C&C: Red Alert 3 is going to be just like the old Westwood games!

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Staude said:

After having been in the whole beta i can tell you it is not.

The only things that are like them are

1. Cutscenes (though they are worse because EA can't direct cutscenes for shit. And they choose horrible actors because they think it's charming.. how nice)

2. Frank Klepacki is making the music

 

Gameplay of this game... Not at all. It's alright, but don't dare say that it's anything like the old cnc games, that's like spitting westwood in the face. Balance is also poor throughout the whole game.. i dunno.

Worst part is you can only install the game 3 times though. Or is it 5 ?

I'll probably still get it though.. but the drm is pissing me off so i'm not sure.

 

On positive notes it's better than their prior cnc games .. by far ..

How so? I betcha you aren't really used to building many bases on land and sea. Red Alert 3 is introducing this whole new naval fighting stuff, surely you need to adapt to it. It's not difficult to create a barrage of tesla (with V4 Rocket Launcher units along your walls) that separates your recon base to your actual base when playing the Soviets. Flanking is also important, which is an element that was missing from a bunch of real-time strategy games. I love the new stuff in the game, sorry you can't enjoy it as it is though (and not what it should have been... change is not bad you know).

Also, by the way, WALLS are back! xD

And @ Staude's last comment:

Look man, like it or not, Westwood is not coming back. EA is also not that bad of a developer, they still got good functional teams. As long as the games are not broken, they're enjoyable. I wouldn't have seen Ubisoft or THQ take over the series, honestly.