Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: Premier Edition

Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: Premier Edition Features

Additional Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: Premier Edition Information

Co-operative mode lets you and a friend play together in campaign mode.

Wage battle on sea as well as on land and in air.

There is over an hour of in-game video.

Red Alert 3 introduces new units and a brand new faction. Premier Edition Extras
Fans of the Red Alert series won't want to miss out on the Premier Edition, which gives a ton of bonus content. A bonus DVD has more than an hour of additional video content, including a making-of documentary with a behind-the-scenes look, concept art, bloopers and outtakes from the set, and some tips directly from the development team.

Also included is the official Red Alert 3 soundtrack, five exclusive multiplayer/skirmish maps, and an exclusive beta key to a future Command and Conquer game. All of this is stored inside a collector's tin box.

Intriguing Plot Twists
In previous games, the war between the Allies and Soviets was coming to a close with the Allies nearing victory. In desperation, the Soviets created a time-travel device that they've used to assassinate Albert Einstein before he is able to develop the weapon technology the Allies later use to defeat the Soviets. Upon returning, they notice a new world, and there is a world war taking place between three groups for control of the world.

Play As Three Different Factions for Varied game play
In Red Alert 3, you have the choice to play as the Allies, the Soviets, or the Empire of the Rising Sun. Each faction has its own story-line and distinct units with advantages and disadvantages that you have to master in order to win. The new faction to the series is the Empire of the Rising Sun, derived from Imperial Japan, with an all-new cast of units and characters.

The three factions have many differences, which is exemplified by their wildly different types of units. The Soviets, for example, have armored attack bears, Allies have the Dolphin ship which can high jump and use a sonic attack, and the Empire of the Rising Sun features such quirky units as a giant transforming mecha, and ninjas. As they've done with the series, EA injects humor into the game when possible, keeping a smile on your face as you wage war.

Fight on Land, in the Air, and on Sea
Red Alert 3 has land units, air units, and naval units, all integral parts of the game. Unlike most strategy games that don't bother with naval warfare, Red Alert 3 makes controlling the seas an essential part of the game. Controlling resources in the seas and mounting attacks from all directions are strategies that must be employed to achieve victory.

Cooperative Mode Lets You Team Up with Your Friends
Red Alert 3 has a fully co-operative campaign mode where you and a friend can play together to achieve victory. This means that you have to develop a strategy together, as well as execute it in synch in order to win. If your friends aren't online, you can also choose one of several AI commanders as your teammate.

Play Against Your Friends in Multiplayer
With the different units and play mechanics of each faction, you and your friends will have a great time playing against each other, perfecting different strategies to best suit the units you have and the maps you play on. And thanks to the balanced game play, no one will have an unfair advantage.

For previous fans of Command and Conquer, Red Alert 3 will provide the same light-hearted game play, but with more units, more strategies, and more fun. Newcomers to the game will soon see what all the fuss and laughter is about.

Minimum System Requirements Operating System Microsoft Windows XP / Vista (32-bit) CPU XP: 2.0 GHz (Intel Pentium 4; AMD Athlon 2000+; Multiple Cores) / Vista: 2.2 GHz (Intel Pentium 4/AMD Athlon 2200+/Multiple Cores) Memory 512 MB for Windows XP; 1 GB for Vista Hard Drive Space 6 GB / 12GB for EA Link DVD Drive 8x Speed Graphics Hardware NVIDIA GeForce 6800, ATI Radeon X1800 or higher end DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card Sound DirectX 9.0c compatible (Creative Sound Blaster Audigy cards require a Intel P4 2.6 GHz or similar under Vista, Yamaha Xwave-512 not supported) Online Multiplayer 512Kbps or faster Internet connection Input Keyboard, mouse

What Customers Say About Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: Premier Edition:

The memories.And that is this game's biggest problem - Westwood and its legacy cast a long shadow. Unfortunately, the latest game doesn't quite live up to those expectations for a lot of different reasons.Firstly, the DRM - I bought this game about a year after it was first released. So Red Alert 3 had some big shoes to fill. Can you imagine Red Alert 3 or C&C 4 produced by the REAL Westwood. Or packing Tesla troopers into IFV's and using them to electrocute an entire base. If EA really wanted to do us a favour, they'd create a REAL time machine, go back in time and stop themselves from disbanding Westwood.

