I know Red Alert 3 is old news but having just downloaded the demo for C&C3 let me start by saying wow. Anyone who has played a Command and Conquer knows that this franchise goes a little bonkers with their cut scenes. They do not shy away from the use of outrageous sketches with real actors (albeit random ones) and green screens. I need to go on a minor rant on the intro video to this game and you will have a mind explosion if you follow me.
Sweet lyphe Premier.
Tim Curry, the actor from clue, plays the Soviet Premier who leads his other Comrade bro to a secret underground layer that holds a *GASP* time machine (OK WHAT?). They travel back in time in hopes of altering the past, therefore changing the future (they are getting pwned by allies, they want to be the ones pwning). They go to a Albert Einstein speech, they walk on stage, Curry zaps him with a handheld Tesla Coil (Tim Curry electrocutes him into dust with a handheld device). Whatchya gonna do now Allies? All your technologies are in jeopardy without your boy Einstein! The Soviets rise from their underground layer feeling like they have World Domination on lockdown…
BUT WAIT!!!
Yes. George Takei is in the CC3 cut scenes
GEORGE TAKEI FROM STAR TREK/HEROES/CALIFORNIA is here! He’s Japanese and he’s pissed. He interrupts a Soviet video cast and introduces his unstoppable army called the Empire of the Sun crushing all in its path. OK… so… ready…set…go! Three way war of outrageousness with unexplainable new technologies (including transformers) but no more nukes? Yeah I’m lost too.
Upsides are:
The video is highly entertaining and hilarious.If you don’t have the time to DL the CC3 demo on your xbox some one has got it up on youtube here. Pretty much a must see.
Also of note, really attractive woman in trailer and they try hard to just keep beautiful women on the screen as much as possible to distract you (out of the old CC playbook).
In terms of gameplay, although I only fiddled with it for an hour I found it hard to use. It may be because I’m used to RTS games on the PC and not the console. I also wasn’t a phan of the graphics or the free camera view. Basically what I’m saying is there is a learning curve and its not a game you could just pick up and know what your doing. The ability to use advanced maneuvers would take a lot more patience than I have. The game did get favorable reviews so if anyone has actually played this I’d be interested to hear. However my first impression is that this game probably blows.
Oh and one more thing… Jenny McCarthy is Tanya. The video in the link is from pwn or die.com
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They’ve had some absurd cut-scenes throughout the Red Alert franchise. And I think that intro is hilarious considering the first allied mission of Red Alert 1 is rescuing Einstein. By using Tanya…I do want to try this out though, someday.
this game looked like a shit sandwich being eaten by a pile of garbage… if it weren’t for the intro (which i watched after observing the game play) there would be nothing at ALL redeeming about it.
love me some (tim) curry tho… SPICY
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That video is hysterical. I have zero knowledge of the C&C series, but I’m impressed that the game is somewhat lighthearted. Using a time machine to kill Einstein? Brilliant!
I do think it’s weird that someone else couldn’t figure out nuclear technology, but instead moved to more advanced weapons…Kinda strange.
I am worried a little by the fact that Jenny McCarthy is now Tanya. It’s a pivotal character in the series. Carrie Wuhrer or howeverr you spell her name will always be Tanya to me.
Agree with you man! So I looked up the old Tanya (Kari Wuhrer) on yahoo images to try and remember just how hot she was and let me tell you d00d… that shit was NSFW.
So I’m in the process of downloading Red Alert 3 for the PC. Played the xbox demo with Jpark last night and saw some potential, plus I do love those damn cameos. JK SIMMONS!!!! We’ll see how much of an improvement the gameplay is on the PC…
Tesla Coil – ZAP!