Nice review. shame about the EA store though, that's gonna be a pain on ubuntu :P

Yuri-ko = Female Yuri?!?

Originality! /sarc

I'd love to get this but I'm sick of being forced to sign up to service after service to get a game and considering the lack of multiplayer I think I may well acquire by other means.

I kinda want it but I'm still boycotting EA for sucking oh so hard for the last forever.

EA Store FTW, I tried it out yesterday for the first time to get Uprising and guess what? I could not pay for it as the Payment Site never loaded, so really, good job EA on saving me money.

EA Store is terrible, i still have a copy of Crysis purchased through there that i can't get to work following several PC hardware changes. I'm willing to bet this will appear on Steam eventually as they know the sort of sales that can be achieved on that platform, if the pricing is right.

in challenge mode, do you get to use the FutureTech's advanced weapons?? like the super walker in soviet mission 1?

Sorry but this expansion is terrible. The AI is stupid and unable to take control of the new uber units. Not only this but the game is honestly just boring after a day. Save your money guys.

Playing RA3 these days and I just can't believe what they did to the RA franchise. Being a fan of RA1 (and to some extent RA2), EA has managed to destroy and dumb down the bloody game to new levels its not even funny.

RA1 had a more serious approach to its story, the technology introduced had some god damn logic (for a video game anyway :p) and the cutscenes weren't a bad joke unlike this BS.

After RA2, i expected them to move the fight to space and introduce some new element to the series, not this time travel thing (the story has more plot holes than swiss cheese).

Did i mention the units suck? :p

Yeah the units mostly sucks and it's a shame. However I have recently seen a lot of "aod" maps for ra3 and some of them are great, it's like zero hour aod, without shitty fps and fw problems :O This looks like fun too but I'm on the fence until another downloadoption comes along.

would have bit its hand off a few months ago, but as RA3 refused to work (however the torrent one worked first time....) I also wont be bothering with this

Does no one else like Generals or something? Just generally seems to be some bashing of EA over there early C&C games and that was basically Generals and Zero Hour because imo Generals was by far and away the best C&C game after Red Alert and also had the best add on as the Ultimate challange mode was the stuff of legends.

Have they managed to fix the "stuttering Input" bug in RA3?

If I zoom out the map disappears, that is not good.

Originally Posted by D3s3rt_F0x
Does no one else like Generals or something? Just generally seems to be some bashing of EA over there early C&C games and that was basically Generals and Zero Hour because imo Generals was by far and away the best C&C game after Red Alert and also had the best add on as the Ultimate challange mode was the stuff of legends.

I liked Generals and ZH. Lots of interesting units on all sides and fun to play. :) Its more of a MP and skirmish game than anything else.

Am I the only one that thinks that RA3 stinks? The worst C&C and prolly one of the worst RTS ever?

For those who like a GOOD rts, grab DoW II nao! That's an order comander!

CoH DoW II also stinks when compared to its predecessor

iirc the 'Suttering Input' bug was an antipiracy thing, not an actual bug.

Originally Posted by docodine
iirc the 'Suttering Input' bug was an antipiracy thing, not an actual bug.

I don't know why they do that, it just spreads rumours on how buggy games are. I would rather take more sales and have an untainted product than attempt to ruin the experience for pirates. Seems kinda... petty. But then that's how I see intrusive DRM too.

There is some digital content that I want to purchase at retail. Red Alert Uprising is definitely one them. I understand why smaller stuff like the titan pack for UT3 is not and the new Fallout 3 content. You would think after a complete history of multiple expansion packs EA would believe it's C&C fanbase is used to getting expansions at the store!

Also anyone else catch the placement of the bit-tech logo watermark in the live-action screen shots? Gave me a good chuckle.

Originally Posted by docodine
iirc the 'Suttering Input' bug was an antipiracy thing, not an actual bug.

Not according to the RA3 forums, it happens or it doesn't, legal copy. That's a classic bug for me

I have really enjoyed the mini campaigns in this, the Yuriko missions are pretty epicly fun, i mean, destroying 20 King Oni's with a single unit and click never gets tireing. The Giga Fortress is also pure class, and i do like the Allies Pacifier, but, you have to use it right, as i found it's range isn't as long as you would expect.
Best C&C expansion? No, not by a long shot, Yuris Revenge still holds that spot firm, with Generals Zero Hour close behind, but it was worth the money and wait in my opinion.

Sam

Originally Posted by rustor
Yuri-ko = Female Yuri?!?

Originality! /sarc

Doesn't yuri translate as 'lily'?

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After playing Red Alert 3 when I last visited some family, I'm completely at a loss as to how or why EA managed to butcher a series I thought was great. RA3 was just... horrible. :(

Lesbian Hentai/Manga is also called Yuri. I'm betting this expansion lacks it.

Originally Posted by Edvuld
Lesbian Hentai/Manga is also called Yuri. I'm betting this expansion lacks it.

Originally Posted by Paradigm Shifter
Doesn't yuri translate as 'lily'?

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After playing Red Alert 3 when I last visited some family, I'm completely at a loss as to how or why EA managed to butcher a series I thought was great. RA3 was just... horrible. :(

Well, I was trying to say that I think it's a word play on the RA2 Russian character "Yuri".