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CardJoe · 30th Mar 2008, 07:35

http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2008/...kane_s_wrath/1

Kane may be evil, but we can't get enough of him or Joe Kucan. Imagine our glee then that C&C3 is getting a Kane-centric expansion already - and a violent one at that! Of course, whether the game is any good or not depends on more than just cheesy FMV mission briefings...

Mongoose132 · 30th Mar 2008, 09:47

ooooh....another game to add to my 'i want' list, along with orange box, GTA 4...etc

DXR_13KE · 30th Mar 2008, 11:50

shame it is not a stand alone expansion.....

Delphium · 30th Mar 2008, 12:34

Picked me up a copy yesterday, has to be said its what cnc3 should have been!

Scrin also have some fairly cool new units such as the Mechapede with up to 8 customizable segments that can be configured for anti (air/infantry/vehicles&buildings/heal&repair other scrin units) "Strong vs Everything"

These Mechapedes are fast moving and pritty much pwn anything in there path, a bit unballenced I feel, though great fun to play with.

Jaguar_Infinity · 30th Mar 2008, 13:14

Fantastic fun, i love how the global campaign allows you to manouver forces on a global scale and then fight the fights in the RTS way, adds extra meaning to a game rather than a skirmish. agree with the review though, new units are not anything reveloutionary but fit in well with the game.

For £15 from amazon i think its a good game to get

Veles · 30th Mar 2008, 13:17

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whether the game is any good or not depends on more than just cheesy FMV mission briefings...

I disagree

And since when is NOD bad? It's those fascist GDI who are the bad guys

In the name of Kane!

wuyanxu · 30th Mar 2008, 13:52

is it me, or the Nod's epic unit is completely rubbish. only 2 add-on slots, and it has to stand still to fire, its lasers sucks compared to the other 2 units.

haven't tryed Scrin in skirmish yet, but GDI's epic unit is superb. build one ASAP! it gathers resources faster than 10 harvesters. and put 2 zone troopers + 1 rocket (for AA) and an engineer for super tank. once zone troopers and MARV gets to star level, you can roll over any brutal AI base with 3 to 5 mammoth tanks covering its flanks.

Global conquest i've found is easiest with Scin, just build 9 bases and you'd win! auto-resolve is also very easy, 2 carriers + 2 destroyers, and you'd win every auto-resolve.

the game as a whole is well worth getting if you love CnC3. it's got a superb Nod storyline, although i do miss some GDI campaign.

leexgx · 30th Mar 2008, 13:55

fun game thay do need to work on zoom Out levels we not on consoles you know

Juppun · 30th Mar 2008, 14:17

Playing SupCom has taught me one thing... you will never be able to zoom out enough in CnC3

That being said though I did enjoy it, so I might pick up the expansion. I didn't know it's coming with a Red Alert 3 beta key though hmm...

lewchenko · 30th Mar 2008, 15:18

£12.71 in tesco.. Wow... for that price I just couldnt say no. Even if the game is somewhat lame compared to the heavy weight Supreme Commander Forged Alliance (which is taking up all my time).

The C&C3 series has its plus points, but its such a shame you cant zoom out enough. Makes for claustrophobic RTS gameplay.. but if the 1990's is your thing.. then you will love this game.

samkiller42 · 30th Mar 2008, 17:47

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Jipa · 30th Mar 2008, 22:22

I guess I'll stick to CoH when it comes to strategy.. I've never quite understood the point in these spam-based games tbh.

Neogumbercules · 31st Mar 2008, 02:41

Loving the game so far. Played about 10 games online and so far I'd say it's great. The SP campaign was also fun.

Worth noting.

The .exe for KW is titled "cnc3ep1" Note the bolded segment. Are we going to be seeing more expansions? Well...

that's pretty much a given considering the entire campaign revolved around Kane getting the Tacitus, putting into his cyborg commander LEGION (aka: you, the player) deciphering it and opening up the tower portal for intergalactic travel. Then the ending cinematic flashed Scrin words on the screen that when translated say something to the effect of "portal open. Begin full-scale invasion."

[USRF]Obiwan · 31st Mar 2008, 10:31

Bought it Friday and played the single player campaign all weekend, (and still playing) I had to step back from medium to easy in one level, because it was ridiculously hard to get any funding once your tib was depleted. (the level where you start bottom left with the ship in the sea)

I do find that the GDI supertank marv is sickly overpowered and armored compared to the NOD epic walker. I have thrown anything on it, included the epic walker and it still wouldn't die.

Paradigm Shifter · 31st Mar 2008, 10:54

I preordered this from Play, and it's still not arrived. When I saw it in Tesco for £12.71 at the weekend, I was not happy.

