Nostalgia was this games downfall...
That said though it's not a bad game and infact it's well polished and put together. The single Player isn't that good and i was never a fan of the real actor thing in the games lol. Where this game really shines is 1 vs 1 multiplayer and for competitive gaming, on anything other than 1 vs 1 tho you get alot of lag due to the crappy netcode and it becomes unplayable.
I find C&C games too fast paced more me and i prefer to sit back and relax abit but it's great for people who like it. Theres 3 races and each look different buy play pretty much the same and thats what i hate. You just build the same buildings time after time of playing and it gets boring, specially when the only tactic is RUSH. Tbh i prefer my games to have more tactics than that.
Overall tho the single player isn't that good and the multiplayer is where it shines and thats all that matters with a RTS anyways. It's abit too fast paced for me and i do prefer RA anyways. It does get very linear and boring as you can only ever do the same thing over and over and the building placement gets on my nerves as it doesn't give you much room. Also the Alien race is FANTASTIC and the best addition to the series, reminds me of war of the worlds or something.
The Graphics are good but not as good as say COH, the maps don't really get destroid as much and theres not much eye candy. I do find the cameras don't zoom out far enough and i can't really see the bigger picture, but C&C games have always been like that tho i wish there were changes. The Art is pretty generic on 2 of the races however the alien race does look great. The performance is fantastic too but i wudn't expect anything less.
The sounds are great but don't really shine like COH and i wouldn't say are the main attraction for the game. However again the Alien race sounds fantastic lol.
I would say the value depends on if you like playing multiplayer, because thats whats will keep you playing after all the single player isn't great. If it keeps you playing for ages then it's a bargin! However i do think the price tag is abit steep seeing as everyone will be wanting the Kane Edition.
Overall the C&C3 is a good game but for me Too much Nostalgia for the old C&C games have made it soo theres no new gameplay elements and it becomes boring for me as i want something new. For the new C&C i'd like to see more innovation.
However for C&C fans i guess this is what they wanted anyways but for me no....