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Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
Published by: Electronic Arts |
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars - Game Review (PC)
By Emanuel Avram
Published: April 27, 2007
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Motto: He who controls the past commands the future. He who commands the future conquers the past. - George Orwell
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The year is now 2047, and EVA - the Electronic Video Agent AI briefs us on the current tactical situation. Today's threat level (the risk of NOD attacks) is low. The state of the planet is deteriorating. Tiberium infestation has reached critical levels.
Uninhabitable - 30% of the world's surface has been designated as "red zones", which have suffered the worst contamination and can no longer sustain human life.
Partially habitable - 50% of the surface has been designated as “yellow zones”. Decades of wars have left these regions into a state of social collapse. NOD is present here and has found many adepts to follow “the cause”.
GDI Controlled - 20% - the remainder of the world surface - the “blue zones” has remained “unscared” by the tiberium infestation, and is now under the control of the Global Defense Initiative.
I have to admit I had some doubts about the future of this great franchise when the ol' Westwood, the father of Real Time Strategy (remember Dune 2?) genre was bought by EA. After some good, yet a bit controversial new titles, like Command & Conquer: Generals and Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth I and II, EA LA finally listened to the fans and gave them (and may I add - gave us all) something to be proud off.
Perfection - the interface is shaped for it: one thing that strategy fans always asked was a way to control the unit building queue without having to go back to the base and select buildings, being forced to abandon the “heat of the battle” momentarily. This is what hardcore C&C fans missed the most. Well it's back, and EA LA has managed to have the best of both world: a powerful interface and individual building queues per each structure. Control is now just one click away!
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| Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars Patch 1.09 Released October 25, 2007 Patch 1.09 for Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars fixes several bugs, makes balance changes across all three sides, adds a new four-player multiplayer map, and more.
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| Command & Conquer 3 Patch 1.09 List of Changes October 16, 2007 In this latest developer blog, Gavin Simon,
Lead Balance Designer of the upcoming Patch 1.09 explains the strategic
reasoning behind the hottest upcoming balance changes in the patch.
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| Command & Conquer 12 years anniversary September 3, 2007 One of the most active franchise in the mainstream games industry, Command & Conquer celebrates 12 years.
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| C&C meets Far Cry August 20, 2007 In an attempt to create something new with the C&C universe, some fans decided that it's time to put to work the Far Cry engine.
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| Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars Patch 1.06 is here July 17, 2007 What do you mean where? Under our downloads section of course! It fixes a number of bugs, addresses a critical exploit and changes the way disconnects are handled.
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| C&C3: Increase Starting Credits in Skirmish Mode May 2, 2007 Open the "skirmish.ini" file, change the number "10000" to the desired amount of credits.
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| Play with NOD on C&C3 Demo! March 1, 2007 Even though the demo limits you to play only GDI, you can still play with NOD on the skirmish map provided. [...] |
| (XB360) Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars Xbox360 Achievements May 15, 2008 22 achievements with a total of 1000 points
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| (XB360) Command And Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars Xbox360 Cheat February 14, 2008 Get free NOD shadow squads. [...] |
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