Really looking forward to playing it, though.

wuyanxu · 31st Mar 2008, 11:11

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Originally Posted by '[USRF

I do find that the GDI supertank marv is sickly overpowered and armored compared to the NOD epic walker. I have thrown anything on it, included the epic walker and it still wouldn't die.

agree, but Nod's epic walker has 1 super ability: confuse the enemy. use it!

i had 1 MARV and 5 mammoth tanks assaulting a base, the AI Nod got the epic walker in front of my MARV, used its special ability, and i had to watch my star leveled MARV plus 2 star leveled zone trooper in it taking out my 5 mammoth tanks, and left with 1/3 of its health to be finished by the Nod epic unit.

[USRF]Obiwan · 31st Mar 2008, 11:59

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Originally Posted by wuyanxu

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Originally Posted by '[USRF

I do find that the GDI supertank marv is sickly overpowered and armored compared to the NOD epic walker. I have thrown anything on it, included the epic walker and it still wouldn't die.

agree, but Nod's epic walker has 1 super ability: confuse the enemy. use it!

i had 1 MARV and 5 mammoth tanks assaulting a base, the AI Nod got the epic walker in front of my MARV, used its special ability, and i had to watch my star leveled MARV plus 2 star leveled zone trooper in it taking out my 5 mammoth tanks, and left with 1/3 of its health to be finished by the Nod epic unit.

aaha! never noticed that, thanx!

samkiller42 · 31st Mar 2008, 22:52

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Originally Posted by [USRF

Obiwan]
I do find that the GDI supertank marv is sickly overpowered and armored compared to the NOD epic walker. I have thrown anything on it, included the epic walker and it still wouldn't die.

The MARV is simply awesome, truely diserves its 'Epic' Status, the Redeemer on the otherhand is just shocking, that is until you put the Black hand in it, then its a force to be recond with. Completed the entire campaign on Normal, not gonna bother with hard, some of the levels are difficult, including the last mission.. Then theres the Scrin Hexapod, that is powerful, and annoying all at once, heh.

Sam

Neogumbercules · 1st Apr 2008, 01:00

The hexapod is most effective when used in conjunction with Scrin's amazing support abilities. Those healing drones come to mind.

exavier412 · 2nd Apr 2008, 03:27

I'm going to be honest, the ONLY thing that really bothered me about switching to an apple computer and using an xbox 360 for gaming, is the lack of being able to play command and conquer. The original ones have a special place in my gamer..dom.. (gamerdom? is that a new word?) and red alert 2 was a great favorite of mine. Man i miss these games so much. I'm really excited for this game. Now i just need to hold off a few months to upgrade my powerbook to the intel macs. I'm a little behind, with the technology, but oh am I excited.

30th Mar 2008, 07:35	#1
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30th Mar 2008, 09:47	#2
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30th Mar 2008, 11:50	#3
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30th Mar 2008, 12:34	#4
Delphium You there computer man fix my pants Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: on teh interwebz Posts: 1,254	Picked me up a copy yesterday, has to be said its what cnc3 should have been! Scrin also have some fairly cool new units such as the Mechapede with up to 8 customizable segments that can be configured for anti (air/infantry/vehicles&buildings/heal&repair other scrin units) "Strong vs Everything" These Mechapedes are fast moving and pritty much pwn anything in there path, a bit unballenced I feel, though great fun to play with. __________________ \| Asus P5N32-E SLI \| Q6600 G0 @3.0ghz Watercooled \| 8GB Corsair Dominator PC8500 @1066mhz 5-5-5-15 2T \| XFX GTX285 \| BFG 8800GTS \| XFX 9600GT \| 1x 128GB Crucial M225 SSD \| 5x 500GB Seagate SATA-II \| BFG 800W SLI PSU \| Creative X-Fi Music \| Logitech Z-5500 5.1ch speakers \| 3x Dell S2209W 22"wide TFT's (5760x1080res) \| 1x Panasonic 42"Plasma \| All working on Win7 Ultimate x64 \|

