Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath

"Tiberium Wars, but with an added twist"

Coming home from the store, I have just spent my 40 dollars on this game, I think as I pull in to the driveway. Inside, I open up the disc container to this game, I stop, what do I see? A game? Yeas, but what else? I see, a flawless and perfect game to replace the original, Command and Conquer 3. I am excited, I am bound, I am lost, lost in this game and all that it stands for. I can honestly say, that this game does not at first seem like the big deal I am making about it, but if played at the right time, there is something, something fascinating. It's of great interest, but you do not know what it is. It's simply the experience that this game offers.

As I scroll throughout the main menu, it is exceptionally easy to navigate, and I observe the options to choose from. I can go to the Boot Camp, a simple and easy way to get to know the game and how it plays better. Or perhaps I should choose to go into the Single Player options, in it, I find the options, Campaign, Kane's Challenge, and Skirmish.

The Campaign, a true test of your skills against AI controlled opponents, when you are tasked with objectives to complete, when the computer AI does their very best to stop you, however, they are able to be molded into whatever skill level you may be playing on, Easy, if you are new to the game or the whole Command and Conquer franchise, or Medium, where any veteran or hardcore player can feel comfortable easily, on the gruesome Hard difficulty, when the AI in at its finest in its hopes to defeat you as quickly as possible, expect to find a horrible challenge when playing on the Hard difficulty, when missions are the hardest. It's very hard to find any missions that do not suit how you play, with the broad spectrum in the eyes of the Brotherhood of Nod and its allies, The Black Hand and the Marked of Kane. In their deception and shrouded pasts, you will need to combat the superior forces of GDI and their allies, the Steel Talons and ZOCOM, and the mysterious Scrin and their allies, Traveler 59 and Reaper 17, in an all out battle to dominate each other and to win the war over Tiberium.

As I lose slight interest in the Single Player Campaign, I feel like I want to play against the AI without objectives to complete. I choose Skirmish, in Skirmish, you are pitted against AI controlled opponents, while you can choose your faction, your team, and your faction's color, and also the AI's options, but with the option to choose what Difficulty and Style of play. If I am new or just want to practice, it is wise to choose the Easy setting, when the computer AI is playing at its absolute weakest, so it is definitely an easy challenge, but nonetheless, do not underestimate an easy opponent. However, if I am looking for an equal challenge, I would choose Medium, when the AI plays as if you were playing against an equally balanced player who has all the abilities you have and only those. If I was a hardcore player or looking for a challenge, I would choose Hard, when the AI plays their hardest without cheating, so even a Hard player can easily be a challenge to a player of any level. And if I was looking for an absolutely terrifying challenge, or if I was crazy, I would definitely choose the Brutal setting, who play at the best of their ability, and also get double income while destroying you as if you were nothing.

Even after the computers have gotten less interesting, I would look for Kane's Challenge, when you are pitted against a foe, who already starts out with a good base, and will do their best to defeat you in your attempts to defeat them, and in Kane's Challenge, there are 10 individual battles to fight, all able to be done by each of the 9 factions for a total of 90 battles to fight only for the Xbox 360 version of Kane's Wrath.

However, once I am tired of fighting the AI, I will go back to the main menu, and see what other options there are, and one says, "Xbox Live". and with Xbox Live, you can take the battle online with your friends in all out warfare against any 3 of your friends, enemies, or perhaps unknown challengers, with everyone out to conquest over Tiberium and to destroy you. When you are done playing online, you will think to yourself, "Wow, I can't believe that I bought this game for only 40 dollars!"

Reviewer's Score: 10/10, Originally Posted: 07/03/08

Game Release: Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath (US, 06/23/08)