Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 2020 Review | Better With Age?

[@TheKenji2221]

You're a Soviet, Harry

[@MrJJandJim]

Well you're a hairy Soviet.

[@louiefence6579]

Right on Harry

[@quinnkarson7251]

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[@markusfletcher1654]

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[@angelofthedead1886]

“I’m escaping to the one place that hasn’t been corrupted by capitalism!....(Holds laughter).....*SPACE!*

[@RumblesBettr]

Greatest line in gaming or cinema

[@HiIeric117]

Tim Curry was definitely the highlight of the campaign cutscenes. JK Simmons was pretty funny too. Holy moly, they really got a star studded cast for a video game and I'm all about it.

[@dowmage2903]

Can't help but laugh when just reading it

[@WitchYuki22]

@@HiIeric117 Lowkey it had a star studded cast lol I bet you that people would have had a more positive reception to this game if only the graphics weren't too cartoony. Because imo the balancing in RA3 is better than in RA2. And that's coming from someone who played the shit out of RA2 and YR.

[@Splozy]

SPAYCE

[@rakuzalupus9011]

One thing that this game got right is them music.

[@ChenAnPin]

Songs like "Rock and Awe" and "Mecha Storm" are just some examples that get me pumped for battle.

[@TastyBusiness]

It had the tone, but it lacked the memorable punch of it's predecessors, imho. Still, it was a step back towards a quality OST. They tried, and that's worth something.

[@paperbagperson5634]

And the women

[@DuckieMcduck]

@@TastyBusiness ur opinion entirely, even here on YT I see people playing RA2 with RA3 ost mods. They did a great job.

[@khankhomrad8855]

And the legs. Don't forget the legs :)

[@avatarwarmech]

It's amazing how a 12-year-old game graphics still holds up to almost today's standard

[@Erikcleric]

Graphics, atleast in the RTS genre hasn't done any huge leaps in that time. Red Alert 3 was well-made for it's time aswell. Comparing 1996 to 2008... Thats a difference!

[@Erikcleric]

@30mate its colourful. But i'd say it holds up. I played Grey Goo not too long ago, i wasnt that impressed, i felt i had seen it before. I dont think the RTS genre can improve that much except for texture quality. RTS depends alot on the gameplay.

[@condotiero860]

Have you seen todays standards? Command amd conquer is a timeless classic.

[@jamespilcher5287]

I remember this game forced my first graphics card upgrade since the year 2000. My GeForce 3 Ti 200 was not going to cut it

[@_damiangd]

wait this game is 12 years old?

[@ThomasMurch]

In terms of tone, Red Alert 2 struck my perfect tone in terms of silly and serious (damn you, Crazy Ivan...); Red Alert 3 was still fun, but it went so far over-the-top that it's basically in ... SPACE!

[@MrWillypanda88]

yeah, a helicopter that can mini-me'd my Apocalypse tank feels tad bit over-the-top.

[@MrDasSchaaf]

Well, in RA2 YR you fight Yuri on the Moon..

[@Codethe_Road]

I agree, C&C2 is where I dropped off.

[@ahmadtarek7763]

I don't know about that, one of the Soviet missions in Yuri revenge was on the freaking moon.

[@ThomasMurch]

@@ahmadtarek7763 True; I was thinking just in terms of acting performances, but in terms of gameplay stuff, even the wacky super-weapons and transforming mechs of RA3 can't compete with Yuri's lunar base!

[@ChenAnPin]

How the Red Alert 3 pitch meeting went: EA: So, how are you going to make Red Alert 3 special? EA LA: We'll use the upgraded SAGE 2.0 engine! EA: And? EA LA: More emphasis on naval combat! EA: And? EA LA: Almost every unit will have multi-role or special abilities! EA: And? EA LA: Third faction, The Empire of the Rising Sun! EA: And? EA LA: Uh, tits? EA: And? EA LA: ...can we get George Takei, Tim Curry, and JK Simmons? EA: Perfect.

[@captinobvious4705]

Correction EA: So how do you plan on making RA3? EALA: Drugs EA: How many? EALA: Yes

[@CommanderBohn]

Tim Curry was best Premier.

[@Zade_95]

i'm sold 💰

[@TheStonewall117]

EA: Sure, we can get those people on board, it’ll be super easy, barely an inconvenience.

[@hiyoritokisada594]

@@CommanderBohn Tim Curry showed some legit cunning and competence. The last premiere wasn't that good during his administration.

[@KiltedCritic]

I quite liked RA3 at the time, its only real downside was it felt like a somewhat rushed game. Combined with the dizzy heights RA2 hit, you could only go downwards with a sequel to that anyway, probably compounded that feeling further with some of those that played it. I still fire up the single player campaign every once in a while, it’s worth it for the Tim Curry cutscenes alone! :D (Along with the mostly boss OST.)

[@Zade_95]

SPACEEEE

[@mischaprudon3316]

What I hated of red alert 3 was the ore system. It was such a downgrade of the red alert 2 ore system.

[@mischaprudon3316]

@Marrick Curia what I mean is that your income is so slow even with like 8 mines that you constantly need to safe up cash to build stuff. While in generals they had a income system where you could build armies and have multiple types of income. In red 2 you could horde more with the ore fields. In tiberiums the same as red 2. While red's 3 system causes delays/pauzes in combat. Wich is kinda a mood killer.

[@mischaprudon3316]

@Marrick Curia yes I don't mind tha really either but matches being made twice as long cuz of a slow income kinda get's annoying after a while.

