Ill throw my 2 cents on the thread:
I think the game is awesome. C&C returned to its roots. Great FMV sequences and the combat is frantic as it used to be. This are the revisited things, which EA did right. Now, for the new ones. The SAGE engine looks absolutely great (though it still is an old engine). The special effects look great (specialle that heat distortion that comes from flaming vehicles). The building queue is a major improvement, specially when you have the Crane upgrade. All units have little individual special abilities (such as the Orca able to drop sensor pods, or the APC able to lay mines). I think that these are very welcome changes and give the game some more depth. Now, the BIG BIG point that EA scored is that they made this game in such a way that doesnt need a top-of-the-line rig to look great. Im running it on medium at 1024*768 at a constant 30 frames per second, and though im missing some details it still looks gorgeous.
There has been too much hype about C&C3, which is not a small thing since we were talking about a sequel to the game that set the bar for what RTS should be. I think (dont flame me) that EA managed to give us a game worthy of being in the C&C franchise. (Im saying this because I dont think that Generals should belong to the C&C franchise, even though the game was good)
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