In Europe, due to similarities between the game's storyline and the unraveling war in Iraq, a localized version of the game was released in Germany. The game is banned in China, presumably due to various parts of the Chinese campaign that didn't sit right with the government. The games's three factions are the USA, China, and the Global Liberation Army (GLA). Allies storyline of the Red Alert universe. Generals was the first in the Command & Conquer series that not only strayed away from the original GDI vs. This game has hidden development-related text.Ĭommand & Conquer: Generals is a real-time strategy game released in 2003 by EA.