[@leroyligtvoet187]

Only thing I wanted to be a little more chaotic was the amount of permitted units (limit was 50 units). To bring a battle to a much bigger scale I’d liked to have the possibility to control more units (75-100)

[@Laerwaynn]

I disagree with you about the music. First of all, you picked a really poor song for preview in the video. Second of all, I love that the music escalates with the alert level considering how much fighting has been going on. This also increases the xp all units earn up to x3 if I remember correctly. This with the escalating music was a fantastic touch. Too bad you didn't even scratch the surface there

[@Zade_95]

Fair criticism, appreciate it :)

[@TheStonewall117]

Zade guessing you didn’t because of KZbins copy strike BS?

[@liammckenna1479]

Yeah RA3 has overall my favorite C&C music. "For mother Russia" was fantastic.

[@dennisswiatkowski]

This game's engine is 13 years old now and still has the best water visuals to this day.

[@Erikcleric]

It's older than that, close to 20 years old now. Do your research. :) it was called W3D , first ver used in C&C Renegade, then got renamed SAGE and got used for RTS, ofc mostly c&c games and got massively updated each time. But yeah, Red Alert 3 ( and C&C 3) were using it's most updated version and still look great.

[@Proiteus]

1 mod I can think of is Red Alert Corona That adds the Chinese as a 4th faction.

[@Zade_95]

Will make sure I check it out :)

[@joshuaraewa-ay9684]

Not only that, they made each unit overpowered as Fuck. The best one I've seen so far is the Shogun Battleship.

[@MoltenEQ]

I would also recommend to check out: -Remix, one of the most ambitious -Armor rush, interesting mechanics, but it feels a bit unpolished -The Red Alert, trying to remake the og in the new engine -and finally Conditon Red, same but for RA2

[@xian3571]

Haven't played that mod but judging from its trailers, it is really impressive

[@random_noob5831]

Some Red Alert 3 mods I would recommend are ChaosFA and Epic War mod. These mods have some very interesting unit ideas and ChaosFA is basically the biggest crossover mod as well as the most unstable one.

[@RedPhoenix550]

I actually liked Red Alert 3 better because of it's mechanics and QoL features. (please don't kill me lol)

[@wilsonweiseng6485]

NGL, being able to almost build your base entirely on water was something. Granted your troops are mostly land units but it's good enough

[@Airdrifting]

Probably one of the most underrated games from 2008, and its graphics still stands up after 12 years.

[@luunhat2721]

Men: Red Alert 3 Legends: Red Alert 2: Yuri revenge

[@naysaynever]

Myths : command and conquer remastered

[@eswatahmed243]

It was love

[@mr.herobrinegaming844]

@@naysaynever Gods: Generals/Zero Hour

[@naysaynever]

@@mr.herobrinegaming844 the devil: command and conquer 4

[@Great_Cthulhu]

Commanders: "Yes"

[@noxanneballadynasowacka6125]

Couldn't disagree more about the music. C&C3 music was mostly background movie score, Red Alert 3 has some of the most outstanding music in any RTS period. The way it shifts depending on what's happening during the game is nothing short of amazing (the Soviet choir getting more dramatic in late game is my personal favorite). Every time you play skirmish/multiplayer, there's a separate track that plays before any blows are traded at all, which is a minor touch, but helps in pulling you into the game that much more. Red Rock for Mother Russia, Bring it!, Mecha Storm, just look the OST up, it's kickass as all hell. By the way, people who are nostalgic towards Generals haven't replayed that game since it came out. It did *not* age as well as you probably think.

[@mignonne_]

The 3rd or 4th allied mission when you get access to vindies and get like 20 of them with rock n awe playing is the reason why I have 100 hours in it

[@no3ironman11100]

The soviets going "Ohhhhhh... Lehhhhhhhhhh Ahhhhhhhhhhhh Ahhhhh Oh Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy" as the guitar riffs up and you're sweating micromanaging every unit's ability and switching up your production to rebuild what you actually need now as you run back to base.

[@gerhardwasowski]

yes! my favorite track is the Main Menu track in Uprising

[@sks5462]

I grew up with this when i was 9 at the time and now i came back to it recently The part : Saikyo Onihime no~ooooo..... Kokoro ha~aaaaa ika~aaani~iiiii......... Ikusen no~oooooooo........ mono ga~aaaaaa........ nigema~aaaadou to~ooooooki~iiiiiiiiiiiii It's still give me chill to this day. (Oh and a bonus i guess, i wanted to present the game to one of my friend so he and i can play the main game in coop, i used to played only on my own back in the day and i decided to buy a new copy of Uprising as well. When i launched the game and heard the main menu music it hit me with nostalgia but my *new* weeb ass that i became over the years recognized the word "Oni" : Demon and "Hime" : Princess so i was like "Wait... Is this about what i think it is ?" I mean im sure as hell am late to the party and probably everyone knew but discovering something that was in plain sight from all your childhood and finally after 12 years piecing the pieces together by yourself was trully magical moment) @@gerhardwasowski

[@Valshiirs]

That water is so beautiful. I don't really care much for C&C, but that water is just :*

[@Zade_95]

Agreed. Some DAM fine water

[@PillowWillow007]

I love it that the game has naval units!

[@Rschont11]

The soundtrack of this game is one of the best I’ve ever heard. Especially my favorite European Intrigue, it’s like a James Bond / French theme and it is awesome.

[@greenth-mac2550]

13:14 This is what I loved the most about RA3, having an AI doing the mission with us in the campaigns, and even best they all have their own personalities with up to 9 Commanders. Making us not alone in the fight. Shame this co-commander thing never returned in Uprising.

