Red Alert III Announced

[Dark0ne]

Ok, so we all know that EA (Electronic Arts) are a bunch of money grabbing arse hats. Pretty much everyone hates them, cause lets face it, they suck. Period.

 

However, they have now announced that a new game, set in the Red Alert Universe is now in the works with the working title of Red Alert III.

 

I'm happy that EA have finally recruited an intelligent individual who has realised that the CNC Universe is one of their biggest assets except their American Football series (2001, 2002, 20003 etc etc etc). I am however annoyed that CNC 3, or "Twilight" as it was meant to be called, is not the next title to be made, but RA instead.

 

Don't get me wrong, I preferred the original Red Alert to C&C, and Red Alert 2 to C&C: Tiberian Sun - but Red Alert has practically no storyline (although what storyline it does have, is well done in terms of cinematics) and C&C is where the heart is.

 

What I don't want to see is C&C: Generals 2 with the Red Alert name on it. I want cinematics, cheap acting, bad plotlines - and lots of it!

 

Thoughts?

[_Atti_]

i hated CnC generals..

not because its EA game but because they killed the CnC feeling out of it..

and yes the cinematics were misssing badly :D

RA2-s movies were real fun:)

[nzdbox]

i hated CnC generals..

not because its EA game but because they killed the CnC feeling out of it..

and yes the cinematics were misssing badly :D

RA2-s movies were real fun:)

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HAHAH yeah I agree with the RA2 movies.

I must have watched the introduction 50 times.

When it opens up and the president is smiling at his secretary.. lol.. kinda reminded me of something that happened to Clinton..

And the introduction video to Yuri's Revenge.. that was also cool, with the Harriers going in for the airstrike, only to get ripped to shreds.. that was cool.

 

I bought C&C Generals along with a friend a year ago I believe. We both finished the campaigns quickly enough, but after that, the game had no real content. Online, it sucked: real sucky tactics applied online, like building turrets in the other player's base.

Offline.. well, replaying the campaign was a bit boring since there are no alternate endings, or anything else that may warrant a re-play, and playing skirmishes against the computer just got boring for both of us.

So, right now the game is collecting dust! Whoopie!

 

C&C Generals just wasn't fun enough. Plus it diverted too much from the original games. And it had more focus on good looks than good gameplay, I believe..

[FlightlessBird]

I think the graphics were a big factor for me. A: because the graphics in Generals took too high system requirements... B: because it stole the gameplay. I liked the cheap acting, cool videos from Red Alert and Red Alert 2. Tiberian Sun I thought was fun, along with its expansion, but I played red alert 1 & 2 the most. I still retain my favorite song from Red Alert 1 and can recite it in my head.

 

*Walks away sing Hell March, the opening song to Red Alert.*

[Slaiv]

I'd have to say that either Red Alert 1 and Tiberian Sun tie for first out of EA's strategy games.

 

Westwood was the best thing EA had going for it [except for possibly the NEVER-chaning Madden series] - Nox was a great game, C&C was a great series, etc... Then EA had the brilliant idea to get rid of it.

[mrpyromania]

The best C&C was C&C:Renegade. Great online fun(but crap for single player).

 

Anywho, I really liked Red Alert 2,so I hope 3 will be even better!

[Darnoc]

The C&C games were great and Generals had no right to call itself this way. Yes, its graphics were great, but what about the great storyline and the cinematics?

 

The Red Alert games were great because of their gameplay, but personally I liked the Tiberium games better, because their story was superior and far more interesting. I still hope that they continue and that we will learn more about where the Tiberium originally came from (anyone remember the crashed spaceship from "Tiberium Sun"?).

 

By the way, I also enjoyed the Dune games which were also created by Westwood. But that's probably just because I love the whole Dune universe and am a great fan of the books.

[Dark0ne]

By the way, I also enjoyed the Dune games which were also created by Westwood. But that's probably just because I love the whole Dune universe and am a great fan of the books.

 

Indeed, but after the apparent flunk of Emperor: Battle for Dune (which, in my opinion, is far superior to C&C: Generals) the chance of another Dune game are very slim.

 

(anyone remember the crashed spaceship from "Tiberium Sun"?).

 

The scrin are meant to be playing an integral part in Tiberian Twilight.

[loveme4whoiam]

I've recently rewatched the Dune series (the three-part one, not the other one - is that any good by the way) and i think a new Dune game would be welcomed - although the third-person action game (i forget the name or who made it, but it was terrible) pretty much put the last nail in the coffin of the Dune series.

 

I think that the C&C series has been completely over-estimated. I played C&C and Red Alert, then was handed a copy of Medieval - Total War. This, and now Rome, make any other "strategy" game, unnecessary. It surprises me that the build-and-rush gameplay is still appealing (and Battle For Middle-Earth seems to show that this is so) to gamers. I guess this is just another example of EA's cash-cows hard at work.

 

Can anyone who's said that these were such great games explain why, so someone who genuinely doesn't understand?

[Dark0ne]

I think that the C&C series has been completely over-estimated. I played C&C and Red Alert, then was handed a copy of Medieval - Total War. This, and now Rome, make any other "strategy" game, unnecessary. It surprises me that the build-and-rush gameplay is still appealing (and Battle For Middle-Earth seems to show that this is so) to gamers.

 

They're two completely different styles of strategy games. One requires resource management, one is all strategy (with the exception of Rome: TW, which has a hint of resource management, but in an entirely different way - more like a simulation game than a strategy game). Rome: Total War type strategy games tick me off - I completed the game without playing ONE battle. Thats not a joke - the generals won me the game.

 

The controls were unresponsive - you'd tell your cavalry to go left AROUND the pikemen and instead they'd run straight into them. You'd tell your archers to move forward to fire, but hell no they won't go.

 

C&C is just a simple build up your base, then overwhelm them style game - which is more appealing to me.

 

I've recently rewatched the Dune series (the three-part one, not the other one - is that any good by the way)

 

There's a 1980's film, a three-part Dune 2000 series which follows the first book, and a three-part Dune 2003 series which follows parts of Dune Messiah and Children of Dune. I've got the two three-part series made by the Sci-Fi channel.