[.ca] Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars

Welcome Back Commanders!:
Let me make it clear from the beginning: GREAT GRAPHICS! Physics and details are AMAZING! I particularly liked the exhaust distortions, the dust of the passing mammoth tanks and the burning debris falling from destroyed flying units! And for graphics like that it does not require the moon an the stars hardware-wise! A simple 3year old P4 with 1024MB RAM and a (new) nVidia 7600GT can manage the highest settings. Why is this important? I have STALKER gathering dust waiting for my next PC - only then it will be playable, yet...obsolete! The story moves along, new units get unlocked, you gather, you built, you defend, you read the terrain, you amass your forces and you push forward hoping for the best. No try it again with the Bad guys. Where it misses the 5th star: one cannot hold a battle formation while moving as most major units move at different paces and (although the AI has improved) they keep bumping on each other. May be the next C & C could have some TOTAL WAR infused into it, with battle formations options. - Is it balanced? Mostly YES. - Does it require tactics? As much as one might expect from a COMMAND & CONQUER Game. - Can you still hog resources until you tank-rush the opposition? YES (sometimes the only solution) - Is it GENERALS 2.5? Definitely NOT. It has a clear C & C character! True, I could do without the wooden acting of Michael Ironside! (Gone are the days of Kari Wuhrer...Lock'n'Load!)

Excellent new C & C title; Kane's Wrath next to come:
To be honest, I have always preferred the Red Alert universe of C & C compared to the Tiberium universe. That said however, this is a great new addition to the Command & Conquer library. Still playing this game a lot (nearly finished NOD missions, about halfway through GDI), I must say the graphics are great and the gameplay is very good indeed. Kane's Wrath should be interesting as it has just been released. Red Alert 3 is my new must get game, though with the first person shooter Tiberium coming up this year (think of Renegade but better)and with Kane's Wrath the expansion pack this should be a great year for C & C fans. Still haven't come upon the Scrin missions yet; the acting in the cutscenes leave something to be desired but if you accept that as part of the C & C charm then I won't knock a star off just for that. This is a worthy addition to the Command & Conquer fan.