[@anonvideo738]

I think the change in ore collection was a necessary one. The old system allowed you to just gorge yourself on tiberium/ore and then spam out tanks to try and rush someone down. I remember the early days of C&C3 when it was just spam harvesters into scorpion spam. Or how RA2 is grizzly spam. They had the limited harvest speed with generals (the supply pad could only serve 1 harvester at a time) and that helped a lot. And seeing how many other RTS have some kind of resource income throttling I think they just went back to generals to solve the problem. I personally really loved the expansion's challenge mode. Its not that much like generals, because you slowly unlock the unit pool of each faction. And you can always switch, this means that for each challenge map you can chose who is best suited for the map, and beat the par time. And if you cant beat a map quickly, do some others and then come back when your unit roster is bigger. And the maps are usually built around a theme or unit, this almost makes them feel like puzzles (like starting against 6 enemies all with a superweapon charging up, and you get your commando right at the start, so you can try and use her to destroy as many superweapons as possible before they are ready). Its a shame the main campaign of the expansion was obviously rushed (with only the russians getting a fair amount of content), probably because of the 2008 crisis made EA rush it. I like the coop campaign idea, but i wish there was an option for just solo play without the AI.

[@Zade_95]

g o r g e m e

[@mischaprudon3316]

I agree on the reduce income to prevent hordes but I would myself have liked it if they did it like generals and not the way they did now. It just slows the game sometimes to a halt when both sides are out of money for like 5 minutes.

[@kratosgow342]

sadly the balance in RA3 is still have terrible balance where Allies is the best factions compare to other 2 if you see Pro play the game they will always play Allies due to how OP they are.

[@anonvideo738]

@@kratosgow342 d4mon plays soviets though

[@roblaquiere8220]

Got like all the challenge mode medals. I loved that mode. It felt like a very open ended campaign.

[@TehAntares]

When it comes to competitive gaming, RA3 imo definitely wins. All the factions are balanced and can be played in various ways. RA2, on the other hand, is just massing tank armies and placing pillboxes/sentries whenever those armies clash into each other (because units focus buildings and players love to abuse it, even if it looks very stupid).

[@forestflood5338]

Yup, there's more unit depth in RA3 that RA2 can't touch, making matches more varied and dynamic.

[@alexs5155]

RA3 just shifted meta from tank rush to air forces. It's not really balanced as it seems to be. Especially when it comes to Allies in general and their CRYocOPters in particular.

[@piscessoedroen]

yeah, the ore meta change is made to support competitive gaming and honestly they fucking succeeded, you can always see players battling for the ore mine and there's more risk as you need more resource to expand the mining ops

[@bravemiata2950]

Great review! I would have added the dynamic music mechanics of the game as a big plus to the ost: the combat tracks play as long as the battle continues. For instance, have your peacekeepers fire at that thicc red boi - *guitar intensifies*

[@Zade_95]

Thank you! Yes I should've talked about it, it's quite a novel idea

[@zero_otr]

I played every C&C game on release and love all of them. But RA3 is my favorite because of ocean. Naval, air, land everything works great and there are many ways to play

[@VHyuro]

Ever play RA2 and Mental Omega mod?

[@ninjasiren]

@@VHyuro I have both RA3, Uprising, Mental Omega, and OpenRA. True Mental Omega mod is great with it's many of its things, it's just too much for me. I have played classic RA and RA2 + YR. RA3 is very relaxing to play.

[@RainingMetal]

Not long before the release of Red Alert 3, I went back into Red Alert 2 via The First Decade collection, and paid ever so much attention to its pre-release articles and materials. It was probably my most hyped up game that I can think of. I played Red Alert 2 when I was very young, and the first Red Alert when I was even younger. Red Alert 2 blew the first Red Alert out of the water in practically every way (the Allies' ground units are no longer crap, the Soviets' naval units are no longer crap, there's no need to worry about ore silos, building designs were far more distinct, and there were production queues), so it was easily my favorite of the Westwood-made C&C games. When Red Alert 3 came out, it wasn't as mind blowing as its predecessor as my standards had grown by then, it it's definitely the most balanced and user-friendly in the franchise (I was glad the grid-based base-building system came back; building things in C&C 3 was a bitch. And I really did not miss the resource fields and actually thought the ore node/mine concept was for the better). The co-op compatibility with the campaigns was a really nice touch. All in all, Red Alert 3 is easily my nominee for the best EA-LA developed C&C game by a mile.

[@hiyoritokisada594]

The largest flaws in RA3 are: 1. Cartoon aesthetics. Legit complaint but passable. 2. Made by EA. Not really Legit. Just plain spite from the fandom. 3. Short production time. RA3 could have been much better if given an additional one year during production. See Corona MOD for reference. Still a quality game nonetheless.

[@RainingMetal]

@@hiyoritokisada594 I think if anything a proper expansion to Red Alert 3 with functional multiplayer and even more co-op campaign missions would have been a smash hit. Sure, Uprising was a great time sink, but it never elaborated on the multiplayer scene, which was quite a big deal back in the day.

[@hiyoritokisada594]

@@RainingMetal They tried to compete with StarCraft 2's idea of multiple expansions without understanding how should be implemented. ROFL.

[@RainingMetal]

@@Nuuk_Nuke_Nook I mean, it has all the modern quality of life elements for a modern RTS, and has a definitive compilation of strengths and weaknesses for each unit. Plus, you aren't always starving for cash because the ore mines give you plenty without the harvesters bugging out. Which is more than can be said about Tiberium Wars and its post-release patches.

[@Benekon]

@@RainingMetal I know this is a year old, but red alert 3 isn't balanced. I love the game but balancing is one of the core issues. Allies are really op and can basically dictate the game and can more easily predict what the enemy is gonna do, as the enemy will always be the one having to respond to your game, if you're playing allies that is. Allies also have the strongest meme tactics and so on and so on.

