EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3 - Kotaku Comments

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

mphz — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:55:31 MST

Badass. I do hope my Chrono Legionnaires return. Those dudes owned all.

mphz

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

hurtle — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:18:48 MST

*Cry*

I've just looked at the screenshots and it's 3d. I should have known...

I spent hundreds, maybe into the thousands, of hours playing the old C&C then RA games, but have never been able to enjoy 3D RTS in the same way. I think it's that they're designed with a much smaller perspective in mind - in the assumption that the player will spend a lot time zoomed in to see 5 or 10 units on the screen. The beauty of perspective-based games was having dozens, even hundreds of units on-screen at once.

I gave up trying, maybe 3 years ago, after trying the C&C, Warcraft, Warhammers etc. Are they any better these days? If I was going to give them one more chance, where should I start?

hurtle

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

Up2NoGooD316 — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:35:30 MST

"its official...EA has won my heart......not really but still, they are on an epic-win streak right now."

woa wait a minute, what have they done thats been actually any good lately? i dont count reviving old franchises and pretty much ruining them a good thing..

Up2NoGooD316

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

Scazza — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:06:26 MST

So EA, we have hated each other for so long. These past 18months have been hard on me. My normal rabid hate has begun to subside and the feeling is foreign to me. But wow, you do know how to make ole scazza tickle in all the right places lately. Please keep it up...

Scazza

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

astrixzero — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:41:08 MST

Why do the units look so cartoonish?

astrixzero

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ggodo — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:33:35 MST

I just want to send my conscripts in with the cry "For mother Russia!" bellowing from their mouths

ggodo

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squirrel_enix — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:50:52 MST

co-op strategy game is edgy enough for the consoles,AND it has a storyline?!

its official...EA has won my heart......not really but still, they are on an epic-win streak right now.

squirrel_enix

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

Tei — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:06:25 MST

FAST, KOTAKU NEEDS A ROTATING K LOGO!
Guys,to your /gif/ photoshops!

Tei

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

Eirias — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:02:12 MST

I always thought Yuri said "Thoughts were thieved" rather than "thoughts received." I like my way better.

Eirias

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

mewlink64 — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:27:01 MST

Fo shiz. Can't wait for some moar RA. I think I see Tesla Boats...

mewlink64

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

tetracycloide — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:17:36 MST

first co-op RTS ever? they've never heard of hegemonia? i mean playing up the positive aspects of a title in a press release is par for the course when you're dealing with EA but out and out lies?

tetracycloide

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

mightyg — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:54:29 MST

i would laugh if they made the third faction NOD. all hail Kain!

mightyg

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

Seturon — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:45:47 MST

I feel so so happy. Please bring back the Prism Tanks!! They were the best mass-produced vehicle on the Allies side.

Seturon

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

Mister Adequate — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:21:24 MST

"What if the Japanese Empire had never fallen and instead became the ultimate high-tech military superpower?"

Whilst I always approve of high-tech, isn't this role sort of already filled by the Allies?

Mister Adequate

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Siegeman — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:15:05 MST

@belger0g: I will now! Thanks belger0g.

I do agree with some of the above sentiment, the time travel thing is getting a bit out of hand. Maybe if they make the plot more self-contained?

Siegeman

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

guspaz — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:59:24 MST

Sigh, the C&C games have a storyline rapidly approaching Zelda-like complexity.

To my best understanding: Kane goes back in time (RA1), messes with the timeline, and the C&C alternate WW2 takes place, eventually leading to the creation of GDI, leading to that version of WW3 between GDI and Nod (TD). That universe then continues on in future games (TS, TW).

RA2 completely branches off after RA1, replacing the Red Alert/Tiberian Dawn storyline with a new alternate one.

Now in RA3, they're going to go back in time, mess with things again, and create some sort of third alternative timeline where neither the RA2, nor the RA1/TD versions of WW3 happened, but an entirely new version.

WTF. Would it kill them to get some continuity here? It was bad enough where we had TWO timelines diverging from a single timeline. Now we have one timeline splitting into THREE, and causing even more paradoxes.

guspaz

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

IDontC — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:54:00 MST

Coop campaign, alright. Now all I need is someone to play it with...

IDontC

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

Kanadwen — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:36:59 MST

Finally, I just hope it isn't as much of a let down as C&C3 was. I do love the idea of the COOP campaign, can't wait!

