Red Alert 3

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It's fixed. An ambitious modder named KnightVVV has spent six years perfecting the game, to the point where a single unit has multiple animations confirming the effect of a minuscule passive. Each faction has been overhauled, EA's throwaway "expansion" has been properly integrated and balanced into the base game, and the support powers (protocols) have been absurdly expanded (more on this in a second). Then he optimized the textures. Right now he's working on reanimated versions of each biological unit for a zombie map.



The game is divided into Soviets, Rising Sun and Allies*, dominating Land, Sea, and Air respectively. It's nuanced enough so that you'll always have options to balance this out. Soviets could hit a Rising Sun bombardment fleet with aerial mines; Allies could transpose Soviet tanks inside their own nuclear reactor; and Rising Sun could rip Allied planes out of the sky via standard psychic schoolgirl. The only real limit (in large part, thanks to the updated support powers) is your ability to think laterally. This may seem like a small thing, but the game moves fast and you will have a truly astonishing number of options. Once you adjust to the information flow, this is the most rewarding RTS on the market.



Rather than cut into your future RA3 time, I'm going to list a fraction of things you'll experience in RA3.
Stealth Tanks.
J. Jonah Jameson.
Future space battleships.
Spies.
Deployable rocket pods.
Giant armored men.
Curiously detached AI
And Tim Curry
The game's AI is composed of nine fully-acted commanders with their own personalities** and strategic preferences. All AI commanders use powers and units intelligently and will adapt to your strategies. As for downsides, the map selection is relatively small (blame EA) and they screwed up the music, so grab the RA2 soundtrack before playing.

Enjoy! You guys are excellent and deserve fun games.



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**Smug Brit, drunk Russian, etc.