[@stefanjosefp.9118]

Although I like RA2, I enjoyed Red Alert 3 more plus the mods as well. Great video Zade.

[@Zade_95]

Thanks mate! Mods are impressive, keen to try them out in a video soon!

[@rahuldsouza9472]

RA3 with some of the new mods is just amazing to play! Remixxx, Epic War, Upheavel, Shock therapy are some of my most favourite mods!!

[@capriumnoir6426]

Zade: LOOKS AT THE AMAZING VISUALS Me who has all settings set to low because of my potato laptop: Interesting

[@corniel657]

Red Alert 2 alongside age of empires 2 is my childhood pc game

[@kimjanek646]

I really loved all the Japanese units that could just transform and change to a different role. Such a cool way to make Japan stand out and show off their unique advanced technology.

[@Zade_95]

Me too! Super unique

[@ethanfrench9111]

Yuri IS in C&C RA3. There is a painting in the Premier’s office hanging on the wall of him. The more you know.

[@I_HopeThatNoOneHasThisName]

"The worse of you will be i am yuri obey me"-yuri

[@Zade_95]

But it's just not the same Pepehands

[@deaclavilis6760]

It was Lenin's. Yuri was inspired from Lenin. Read or watch something about real life Soviets please, I find your lack of knowledge disturbing.

[@Killerbee4712]

That is Lenin you capitalist spy

[@SomeRenegade]

Decided to finally beat red alert 3 after all these years and because of that my youtube recommended has been swamped with C&C videos and found yours. Great stuff dude. Red alert 2 was what got me into RTS games amd C&C Renegade is the inspiration for my gamertag and username for everything.

[@Zade_95]

Thanks mate!

[@SomeRenegade]

@@Zade_95 hey no problem dude. Its nice to see others liking these games. Most of the guys I play with have never heard of C&C. Also because of your channel I found out about star wars empire at war and I'm very upset I have never heard of it before

[@Zade_95]

Oh man, you're in for a ride then!! Enjoy 😁

[@Mr.Pallanza]

Hey Zade, speaking of RTS, There is this game called Act Of War: Direct Action, with its expansion High Treason both from Eugen Systems. Both games came out of the woodwork 2 years after the C&C Generals high. It may be infamous due to its 'B Movie' campiness, but as an RTS, it stands competitively against Generals. It's basically about how Corporate Greed nearly took over the world with their own advanced technologies and a private army, and you play as a Task Force Commander side by side with the US Army to kick their ass back. My brother and I used to play this during the pre-steam years, but its available now on Steam! Please do check it out :D

[@Zade_95]

I'll give it a look!

[@drivanradosivic1357]

there is also Act of Argression.

[@Mr.Pallanza]

@@drivanradosivic1357 Yeah, I've heard of that too! Never thought a game as underrated as Act of War gets another installment!

[@gollowancompetitive751]

I cant help but hear ''Riddler'' whenever you say ''Red Alert'' THAT fluently and it cracks me up every time :D

[@ArcadeMusicTribute]

This is was such an awesome game. I reached Rank #11 in 2010 in online skirmishes. Had it just for few hours then I was blown out of top 100 again LOL It was such a delight to play it!

[@Earthjolly]

Think it's my favourite in the CnC franchise. I for one liked how it embraced it's goofy side, gave it it's own identity, in a sea of gloomy more gritty entries in the franchise. RA1 was generic looking like a reskinned tiberium dawn and RA2 was unsure if it wanted to be serious or goofy, but RA3 just went "Fuck it" and knew what it wanted to be. Also still pretty active to this day on the multiplayer side and the game visually still looks fantastic today

[@Zade_95]

Me too! It's insane, and I really love that about it

[@Immortalits]

RA3 overstepped in the multy purpose units big time, while strangely, it took out Apo tanks from the multy purpose units and gave japaneese a hyper strong multy purpose unit (no air attack for apo), jetpack unit given to japan and being strongly buffed to the point, that you can simply spam it and even if the enemy composition is built to counter them, they might still lose due to their sheer mobility and damage output... Unit movement is another huge downgrade, some large units can be stacked super close, some graphically smaller units, like stingray, can barely be used in groups, since for some reason, they keep so large distance from each other, that it makes them less usefull as a unit in all situations. The resource gathering is a piece of crap obviously.

[@Benekon]

The resource gathering was created to create a more competetive game, EA or the dev team, idk exactly who had the ideas, wanted to make a big RTS competetive contender instead of creating a casual and more fun experience. I for one love the economy system of RA3 as it gives more spectator value than red alert 2 or 1. But in the end it was the wrong choice, people loved the previous resource gathering, so why change it?

[@30Salt]

@@Benekon But it’s more fun. Investing in a first, second or third ref is always a choice now, instead of “maybe time for one more harvester”

[@Benekon]

@@30Salt Well I agree from my point of view, but not many agree because they are used to the old games.

[@yamao4938]

"piece of crap" literally nothing's wrong with it besides your personal taste which could be a piece of crap

[@tavish1658]

I really enjoyed the balance composition in Red Alert 3. Every unit felt special, and the game overall avoided Generals' awful single unit spam meta (which is not a fault of the game, but rather lack of balance updates). And even compared to Red Alert 2, where a lot of units felt too situational to be useful, or only filled niche roles (looking at siege copter). Red Alert 3 felt rewarding, when you were able to utilize units and their abilities to their maximum. Tiberium Wars and Red Alert 3 were released at poor timing, where people weren't looking to play RTS'. And I'm afraid people just generally cater to MOBA and shooter games these days, which is a shame, because I often replay CnC campaigns occasionally, fully enjoying them. Perhaps nostalgia is a strong drug.

