Red Alert 2: Soviet Mission 11 - Red Revolution [Long-play & Tips] 

Holy frig... I really need to replay these missions; I don't remember them being *this* hard! 4:01 graphics bug. Don't know the fix. Sorry :( 4:49 The Outpost doubles as a Service Depot with UnitRepair=yes and is armed with the IFV's default weapon HoverMissile. Guard that thing with your life. 8:33 nah, you'll love the OP Prism Support more. trust 8:53 hmm... HARV Storage is halved so $1000 of regular Cruentus gems, but since the prices are twice as high tonight that'd make $2000, yes. Ares allows Harvester units to drop at least some of the resources they were carrying when destroyed for other Harvesters to collect, like Tiberian Sun. 27:25 mercifully, Spawns are never affected by Iron Curtain. Might be related to how they don't change House via scripts and maybe triggers while the unit carrying them does. 41:47 what the..? That's not supposed to happen... NADEPT has NumberImpassableRows=1, so all tiles except for the Crane's row is passable Bib... 43:25 About the Nuke: the Kirovs will keep spawning for as long you have Nuke Silo. Once it's gone they'll no longer spawn. They re-spawn roughly every 200s @15FPS, so every 1.67min @30FPS. There are some triggers in place I've glossed over. 46:42 moo..! 47:41 Actually... that'd be Westwood forgetting to set ClearAllWeapons=yes on CARUS03 Kremlin Palace. With CanBeOccupied=no and MaxNumberOccupants=0 from the map file, Primary=AlliedOccupyW and Secondary=SovietOccupyW in the rules.ini are properly respected again, and so the Kremlin fires the GI's garrison weapon, not the Conscript garrison weapon. Because of how the game handles weapons, Secondary=SovietOccupyW is never fired; the game will only fire Secondary weapons if the Primary can't hit the targets for some reason or if the TechnoType is disallowed from using Primary on them via LandTargeting and NavalTargeting settings. Map mods: -standard halving of capacity and doubling of worth. -NukePayload Damage re-set to 600. -Russian Kremlin Palace ungarrisonable and Strength nerfed from 1000 to 800. -IronCurtainSpecial RechargeTime nerfed from 5 to 10. -BarrelExplosion Damage re-set to 200. -OilExplosionWH max damage at edge nerfed from 50% to 25%, buffed to destroy Walls completely instead of damaging them. -General section modified. Prism Support bug. -MoneyDelta easy/hard set to plus/minus 2500/2000. -Invisible lighting posts' lighting modified.

This is the story how mental omega difficulty was born

Supposedly built a mission to teach player how use and counter the Kirov airship. Creates hell instead.

This was probably the only Soviet mission that I really struggled with. They really amped up the difficulty on this one.

I always forget there's another mission after this one. This one really feels like the ultimate mission for the Soviets, where you make your final move against Yuri and take control of the world for yourself.

Let alone how intense the mission itself, I got to say the actors for Yuri and Romanov did a great job, and Zofia is really damn hot.

HD quality is still processing. Guess it will take some time due to the size of the video.

Come to think of it who's better at mind control? a guy with disco hat able to mind control 1 guy or / and 4 man crew vehicle or a comon enginner with a bucket of paint capturing all these buildings with people inside suddenly on his side once he repaints the whole thing? "Oi lads I've got a bucket of paint here, join the winning team!" , top tier wolololo right here....

Finally Full HD is ready! Please, enjoy and thanks! :)

Finally. A red alert soviet mission-11 youtube video where player fight the AI head on bravely.

Best gift I could've asked for Easter.

Another way to easily pass this mission in 15mins or less is by doing the following: 1.) Move all your 3 Kirovs to the bottom-right corner of the map. 2.) Then, let the Kirovs move one-by-one to the top-right corner of the map. 3.) The Kirovs must have enough distance with each other so they won't get damaged by the flak cannons together. 4.) Once you're almost on the top-right corner, go straight (turn left) to the kremlin. At least 1 out of your 3 Kirovs will be able to reach and complete the mission.

