Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (PC)

Manufacturer: Electronic Arts Inc. Part number: 16598

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By Will Greenwald, 04/04/07

Video games are almost never known for good acting. Voice-overs and cutscenes tend to be stilted, and use lesser-known and, often, lesser-skilled actors to do the dirty work. Occasionally you can find a good actor or two hired to do scenes, like Patrick Stewart in The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion, Vin Diesel in The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, or Mark Hamill in Wing Commander 3 and 4, but usually you can expect mediocre voicework and cutscenes at best, bumpers to click through in between gameplay.

Then I started playing Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. The Command and Conquer series has always had well-produced, amusing cutscenes that were worth a watch despite the inevitable camp. The cutscenes in Tiberium Wars are not only well-produced, but laden with a surprising number of sci-fi stars and character actors. It's pretty much an orgy of nerdish cinematic delight.

Battlestar Galactica Cylon babes Grace Park and Tricia Helfer are two of the most notable actors in the game, playing GDI offier Sandra Telfair and NOD general Kilian Qatar. Josh Holloway, Lost's Sawyer, plays NOD's agent Ajay. Billy Dee Williams (Star Wars' Lando Calrissian, and if you didn't already know that then get off my lawn) plays GDI director Redmond Boyle. Finally, Michael Ironside plays GDI General Jack Granger. You might remember his gravely voice as that of Sam Fisher's in the Splinter Cell series and Darkseid's in the Superman and Justice League animated series. He also plays nearly every other crusty, war-hardened soldier in any show or movie that needs one.

Of course, it's not all Hollywood (or Vancouver, or wherever they shoot Battlestar Galactica and Lost) stars in C&C 3. Joseph Kucan reprises his role as the bald, sinister, evil mastermind Kane, mostly because fans of the series would start rioting if EA Games did otherwise. Kucan IS Kane. The Brotherhood of NOD's leader couldn't be played by anyone else. Courtenay Taylor also lends presence as the alien Scrin A.I. You might not know her name, but you probably know her voice from Supreme Commander, Knights of the Old Republic, Call of Duty 2, and God of War. She played the twins in the game's...controversial mini-game.

If you're a fan of Battlestar Galactica or Lost, or just like campy sci-fi scenes with some pretty big names, Command and Conquer 3 is a great pick. Of course, the game itself is darn good, too (it scored a 9.0 and an Editor's Choice from GameSpot). If it wasn't, all the actors in the world wouldn't help it.

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7 stars

Not as good as their fps game Renegade, but still very good...

by scope264 on June 23, 2007

Pros: Great gameplay and graphics, single player is awesome

Cons: other users on multiplayer con beginners to boost rank

Summary: C&C 3 is a great game if your looking for great gameplay and awesome graphics. Runs smoothly on my pc and looks absolutely beautiful. When going on multiplayer ...

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Summary: C&C 3 is a great game if your looking for great gameplay and awesome graphics. Runs smoothly on my pc and looks absolutely beautiful. When going on multiplayer though, be ready to be conned by experts who trick you into a 2v2 game where its two brand new players against two veterans. Also, Gamespy tends to lag horrificly when playing 4v4. But other wise, this game is amazing. I have never had so much fun with an RTS as I did this.

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5 stars

FELL FAR BELOW EXPECTATION!

by hsenthil on May 5, 2007

Pros: Voip ability

Cons: There were a lot of expectations and this was not met!

Summary: 1. The game play is poorly conceived
2. emphasis on graphics at the expense of story line and usabilility
3. multiplayer experience bad... we can't even 'ping' a point

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Summary: 1. The game play is poorly conceived
2. emphasis on graphics at the expense of story line and usabilility
3. multiplayer experience bad... we can't even 'ping' a point for co-ordination
4. no opening video!!!

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6 stars

Missed the Mark!

by Obfusc8r on July 26, 2007

Pros: The look and feel

Cons: Silos, replay value

Summary: I have been a C&C fan since Red Alert, however, this game just doesn't hold my interest. There is a lot to like about it, but there ...

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Summary: I have been a C&C fan since Red Alert, however, this game just doesn't hold my interest. There is a lot to like about it, but there are too many drawbacks. For one, building silos to continue resource collection is just plain irritating! This facet should have been left out. The play of the game is not intuitive and the thrill of Tanya and Colonel Burton is gone.

It's obvious the designers spent a lot of effort on the look, but that was never a hallmark of Red Alert, yet it was RA that catapulted this series forward.

Replay value: Low.

The bottomline: for $50, this game is collecting dust on my shelf while I play other RTS games.

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Manufacturer: Electronic Arts Inc.
Part number: 16598

Product Basic Spec
Platform PC
ESRB rating Teen - Mild Language,Animated Blood,Violence
Genre Strategy
Number of players 1-8 Players
Difficulty Medium
Stability Stable
Learning curve About a half hour
Offline modes Competitive
Online modes Competitive
Minimum
CPU 2.0GHz or high, or AMD equivalent, Vista - 2.2 GHZ
DVDROM 8x
Disk 6000 MB
RAM 512 MB

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Developer EA LA
ESRB Teen
ESRB descriptors Mild Language,Animated Blood,Violence
Release date 2007-03-26

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