Um…I’m not going to mince words here. This game looks awesome. Red Alert has got a couple of defining aspects, and one of them is that the developers understood that they couldn’t do “good” FMV. No matter how hard they tried it always came out cheesy. And if they tried to fight this and Take Themselves Seriously, they produced nigh-unwatchable stuff…like Command & Conquer 2.
So the Red Alert guys just decided to turn the Cheese Knob until it broke off, and Red Alert 3 continues this tradition with pride.
“Are you ready to send those commies runnin’ back to their mommies?” Yes. Yes, I am. And frankly, that’s a hell of a cast. Tim Curry, George Takei, J. K. Simmons, Jonathan Pryce…and the best part is, they’re into it. They understand that the scenery here is meant to be eaten. The only downside is Jenny McCarthy as Tanya. Yes, I know, Kari Wuhrer wasn’t available…but could they have at least dyed her hair? Tanya is not a blonde! I guess it’ll come down to how well she can yell “Shake it baby!” Given her background…probably pretty well.
And fortunately the gameplay looks like it’s going to have some interesting quirks as well (plus some of the best-looking water I’ve ever seen):
Building bases on the ocean? Amphibious engineers? Transforming mechs? Artillery that shoots soldiers? DO WANT.
Oh, and a quick Braid update: Megan has completed the game and is now searching for the secret stars. After finding one yesterday she raised her hands in triumph and exclaimed, “Yes! I am the master of space and time!” I think it was worth buying the game just for that.
Yes! Yes!! YES!!!
Shake it baby!!!
I cant believe my ears hearing all good ol’ “Konstrokshon Komplit” and “New Konstrokshon Opshons”…
“Building bases on the ocean? Amphibious engineers? Transforming mechs? Artillery that shoots soldiers?”
I was going to say “Wait, Total Annihilation?” but the last item was awesome!
Hey, Gas Powered had their shot with me. Supreme Commander didn’t do it for me at all. It just felt really sterile, not to mention that it wouldn’t run well on my box.
Yeah, I didn’t get Supreme Commander when it came out because it was Win32 only, but then I didn’t hear much praise about the game.
Now the price of it is lower, so I might still get it, but then I keep reading that TA Spring is coming along nicely and actually plays on most contemporary computer systems. I was surprised that some people call it the better version of Supreme Commander, too. Go figure.
But again, C&C:RA3 looks awesome. I haven’t played any of the C&C games, and I know I’m missing out. I hear there is a collection of all of the titles in one box?
There’s The First Decade collection, which has the original Command & Conquer 1 and 2, Red Alert 1 and 2 and Generals and all their expansion packs. I actually bought this because even though I own the original C&C and Red Alert, they are darn hard to get running under Windows nowadays. I figured it was worth $25 to get easy-to-use versions of those and fill the holes in my collection.
Command & Conquer 3 you’ll have to buy separately but if you do you’ll actually get a code that will allow you to try the (multiplayer-only) Red Alert 3 beta.
I’ve played enough RTSes to get what the point is, but of late I’ve felt that they just feel like way too much work. I even bought a used copy of c&c3 thinking it might be fun, but ended up cheating my way through it as it felt like… work.