When i was 12 years old, i finished the mission just by nuking the Kremlin twice. Works for me.

"Awww man, this mission is so damn hard, and kicking my ass, I wonder how long it takes for TG to beat it" Next thing I know, im watching a movie about the hardest soviet mission

The only way I was able to beat this mission back in the day was to sneak a flight of Kirovs up the right map border to flatten Yuri’s kremlin.

OMG .. I learned so much to your gameplay for this mission. your tower defense tactics is superb.

I'm so impressed since I never have a chance to explore the map completely as enemies keep coming that I had to end this mission by launching the nuke twice against the Kremlin.

This is my all time favorite mission in C&C Red Alert 2. It is set in Moscow; with a much wider perspective. I remember beating this mission using infantry groups only. A revolution indeed!

39:45 I thought that radar dish was firing rockets

This game felt just so great. Very well made. A game does not have to be 3D to be good.

and this mission , is why the soviet campaign is harder than the allied one.

I remember that way back when, around the time this was released, I was so annoyed. The constant stream of attacks, low income which lead to severely tight economy and even tighter in terms of military power. Can't really recall what I thought, but I do remember one thing. Training several Kirov Airships and sent them stright to Kremlin. Somehow that worked. How I did it, only the supernatural diety knows, but the end result was I won. This has been my strategy for this level ever since, though I've taken my time to blow everything between my base and Kremlin to smithereens. I am about 35 minutes in, but still, another good longplay. An actual longplay this time. :p

This mission is just turtling hard in the beginning, i love watching hundreds of thousands of units get ripped apart in that cliff defense.

47:30: "Hello, Yuri, guess who's back!"

47:40 It's Yuri shooting back with his pistol (or Romanov's).

Because of that Kremlin attack thing I lost my heroic tesla trooper... which is why I punished Yuri by filling the entire area around the Kremlin with Tesla Coils, and had them fire all at the same time at it. Though I did have quite a laugh imagining Yuri leaning out of a window and shooting someone outside with a conscript rifle. There it is, this is not your regular hard CnC mission, this is THE HARD MISSION. A combination of an intentionally horrific map design (you start in the corner, the only nearby ore fields are severely exposed, the entire map is filled with chokepoints which are nowhere near you), an extremely aggressive AI (which, of course, has infinite resources) and an infinite spam of Yuri's clones will drive any unprepared player insane. This mission defined hard missions - it has that perfect formula previously mentioned. In fact, I'd say that the only CnC mission to truly live up to this one in terms of how absurd the odds are against you would be Kane's Tower in Tiberium Wars. (yes, MO exists I know, but it is a mod, not an official release) There are 3 ways to complete this mission - coordinated rush, army buildup and turtle. You can also combine them if you want, you do you... The rush is by far the fastest and probably "easiest" one, since you really have to do only one thing - use your initial forces to run straight to the first enemy base. We can observe a truly unique anomaly here for a RA2 mission - you actually start with a significant force, one that can be used for more than base defending. The main idea is to quickly build a barracks and spam 10-20 conscripts to use as damage sponges against enemy Tesla Coils. Once they are surrounded with conscripts, send your starting tanks to destroy them. It is a bit tricky, especially if your tanks get infected by terror drones, and you will also have to be careful, if your conscript force depletes when there are Yuri clones around, it's gg. But if you pull it off you will secure everything south of Yuri's base. Spam some engineers to capture stuff - why build a base when you can steal one... or two. And then you will have the satisfaction of turning the odds against Yuri - now you are the one who has three bases (the two enemy ones + your initial starting one) and infinite resources. You are then free to cleave him into the ground. The army buildup is what tg did, and it is "fairly simple" as well - clear out the nearby hills and set up a defensive position. Then build up a lot of everything and wipe out the enemy, while also once again capturing as much enemy buildings as possible. Sounds like the approach most people would take, but it requires you to realise how bad your starting position is and that you can capture nearby tech structures and build around them. The most important part however is to not build the Nuke Silo. The endless hordes of Kirovs require a dozen or more Flak Traks or Cannons to be available, both of which have to be defended from all attacks. It is simply not worth the effort to constantly babysit the Silo - you are better off just wiping out the first two bases with ground forces, and by then there will be no point in nuking The Kremlin when you can destroy it using other means. Finally, there is the pure turtling - which, you guessed it, consists of building a Nuke Silo and sweating a river for 30 minutes straight. This is what most of us did the first time we played the game, but while it does sound simple on paper... well, I'm sure you know very well why it isn't. The Kirovs, the Terror Drones, the waves of conscripts, the Iron Curtain, hearing "Ore Miner under attack" every 10 seconds... I didn't know you could get PTSD from a video game. At least it worked in the end for all of us poor kiddos who had no idea what we signed up for, right? But, no matter which way you pick, your micro skills will be tested - the mission itself isn't all that hard to a player who is very good at micro, but it sure is a mammoth compared to all the other RA2 missions.

