Tropedia

  • Before making a single edit, Tropedia EXPECTS our site policy and manual of style to be followed. Failure to do so may result in deletion of contributions and blocks of users who refuse to learn to do so. Our policies can be reviewed here.
  • All images MUST now have proper attribution, those who neglect to assign at least the "fair use" licensing to an image may have it deleted. All new pages should use the preloadable templates feature on the edit page to add the appropriate basic page markup. Pages that don't do this will be subject to deletion, with or without explanation.
  • All new trope pages will be made with the "Trope Workshop" found on the "Troper Tools" menu and worked on until they have at least three examples. The Trope workshop specific templates can then be removed and it will be regarded as a regular trope page after being moved to the Main namespace. THIS SHOULD BE WORKING NOW, REPORT ANY ISSUES TO Janna2000, SelfCloak or RRabbit42. DON'T MAKE PAGES MANUALLY UNLESS A TEMPLATE IS BROKEN, AND REPORT IT THAT IS THE CASE. PAGES WILL BE DELETED OTHERWISE IF THEY ARE MISSING BASIC MARKUP.

READ MORE

Tropedia
Don't have an account?
Register
Advertisement
Register
Tropedia
Tropedia
158,422
pages
in: Work, Command and Conquer Tiberian Dawn, Video Game

Command and Conquer Tiberian Dawn

Sign in to edit
Farm-Fresh balanceYMMV • Transmit blueRadar • WikEd fancyquotesQuotes • (Emoticon happyFunny • HeartHeartwarming • Silk award star gold 3Awesome) • RefridgeratorFridge • GroupCharacters • Script editFanfic Recs • Skull0Nightmare Fuel • Rsz 1rsz 2rsz 1shout-out iconShout Out • MagnifierPlot • Gota iconoTear Jerker • Bug-silkHeadscratchers • HelpTrivia • WMG • FilmRoll-smallRecap • RainbowHo Yay • Photo linkImage Links • Nyan-Cat-OriginalMemes • Haiku-wide-iconHaiku • Laconic • Library science symbol Source • Setting

The first game in the Command and Conquer Tiberian Series, Tiberian Dawn was originally known simply as "Command & Conquer", before later being given its subtitle. Set Twenty Minutes Into the Future, it is a Real Time Strategy gam with a smattering of sci-fi elements such as alien crystals, stealth technology, and orbital lasers. A terrorist organization operating from various Third World nations known as the Brotherhood of Nod harnesses the power of Tiberium to challenge the rest of the world on equal footing, under the leadership of the charismatic and enigmatic Kane. The UN-backed Global Defense Initiative, a military coalition dedicated to restoring order and containing the spread of Tiberium, manages to hold the line and defeat Nod, killing Kane in the process. The game was followed by a plot-free expansion pack, The Covert Operations, a multiplayer-only sequel named Sole Survivor, and Renegade, an FPS that boasts an active modding community and a small but dedicated fanbase.

Please note that this page is for tropes that feature in this game and its expansion only. Please add tropes relating to other games as well on the main Tiberian Series page.

Tropes used in Command and Conquer Tiberian Dawn include:


  • BFG: The Commando fires a silenced .50 caliber Assault Rifle. Left handed.
  • Early Installment Weirdness: The first game has no tutorial and no skirmish mode, and even when the computer is included in LAN games, they get no bases.
  • Luck-Based Mission: The first Commando-centric mission. Unlike later games, the Commando fired rather slowly, didn't regenerate health, and was kinda fragile. Also, buildings destroyed by C4 still had a chance to produce wounded infantry just as if they were destroyed normally, resulting in the very likely scenario of your Commando losing half his health before he gets off the first island.
  • Slap Slap Kiss: A perfect example of the trope is seen in the channel-surfing video intro.
  • Smart People Play Chess: Kane is holding a chess piece during the briefing of the 9th Nod mission.
  • The Starscream: Kane's second in command, Seth.
Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted.
Advertisement

Fan Feed

More Tropedia