Ok,
so I obtained this... it's ok. Not the sort of amazing experience like
Company of Heroes or Sins of a Solar Empire. It feels just as wacky as
the other Red Alerts, the movie cinematics are definitely the strongest
selling point for this game. I couldn't help but feel very cramped and
claustrophobic with the camera, I kept trying to scroll my mouse so it
would zoom out, but no dice. That's kinda a personal preference though,
so you guys might not mind.
The other thing that I noticed is
that this game seems to have very hard counters. For example, you might
be used to say, Company of Heroes where you can use a Tiger tank and pretty
much throw it at the enemy without too much worry. However in RA3, if you
use the wrong unit against an enemy unit, you're gonna get your ass
waxed very quickly. Don't be surprised if your army of Mammoth tanks gets wiped out in 30 seconds or less. Something that's compounded by the fact that there
isn't much real estate to work with on the maps. I found the units very
big and hard to manuever around all the buildings sometimes. This only
compounded the feeling of being cramped.
The co-op feature in
single player isn't very interesting, you just get an AI teammate that
has his own base and units following you around and helping a little.
Nothing ground breaking.
For me, it's an average RTS. RA fans
will like it, but the gameplay really isn't as fun as the cinematics,
they're the best part of the game.
