Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 is set in an alternate reality from World War II, in which the Western Allies fought the Soviet Union. In Red Alert 3 the Soviet leadership, facing defeat, goes back in time to…

75 28 October 2008

Real Time Strategy (RTS) Simulator Strategy Action Comedy Fantasy Historical

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 is a real time strategy (rts) developed by EA Los Angeles, released 28 October 2008 on Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Mac. The main story takes about 23 hrs to finish.

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What Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 is

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by EA Los Angeles and released in 2008. It was published by ak tronic Software & Services. It is available on Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on SAGE.

The premise, in the publisher's words

On the brink of defeat at the hands of the Allied Nations, the leaders of the Soviet Union make a desperate gamble. Using a time machine hidden beneath the Kremlin, Colonel Anatoly Cherdenko and General Nikolai Krukov travel back to 1927 to assassinate Albert Einstein, hoping to erase the technologies that doomed them and rewrite history in their favor. When they return to the present, the world has indeed changed: the Soviets stand poised to conquer Europe, but without Einstein, nuclear weapons were never invented. Into this altered timeline storms a new power, the Empire of the Rising Sun, which declares war on both the Soviets and the Allies in pursuit of total domination. The meddling…

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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, comedy, fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Command & Conquer series

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 is the 19th of 30 entries we hold in the Command & Conquer series. It arrived 7 months after Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath. The next entry was Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising in 2009. Its critic score of 75 is 10 points above the series average of 65. The highest-rated entry is Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 at 90.

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How it was received

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 10 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 75, across 228 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 23 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Any Intel Core Duo machine; XP: Intel Pentium 4 2.2 GHz or better, AMD Athlon XP 2100+ or better; Vista: Intel Pentium 4 2.6 GHz or better, AMD Athlon XP 2800+ or better, 1 GB RAM and DirectX® 9.0c compatible video card, NVIDIA GeForce 6800 or better, ATI Radeon X800 or better. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 10GB.

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What it launched against

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 launched on 28 October 2008, within three weeks of Dead Space (2008), Fallout 3, Dead Space and World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King. All of them reviewed better. It was a Xbox One launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Dead Space (2008), Fallout 3, Dead Space, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Screenshots

All media

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 gameplay screenshot

Dlc

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Decimation Map Pack

TBA

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Ultimate Edition

23 March 2009

Quick answers

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 — frequently asked questions

When did Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 come out?

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 was released on 28 October 2008 for Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3?

At minimum, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 needs Any Intel Core Duo machine; XP: Intel Pentium 4 2.2 GHz or better, AMD Athlon XP 2100+ or better; Vista: Intel Pentium 4 2.6 GHz or better, AMD Athlon XP 2800+ or better, 1 GB RAM, DirectX® 9.0c compatible video card, NVIDIA GeForce 6800 or better, ATI Radeon X800 or better graphics, At least 10 GB of free space of storage.

How long does it take to beat Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3?

The main story of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 takes around 23 hrs.

How many GB is Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3?

The PC version needs about 10 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("At least 10 GB of free space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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