Clearly, however, EA have gone to great lengths with Tiberium Wars to vault that particularly irksome hurdle. But, until someone has the apparently distasteful brainwave of a wireless keyboard and mouse for the Xbox 360 (which would solve these, and many other, problems whilst simultaneously opening up a whole new aspect of Xbox Live), we’re stuck with it. So is replacing the incredibly familiar layout of 87 keyboard buttons (yes, I counted them) with four shoulder buttons and a disused D-pad. Replacing the single-handed scalpel precision of a mouse with a clumsy analogue stick is bad. And I’m not one to break with tradition, so let’s begin with just such an unreasonable comparison.įirst and foremost is the control system. Topping off the difficulties faced by Electronic Arts’ development team is the inevitable comparisons the Microsoft console was going to be - perhaps somewhat unfairly (although there’s no “fair” or “unfair” when it comes to war, I’m sure you’ll agree) - subjected to. Disappoint them, and it could be a damaging false start for this latest offering. Not only are the stalwart RTS fans spoiled rotten these last few years, demanding only the finest battle simulators soaked to the skin with a plethora of brand new and fully expected features, but C&C itself has a substantial sub-league of ardent devotees who’ve already seen some pretty damn fine gaming in the GDI vs Nod arena. 10 out of 10 for eye candy!Īnother Command & Conquer sequel was always going to have to stand up to strict and unforgiving scrutiny not least of all when it was released for the Xbox 360. The cut scenes are so bad they’re great! Above, Michael Ironside scans his hyper-foxy colleague, Grace Park. Your boys ain’t paid to think, so make sure they don’t wander blindly (and repeatedly) into the poisonous Tiberium fields As it turns out, my only real disappointment was that Michael Ironside didn’t blow up any heads. Replacing the mouse and keyboard with a joy pad has yet to yield the embarrassment of riches that developers regularly proclaim on the back of a game box, and this was always going to be the stumbling block of Command & Conquer 3.
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