[@greatoztv4200]

The purpose of the Node-based resource collection system is to make managing economy easier and more straightforward for competitive play, which it actually does a good job at. The problem is that, at least at the time, most of the player base is not into competitive (cough Starcraft cough) RTS games, so it turned off much of the fan base. As far as competitive play goes, the unit counter system and balance is pretty good for the most part, minus Allies being a bit strong lol. Personally, I don't like it as much as the others in the C&C franchise because I find the economy too restrictive in practice. As an easy example of my point: not even 3 refineries ($250 * 3 per 10 second cycle) will let an Empire player produce Tengus ($800 per 10 second build time) from a single Mecha Bay continuously. In my opinion, game is still solid and fantastic in its own right, but it's just not for me personally. I can understand the appeal of it for people who do really enjoy it.

[@ChenAnPin]

Gotta give EALA some credit for trying something different with the resource gathering system. In Red Alert 2, the Miners of every faction was unique with their own upsides and downsides: the Allied Chrono Miner could teleport back to the ore refinery, which makes it great at reaching farther ore fields while evading danger but carried less ore. The Soviet War Miner was a bit tougher and could also fight back with an MG, and carries the most ore on a single run. And the Yuri Slave Miner was a mobile ore refinery and could eat through an ore field quite quickly, though the downside is their miners are fragile. In Red Alert 3, even though they streamlined the way all three factions harvest ore at the same amount and pace, they still managed to make each faction's Ore Miner unique, with the Soviet miner able to deploy a hardened shell to survive more hits, the Empire miner able to switch to a rapid-firing anti-infantry gun, and the Allied miner able to turn into a base expansion.

[@1InVader1]

Totally agree on the restrictive economy. One of the few things I enjoyed in SC2 was that having multiple unit factories (2 or sometimes even 3) was desirable choice to make, whereas in RA3 there's no way you can realistically supply more than 1 unit factory with enough money (especially next to building and whatnot). That's the case in most C&C games though.

[@greatoztv4200]

For me personally, I would say that Kane's Wrath (KW) is my favorite C&C for PVP. It has a similar unit counter system as RA3 without the overly restrictive economy, but the factions are not quite as balanced. Building 2 to 3 war factories is even recommended in KW once the economy is under control. As long as your early-game scouting is good, you can counter pretty-much any kind of rush in that game and its fairly easy; countering the rush also usually puts you ahead eco-wise too. Whereas in RA3, early game scouting can be extremely tricky due to it's micro-focused nature; you have to balance winning the micro/scout war and setting up your macro (eco) at the same time, too much clicking for me lol. KW is a more macro-focused game, but RA3 is more micro-focused.

[@1InVader1]

@@greatoztv4200 in my experience it's all in the keybinds. I bound the Home key (camera to base) to one of my mouse buttons and now I have no problem switching between microing scouts and building the base (though I really should get used to the camera bookmark feature). Every unit only having 1 special ability bound to F also helps. In C&C3 I always had trouble remembering which ability is which key combination. The biggest drawback in all C&C games is the mouse controls. You can't drag and issue move/attack commands at the same time, because that creates a selection box (or drags the screen), lmao. Even funnier, that happens with the modern control scheme too, so there's virtually no advantage over legacy mouse controls, lol. The Blizzard/DotA2 mouse control standard is way better.

[@greatoztv4200]

@@1InVader1 I normally use H or the minimap. I use the mouse buttons for special abilities and the keyboard binds to build most structures.

[@clumsycommissar5260]

Hell March 2’s use of guitar harmonics in the background slaps harder than 3’s harmonics. But that’s just me

[@lostgem8225]

I prefer hell March one

[@violatorut2003]

His accent makes it sound like he is saying “Riddler 3”

[@Zade_95]

It's my favorite sequel. Can't wait for riddler 4: Lord of the puzzle

[@abelgeringer4239]

That intro hit hard af! Nice job!

[@mdik3957]

I've been playing this game since I was 6 and I still love it till this day

[@muffinman2546]

So you're not gonna mention how the game's soundtrack dynamically changes based on how much combat heat you're packing/putting up with? There's music for your first contact with the enemy at early game. There's music for after the fight & conflict calms down. There's music for when you build up an massive army and stomp your foes or when get stomped by your enemy. - To anyone who hasn't played this yet, the guitar scores that play in high heat combat is amazing. As you can see. Red Alert 3's soundtrack is VERY dynamic.

[@rashidisw]

The outlining selected units or buildings are bit turn off for me. Rectangular-ish appearance like how it was in previous games would have been less distracting.

[@CommanderLVJ1]

+Zade I really do not know what you are thinking however the fixed resourcing nodes are there to enable and allow reliable resource gathering from controlled areas of the map: so rather then having clumsy area based resourcing operations where in unless the player is willing to dedicate a significant portion of there army to defend them resource collectors can be easily picked off; it gives the player the opportunity to properly defend them and not constantly worry about them (even when the player is trying to defend them...) and thus frees the player to focus on other things and along with encouraging the player to actually use the map in taking and holding territory is quite liberating in what it then allows the player to focus on and do. I detect a bit of nostalgic bias here so I will just say: is red alert 3 better ought?..well because both games have a good variety of units and unique factions; no. However because of the fact that red alert 3 is 3D and thus has an actual terrain element, and because certain game mechanics are more fleshed out e.g. special weapons having their own place in the U.I. rather then on the taskbar: is red alert 3 better in certain ways?..yes.

