A better version of Red Alert 2 is insanely high praise.

I agree, also unfair comparisons since RA1 and RA2 are really different games. Perhaps they meant C&C 2? Which is RA1.

I didnt check what makes OpenRA special but theres open source efforts to „remaster“ generals and zero hour.

https://github.com/TheSuperHackers/GeneralsGameCode