History YMMV / RiseOfTheReds

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: If the timeline on the mod's wiki is to be believed, when the United States intervened in the Russo-European War and escalated it to WorldWarIII, Presidents Bradford and Suvorov informed each other via the Washington-Moscow hotline that neither had the will to deploy their strategic nuclear arsenals, though it doesn't stop mass evacuations of population centers and anti-missile satellites being launched by [=SpaceX=] and Roscosmos.

* HarsherInHindsight: The game's depiction of a brutal Russian invasion of Europe became a lot less fantastical when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Much like how ''Generals'' and ''Zero Hour'' became far less amusing and fantastical with the rise of ISIL in the Middle East, the mod's timeline of a brutal Russian invasion of Europe seems quite uncomfortably prescient.

* MemeticMutation: ''"Don't get mad, get Grad!"'' which refers to the GLA Grad's massive amounts of damage even after the nerf.

** One of the lines for the RPG Conscript when they're under fire. Namely the fact that they shout "Not again!", which, due to their fragility, can often be their last words, which opens up a whole load of hilarious implications, mainly revolving around the fact that, if taken seriously, they're somehow capable of bringing themselves back to life.

* BetterThanCanon: Some tend to consider this mod as being better than ''Zero Hour'', especially its attempts to rationalize its crazy plot.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: The dynamic between the [[HeroUnit Manticore]]'s pilot and the on-board AI on the tank make it clear that neither of them are [[DumbMuscle particularly]] [[ArtificialStupidity intelligent]], as the pilot isn't above getting angry at it and yelling for it to shut up and even insulting it, while the A.I. is clearly genuinely flawed and not as intelligent as it should be.
--> '''A.I.:''' "Destination set."
--> '''Pilot:''' "Stop shouting, I'm not deaf!"
--> '''A.I.:''' "Recommend evasive maneuvers."
--> '''Pilot:''' "I'm a tank, you idiot!"
--> '''A.I.:''' "Target acquired."
--> '''Pilot:''' "No, the other one!"

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: The dynamic between the [[HeroUnit Manticore]]'s pilot and the on-board AI on the tank make it clear that neither of them are [[DumbMucle particularly]] [[ArtificialStupidity intelligent]], as the pilot isn't above getting angry at it and yelling for it to shut up and even insulting it, while the A.I. is clearly genuinely flawed and not as intelligent as it should be.

* HarsherInHindsight: The game's depiction of a brutal Russian invasion of Europe became a lot less fantastical when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.

* LawfulNeutral: Switzerland is mentioned as being this in the backstory, despite the constant struggles with the EU in the years leading up to the GLA attack in 2028. One the other hand, it's telling that while the Swiss remain neutral all throughout (even managing to escape the devastation of the war with Russia), they not only agreed to help give the ECA advice [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments but also sought to save as much of Europe's cultural legacy as possible, including the entire collection of the Louvre]].

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Plenty, but the epic Russian folk song "Polyushka Polye" from the main menu stands out in particular.

* LawfulNeutral: Switzerland is mentioned as being this in the backstory, despite the constant struggles with the EU in the years leading up to the GLA attack in 2028. One the other hand, it's telling that while the Swiss remain neutral all throughout (even managing to escape the devastation of the war with Russia), they not only agreed to help give the ECA advice [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming but also sought to save as much of Europe's cultural legacy as possible, including the entire collection of the Louvre]].

* BetterThanCanon: Some tend to consider this mod as being better than ''Zero Hour.''