Secondly, rather than being a direct sequel, EA's new storyline completely erases the events of the first two games. So there's a very real danger that people could buy this game and are unable to authenticate it because EA have screwed up their servers. I think they could've easily introduced the Empire of the Rising Sun without erasing Westwood's original storyline. Part of Westwood's charm was their utilizing Einstein as the B-Grade Mad Scientist. I really miss Westwood, and I loved loved loved Red Alert 2. The only actor who really gets it is JK Simmons, who plays the US President.The game design doesn't seem to encourage the kind of insane tactics that made RA2 so special. I wouldn't dream of capturing a Soviet and Allied construction yard and wasting money on building rows and rows of Prism and Tesla towers (ahem).

Or producing packs of dogs just to kill an entire squad of Russian Conscripts.only to be run over by Soviet tanks. Ah. As a result, I think Red Alert 3 takes itself a bit too seriously. When I tried to deauthorize the game, the server could not be connected to. EA developing Red Alert 3 is akin to a Cover Band playing the Beatles greatest hits.

It's almost as though by erasing Einstein, EA are symbolically removing any spontaneity or fun from the game. There's none of the nudge nudge wink wink from both the actors and developers that made Red Alert 2 so much fun. The sound and fury might be there but the charisma, charm and insane daring of the original is missing. Now that'd be games worth playing.

I did enjoy the game, don't get me wrong. The Japanese acting was ok, but not of the caliber that was done by the Soviet and Allied acting.

Replay value was not bad. This was a good game.

I am particularly fond of the European and US Choices. In comparison to other strategy games I would say it is average.

I was not too terribly impressed with the acting, but the women were very attractive and well chosen. I imagine the fact that game play is the last thing I thought of when writing this review doesn't say much for what I thought of it.

But I enjoyed others more.

In the event that's not good enough, just call and get them to reset it -- sure it's a pain, but most of us aren't 12 anymore -- if that's too hard, what isn't.Here are some actual facts: Myself, I have had no issues, nor have my friends. This makes for some great challenging missions toward the end of each campaign - the last four missions in each campaign are absolutely fantastic in the sense that they force you to employ the right strategies for the situation, as one wrong move can make things a whole lot harder for yourself.Playing skirmishes against the computer is also very good in this game. However, with the recent patches you should have no trouble getting the game installed, and they allow you to deauthorize a copy at any time in the event you are going to format or reinstall for any reason. It's sad to see all the EA haters who never even played the game comment. This is both good and bad, as it means you can play campaigns in co-op with your friends and that works great. Additionally, the game runs nicely even on older hardware, so many of those who cannot afford to upgrade should be able to run it.Each mission in each campaign gets progressively harder -- to the point when you are playing on medium difficulty, it feels like you moved up to hard (or even brutal comparing the first mission to the last).

Cartoonish graphics, a cheesey over the top storyline, and a full arsenal of destructive units at your disposal.The game isn't the most advanced graphically, but the graphics are very fitting for the game itself and the game looks good.

So after seeing 100% success rate with recent patches, so if this was an issue once, it is now blown out of proportion.

is fairly intelligent.

There are (or were, after recent patches came out) some SecuROM issues.

Even on medium, the A.I.

You don't even need the disc in the drive to play.

If it was like other EA gamees that use SecuROM such as Battlefield 2142 that incorrectly recognizes most SATA DVD drives as "emulators", there would be something to complain about (I still can't play that game -- but I prefer BF2 anyway).The game itself is exactly what you should expect from Red Alert.

Each commander you play against has their own style of play - some prefer air, some prefer ground, etc.The one thing in the gameplay that I would like to see is in the campaigns, by default you always have a co-commander, or an ally to help you out.

But it would be nice to have the option to play campaigns solo too.If you're a fan of Command & Conquer, and especially Red Alert 1 & 2, you won't be let disappointed with Red Alert 3.

The securom is really the culprit in killing the fun for me. I feel sorry for the guys who made this when it got packed with this Securom. The game is good as expected since I am a fan of this series. Its a thrill killer. Now it feels like their meddling in my computer's system as well. The start-up of the game is VERY SLOW. Such a HASSLE.

It's not worth the hassle. And so I am very bias at the same time. I haven't bought another game with Securom after this. I have a very fast computer with the latest hardware but I guess that's how the securom works. And it conflicts with my firewall too. It used to be fun when you play this kind of games especially if you BOUGHT it. Somehow, it feels wrong.

I would have loved to play this game, but I couldn't as my PC can't play it. When I upgrade my PC, I'll try again, and I know I would have loved it as I loved its predecessors Red Alert and Red Alert 2.