Surprisingly Addictive
posted by KrispyD (YORK, PA) Jun 1, 2007
Member since Apr 2006
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I'm not much of a fan of RTS games, even less so on consoles, having been burned by the likes of Starcraft back in the day. I was pleasantly surprised by this game though. The controls take some getting used to, and there is definitely a slower response time than you would be able to get with a mouse and keyboard, but overall it was a very fun and entertaining game.
It's basic RTS fair, you build bases, collect resources, and build units. The tiberium (the main resource in C&C3) actually has some other game play gimmicks besides just being there to ravage for your war machine. Infantry units take damage if they go into the stuff, and certain abilities of some of the different races use the tiberium in different ways, from bonus damage to line of site abilities.
The campaign is entertaining, and the FMV sequences are something to behold. There are quite a few recognizable faces in there, including Lando and Sawyer. It's a bit campy, but it almost feels like it's supposed to be that way.
Multiplayer is quite a bit of fun, though the vision camera deal feels more like it's been added as a cheap gimmick more than anything else, but it is cool to see who you're playing against sometimes.
The biggest problem is that, while you're stuck being a noticeable bit slower because of the controls, the AI is not hampered by these restrictions. There were quite a few times where I needed to order units around in quick succession and was not able to thanks to the controls. The computer does not have that limitation, giving them a sometimes unfair advantage. Overall though, the difficulty seemed to be where it should be.
Overall, it's a game I would recommend trying out, if for nothing else than the somewhat goofy cut scenes.
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