+/ Radeon 8500 graphics, 2 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Command & Conquer: Renegade?
The PC version needs about 2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("2 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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