Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3

To be perfectly honest, I miss the days of red alert one and two. The franchise really took a different turn with this final installment. The characters weren't as gritty as they were before and the thread of the storyline didn't seem to go anywhere.

In saying this, the soundtrack was pretty awesome. The game itself was pretty playable. The new Rising Sun faction just aren't as interesting to watch and this storyline takes away the authenticity of Red Alert. What ever happened to the mind controlling Soviet characters like the one played by Udo Kier in the second installment?! Anyhow. Not a bad play, not great either. 6/10..

The game isn't great but the controls are a bit wierd

I just thought to post a review in light of what's going on in the world right now. As tragically perceptive as this game was, it was just a supreme piece of film. The soundtrack and humour blended with drama were fantastic.

This is a really good sequel to the original Red Alert 2, highly enjoyable in every sense of the term even if it's not particularly difficult, at least if played at medium difficulty like I did. It perfectly recaptures the cheesiness of that one, meaning like in Red Alert 2 don't expect any meaningful plotline or grittyness of any kind (?) because you won't find them like you didn't find them in the original Westwood games. What you will find here in turn are improvements to the formula of those, in particular concerning the addition of water-based mechanics and a new awesome faction that even the developers must have seen as such themselves because it has the most interesting toys of all the three, particularly the awesome sukeban girl/psychic pilot of mechas (Tekkoku Mikazuki I'm looking at you)/commander Yuriko Omega. And, being myself an Otaku, I have no problems with it whatsoever. Oh, did I mention the high-quality videos sporting beautiful ladies in sexy attires? Those are a superipergigawelcome addition too. All in all, highly recommended, especially if you're an old Red Alert 2 fan and you've never tried it before because of the DRM stuff when it was originally released (in short, if you're like me).

P. S. This applies to the equally good expansion DLC, far more entertaining and well written - particularly the solo missions focused on Yuriko Omega - than stuff like SC Brood War and The Frozen Throne by a mile (change in the attire of the lovely Eva McKenna permitted).

I discovered I missed out on C&C 3 and 4. I go online and WOW! Every game and expansion for $10!! The third was good but the fourth was a BIG disappointment! I found myself going back to the older games I remembered and I am stuck between RA2 and RA3. These games still got me playing all day unintentionally because they are so fun. I'm my top 10 games for sure :)