Forum:Relics

I've been a member of this wiki for quite some time now and I've been a fan of the C&C franchise even longer. Over the years that I have played the games, I've noticed that the developers LOVE to insert subtle (and at times not so subtle) nods to their past installations in the franchise; far more than any other franchise I've ever followed. Over time, I've come to call these nods, relics or easter eggs as they often come in the form of wreckage, debris, or abandoned units or sounds found in-game in each C&C game. I always loved how dedicated the Westwood guys were to their own lore (with the exception being the bastardized conclusion to the Tiberium storyline). I just thought I'd put my two cents here before dedicating a page to the topic (though I do believe this subject matter is worthy of a page).

Starting with Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun and it's expansion, you can find derelict remains of structures from the First Tiberium War including Power Plants and Refineries (and the un-useable Hospitals). The relics weren't limited to structures however; in the Firestorm expansion, you could use a Hijacker to commandeer old Mk.1 Mammoth Tanks to fight CABAL.

With the transition to 3-D RTS's with Tiberium Wars, the developers had a field day with including relics from previous games in the Tiberium series. It's not very noticeable in the campaign but, almost every skirmish mission has some form of relic to a past Tiberium conflict and I've taken the time to list all of the ones I could find here:


 * TW1 era Humvee wreckage in the parking lots of the maps, Downtown and Dustbowl in Tiberium Wars (they appear on other maps but they aren't really noticed unless you take the time to look).
 * Nod propaganda billboards depicting one of the Tiberium Dawn Nod victory screens
 * TW1 era GDI Watch Towers as Bridge Posts on the skirmish map Ground Zero in Tiberium Wars
 * TW1 era Tiberium silos next to the captureable turrets in the Northwest and Southeast corners of the skirmish map Black's Battle II in Tiberium Wars
 * Decaying wreckages of Titan and Mammoth walkers on the skirmish map Shooter Showdown in Tiberium Wars (my favorite easter egg)
 * The skirmish map Tiber River in Tiberium Wars (because of its location alone)

There's bound to be other easter eggs/relics that I forgot to list.

A recurring easter egg in almost every C&C game would be the comically overdone death screams that were recycled from Tiberium Dawn and for infantry in Red Alert 1, Tiberium Sun, Red Alert 2 (conscript and flak trooper death screams), and almost all of the death screams being re-used in Tiberium Wars.

These are just some of the things I noticed. If anyone else knows of any details I forgot, feel free to point them out.