*** Red Alert 3 ***
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In a few ways yes, it's much more fun for messing around, but competitively not a chance.
No windowed mode as far as I can tell.
You can fully edit hotkeys which is nice though
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Not very impressed so far. Why oh why did EA feel the need to change the graphical style from semi-realistic to cartoony. Most of the ingame gfx so far are very cartoony looking and the vivid colour palette does not suit the C&C universe. the outline on the units when you select them is also a little strange as it is like a constant glow which is several pixels wide. The water gfx are the best of any C&C game but the general gfx are a little OTT colour palette wise and the ageing game engine is starting to show its age badly now. Gameplay is same old so far and the FMV are a lot of fun in the cheesy C&C style. At least you do not need a very powerful PC to run this @ max settings as even on a 4850 I am getting high FPS with max AA & max gfx.
RA2 was "colourful and cartoony", they just kept in the same lines with RA3.
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Yeah but that was 2D this is 3D and it does not suit the game as to me the colour scheme is OTT and garish. Those outlines are very silly looking
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Will keep an eye on what people think of this - love RA2 so am tempted by this but will wait and see how it pans out ... I didn't get C&C3 so I wouldn't mind a new C&C game to muck about with!
Nothing like RA2. It's C&C3 with Generals crap money gathering system.
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I loved the original Red Alert and have bought RA2 and Generals……Generals I agree I did not really enjoy as much…. But this RA3 looks really poor in that it looks dated and looks like a re-hash of a game rather than something new that brings the series on .
Looks totally three years out of date……..Granted the game will still be fun to play but the maps look small and battles are likely to quick……I loved nothing better that a good slog of a fight. I know supreme commander fills that void but will RA3 be tactical or some mad tank rush………….
Looks totally three years out of date……..Granted the game will still be fun to play but the maps look small and battles are likely to quick……I loved nothing better that a good slog of a fight. I know supreme commander fills that void but will RA3 be tactical or some mad tank rush………….
Yep it's EA and DRM-tastic
My housemate just had to get a different DVD drive to get the game to install lol. Damn him getting it early though and mine hasnt come 
Yep it's EA and DRM-tastic
But DRM is a good thing!