Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - PC Games

Posted : 3 months, 3 weeks ago at Aug 1 14:48

I'll start by saying that I can't believe they got away with releasing this game. It took them eight whole years to conjure a sequel to Red Alert 2, but the final result looks more like the efforts of just eight minutes of development time. This could very well have been released as an expansion pack for Red Alert 2, because neither the gameplay nor the graphics have actually been improved since their efforts in 2000. RA2 destroyed all seriousness from the franchise, but at least supplemented that with new gameplay and improved cinematic sequences. RA3 has gone gung-ho on the farcical scale and ramped it up to beyond outrageous. The cut scenes are still the highlight of the game, but there are numerous plot holes and coincidences that make you roll your eyes until they hurt. It definit...Read more

Rating : 6/10

Posted : 11 months, 3 weeks ago at Dec 1 12:51

Red Alert 3, the latest in the Command & Conquer brand of RTS games to come out for PC, brings back alot of what makes the Command & Conquer games, and the Red Alert brand in particular, great. Unfortunately, it doesn't do very much to change that. First off, let me get full disclosure out of the way and say that I'm a huge fan of Command & Conquer. I've played every C&C RTS to completion. As someone thats into History and not prone to Sci-Fi however, I've allways prefered the camp and alternate history of Red Alert to Command and Conquer's darker alternate future story line. Red Alert 3 brings back everything that made the series great. And thats exactly the problem. This game is really just more of the same. All the problems from the series are still here. The game is wildly...Read more

Rating : 7/10