[@initiatekris7432]

Im a long time fan of C&C franchise (played it since TibDawn) and despite it Red Alert 3 is probbably my favourite. Static Ore mines are definitly adding more skill to it, all units are unique, and naval combat is definitly awesome. But it is really worth to mention that despite vanilla campaign is insane and really reminds RA2 (espiecally soviet campaign, just put Krukov as Vladimir and Cherdenko as Yuri) Uprising got an awesome story potential. And hey! Yuriko is Yuri's daughter so our master somehow reappears in RA3!

[@rektbiich4585]

She's not! Don't relate my girl to that ugly mind-controller 😅

[@Sukabkyat123]

@@rektbiich4585 how dare you to tell yuri is ugly

[@zoltanz288]

Static ore mines take away skill not add it.

[@tyhy1]

at 17:36 does the tool tip always look like that or did your recording/editing go wrong somewhere?

[@Zade_95]

Always, I think!

[@jarrodanderson2124]

Yeah I still play this in 2021. I love it, and it's got a sense of humor to it too.

[@cardiv5zuikaku944]

Same, lol

[@randomstuff9322]

Red Alert 2 Yuri's revenge was the best.

[@tacotony3274]

Red alert 2 w/red alert 3 controls are godly

[@cardiv5zuikaku944]

YOUR FEELING OF HELPLESSNES IS YOUR BEST FRIEND SAVAGE

[@Pyro-Moloch]

The best thing about this game was the female cast. I remember having a couple of computer magazines with pictures from their photo-sessions, and I've had a lot of fun flipping through those pages. Ah... the teenage years.

[@armelior4610]

It's funny how red alert became sillier and campier with each game while tiberium 3 was more serious than 2 (still B-movie-like, but less so). I heard rumours on a supposed 4th entry, but I'll never know if the series kept that trend. JK Simmons and Tim Curry are the best thing to happen to the C&C campaigns, save for Joe Kucan of course.

[@cwedvin5748]

Game speed is tied to 30 fps, with 60 fps the game speed would have been faster. Ore mining is rather good in my eyes, 1 you don't have to constantly micro the collectors for optimal speed, 2 getting another refinery is a 50% increase income (if it's your third one ) (your second one is a 100% increase of income) 3 Due to the lack of cash the units you have and make are way more important than just the classic unit spam. Uprising units are nice and all but a way to broken for the gameplay, I am glad it's not in the online mode. 30 fps btw does not botter me I DO not care about graphics or fps at all :) Red alert 3 veteran Edvin (12 years and still playing ;) )

[@initiatekris7432]

I heard that this game was also made as a counter to Starcraft II in Esport, probabbly thats why static ore mines

[@cwedvin5748]

@@initiatekris7432 I have never heard that. After 12 years in the game, I have never heard that. Someone might think so, but I don't believe it. (who knows at the end of the day) If any questions related to Red Alert 3 then i am the go-to guy :)

[@initiatekris7432]

@@cwedvin5748 XYHC told so in his video about ore collecting methods

[@yamao4938]

​​​with a 30fps handicap this game never had a chance in esports. I think the dev team either never considered it or just went along hoping that players can get used to it. The product is a more competitive game in the series that never even had a slight chance of being a serious esport game. All because of the 30fps limitation which could be fine for fans of the titles, but atrocious for anyone else in an age where literally every other major titles support 60+ fps

[@cwedvin5748]

@@yamao4938 honestly i still to this day dont see 30fps as an issue in any game, also if i am not mistaken age of empires 2 (old) is 30fps and that is a really popular game :) now with the remastered version it is now 60fps.

[@nickkurzy2246]

My main problem is that the game encourages short battles. The longer a battle drags on the less credits you can pull in. Combined with the facts that oil wells seem underpowered and ore mines don't regenerate, you have to strike fast if you don't want to get bogged down.

[@CreamTheEverythingFixer]

Did you know, you can put other factions units into the Allies multi-gunner turrets? Yeah sounds cool right! (Try putting Natasha into one and watch her bullets travel THROUGH enemies)

[@si_mon_ki2828]

I think this game is very good today, it shows that it has been done with great care in detail, something that has not been done due to the continuity of the Generals saga

[@armoredlumberjack1999]

I loved every RA game but... Mental Omega > All

[@LunaPPK]

the only mod with the balls to give the soviets and actual victory to

[@Litterbugtaylor]

Best mod i've used for red alert 3 was shock therapy, new units, balance and features yet no drastic changes to the core gameplay.

[@wannabehero3704]

I respect the decision made in the video that Ra2 is “a better game” but i have to say the only reason im seeing for why it’s better is because it was a revolutionary game, not because it was more fun or had obviously more effort put into it. I grew up with both and i have to say that they are both great and whether one is better than the other cant be said because the time gap is too big and definitely the budget as well Had to edit after reading comments: i honestly just sense a lot of bias towards Ra2 and i personally don’t see how one is any more fun than the other, if you like things simpler than that’s fair but cmon games have changed and require some thought, RA3 captures that in ways

[@H4is3nberg]

For me RA2 blended perfectly a mix of realistic military setting and fantasy elements. RA3 took it way too far and is basically an anime.

[@hieuimba]

Nostalgic value's got a lot to do with it, Yuri's revenge will always be my favourite even though I can objectively see that RA3 is better

[@testingphaze4853]

[10:20] There's a CnC youtubet named XYHC that made an analysis video regarding the changes with the ore collecting. You can check it out for yourself here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gIK7YomFpKeneqM But if I were to summarise it, the "get your instant money" mechanic is for competitive purposes and so that players can jump straight into battle with their infantry or whatever instead of staying at their base and tell their collectors on what to do.

[@thennoth2860]

Sea wings aren't uprising only though. (It says they are in the corner when showing footage of them) Besides this random minor issue, this is a pretty good take on the game. (Also oof you built a power plant where the ore refinery goes)

[@Zade_95]

Correct on both counts! My b, and thanks!

