Command and conquer red alert 3 uprising11/30/2022 ![]() Highlights include the Allied Nations’ Cryo Legionnaire, a Mr. It’s through the mini-campaigns that you’re introduced to the 12 new units Uprising brings to the RA mix. Whatever it is, they don’t captivate as they did in RA3. Maybe it’s that they don’t feel as over-the-top and downright silly as they did in the original, or don’t seem to have had as much money spent on them. Uprising’s eclectic cast of actors, which includes the aforementioned Malcolm McDowell, Holly Valance and ex-wrestling star Ric Flair, do a decent job, but there’s something lacking here, something RA3 had. The live action footage suffers from the same below-par feel. That the game’s new maps, all playable in a single-player only Skirmish mode, can’t be taken into online multiplayer is something that’s just about forgiveable, but why not make the mini-campaigns playable co-operatively? It would have added excitement to what’s an at times underwhelming set of missions. More of a problem, however, is the lack of co-op. You’ll die often, quick reload, then try again. The game will at times just open up a new front and fire waves of enemy units at you. Free from the need to balance units, there are moments experienced in the three main faction campaigns that seem designed to test your patience to its limits. The AI is similarly silly in Uprising, but you’ll still need decent skills to get your £15’s worth. One of the main criticisms of RA3 from hardcore players was that the shoddy AI made things too easy. Despite the fact that Uprising will work without having the original, it still follows this RTS expansion convention religiously. They’re for players who’ve honed their skills on the main game. RTS expansions usually begin with nary a care for newcomers. This isn’t a criticism it’s more of a warning (although why the Allied Nations and Empire mini-campaigns need to be unlocked at all is beyond us). It’s a tough challenge, even on the easy difficulty setting, and sets the tone for the rest of the game, but it is doable. With a small infantry force you’re charged with rescuing captured scientists integral to the resistance effort. Uprising is hard, as the very first mission, one that unlocks the Allied Nations and Empire of the Rising Sun campaigns, proves. It exists of course, as we soon discover, and we’re in charge of making it work on the battlefield, with a little help from the returning Intelligence Officer Dasha Fedorovich, who’s still showing just enough boob to distract us from the Days of our Lives acting. European Union president Rupert Thornley, played by Malcolm McDowell, is addressing the media, downplaying rumours of a Soviet resistance force. ![]() The Allies, having dealt with the Soviets and the Empire of the Rising Sun, and with Tim Curry’s Premier Cherdenko safely behind bars, are wallowing in the glory of their victory. The Soviet campaign begins with a trademark tongue-in-cheek live action clip (Uprising brings half-an-hour’s worth of new footage). At first only the Soviet mini-campaign and the bonus dungeon crawl mini-campaign are available. ![]() True or false, what we have here, for £15 from the EA Store, is an expansion that at times impresses by making you feel like an RTS god, then disappoints because it falls short of the high-quality spectacle that was the original, and feels, well, just a bit lonely. That there is no multiplayer in Uprising suggests that most people who bought Red Alert 3 played it on their own. RTS expansions exist to give fans more of what they liked from the games they’re expanding upon. Perhaps the decision to provide four new single-player mini-campaigns and a vast single-player Challenge mode is an indication that we were wrong. ![]() The best thing about Red Alert 3 was the co-operative campaign – well, that’s we we thought anyway. Which is a strange choice from developer EA Los Angeles. That’s right, we said entirely single-player experience. It’s a download only, standalone, entirely single-player experience. Uprising, the first expansion to last year’s excellent RTS Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, is a curious beast. ![]()
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