Best mission of the entire game.

Here, one tip from me... If you want some little 'fun'... You could see the oil derrick in the right and a small pass. You can do several thing: 1. Block it with wall. Yuri Clones would trapped there. Good thing it could auto rankUp the Kirov. One bomb and it's done. I've tried it 2 times. Pretty much bamboozling those Yuris. 2. Upper hill above that, place the V3 (preferably the elites, it carry miniNuke). Force attack some spot... Tada! Enemy infantry can't pass that spot. Most likely annihilated by V3's mini Nuke. Well... Other than that, I just capturing all structures. Except the upper right and left one. Happy bombing!

man watching these brings forgotten memories.. i must want replay all these as soon as you finish them :D

Thoroughly enjoyable vid tg, and really well done for hard difficulty too. I wouldn’t ever dare!

This is the best level in all of Red Alert 2, my favorite, thank you for this!

I replayed this mission not long ago, attacking the first base from the airport's side with a massive army of conscripts worked like a charm, besides it's a pure representation of mother Russia's spirit

A random but useful advice when you attack a base and you cut its power the best course of action would be to destroy the conyard since the conyard it self gives a little power which makes it a safe option to destroy without worry of power coming back :)

A strategy I used once: take the two Kirovs all the way west and start advancing through the barely defended city: the defenses there are not enough to destroy the Kirovs.

was looking forward for this one :)

35:17 *Yuri Clones: Heh, stupid player, I will sneak around, he won't notice me *tg: TESLA TOWER MADAFAKA And that moment he knew, he was fucked..

Yessss!!!! My favorite mission is finally here! 54:32 runtime! You sure do not disappoint, tg!

First time I'd passed the mission I was so devastated I quit playing for about a month. Backstory: I was enjoying the mission, so much so that I was absorbed in it for nearly 2 hours (might even 3), It was a very tough mission, with too many close calls, but I somehow made it through. I clear the map of the enemies and destroy the Kremlin. End mission title card and off to the next mission, only for the game to encounter a loading error and crash during the loading of Mission 12. "No problem," I think. "I'll load the save." The thing is, I was so enthralled with the mission, aside from 2 saves in the first 20 minutes of the mission, I hadn't saved since. Just the thought of having to re-clear the whole map was depressing. Learned my lesson though; I save regularly in every game I play.

Bro, thanks to your tips I managed to beat the allied campaign on hard and until now I did not have to watch the tips for soviet hard campaign, but this mission scares me :D wish me luck, just one mission away.

I remember I had to speedrun this because I had no patience to play it over and over, lol

Damn it, I am so early that it's still 360p

When I first reached this mission it was so hard I thought it was the final. When I found out theres one more I was surprised.

i really admire how you play, this mission is actually frustrating for me. Even when watching exactly what you do, it still cost me a lot to imitate you and get past the start!

