The best and most complete RTS game on 360. Near perfect controls. Great Graphics. This is how it should be done!
Game play: Well it's an RTS. Shouldn't have to go in detail about that. So you know what you’re up for. Lots of strategy and building. What makes this different from other RTS games is its fast place of game play. Now you can turtle (camp) if you want. But most of the best players are going to gain resources quick. And build an army for an attack.
What makes things so easy and smooth are the controls. LOTR was the 1st game to convert the PC RTS keyboard to the 360 controller. And C&C just tuned it up. So the outcome is well mapped controls that work perfect. You can select for whole army, or just the units on screen. You have the option to group any thing by just pressing one button. These all play a major role because multitasking (macro management) is the key role in making a good player. You also can build on the fly with the on screen interface.
There are 3 factions that players can choose from. They all have strong and weak points. But for the most part C&C is a well balanced game. The most fun comes when you tech up and start to get more powerful units. But for every unit there's a counter unit for it. So don't go loosing your head when your screen looks like a war movie or a scene from independent day (those lil aliens’ ships).
Graphics: In a RTS type game these really don't matter to me. As long as I know what I'm looking at and it looks fairly good. And C&C does a good job at that. Nothing Big here. But it works. The lighting is very good also. You'll see fights light up with bright colors. Call it cheap eye candy
Sound: Once again in a RTS all you need is basic sounds to represent your units and the action around you. So I'm not looking for some Tom Clancy 5.1 mega speaker blaster game. They get the job done. So that’s all that matters. But I have to give credit to them because the alien race (scrin) has some crazy and cool sounds. Very "out of this world".
Value: This is the biggest and most important part of the game. How long can it be played? Will it get boring after a while (ex. GoW)? Well for a true RTS player. Using different strategies is the key to victory. And with this game it can always be different. The Mission (SP) mode consists of about 30 missions. There's Xbox live online play. To me this is where the meat is. You can play up to 4 players. Teams, CTF, King of the hill and Siege. So the fun never stops. You'll make the value of the game yourself. And the vision camera is so sweat. I love looking at the other face after a nuked his base. Or after I won and I get the screen to my self. The sweat smell and look of victory.
Overall if you didn't like the slow pace of LOTR and the whole "hero" theme. Then you’re going to love this. It’s all out war and action. The game plays a lot faster then LOTR. But it makes it better in the long run. This is a must buy for any RTS fan.