The animations have clearly had a lot of thought, and a good deal of humour, injected into them. Idle infantry will do pressups and fiddle around. Tanks have turrets which rotate smoothly as they move and fire. Grenadiers lob grenades which blast hapless victims up into the air in a bloodied mess. Rockets fizz from launchers and bazookas.
Flamethrowers set enemy infantry ablaze.
The NOD obelisk of light frazzles all those who approach. Yet most impressively of all the NOD nuclear missile will destroy or cripple many buildings and vapourize just about any infantry in the same screen as the impact point. The sound effects are as good as you could probably want. The forces at your disposal will vary with time and the nature of the mission. Usually you start with a mobile construction yard, which becomes the focus of your base.