The Dutch website PSFocus.nl has written a review about the game Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: Ultimate Edition.
"I love real time strategy (RTS) games. I love the thrill of building up an impregnable fortress; watching your villagers expand your economy, attacking an enemy with a well rounded army. Those are the things I crave in an RTS. When I was young, I constantly played games like Age of Empires II, Starcraft and Rise of Nations (I still play them today), as well as Empire Earth, Command and Conquer, Homeworld, and Age of Mythology. Those games define the "classic" era of RTS games. Nowadays, the classic RTS games are impossibly hard to find. It seems that the industry has hit a slump. Sure, there are some bright spots (like Sins of a Solar Empire), but overall there are very few RTS games on the market. How did the RTS market come to this? How did a flourishing genre suddenly grind to a halt? The answers are very unsettling." -from Reid!
A good RTS is hard to come by now. I miss the good ol days when i used to play Command & Conquer, Age of Empires 3, Rise of Nations, all those classic games that i would spend hours on every day...its a shame there are no developers that are willing to step up to the plate and create a true killer, next-gen RTS.
Aaron Simmer: "I'm a fan of the Red Alert series, warts and all. It's just too much fun for me, whether playing with people through the co-op campaign of Red Alert 3 or the single-player aspects of Uprising, it's all goofy fun. And that's mainly what I want from my games: fun."
The Good
- Ultimate Edition (PS3) is brimming with a good game and tons of cool extras
- Uprising (PC) concentrates on the single-player experience and I actually liked that better
The Bad
- For Ultimate Edition there's quite a steep learning curve for those unfamiliar with console RTS games
- Uprising's single-player campaigns are over too fast and the Yuriko missions could have fleshed out more
PSi writes: "Red Alert 3 is by no means a revolutionary RTS, even on a console. But, what it lacks in the ability to push the genre forward, it makes up for with fun gameplay. The "ultimate" branding doesn't offer enough incentive for PC or 360 owners to invest in another copy, but first-time players in the market for a good strategy game should be satisfied with what Red Alert 3 has to offer".
Finally a good score. I love this game. Who said RTS can't work on consoles?
This game deserves a good score! RTS should be more supported on consoles!
Yeah I just got this game today and I have to say the controls work really well.
People really need to get this "PC games don't work on consoles" crap out of their heads. RTS's and MMO's can work and sell on console just as well as on PC, although I do think as well as implementing these new inventive controller schemes they also need to make use of keyboard and mouse support to satisfy the hardcore old school people who understandably want to stick with the control system they have used for years.
I've also noticed a tendancy with some dev's to water down certain game types for the console market that I think is just counter productive.
But CnC Red alert 3 is definately a good game and a good step in the right direction for bringing the "PC type" games over to console.