I love this game!
1.)Price - Not an expensive game, fairly normally pricing for a something just out. I suggest waiting for the Jan sales as I bet you will be able to get this game soooooo cheap!
2.)Gameplay - I thought the gameplay was great. It really took me back to the older Red Alert games with the different crazy units and cheesy story line. I felt the best campaigns were Soviets then Allies...I have to admit I didn't really enjoy the Empire of the Rising Sun missions as they were just boring tbh. I loved the full co-op for the missions as I did pretty much all of them with a mate (the A.I. co-commander wasn't great, same thing each mission all they would do is 'tank' the attacks for me while I build up a big enough force to wipe the enemy).
3.) Game Mechs - The game controls are near enough identicle to the previous C&C games, which is a good thing as they feel spot on, allowing you to micro your troops accordingly. There have been SOOOO many bugs and glitches since launch it's rediculous! I was tempted at the begining to get a refund on this game as it didn't even load up properly, EA effectively launched and sold an incomplete game. Patches were released quickly to fix some of these issues but it took about 3 patches in the space of about a week. By the time you are reading this review though most of the issues will have already been fixed so you don't need to worry about them.
4.)Multiplayer - This is where RA3 is amazing fun. There are lots of different types of matches you can play, whether its clan 1vs1/2vs2 or ranked 1vs1/2vs2 and so on. The choice is great! What makes the multiplayer so amazing though is the balance. This is easily the most balanced C&C game ever, you will find pretty much all units are used and so are all factions. This opens the game up to lots of different strategies rather than build loads of one type of unit and you win lol. The lobby system is rubbish at the moment but EA are in the process of releasing a patch that will vastly improve this.
My main dissapointments in this game have been, the way EA treated the game (releasing it when it was clearly unfinished), the lack of any unlockable/secret missions, you can't use tesla tanks in multiplayer :P .
The good easily out weighs the bad in RA3. It is emmensly fun and will keep you latched to your computer for hours trying to plough through the missions for the various factions. The multiplayer is the highlight of RA3 for me as it will keep me entertained for ALONG time.
Definately worth buying!!!
Peace Out
Icey