An amazing review on the latest Command and Conquer game.
The Real Time Strategy has experienced a renaissance as a genre in recent years. Blizzard brought us asynchronous armies in Starcraft and Warcraft 3, each side playing differently while still maintaining game balance. Relic introduced simplified cinematic combat with their excellent Company of Heroes. But these games would not exist as they are if not for Dune 2 back in 1992, and its spiritual successor, Command and Conquer in 1995. Command and Conquer, and its sequels and spin-offs, all play with a very distinct style and an extreme pace. While other games like Supreme Commander reward grand strategy and Dawn of War stresses aggressive expansion, C&C has been about perfecting the build order, teching up, pumping out a mob of powerful units and laying waste to one’s foes.
This fast and furious game play is the hallmark of the series, and Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars brings it in spades. This is its gift, but this is also its curse.
The series’ original director, Josephe Kucan, who also plays the series’ primary villain Kane, the messianic leader of the Brotherhood of Nod, directs the movies.
"Directs the movies"? Wow, way to check their info huh? Joe Kucan was the director back in westwood days, in TW he's just an actor. Who directs the cinematography in CnC3 is Richard Wynn Taylor III - at least the vast majority of takes filmed in LA, the Josh Holloway takes in Hawaii had a different director.
Otherwise a decent article. Nothing special, aside from the use of the word "anachronistic". Gee, sounded cool as hell and it wasn't just fortuitous, it really had a place in that line. Hey, did I just say "fortuitous"?
can't agree. starcarft already was about "perfect build order" to rush as soon as possible.
What cnc3 really brought and the ultimate reason it is and should be played, is that CNC is the first game using "3d" graphics properly in a RTS game.
the game is fast, clean, simple but yet detailed, and the gameplay is excellent.
The only flaw I see in CnC3, is that from the 3 faction, 2 are too similar to each other. The Nod Faction Could have much more original features than just playing on "Stealth" and lazer guns.
3 more differents and original factions, would have made this game THE RTS game.
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