Kanadwen

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

xpnet — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:02:34 MST

Ohh... and not to mention STEATH MKii with seconday weapon of Mind control!! RA2 for the WIN!!!

xpnet

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

xpnet — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:58:04 MST

Yeah but CnC3 has NO replay Value.. RA2 and RA1 I still play! Especially with the rules.ini file.. I have nuclear monkey that throw nuked bananas. A Grand Cannon that fires Monkey clusters.. and Seak and Destroyer Cows that float in the air and attack the first enemy it finds.

I love RA2... EA you better have a rules editor!!!

xpnet

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

DaiMacculate — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:51:20 MST

Armored BEARS? Nobody tell Stephen Colbert about this, lest he launch an anti Red Alert campaign!

DaiMacculate

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

Tyber_Zann — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:35:05 MST

Oh Red Alert, how I've missed you.

And you brought me armored bears? How sweet!

I'll never cheat on you with those other RTS games anymore!

Tyber_Zann

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

BTFzor_Freestyle — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:31:47 MST

YES! YES! FUCK YES!

WE WILL BURY THEM!

BTFzor_Freestyle

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

ParadoxControl — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:26:39 MST

@darthmole12: Funny you mention that. RA2, probably the best C&C game made, wasn't made by anyone at Westwood. The guys from the original westwood were gone by the time RA2 went in to development.

Anyway this is going to be awesome. Im kind of leary about the whole "Bringing the Navy in to the hart of RA3" but so long as it's not really shitty I'm all for it. I just never liked any of the water units in RA2, so if they can make me like the Navy, then im set.

ParadoxControl

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Bound — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:09:58 MST

The third faction is obviously a super race of pirates and ninjas...

Bound

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

Zenshai — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:09:14 MST

@RetroBob: Then you better get good an dualboxing.

Zenshai

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

AlexTaldren — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:52:17 MST

Why is the fat guy in the video yelling at us?

AlexTaldren

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RetroBob — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:48:26 MST

What if I want to fight on my own and not with some AI general???

RetroBob

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Joeshie — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:33:37 MST

Westwood is gone. The people who formed Westwood have formed another company.

The magic of the C&C franchise is gone and no matter how much money EA throws at it will bring it back.

Joeshie

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

arcum — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:24:31 MST

Wat r the systam requiremants LOLZ? Can my 7 yr old Pentium 3 run it?

arcum

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Uchikoma — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:21:07 MST

TELSA POWER xD
Given that C&C3 was well done, I'd have to say I'm putting my bets on having a fairly well done RA3. Which means its a launch time buy for me.

I wonder if they'll have the chrono troopers back again xD. Using the chronosphere teleporting harvesters into the water was so fun too.

Uchikoma

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

Mr Fortitude — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:15:52 MST

I am all over this, thank god I just udated my pc and got that 40" 1080p samsung. Anyone up for coop?

Mr Fortitude

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

dowingba — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:14:48 MST

If this is anything like the other Red Alert games, it'll be awesome. But if this is anything like other EA games, it'll be terrible.

dowingba

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

Fallible — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:07:57 MST

Sweet justice, a day one buy for me.
As much as I tried, I just couldn't love C&C3.

Fallible

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

Faradin — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:05:53 MST

"Why do you have bullet proof armor piercing bullets?"

"Well, lets say there a gang going around, putting bullet proof vests on bears.... what do you have? Invincible bears..."

Faradin

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

icepick314 — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:52:12 MST

i loved C&C Generals and C&C 3....

but i never got into older C&C before...

i'm definitely interested in Red Alert 3 since it looks to be pretty damm good looking addition to C&C universe....

icepick314

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

darthmole12 — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:51:50 MST

Given that all of the RTSes produced at EALA were all mediocre to slightly above average, I don't have too many hopes for this one. Keep in mind the vast majority of Westwood people are not at EALA.

darthmole12

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

jackal888 — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:49:21 MST

Didn't they give away in the press release the third faction?"What if the Japanese Empire had never fallen and instead became the ultimate high-tech military superpower?" I am excited to play this and I need to buy a better graphics card for my PC.

jackal888

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

Thorgils — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:49:11 MST

New faction, new units, co-operative campaign...that's fine. The burning question - the one really big thing - they didn't address though is: will Frank Klepacki return to provide the musical score? I admit, I was very disappointed he wasn't around for Generals or C&C3. Well, we'll just have to wait and see.