30th Mar 2008, 13:52	#7
wuyanxu quad fuelled, GTX200 powered Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: in a room near Soton Uni. UK Posts: 3,938	is it me, or the Nod's epic unit is completely rubbish. only 2 add-on slots, and it has to stand still to fire, its lasers sucks compared to the other 2 units. haven't tryed Scrin in skirmish yet, but GDI's epic unit is superb. build one ASAP! it gathers resources faster than 10 harvesters. and put 2 zone troopers + 1 rocket (for AA) and an engineer for super tank. once zone troopers and MARV gets to star level, you can roll over any brutal AI base with 3 to 5 mammoth tanks covering its flanks. Global conquest i've found is easiest with Scin, just build 9 bases and you'd win! auto-resolve is also very easy, 2 carriers + 2 destroyers, and you'd win every auto-resolve. the game as a whole is well worth getting if you love CnC3. it's got a superb Nod storyline, although i do miss some GDI campaign. __________________ Death to consolification !!!Core i7 860 @ 4Ghz Cooled by Corsair H50 // Asus P7P55D Deluxe // 8GB of Corsair Dominators @ 1528Mhz 8-8-8-24 // BFG gtx260+ OC2 MaxCore 216SP 896MB // Samsung 64GB SSD // WD Raptor 74GB + Black 1TB + Green 1TB // Corsair Hx620w // Antec p182 // Samsung 24" T240

30th Mar 2008, 13:14	#5
Jaguar_Infinity Just some guy Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: On the edge of nowhere UK Posts: 335	Fantastic fun, i love how the global campaign allows you to manouver forces on a global scale and then fight the fights in the RTS way, adds extra meaning to a game rather than a skirmish. agree with the review though, new units are not anything reveloutionary but fit in well with the game. For £15 from amazon i think its a good game to get

30th Mar 2008, 13:55	#8
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30th Mar 2008, 14:17	#9
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30th Mar 2008, 15:18	#10
lewchenko Supermodder Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 322	£12.71 in tesco.. Wow... for that price I just couldnt say no. Even if the game is somewhat lame compared to the heavy weight Supreme Commander Forged Alliance (which is taking up all my time). The C&C3 series has its plus points, but its such a shame you cant zoom out enough. Makes for claustrophobic RTS gameplay.. but if the 1990's is your thing.. then you will love this game.

30th Mar 2008, 17:47	#11
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30th Mar 2008, 22:22	#12
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31st Mar 2008, 02:41	#13
Neogumbercules Ultramodder Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,494	Loving the game so far. Played about 10 games online and so far I'd say it's great. The SP campaign was also fun. Worth noting. The .exe for KW is titled "cnc3ep1" Note the bolded segment. Are we going to be seeing more expansions? Well... that's pretty much a given considering the entire campaign revolved around Kane getting the Tacitus, putting into his cyborg commander LEGION (aka: you, the player) deciphering it and opening up the tower portal for intergalactic travel. Then the ending cinematic flashed Scrin words on the screen that when translated say something to the effect of "portal open. Begin full-scale invasion." __________________ Abit AB9 Pro, Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 CPU, 2GB Corsair DDR2 6400, nVidia 8800GT, Seagate 160 GB HDD.

31st Mar 2008, 10:31	#14
[USRF]Obiwan Ultramodder Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,218	Bought it Friday and played the single player campaign all weekend, (and still playing) I had to step back from medium to easy in one level, because it was ridiculously hard to get any funding once your tib was depleted. (the level where you start bottom left with the ship in the sea) I do find that the GDI supertank marv is sickly overpowered and armored compared to the NOD epic walker. I have thrown anything on it, included the epic walker and it still wouldn't die. __________________ Mascleta: "The most accurate simulation of thunder, humans can simulate..." The answer is 42, so... whats the question again? If you know what 'Peek' and 'Poke' represents, then you are probably as old as me.

31st Mar 2008, 10:54	#15
Paradigm Shifter Lethargic Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,210	I preordered this from Play, and it's still not arrived. When I saw it in Tesco for £12.71 at the weekend, I was not happy. Really looking forward to playing it, though.

1st Apr 2008, 01:00	#19
Neogumbercules Ultramodder Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,494	The hexapod is most effective when used in conjunction with Scrin's amazing support abilities. Those healing drones come to mind. __________________ Abit AB9 Pro, Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 CPU, 2GB Corsair DDR2 6400, nVidia 8800GT, Seagate 160 GB HDD.

2nd Apr 2008, 03:27	#20
exavier412 Multimodder Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 192	I'm going to be honest, the ONLY thing that really bothered me about switching to an apple computer and using an xbox 360 for gaming, is the lack of being able to play command and conquer. The original ones have a special place in my gamer..dom.. (gamerdom? is that a new word?) and red alert 2 was a great favorite of mine. Man i miss these games so much. I'm really excited for this game. Now i just need to hold off a few months to upgrade my powerbook to the intel macs. I'm a little behind, with the technology, but oh am I excited. __________________ 15" Powerbook G4 1.67Ghz 2Gb ram DL Superdrive Dell 2407WFP XBOX 360 (broken, thanks Microsoft) PS3 40GB Samsung LN46A550 TV