History Videogame / CommandAndConquerTiberianSun

* MakeMeWannaShout: GDI deploys a new addition to their arsenal: Sonic weaponry. In the GDI campaign, [=McNeil=] spends some time getting it back from Nod, who stole it after Hammerfest fell.

** The names of some of the skirmish maps include [[Franchise/{{Dune}} The Ice Must Floe]], [[Literature/{{It}} They All Float]], and Film/ARiverRunsThroughIt.

** One of the skirmish maps is called [[Franchise/{{Dune}} The Ice Must Floe]].
** Another of the skirmish maps is called [[Literature/{{It}} They All Float]].
** Yet another skirmish map is called Film/ARiverRunsThroughIt.

** Yet another skirmish map is called [[Film/ARiverRunsThroughIt]].

** One of the skirmish maps is called [[Franchise/{{Dune}} The Ice Must Flow]].

''Tiberian Sun'' is the second installment in the ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianSeries''. Set in 2030, tiberium is now spreading unchecked, forcing humanity to flee to the arctic or desert regions that can at least slow the substance's progress. As governments break down and GDI does its best to bring order from the chaos, Kane reappears to lead a reunified and invigorated Nod into battle once more. A crashed alien spaceship and an extraterrestrial artifact called the Tacitus hint at a larger purpose behind Tiberium, but ultimately Kane's attempt to use a missile to increase Tiberium's spread is thwarted with the man's death (again).

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This game predates the refinements that ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert2'' and its expansion ''Yuri's Revenge'' made to the series, and ''Tiberian Sun'' has more emphasis on a futuristic, exotic motif.

* ArmCannon: Cyborg soldiers have chainguns on their right arms. Cyborg Reapers have cluster missile launchers on theirs, plus a net launcher to disable infantry on the other. The Cyborg Commando wields an extremely powerful PlasmaCannon.

* NoHelpIsComing: A villainous example in the GDI campaign, when General Vega's base is being stormed by GDI forces and he pleads with Kane for reinforcements. [[BigBad Kane]] instead has both excommunicated him from the Brotherhood and [[YouHaveFailedMe ordered a nuclear missile strike on Vega's base to show his displeasure]].

** Superweapons are not nearly as devastating as the Nuclear Strike in ''Tiberian Dawn'', with Nod losing their Nuclear Missiles after losing the first Tiberium War. Nod also has an unusual mechanic where their Chemical Missile requires you to build unique haversters called "Weed Eaters" to harvest Tiberium Veins so you can arm a warhead. ''Red Alert 2'' would introduce the concept of superweapons costing $5000 and being devastating if given the chance to fire while ''Tiberium Wars'' would continue this tradition, even upgrading the GDI Ion Cannon to multiple cannons that detonate a devastating explosion after ionizing the area. The structure that enables Tiberium vein refinement got a SpiritualSuccessor in ''3'', with the Tiberium Chemical Plant which grants multiple Tiberium support powers with each power costing differing amounts of credits.

** Superweapons are not nearly as devastating as the Nuclear Strike in ''Tiberian Dawn'', with Nod being losing their Nuclear Missiles after losing the first Tiberium War. Nod also has an unusual mechanic where their Chemical Missile requires you to build unique haversters called "Weed Eaters" to harvest Tiberium Veins so you can arm a warhead. ''Red Alert 2'' would introduce the concept of superweapons costing $5000 and being devastating if given the chance to fire while ''Tiberium Wars'' would continue this tradition, even upgrading the GDI Ion Cannon to multiple cannons that detonate a devastating explosion after ionizing the area. The structure that enables Tiberium vein refinement got a SpiritualSuccessor in ''3'', with the Tiberium Chemical Plant which grants multiple Tiberium support powers with each power costing differing amounts of credits.

** Superweapons are not nearly as devastating as the Nuclear Strike in ''VideoGame/TiberianDawn'' with Nod being losing their Nuclear Missiles after losing the first Tiberium War. Nod also has an unusual mechanic where their Chemical Missile requires you to build unique haversters called "Weed Eaters" to harvest Tiberium Veins so you can arm a warhead. ''Red Alert 2'' would introduce the concept of superweapons costing $5000 and being devastating if given the chance to fire while ''Tiberium Wars'' would continue this tradition, even upgrading the [=GDI=] Ion Cannon to multiple cannons that detonate a devastating explosion after ionizing the area. The structure that enables Tiberium vein refinement got a SpiritualSuccessor in ''3'', with the Tiberium Chemical Plant which grants multiple Tiberium support powers with each power costing differing amounts of credits.