I remember that this mission is the most I feared of back then, when I played it again, I literally followed almost the same concept as yours except that I just nuke the kremlin twice

Rushing the outpost on top of the cliff and capturing both power plants then packing them with Sentry Guns+Tesla Coils makes it significantly easier - you pretty much control western Oil Derrick and mineral field without a risk of it being constantly interrupted, attacks focus in one point, making Kirovs far stronger and with the way AI works here you're likely to escape majority of Iron Curtain issues - they use it after they stack up a fixed army in a fixed spot about 90% of times (that spot being the gem field above Oil Derrick) - as you whittle supplying forces with your Tesla Coils on the cliff, you might see some questionable Iron Curtain usages like a single Terror Drone or Rhino Tank. Glad you went the same route - that damned cliff can be exploited towards so much advantage - if only I knew it back when I was 10 haha.

This mission is so hard to play. I remember I lost everything except 2 Kieovs, and I used that 2 airships to kill everything. It seems you don’t lose this mission when you lost all structures.

For real this is the hardest mission that I have played. And I only completed the mission by using 3 or 4 Kirov Airship and 2 or 3 of them had Elite Promotion.

I remember completing this mission with a mass Kirov armada😅 Your method is much better and feels more epic.

53:48 your tank division ? I think it's more like "Your engineer division"

the amount of barracks tg built is astonishing

36:54: "Ah, a back way. Thanks, Chitzkoi Brigade."

Thanks for reminding me the good old days of my life

46:40: "...I understand your paranoia there, Miller."

There is an easter egg on this map. If u destroy the trees near the tech airport a message will appear on the top left screen. Greate video btw 🤗

53:47: On par time or less: "Already your name is known to school children as the greatest general the world has ever known." Must admit, this longplay and the first Soviet mission sure didn't reach less than par time.

If you look at many old walkthroughs for this mission, they will say that the nuclear missile will destroy the Kremlin in one shot, when in fact that does not happen even on the easiest difficulty.

I love capturing enemies base, do you?

38:39: "Looks like the war of attrition is now in our favor, and Yuri is losing his credits."

RIP to those units fried by the Tesla Coils.

This is one of the best mission in the whole game yet. The madness, the sadistic kirovs. Ahh I love this mission so much as the ai runs through your kirovs and die.

This is hands down my favorite mission. In the past I struggled hard but I ended up figuring out a sick plan by capturing the cliff Teslas and producing a Tesla Coil/Flak Cannon network on it. Conscripts, V3s and Apocalypses can do it.

Great video

Perhaps after this, Yuri's Revenge Long Play next innit?

"kirov reporting" the voiceline that cause my childhood nightmare

tg: is that all the barracks? Wong: what? you want more?

I'm guessing the average age of people who play this game is 35+

I swear I've beaten both the Allied and the Soviet Campaigns on hard difficulty, but I DO NOT remember this mission being THIS intense. I remember it being hard, but this looks crazy. Well played how you the enemies footholds.

41:46 LOL felt the pain. Also I was wondering where the enemy Kirovs where at. I remember when I played this map as a kid, I just turtled at the very beginning, build a nuke silo and get wrecked cause I didn't know the Nuke triggered the Kirovs.

I vaguely remember my first successful run of this mission involved leaving Kirovs on forced fire in the path of the enemies attacks. Crazy soviets just charged passed suicidally and died in droves Edit: Like minded and remembered correctly!!

The best mission in RA2 and YR. I love playing this one over and over. :)

I like what your strategy you've used on this mission ❤️😍

Ahhh the nostalgia *See* 0:22 Yup nostalgia indeed

So if this mission is meant to take place in the same place as the final Allies mission, but south of the Kremlin instead of north, how come the Kremlin’s surroundings have walls arranged differently and the Kremlin itself is built on top of a road that wasn’t there for the Allies?

"The battle for moscow was hell. The moment we stepped out off our barracks there we bullets, explosions, tesla-discharges, the enemy-HQ....." "All hail the infinite yuri CONE."

I must say, tree clearing is more of an Age of Empires tactic, but it does work here.

