Is it just me or is Red Alert 3 a joke?
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Only played the demo for the 360 version so can't really comment. The PC verson works fine though.KiKiweaky said:
The Red Alert series has never taken itself too seriously, especially since RA2. It's hard to be gritty and serious when you have psychic commandos, armored bears, and time travel.KiKiweaky said:
Yeah it has a more cartoony look to it but I think it still looks nice and fits the humorous setting.KiKiweaky said:
Read alert 2 is better then RA3 but not in game play as much. What through me off was the graphics, I mean in RA2 the graphics where a little realistic but now with RA3 they changed to cartoonish graphics, Why?.
I loved RA2 and YR.
RA3 is a bucket of wank. It doesn't look right, doesn't feel right and doesn't play right.
The "loads of stuff is amphibious" has taken all the strategy out of a game that should, on paper, be king of the castle and leaves it looking like an RA2 mod done by a kid who's just learned how to tweak the rules.ini so he's made all his units work on water, weather it's warranted or not.
RA3 is a bucket of wank. It doesn't look right, doesn't feel right and doesn't play right.
The "loads of stuff is amphibious" has taken all the strategy out of a game that should, on paper, be king of the castle and leaves it looking like an RA2 mod done by a kid who's just learned how to tweak the rules.ini so he's made all his units work on water, weather it's warranted or not.
This has been removed in the latest patch, so you are free to play! Freedom!Gestapo Hunter said:
I personally love RA3 and I think it carries the feel of the previous games perfectly, not just Red Alert but all Command and Conquer titles. It's also fantastic to see Tim Curry ham up a Russian accent so brilliantly.
Hmmm... RTS games DO tend to fare better on the PC.
Forgive my ignorance, but can you get a keyboard and mouse addon for the XBOXes?
If so, a set could improve your RTS experience quite a bit.
Or you could get a nice copy of Supreme Commander on a PC...?
Mind you, the C&C games are a guilty pleasure, & Dawn of War is a camp Masterpiece.
Forgive my ignorance, but can you get a keyboard and mouse addon for the XBOXes?
If so, a set could improve your RTS experience quite a bit.
Or you could get a nice copy of Supreme Commander on a PC...?
Mind you, the C&C games are a guilty pleasure, & Dawn of War is a camp Masterpiece.
ah it wasnt that bad hehe xDcorroded said:
I dunno what to make of it really but I just returned the copy I bought and got empire total war =D buuut I have to download it from steam now despite having a disk.... and paying ?45 for it >.< 7 hours and 50 minutes left
I bought Red Alert 3, intalled it, tried it, returned it and got a full refund. I lied that it was technical problems and some other shit.
I JUST COULDN'T F*CKING STAND ALL THE TITTIES AND WOMEN, If you can believe that.
I JUST COULDN'T F*CKING STAND ALL THE TITTIES AND WOMEN, If you can believe that.
in the allied campaigne tanya and the other blond one (cant remember the name) start coming on to you at the end. made me laugh
RA series isnt really suppose to be taken seriously..I mean...Mind Crontrolling freaks, time machines,Bombing Zeppelins that seemed entirely made out of metal(I mean..why bother doing a zeppelin and not a proper bomber which is faster and...aah nevermind), deadly dolphins, giants squids, a Russian guy named Boris and the line "It is day of judgment!".
But get RA3 for the PC is better..RA3 is not on the same league as RA2 but its still okay.
But get RA3 for the PC is better..RA3 is not on the same league as RA2 but its still okay.
I dunno, after RA2 and its expansion I expected RA3 to blow my mind.
It didn't.
I felt that sickening C&C Generals influence wash over the entire game, and then I saw how the graphics played out... granted they're "good", but the overall style seems completly cartoonish. There are so many special abilities for everything now it feels like the old style of the RA games is long gone.
I still love the cheezy cinematics though, atleast they kept that up to snuff.
It didn't.
I felt that sickening C&C Generals influence wash over the entire game, and then I saw how the graphics played out... granted they're "good", but the overall style seems completly cartoonish. There are so many special abilities for everything now it feels like the old style of the RA games is long gone.
I still love the cheezy cinematics though, atleast they kept that up to snuff.
Red Alert never seemed to take itself seriously in my book. The new offering didn't delight me or anything but it seems to remain true to the spirit of its predacessors in terms of general wackiness.
The entire Red Alert series is one big, over the top jab at Cold War 'What if?' stories. Surely after ten years of ship eating squids, Tesla clouds, glamour models in flak jackets and mind controlling psychic armies people have caught onto this.
It's not the over-the-top wackiness that put me off of buying Red Alert 3. As a long time fan of the series, I always knew it wasn't meant to be taken seriously. What did bother me was EA's complete disregard for the existing storyline. It's the same reason why I didn't like the storyline for Yuri's Revenge, where you go back in time and essentially replay Red Alert 2 with a new faction thrown in (I still liked it gameplay-wise though). However, Red Alert 3 takes it to a whole new level of stupidity:
"Oh guess what, the Soviets have built a time machine now and have erased Einstein. Yeah, those first two games you loved? THEY NEVER HAPPENED. We're starting from scratch and remaking the series for the frat boy and robot anime demographic. Tanya's blonde, all the women want to jump in bed with you right away, and there's no nukes. Oh yeah, and if you want to reinstall the game at a later date, our SecuROM will make sure that doesn't happen. Suck it, Red Alert fans."
"Oh guess what, the Soviets have built a time machine now and have erased Einstein. Yeah, those first two games you loved? THEY NEVER HAPPENED. We're starting from scratch and remaking the series for the frat boy and robot anime demographic. Tanya's blonde, all the women want to jump in bed with you right away, and there's no nukes. Oh yeah, and if you want to reinstall the game at a later date, our SecuROM will make sure that doesn't happen. Suck it, Red Alert fans."
I quite enjoyed RA3, the game was well made, the art style was refreshing (fair enough, it was cartoony, but, no other RTS that does this, and it was nice to see one do something different) and reminiscent of old propaganda. I played RA2, so I did not expect RA3 to be serious.
While RA1 is still my favourite, RA3 can hold its own.
While RA1 is still my favourite, RA3 can hold its own.
