Command and Conquer Red Alert 3 Uprising Review

Control & Conquer: Crimson Alert iii - Uprising Review

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising box art

System: PC	Review Rating Legend
Dev: EA Los Angeles	1.0 - ane.9 = Avert	4.0 - 4.4 = Nifty
Pub: Electronic Arts	2.0 - ii.4 = Poor	4.5 - four.9 = Must Buy
Release: March 12, 2009	two.5 - ii.9 = Boilerplate	5.0 = The All-time
Players: one-24	3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
ESRB Rating: Teen	3.five - three.9 = Good

Visually, Uprising is the same every bit Red Warning iii. The new units are modeled in the exact aforementioned fashion and fit well. The environments are too-rendered as they were in the original. Conversely, the environments don't really offer much in the mode of diverseness. Even the dungeon-crawl experience doesn't throw much new into the mix for the thespian. Moreover, the fact that the camera can't zoom in very far is another drawback, especially when other RTS games permit players to practically become downwards to eye-level and witness the action in a more intimate setting. On a brighter notation, the game is full of vivid colors and vibrant particle effects, so those looking for escape from the muddy colors of other games should notice sanctuary.

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising screenshot

The controls have remained untouched, so anyone familiar with Crimson Alert 3 should feel completely at home. And, being Insurgence is a stand-alone expansion, newcomers with a little RTS feel will detect them intuitive and easy to learn. Aside from the actor controls, there are still some pathing issues that can make for a frustrating feel. Units aimlessly walking against barriers, and getting stuck on each other can exist a painful affair to scout. Meanwhile, Uprising's music is probably one of its better qualities. With a number of unlike styles thrown into the mix, the music tracks complement the over-the-acme style very well. Hard rock, oriental ballads, and the original music from Red Alert and Red Alert 2 sync well with each other.

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Overall, at that place isn't much to say near Red Alert 3 Insurgence considering, frankly, there isn't much new to talk most. Information technology is nice to see that gamers don't demand to ain the original in society to play the expansion. However, the campaigns from the original aren't playable in Uprising, and so if you lot're at all interested in the unmarried-player, buying the original is a necessity, despite the laughably short "recap video" that you can watch. To its credit, Uprising is merely another installment in a series that knows what it is-a complete exaggeration on everything an RTS game is. Just don't go into information technology expecting annihilation more than than that though, considering you'll exist disappointed.

By Derek Hidey
CCC Freelance Writer

RATING OUT OF 5

RATING Description

Graphics
A fine-looking game that uses its bright and colorful style to its advantage.

Control
Standard RTS controls are left untouched since the original and make for an piece of cake-to-manage experience. Nevertheless, the camera not being able to zoom in to a more intimate level is a drawback.

Music / Audio FX / Voice Acting
The music stands out equally the game'south best quality, with the standard Cherry-red Alert acting to complement it.

Play Value
Standard and repetitive gameplay isn't made any more than entertaining past new units or the dungeon-crawler manner. While the Commander Challenge mode is fun, it lacks the depth and replayability information technology deserves.

Overall Rating - Boilerplate
Not an average. See Rating legend above for a final score breakdown.

Four New Mini-Campaigns: Boxing your way through four all-new mini-campaigns featuring classic fast, furious, and fun C&C action. New stories and missions will cover all three factions, plus experience an entirely new, dungeon-crawler campaign centered on the Empire's commando, Yuriko Omega.

Challenge the All-time!: How will you fight gigantic parachuting state of war bears, falling satellites, or an entire regular army of Yurikos? Can you beat the par time in each challenge? The new Commander's Challenge mode puts you right in the action of 50 grueling challenges confronting nine commanders from different territories and factions. Gamers skilled plenty to make it through the daunting gauntlet will gradually unlock new units and find tougher opponents in a true test of RTS skills.

The Largest Cast in the History of Video Games Gets Bigger and Better: Command & Conquer's trademark live-action videos return with stunning HD cinematics telling the deep story of Insurgence. Fan favorites like Gemma Atkinson and Ivana Milicevic will make their return to Carmine Alert, alongside Malcolm McDowell, wrestling legend Ric Flair, Jamie Chung, Holly Valance, Julia Ling, and many more!

New, Over-the-Superlative Units: Uprising brings you 11 new over-the-top units in truthful Ruby-red Warning fashion. Use the active Archer Maidens with their dangerous free energy arrows, the fully amphibious Grinder that will crush everything in its path or the giant Giga-Fortress, a flight cyborg head s bigger than any other unit you lot have seen in Cerise Alarm. Freeze your enemies with the Cryo Legionnaire or poison them with the radioactive liquid of the Desolator Trooper.

Screenshots / Images

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