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By: Someone Says Something Nice About PC Shocker | Rock, Paper, Shotgun: Adding Sax-Mouths

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:26:49 +0000

[...] Yeah, we’ll take the scraps we’re tossed at this point. Read the rest of the article here. And check out the Red Alert 3 screeshots here. [...]

By: Optimaximal

Optimaximal — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:42:43 +0000

One of the ex-Westwood guys still working on the series stated in PCZone’s C&C Feature last month that placing Kane in Red Alert was both a nod to the fans of the original and a mistake as they never intended to link the two universes – it was the equivalent of an in-joke/easter egg, nothing more.

The fact that he wasn’t in RA2 was them trying to differentiate the franchises.

By: Corion

Corion — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:51:49 +0000

“the poisoned tea” Et tu, Kane?

Maybe RA3 will actually decide to make sense in terms of the storyline. Few people (including, unfortunately, the developers) seem to realize that Red Alert 1 was a prequel for C&C1. Red Alert 2 completely derailed the storyline of the series and turned it into a bizarre world full of psychics and mind-controlled animals, which doesn’t really fit with C&C1.

Don’t get me wrong, the game was fun, but I was hoping it would make sense. I guess the storyline splits from the RA1-> C&C1 continuity the way C&C splits from real history.

I don’t know why they didn’t name it something else like they did with Generals.

Regardless, I’m not sure I’ll be able to continue boycotting EA with titles like C&C3 and RA3 out.

By: megamaj

megamaj — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:29:42 +0000

Kirovs are awesome. One of the best missions in RAII had you put on the corner of a coast, and enemies coming straight at you while you try to hold your stance. After a couple of minutes the Kirov’s would start coming in in a steady line and you had nothing but to hope they wouldn’t make it through your line of air defense, while all the time trying to keep lines tight against the ground assault.
I loved RAII.

By: phuzz

phuzz — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:18:06 +0000

I’m hoping that the crystal clear water will show the defeated wrecks of my enemies :)

Also Kirovs (the big blimp things) == best rts unit evar

By: James T

James T — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:34:26 +0000

“I chose not to choose life. I chose… RRRRRAPTURE!”

By: LongFred

LongFred — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:32:00 +0000

That’s blasphemy, James! But no worries! Pray three “perfect markets” and one “narrow oligopol” and you will be forgiven!

By: James T

James T — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:15:58 +0000

Hey, it's got nothing on the Invisible Hand. Thanks heaps Adam Smith, if that is your real name!

By: Rafe

Rafe — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:47:13 +0000

Absolutely not. Communism is the greatest con man has ever created.

By: RichPowers

RichPowers — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:41:47 +0000

Thanks for the link The_B. Really glad EA put up the videos for all to see.

And I agree with Jacchap: the original Red Alert had the perfect B-movie quality about it: not deliberately hokey like its successors, but not totally serious. It was trying to be a bit edgy but, in true B-movie fashion, was constrained by its budget and actors’ talents.

By: The_B

The_B — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:27:41 +0000

Jachap: EA have now put all the original movies for all the C&C games upto 3 online.

By: Zygoratot

Zygoratot — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:13:15 +0000

well the original Command & Conquer did have that mission where Kane instructs you to go to some island and kill dinosaurs.