Red Alert 3

Product Description
Welcome back comrades, it's been far too long.

EA is traveling seven years back in time to bring back the most-beloved series in the storied Command & Conquer franchise. The light-hearted, over-the-top, wacky world of Red Alert has returned with Command & Conquer Red Alert 3, shipping this holiday for the PC and Xbox 360.

After years of conflict, the Allies are finally on the brink of victory. Cowering behind the walls of the Kremlin, the Soviets decide to turn to one last act of desperation - the use of an experimental time travel device. The mission: to go back in time to eliminate Albert Einstein before he creates the technologies that will lead the Allies to ultimate victory. After a successful mission, the Soviets return to the present, discovering the Allied position has weakened. But before they can truly celebrate, they find out their actions have spawned a new threat and global superpower, the mysterious, technologically advanced, Empire of the Rising Sun. Welcome to World War III.

In Red Alert 3, all three factions will have their own hand-crafted story-driven campaigns, with co-operative missions designed solely around coordinating attacks and developing strategies with an ally. Hook up with a friend online to go through the entire experience or choose from a group of AI commanders, each with their own distinct playstyle and personality.

While most RTS games keep naval gameplay at the periphery, Red Alert 3 is not shying away from the high seas. The oceans now hold essential resources, and with many units and structures capable of becoming amphibious, players who turn their backs to the oceans will find conquering the world a daunting task.

For Xbox 360 owners, Red Alert 3 continues EALA's quest to increase accessibility of strategy games on the console. Featuring a new, enhanced version of the revolutionary CommandStick interface, Red Alert 3 on the Xbox 360 brings the speed and efficiency of the keyboard and mouse to the palm of your hand.


Key Features
• The Return of Red Alert! - After seven years, the most popular series in EA's 25-million unit-plus selling Command & Conquer franchise has returned with a vengeance. Red Alert 3 brings back everything fans loved about the series, the humor, the popcorn style story and the franchise's fast, action-oriented gameplay, while breaking new ground for the genre, with an entirely co-operative, story-driven campaign campaign mode and an increased emphasis on naval gameplay.

• Co-Op Done Right - Every mission is designed from the ground-up with co-operative gameplay in mind. Join forces and strategize with friends online or join forces with nine AI commanders, three for each faction, all of whom have their own unique personality and style of play that might come in handy depending on the situation.

• Command the Seas, Conquer the World - Experience Gameplay as for the first time in the series, waging war on the water will be every bit as important as dominating by land and air. Gain strategic advantages by controlling resources in the seas and mounting three-pronged attacks from all directions.

• A New Threat from the East - The Empire of the Rising Sun is a technological terror, with unit designs influenced by a mixture of science-fiction, martial arts and robot culture. The Empire's futuristic units can transform into alternate forms, and they specialize in naval warfare.

• Star-Studded Storytelling - Command & Conquer's trademark live-action videos return in HD, with over 60 minutes of footage featuring the largest cast in the history of the Command & Conquer franchise.

• CommandStick 2.0 - Improving on the CommandStick interface first pioneered in Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath, 360 owners will get an unparalleled console RTS experience, with controls that continue to bridge the gap between the PC and 360 and a game designed to meet the needs of the console gamer.

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Short Review
First off, the graphics in the game are quite awesome except that there is too much bloom and too much team colour. This makes the game look cartoonish - like a game for small children. But apart of that, everything is pretty nice. Red Alert 3 has the best water graphics of all Command & Conquer games. While we're talking about water, Red Alert 3 allows just as much action to happen on water as on land. Almost all builings can be buildt on water, and many units are amphibious. Red Alert 3 allows for full land, naval and aerial combats.

Every unit in Red Alert 3 have a special ability. It ranges from everything between toggling ammunition type to jumping up hills and transforming. Special abilities are either toggled, instant or targeted. Some of them have a cooldown timer, while others can be used instantly.

Red Alert 3 is a very flexible and solid game. There's a lot of things you can do differently every time meaning the replayability is very high. You can either take on the course of progressing through the campaigns, go up against the artificial intelligence in skirmish or go online to match against and with other real-time players.

All in all, Red Alert 3 is a very good game, but there are certainly things that could have been done better or differently. But also, we have mods for this. Unfortunately, Red Alert 3 is a very limited game when it comes to modding, but modders are doing their best to improve upon the game anyway.


Rating
Graphics 8.6
Gameplay 9.1
Story 7.9
Presentation 9.5
Overall 8.7

Minimum Requirements
• Windows XP SP2 / Windows Vista SP1
• AMD Athlon 3000+ / Intel P4 2.2GHz or equivalent
• 1GB of RAM
• 6GB Harddisk Storage Space
• nVidia GeForce 6 series / ATI X1800 or better
• DX9c or 10 compatible sound


Recommended
• Windows Vista SP1
• AMD Athlon X2 (3500+) / Intel Core 2 Duo (2.6GHz) or equivalent
• 2GB of RAM
• 10GB Harddisk Storage Space
• nVidia GeForce 6800 or better / ATI X1900 or better
• DX10 compatible sound
• An internet connection is required to activate for online gaming

Developers
EA Los AngelsHomepage

Publishers
Electronic ArtsHomepage

Release Date
Microsoft Windows: October 28th, 2008
Xbox 360: November 11th, 2008
Playstation 3: March 23rd, 2009
Mac OS: March 2009

Composers
Frank Klepacki
James Hanningan
Timothy Michael Wynn
Mikael Sandgren

Engine
RNA

Latest Version
Patch 1.12Download

Platforms
Microsoft Windows
Mac OS
Playstation 3
Xbox 360

Game Modes
Singleplayer
Multiplayer

Platforms
DVD
Digital Download
Steam

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