Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: Premier Edition - Harry Potter 6 Books

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1404 in Video Games
• Brand: Electronic Arts
• Model: 19173
• Released on: 2008-10-28
• ESRB Rating: Teen
• Platforms: Windows XP, Windows Vista
• Format: DVD-ROM
• Dimensions: .70 pounds

Features

• Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 Premier Edition for the PC brings back the fan-favorite real-time strategy game
• The Soviets created a time-travel device which creates interesting plot twists
• Play as the Allies, the Soviets, or the Empire of the Rising Sun
• Cooperative campaign and head-to-head multiplayer modes provide hours of fun gameplay
• Premier Edition includes a DVD, soundtrack, exclusive maps, and more

Amazon.com Product Description
Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 Premier Edition from EA will delight gamers who enjoy real-time strategy games. Red Alert 3 features an intriguing story with new powers, new units, and a whole lot of fun, and fans will be thrilled with bonus material and extras such as video content and exclusive maps.

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

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

There is over an hour of in-game video. View larger.

Red Alert 3 introduces new units and a brand new faction. View larger.

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

Customer Reviews

Great Idea+Poor plan = FAIL
I'm on of the people that hates the whole securom and limited activations bit, but I decided meh who cares it's Command & Conquer. It has decent graphics, honestly it's about what I expected maybe a little more of cartoony for the tabs but how often do you pay attention to that. The movies and story are still my favorite part of this game, it's cheesy and acted out better then expect (which wasn't much) and I got a lot of laughs playing it. The Sounds are rather forgettable over all didn't really notice anything there that caught my attention. the actual game play was mediocre I'd say not major changes to the last I did like that the difficulty seemed to be a notch up over the last few games, my biggest complaint here is didn't seem like there were that many good units and being in the military I was hoping for more stuff that we use with some future thrown in. the air units are horribly weak. The navy was overall rather useless with some exceptions which are easily countered. and ground units are the same as ever. One of my biggest complaints was transporting units across water, each side has a different method but except russia they suck at it. most of the abilities for units were in my opinion useless cept on the special units. A big annoyance for me was just activating it and that's only because my location has very limited internet that can be used for things like games, other than that the install and actually running were fine no real problems installing and running though it does seem to crash no and then but that'll likely be patched soon enough. So here is my key complaint, the game isn't as fun as red alert 2 or generals just plain and simple. The new game should be at least as good as the last.

RA3 Marches On
The latest addition to the Command and Conquer franchise, Red Alert 3 truly lives up to it's predecessors... keeping even truer to the games original feel than even Red Alert 2. The addition of a third "Rising Sun" campaign adds a great deal of play value to the game. I think one of the greatest advances with the game is the addition of making all campaigns Co-op, this has added so much replay value to the game it's hard to describe, playing through with friends online against comps on the hardest difficulty settings has brought about great mirth and merriment to all I have played it with.

More of the same, but still fun
While I have been an fan of the C&C series from the start,there are no suprises here. The graphics are kind of a throw back to the older "blocky" style, which there is nothing wrong with. The cinematic features are of course quality productions. There are no suprises in the game play though, start with a crisis and work your way to complete domination. I have not played the online portion yet, and am looking forward to it.