Good to know that they're staying with the corny, though wonderfully humorous, tone that has served the Red Alert games so well.
I do have my doubts though. I really did not care for (and I can't stress this enough) the political tones of C&C3 and - worse still - Generals. I consider it a very cheap thing to do: trying to cash in on modern themes of terrorism and...well, I don't want to drag politics into this, I think I've made my point clear.

Here's looking forward to further news.

Thorgils

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

OmegaKulu — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:48:06 MST

I still have the original Red Alert game discs and expansion pack (Counter Strike) @@

Can't wait for this.

OmegaKulu

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

Sqwerell — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:47:01 MST

The fact that this game has armored bears makes me want it so bad.

Sqwerell

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

DimensionWarped — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:43:56 MST

For a moment, I thought he was like a fat Kane.

DimensionWarped

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

Kyle81 — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:38:34 MST

Keyboard and mouse support on PS3 or die EA

Kyle81

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

Bluecell — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:30:41 MST

For a second I thought those were Kotaku "K"s spinning behind Chris Corry. But then it zoomed in and I realized they were Soviet Union symbols. woops!

Bluecell

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

Geckosan — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:30:15 MST

Sweet!
I hope RA2's stereotypically accented sniper makes a return.
"He's a dead man"

Geckosan

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

xpnet — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:28:26 MST

Sheads a tear for what was Red Alert only to see that EA is making it a bitch game. ;(

xpnet

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magically_delicious — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:25:01 MST

'the game will also feature armored bears'

hahaha. Finally found a birthday present for Stephen Colbert.

Commanding an army of armored bears? that should please him, or at least help rid him of his bear anxiety.

magically_delicious

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

B1ooDshOt — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:23:18 MST

I wonder if it will run well on my macbook pro....

B1ooDshOt

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

Struct09 — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:17:07 MST

Great for those who like the series, but despite all my friends playing it I could never get into RA :(

Struct09

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

Gladman — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:10:52 MST

OH my GOD, THIS guy must HAVE the MOST annoying VOICE, of all TIMMMMMME.

I swear I'm going to be seasick.

Gladman

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

Sniper_Zegai — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:10:41 MST

@Balmut: It says above that it will be out for the 360, PS3 and PC.

Sniper_Zegai

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

Namssorg — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:09:00 MST

God.. I hope they leave in the option for Tech Level settings. Had so many "Tech Level 1" Braveheart Style battles in Red Alert 2!!

I have only really enjoyed a few RTS games.. the warcraft games, starcraft, and red alert.

Namssorg

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redbeardage — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:07:33 MST

@MasterOfPastures: Chrono bears already shat in the woods. And now they're coming. For you.

redbeardage

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HowlinMadMurdoc — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:06:47 MST

Needs Hellmarch! otherwise it fails.

HowlinMadMurdoc

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belger0g — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:04:50 MST

@Siegeman:

Have you tried Company of Heroes?

belger0g

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

MasterOfPastures — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:59:42 MST

I know that bears shit in the woods, but what about Chrono bears!?

MasterOfPastures

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Balmut — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:59:14 MST

OMG, about time, need to get some practice in. No way i'm gonna leave my air defence open this time around. Anyone know if there's gonna be a PS3 release?

Balmut

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Siegeman — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:55:53 MST

I hope this is better than C&C2, C&C: Tiberium Sun and C&C:Generals. Then I could actually play a decent "modern" RTS which doesn't involve interstellar combat.

Siegeman

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Chadders — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:54:16 MST

Japan! Brilliant. And an oddly 1984-esque world set-up.

I hope Putin is leader of the Soviets by this stage of the timeline... for that real feeling of visceral hatred toward the Kirov Airships coming over the horizon.

Chadders

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Nikral — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:53:37 MST

After what they promised in RA2 and wasnt delivered...I'm kinda iffy on looking forward to this. I use to be a hardcore player in Tiberian Sun. The co-op campaign sounds kinda neat though.

Nikral

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LittlestLamshi — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:52:07 MST

Yay!

LittlestLamshi

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

SpishackCola — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:51:33 MST

Red Alert 3! Now I just need a friend to play co-op with, and maybe I should go buy C&C 3 and the expansion to get back into PC RTS mode.

SpishackCola

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Logician — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:51:09 MST

Wait, wha?
Co-op story campaign?
... i think i just drooled on myself.

Logician

EA Officially Alerts Us To Red Alert 3

notBowen — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:51:07 MST

Needs biological suicide bears.

notBowen