My favorite mission in RA2 in the Soviet Campaign but it was a lotta harder when I was like 13 yrs old

tg thanks for the videos . I really enjoy watching your Channel. Waiting for the new videos

Hint: Conscripts are still useful to guard war miners against terror drones useful against yuris as well

Still very hard for me to decide on a favourite Soviet mission with all three last missions as contenders, but this one is definitely the hardest

the one time where you understand why artillery did what they do in real wars. Kirovs and V3’s pulled clutch in this mission

26:00 mark: "Great, I'm fighting the Psychic Corps. This is going to be a doozy, as the Americans would say."

This one is the most difficult mission in Ra2, and the only one I looked tips for finishing it. I still remember someone said it is impossible when I was 10.

1:43: (Good one, tg-sacred.) "Ah, Kirovs. Not the MiGs of old, but useful and terrifying regardless. Now, where are the fruits of labor involving the Boris program?"

BIG LIKE BRO YOUR AWSOME IN THE BEST BRO GOOD JOBS :**********

is it considered cheesing if i send 30 friggin kirovs to straight up kill everything? was so annoyed with those dang yuri clones turning my units left and right the first time i played this mission

u know its my favorite mission in the story

My favourite mission.

Nice job and you awesome tg i like your video ill be watch your next video mission 12 the final

0:00: "Well, I would be glad to... what is it, Zofia?" "...FINALLY!!! A LEGITIMATE REASON TO OVERTHROW THE FALSE PREMIER!!! YOU HAVE MY UTTER GRATITUDE, ROMANOV!!! I WON'T FAIL THE SOVIET UNION AND THE WSA!!!" ("A pity I didn't save you then, but again, power demands sacrifice".) "It's an honor to serve with you too, Zofia, and I'm sorry for not talking with you much. Now, to end the traitor's reign..."

30:22: "Conquering and capturing first border base, but we're still far."

"This is a mission where a boy becomes a man" The perfect description for this one.

This mission is so hard that even if I give me lots of gems AND and allied MCV, I still fail 80% of the time. Kirov seriously is probably the only way to go. I simply don’t want to deal with Kirov rush from enemies. Those Yuri is so damn annoying to deal with. Even sneaking spies for cash is darn near impossible. Next time maybe I need to give me 1m cash before start and see if that would make the mission a bit easier. :( Overall way harder than any other RA2 mission to date, including all YR missions imo.

53:40: "Now, to give the Kremlin some radical restructuring... I miss my commander school friends Boss, Fixer, Scorch, and Riggs."

Dude I didn't know this mission could take so long. I build 2 Kirovs and 'sneak' all of them on the Kremlin via the left side of the map.

I remember this being so hard due to enemy iron curtain and air armada being sent non stop. So what I did was put all my resources building air ships and bombed straight the target building.

Good, gameplay TG

Yuri's Kremlin base looks bugged in your play - when I played this mission, it was mass-producing yuri clones constantly.

as an rts noob playing this mission over and over again, I gotta share a brain blast moment on this. I HATE yuri clones. The latter part of the siege became a crawl for resources. Dogs were the natural counter in my mind. Sending in the conscripts was the best bet to bait mind control but I can’t micro well to send the particular unit in without getting accidentally sending the tanks first. Mulling over every armor option, I realized Terror Drones are also wonderful anti-mind control I was still unsure if I got it right til Yuri went and said something about Drones being mindless…”that’s the fkin point” I retaliated in my head. Mindless and more durable than dogs, the stalemate went to a sure win with a squad of 5 drones

When I played this level for the first time, I screwed up and lost by ability to create new units, though I had just build the missile silo. It's been years, but if I remember right, I let my refinery be destroyed and didn't have the resources to build a new one. So I had a choice, restart the mission of see if I could hold out long enough to launch the nuclear strikes needed to win. I choose the later option and was just barely able to hold off Yuri's attack waves in time to finish the level.

My personal way to clear this one is to destroy flaks up-left from the base and send just those two starting kirovs, to the top sticking to the left edge. They are pretty much enough to take out the whole base on the top of the map and for the objective itself, while you dont trigger AI to build its own kirovs and just defend using some terror drones and teslas