Command & Conquer: Generals in the story has nothing to do with the previous games of the series. In addition, unlike previous games under the brand C & C, Generals and a package of additional missions Zero Hour were developed by the studio EA Los Angeles, formed from the remains of the team company Westwood Studios, when EA closed the studio Westwood in Las Vegas.

The game uses the SAGE engine. This is the first three-dimensional strategy in the Command & Conquer universe. In addition, this is the first in the history of the brand C & C game that did not contain videos that tell about the development of the plot, as well as having no traditional interface and game mechanics. In this regard, many believe that the label C & C here is completely useless and EA was used exclusively for commercial purposes.

In the Generals game, there are three distinctly different groups of weapons in use: the United States with its high-tech weapons, China with its powerful offensive weapons and weak defense and GAO (Global Liberation Army, the Russian Global Liberation Army), a terrorist network with self-made Weapons and tactics of guerrilla warfare. China and the United States are the main goals of GAO.

The addition of Command & Conquer: Generals: Zero Hour was released.

Generals: Zero Hour brought a lot of new to the original game. For example, each side can choose one of three generals (not available in the campaign). Each of the generals has a certain specialty and special combat units. So, one of the US generals specializes in laser weapons and therefore has only laser tanks and guns in place of standard American tanks. For the GAO, I would like to note the general-demoman, whose combat units can blow themselves up at any moment by order. No new sides were added to the game.