[@FozzyBBear]

I recently found my DVD of Red Alert 3 but hadn't bothered to try it again since I haven't had an optical drive in years. I decided to see if I could download it, and sure enough I logged in to the Origin Store, clicked Add Game, and entered the serial number, and it let me download it. 90 seconds to download at over 900Mbps, another 90 seconds to install. I know EA and Origin cop a lot of flack, but support like this 12 years later is simply outstanding.

[@rosh.defishenchipper7539]

I both love RA2 and RA3 and its expansions. But I love the story of Red Alert 2, while I love the characters in Red Alert 3 :) The only problem I have in Uprising is that like you said, the other cast did not return. But of course I still love the third installment

[@-_Nuke_-]

Personally I think the SHEER strategical, tactical and positional DEPTH, of this game is IMMENSE. This is a strategy game based on rushing and sheer pressure. Exactly like Chess. This game plays and feels like chess to those who know how chess is played. You want to win all those little battles, this is the key and the game works perfectly by having every unit be able to do multiple things via special abilities that they all have (each their own) and when you combine all those special abilities - THAT is where the game really shines. I have been playing RTS games for decades. This is one of the greatest and MOST underrated strategy game of all time. People that hate it haven't really invested the time that this game needs. When you watch elite players play this game in championships - you will understand how this game should be considered one of the best. You NEVER know who is going to win untill the very last moments. This is what makes games good.

[@lilblinder11]

its actually pretty fun too play in 2020 ngl

[@t.f.wright9796]

The reason why RA2 was so beloved is how much better it was than other games at the time. That's the only way RA3 is inferior - it doesn't leap forward in the same way relative to other games of its era. In every other respect, RA3 is far superior.

[@stargateralpha8225]

Soviet soundtrack(s) is amazing. The game itself is fairly good. I mean it's not RA2, but it's better than the Tiberium genre. Still, C&C: Generals remains my favourite C&C game.

[@Erikcleric]

To be fair. Generals is just C&C in name, it's not C&C in any way. It's a successful EA cash grab. I don't understand how people miss that. I mean it's dealing in present day issues then and now, terrorism .. in character it's actually a generic war game, very generic. Incredibly serious but dull... Story. But it's FUN so it isn't bad. But it was EA using the c&c name after they shut down Westwood. I played it tons but i was disappointed in basically re-enacting the War in Afghanistan i got truly happy (and surprised)when C&C 3 came. CC 3 was what i thought Generals was, 3D command & conquer. I always wished EA could've called it "Generals" or "War Generals" when literally has no connection to the c&c series.

[@RsVinnieVids]

I remember this game being one of the biggest let downs of my childhood, RA2 being the game I played for years prior. It just completely failed to grasp the red alert feeling.

[@kaleeshguy]

I love Red Alert 3 but I will admit its really messy and unbalanced at times.

[@DJTechnoboom]

not really, though they did mess up a few things in the update, i remember i liked how it was before the update. i had the BETA the game was fine and people kept complaining about little change's, when they should of added more 1v1 and 2v2 maps insted

[@cyrusiithegreat2824]

ra 3 unbalance ? well lets look back at Apocalypse Tank in Ra 2.

[@datemasamune2904]

I genuinely like Red Alert 3. One of my main gripes is actually in the campaign. I know that there are a ton of naval units, but I'm not fond of every campaign map needing a body of water, as well as a naval fleet. It just feels weird being able to sail right into the mainland of Japan with Carriers and Dreadnoughts. Japan's invasion of the US was equally underwhelming, since we seem to be mainly attacking the coasts. Again, I know there are a lot of naval units and they are the Empire's forte, but it would have been a good challenge to US's aerial superiority, and Russia's land power.

[@lucasgraeff5391]

I love this game, played the hell out of it. I love the OST, the carachters, everything

[@octapusxft]

I cannot stand how the enemy A.I. In RA3 goes back and forth poking at my base and never committing to an attack until it is 90% sure if can wipe the floor with my base

[@lelouche25]

This game was me and my friends go to game for a long time. We played the hell out of multiplayer. I also played the three campaigns thousands of times. So to me, this is a great game. Also my favorite tracks are from the allies. From shock and awesome to how the west was won. Bangers for Allied might!

[@captiveangel11]

The Red Alert series is great, and I still play them all to this day. Today tho, another RTS is on the table. Empire Earth 1

[@EvoSwatch]

Short answer. Yes Long answer. :Yeeeeeeeeeesssss: Its a great game, and has active community to this day. Its not as great as RA2 because... no game does. J.K. Simmons is great in this, totally worth to play the campaign just for the cutscenes. Also, no Lt. Eva Gemma Atkinson in the video... smh Zade.

[@zoltanz288]

True answer: No. There are far better RTS game to play.

[@cardiv5zuikaku944]

@@zoltanz288 True answer: Depends on someone prefernce I play multiple RTS including RA 2 and this is still the most worth in CnC Franchise for me.

[@josephsabbagh955]

Been waiting for this for ages, Thank you for doing this

[@Zade_95]

Thanks for watching!!

[@CHEBCAEI.F]

Please do a review on Act of war: Direct action And it's stand alone expansion: High Treason

[@ed4348]

ayyyy zade back at it again edit: btw for any people passing by *zade is always watching*

[@Zade_95]

you're right! 👀

[@LexaSkull]

Red Alert 3 was the attempt to bring some fresh change into CnC formula - the asymmetral balance, the unit abilities, a huge focus on microcontrol. And unlike... next attempts of EA to, uugh, experiment with the franchise, RA3 was damn good attempt.

