Thankfully EA has finally learned from the previous mistakes and splashed out on some proper talent for the cutscenes, many of whom will be familiar to players already. It’s a technique we’d long since thought extinct thanks to absurd melodrama and awful acting. Bucking the current trend for in-game cinematics and scripted sequences pioneered by the first Half-Life, Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars returns to the ancient art of FMV sequences to brief players on objectives between missions.
Scripting of the Hollywood varietyIn fact, it’s not just the story that has reverted to how it used to be the same is true of the way the story is told to players. The new game returns to that story, casting aside the alternate storylines offered in Red Alert and the ensuing spin-offs. Or Vice versa, depending on what campaign you wanted to play. Going further, Command & Conquer has always been one of the classics of the genre, the early games striking the perfect balance between tactics and unadulterated violence on a massive scale for a rapidly maturing audience.īegun back in the hey-day of Windows 95, the original Command & Conquer operated only on MS-DOS and told the story of the Global Defence Initiative and its struggle to crush the evil Brotherhood of Nod. Strategy games are one of the staples of computer gaming, incorporating everything true geeks love into one enjoyable experience: puzzle-solving, massively complex stories and lots of explosions.
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