I'm a noob. Which C&C game should I start with?

[Captain Facepalm]

I want to play the C&C series but I'm having a hard time getting into RTS games.
Which title would be the easiest to pick up and get into?

[Cat]

C&C Tiberian Dawn (1995). or try the remasters.

[Nyerguds]

Always best to play them in chronological order of release. That way, you see the advancements in game engine, AI, controls and UI over time, rather than getting annoyed at earlier games lacking features you already got used to.

[rubyjuno]

Definitely get the Remastered Collection. Loads of content for a bargain price and works fine on newer Windows. You get the first two games in the series and their expansions. As with the above answers, start with Tiberian Dawn and its expansions, then Red Alert. I played all the way through both when they originally came out and loved them.

If you're just getting into RTS games, I would also recommend Age of Empires II Definitive Edition, another updated version of an old game. It has a tutorial campaign, lots of DLC, skirmish against AI opponents, an active community and plenty of difficulty levels. Have fun!

[Basan™]

Although I've 1st played the 1st C&C (Command & Conquer) upon a friends house, I've always preferred the RA's (Red Alert's) more weird sci-fi alongside with more humourous setting with comments and so on.

Heck, for a mere example I still have all the CD-DVD for the 1st RA and all related DLC expansions upon my old tech' cabinet and only kept the free versions of C&C upon digital format when those were made available to the general public.

Even despite C&C inevitably stappled the RTS genre for years, my still real favourite upon that genre still is the 1998's StarCraft-BroodWar (SC-BW), rather well 3 different races balanced game, and to a similar extent the not so well known Supreme Commander (Sup' Comm) and its sequel Sup' Comm: Forged Alliance.

[HY417 / ar558]

I think easiest to get into would actually be Red Alert 3, since its campaign has a coop mode where an AI player helps you, and if you manage to get its online stuff working (see RA3 discussions) other online players can support you in the campaign too.