Command and Conquer 3: Kane`s Wrath

[Mara]

Is it just me, or is the Command and Conquer franchise starting to get a sort of Wing Commander vibe to it? For those of you too young to remember, Wing Commander was THE hot space shooter in the early 90’s or so. It sort of hit it’s peak with Wing Commander III in 1994 (or at least that’s when Wikipedia says it was released) as a sprawling space opera that advanced the storyline through cutscenes starring, among others, Mark “please stop calling me Luke Skywalker” Hamill. My point here is that at some point the storyline overwhelmed the game; that the actual gameplay sort of stagnated as the series came closer and closer to becoming a movie. And while Command and Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath isn’t to that point yet, this entry into the C&C universe, and the single player campaign specifically, feels more like it’s about the story they’re trying to tell and less about the game, the missions providing a weak excuse to tie the cutscenes together. It’s also like I’m watching one of my wife’s soap operas: Kane’s alive, no he’s dead, no he’s alive, no he’s been kidnapped by Alexis Carrington who doesn’t realize that she’s carrying his baby. Yeee.

http://www.game-over.net/reviews/pc/Command_and_Conquer_3:_Kane%60s_Wrath.html

:read: