A new look to Red Alert series - falls short but still enjoyable. Fan boys should play it.
In my personal opinion - this game is not as good as RA2. Period. But this isn't a flop either. Many changes has been made in the Red Alert series and few hit the bulls eye and few didn't. Overall I would say it's a good entertainment package which can't be missed but definitely EA-LA should think about more changes in upcoming expansion.
The campaigns were all well written and the units were very interesting. Bears launching from cannons, dogs parachuting from planes and dolphins armed for battle - though feel like cartoon but where you would get that much of fun? The campaign is rewarding and enjoyable to play. If you overlook the cheesy girls, then RA3 really isn't that bad. Dynamic objective changes were good and I liked it a lot because in real war your objective can change any time, right?
Economy has been lot more simplified now and it's for good. Each of the factions are different. Secondary abilities of the units are simply superb and its a welcome addition for me. The game is rather fast-paced. You've to be quick or be dead. You've to use all form of your army - Air, Navy, Land. Otherwise enemy will get upper hand of you. You must have to build defenses as well to remain alive.
Soundtrack is so-so and nothing special. FMV were good but you have to put up with cheesy school girls. :P Co-Op mode is a very good concept though it made the game bit easy. I would like to conclude by saying that - don't compare RA3 with other modern games. Because RA3 is old-style base-building type RTS.
Last word: You must install all the released patches because vanilla version has lots of bugs.