Those who are sick and tired of playing RA2 will find this iteration to a great franchise very enjoyable. While paying homage to its predecessors the game moves forward by introducing new factions (Rising Sun) while keeping much of what we enjoyed previously. Its not fair to say its just a new coat of paint as the AI is better and at the harder levels performs very good surgical strikes as well as continually tests you. The improved network play is a vast improvement which now offers improved co-op play (good bye IPX and good riddance), not to mention the IP network play whether local or wide plays very well. It's a colorful game and the graphics while not stellar are enjoyable and silly and enjoyable. The cut scenes are campy but fun. The action is intense thank goodness the concept of mindless rushing has less effectiveness of super weapons makes this a much more strategic game. So far its been enjoyable and a well made purchase.
Negatives: 3 patches in less than a week ... not a good start (No crashes so far). Easy to lose soldiers as in the previous game, AI at times gets stuck and the map count for skirmishes at this time is very limited and needs a lot more map packs. Much of what has been presented can be fixed.
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