Based on single player only (so far at least)

When talking about fanservice towards C&C fans and the remastered music (with bonus tracks) this is an amazing and long overdue RTS game with a relative bargain price along the side. It's full of behind the scenes videos and trivia (even cutscenes from the console exclusive Retaliation) which makes this truly an impressive tribute to what made Command and Conquer the forerunner of RTS.As far as gameplay goes, it's a pair of granddad RTS games combined and as such it's simplistic compared to say C&C3. Micromanagement at its most complicated is pressing X to have your infantry dodge from its blob so it won't all get crushed by a tank/apc. Fog of war only returns from specific allied buildings/units and interface/unit/building management was made more modern but there are no commands for attack-move or patrol. So it's a passable RTS game nowadays.That being said, there's hours on top of hours of gameplay to go through with both the games' campaigns and expansion missions (both memey and challenging variants) even before going to skirmishes and multiplayer. Progression and missions feel good and well paced for the most part, but difficulty in Tiberium Dawn is higher by default.There are some technical issues in Red Alert that I didn't encounter in Tiberium Dawn. Pathfinding is sometimes very wonky, leading to cases where your unit(s) will either rush in right next to the thing you want them to attack at range... or they forget the attack order they were given and just idle. Only way to get them to actually attack is to order a move into range.Overall the soundtrack made the game something I would have bought if it hadn't been gifted to me, despite the technical shortcomings compared to modern RTS's. If you enjoy the real C&C games (before the trash of C&C Twilight and MTX infested C&C Rivals) then this is a good purchase no doubt. If you're unfamiliar with the genre decide by listening to the music it comes with. For once EA didn't poison what they published, but I promise to keep a very close eye on that with C&C.So in conclusion:If you're a fan of C&C, you'll love it. If you're curious towards RTS's, listen to the music and then decide.