[@Zade_95]

Agreed. Liked to see they tried to move things forward and not just phone it in!

[@RainingMetal]

I always felt like it was the logical next step forward. Too bad EA decided not to make a more proper expansion to Red Alert 3 (I enjoyed Uprising but wanted more of that co-op action) and fuck things up with Tiberian Twilight.

[@sxlency5190]

I'm buying my first pc this christmas and ra3 is the first game im buying, i use to play it all the time on my xbox 360. is a new sequel of the game coming out any time soon?

[@AndrewTaylorNintyuk]

My favourite mission is the Russian attack on the Japanese capital, the Twist at the start had me rolling over in stitches the first time I played it

[@shauntempley9757]

I know. I had a good giggle when it happened and I stared at her going "Really?" That timed look straight after I said it was terrific.

[@michaelhawkins7389]

thank you been waiting long enough for you to make this lol

[@Zade_95]

The time has come brother

[@michaelhawkins7389]

@@Zade_95 YES HAHAHAHA YOU ARE THE GOD OFF kangaroo land? wait you are from Australa right or New zeland?

[@Zade_95]

New Zealand!

[@forestflood5338]

Nice to hear the game being reviewed in a positive constructive manner instead of the usual circlejerk echo chamber hate this game gets on r/Commandandconquer

[@Zade_95]

Thanks! I try to keep things unbiased around here :)

[@souprice8390]

I remember when this was coming out, i read about it inva magazine…a magazine and i was so hyped, Red Alert 2 was basicly my childhood

[@rekonener2362]

Maybe checkout the Corona mod (it's several years old, before you say it), the visual changes to the old units is amazing and adds a new faction (though it's still in development)

[@Zade_95]

I'll look it up!

[@DingXiaoke]

The mod is amazing

[@mcjamredtayaban3796]

I was 3 (2007) when I was introuduced to RA2, and it was so quite great. Another year later, Yuri's Revenge was introduced to me, it was like I jumped two generations. Fast forward another 3 years, I learned of the existence of RA3, man I was high at that time.

[@johnnyxp64]

for me has a special place in my heart as i contribute in the development and the debugging of RA3 and credited...amd even though i find RA3 very enjoyable especially with the diversity of the 3 races... i don't like the silliness the RA franchise has gone after Red Alert 1 and the mesh with its expansion that didn't include all the latest patches from ra3 but a previous build! 🥴

[@eszrdx]

Ive only ever played C&C Generals, probably have like 500 hours on record. Still love it to this day. Is red alert 3 similar?

[@soniablanche5672]

The biggest flaw in this game is that the game is locked at 30 fps

[@user-wg3wj6ur9z]

5th grade buddy and mine were shocked by how awesome red alert 2 was. We loved it when it came out. Skirmish mode was legitthebestpc gaming at the time.

[@MrGeurrilla]

RA3 feels very cosy and warm to play. I never played any older RA games before so for me RA3 is very special also story is amazing imo.

[@zoltanz288]

Yeah, it definitely shows that you have never played older games.

[@alexander33345]

Great review you have gained a new subscriber, good job

[@Zade_95]

Thank you king 👑

[@bummknallpeng4294]

Hell, it's about time.

[@johndexterzarate6663]

....That zoom in on tanya's actress bio made me realize the joke cody made about killing the president by having a child sneezing on him. A YEAR LATER.

[@royblack27]

RA2 & YR had great campaigns, but RA3 was by far the better competitive RTS. I think it's really underrated and it's too bad that it's kind of lost and forgotten. Pending some patching, it deserved to make it alongside SC2.

[@brandonvortex995]

Sadly enough during the production of red alert 3 the story supposed to have premier Romanov returning again in the series but the actor who play Alexander Romanov passed away but in other hand the game is okay just missed out the old red alert 2 units

[@Zade_95]

Dam that sucks, i didn't know that!

[@brandonvortex995]

@@Zade_95 well he got a heart attack

[@SupremeRTS]

The soundtrack is orgasmic

[@TherealStewey]

Can you still play it on consoles or are the servers still down?

[@haslfj]

"Riddler 3"

[@christopherbriggs9526]

This is what I sent Mr Wilson the CEO of EA Games. I am a avid fan of anything Command and Conquer, I started playing the games when they were made my Westwood Studios. I have been looking for a game just like Command and Conquer to play, and I have not found any including the remastered version of Command and Conquer to my liking. In my search for a game all I can find is people like saying “Just want command and conquer back!”. That was from a you tube comment on the video titled “Top 10 New Strategy and RTS Games Worth Playing in 2020!”. There are loads of people just like me wanting a classic RTS like Command and Conquer was. We do not want any fancy first person view etc addons. We want a game just like Command and Conquer was. We want realistic battles with actual believable content. No creatures or alien’s etc. Something that is modern and can actually could be expected to happen in war today. I hope and pray this email motivates at least a look into the idea of a new Command and Conquer. Just look any where on the internet and you will see people just like me wishing for Command and Conquer. His email is [e-mail]

[@SFJPMoonGames]

The units where to weird and fiddly, definitely was not as good as what came before.

[@Pizza7478]

I think that one of the things Red Alert 3 did EXCEPTIONALLY at that most people sleep on is Naval Combat. Naval Combat in most RTS games is usually considered either a Meme or a forbidden term, and generally considered one of the things that is next to impossible to do well, but also can't leave out of the game. RA3 actually managed a really good Naval Combat system, that was in some ways BETTER than the land combat. Something that most RTS gamers would in all other instances claim as a impossibility.

[@starcoloneldunadansonoft501]

I never cared for this game. They got rid of Yuri and replaced him with Sulu from Star Trek. No thank you.