Command And Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars is a great game with great online but it lacks in a few departments.
GRAPHICS:
The graphics in this game are good and much improved on the last C&C game which was generals. Although because it is a RTS game dont expect graphics like Gears of War. The Graphics make it hard to focus someone on the screen because they do look fairly washed out and its very hard to tell which infantry units are which especially when zoomed out to maximum. 6/10
GAMEPLAY:
The gameplay in C&C 3 is very much like all the other games in the series so if you enjoyed them you will enjoy this game. There are 3 factions, GDI, NOD, and The Scrin which is an alien race. The main aim of the game is to build a base, build an army and destroy your enemies base.
There is a nice long campaign which involve missions for all 3 factions and nice Cinematic scenes between the missions. These scenes are good looking and explain what you have to do but they are usually just people talking and pretend news reports so don't expect to see scenes of epic battles or infantry dying.
You can also play skirmish which is a set up match against up to 3 computer controlled opponents and this is one of the areas where the game is a let down because unlike previous games you can onyl have 4 players and not the 8 so don't expect any big battles. Also the maps are very small, to the point where the harder Ai setting will start putting structures near your base simply because they are running out of room. All this means that matches don't last very long and don't expect any games to last longer then 30 minutes.
Online play is also enabled and is good, although there are bugs and glitches which people exploit and seeing as there is no patch yet for the xbox version these still remain. 8/10
SOUND: The sound is good in the game with all the little war noises you would expect and the cinematic sounds although there is nothing really revolutinary here from any of the previous installments. 8/10
CONTROLS:
Real time strategy games are not really found on the consoles because there controls are suited alot more to the PC. When you first start playing this game the controls are a little hard to learn and all the time your playing you will feel like it is easier to play it on a PC. But it is not that bad and especially if you can't get access to a PC or you would have more play time on a console then it is worth the sacrifice. 7/10
VALUE: You will get alot out of this game compared to other games. You can expect to spend 15 hours on the campaign and you may even want to try the campaign on a harder difficulty after so that could be 30 hours. And then if you add in all the skirmish maps and multiplayer fun you can have you are easily looking at a game which will give you 100 hours. 10./10
PROS:
- Long Campaign
- 3 Factions to choose from.
- Huge replay value.
- Online play.
- Fast paced Gameplay
CONS:
- A few bugs in the game.
- Controls are weaker then PC version.
- Only 4 players in Skirimish and online.
- Washed out visuals.
- No exciting improvements to the C&C series.
On a last not as a review im giving it an 8.0 but if like me you really like the genre and in particular the C&C series then it is probably worth more but the score is for the more casual player.