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Mental Omega introduces a wide selection of features unseen in the original Red Alert 2 or Yuri's Revenge, a large amount of which can be attributed to the Ares Expansion DLL - an engine extension currently developed and maintained by AlexB. This article will highlight the biggest differences from the original game, to inform the newcomers about the most important new logics and rules added to the play.The OptionsInstead of relying on the very limiting menus of the base game, Mental Omega utilizes a brand new client, originally created by Rampastring, to let the players launch into any of its many singleplayer missions, skirmish, LAN, or even online multiplayer on CnCNet servers. This client retains the customizability of the original game, and expands on that with numerous new options. Some of its key features are as follows:
The ModesThe Skirmish/Multiplayer portion of the game comes with a lot of different game modes, classic and new:
The SkirmishThere are 12 Subfactions, new Stolen Tech Units and Tech Buildings in the game, which are described in detail on the Factions page, but there also few differences to the gameplay itself, which are as follows:
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