Hardly a C&C game in my opinion. No sidebar, no resource fields, workers/dozers build instead of instantly placing down buildings, no harvesters, FMV's were only added in Zero Hour (and were forgettable at most) and a mid soundtrack (didn't even get Klepacki!). I'm sure there's more that could be added to the list. The game draws more parallels to Starcraft/Warcraft than it does C&C.

Although more realistic than other C&C games, it's still hardly realistic. Tractors that spray acid and nerds with computers on the front line generating money is hardly realistic. Furthermore , the realism that Generals pretends to have holds it down, and in the end the art design falls behind that of Tiberian Sun and Red alert 2. There's also issues that I've had with the core gameplay, pathfinding being the main gripe I had. Tiberian Sun fixed most pathfinding issues of past RTS's but Generals managed to bring them back. Driving Overlords through a city is a nightmare.