Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars

Hail 2 Da Chimp

So any body played it? What you think? I used to like the old PC games but there haven't really been any RTS games on consoles. So am a bit sceptical aboot buying it.

Cheers for the input.

Captain Chaos

I'd get it for the PC, the controls are a mess on the 360. I played Tiberium Dawn and the Red Alert series on the PS1 and the controls were far better.

The tab bar menue is just a mess.

Other than that the maps feel very small compared to other C&C games, EA are really making it idiot proof.

mickoneill30

I've played them all on the PC over the last 10 years. I've given up on PC games though and I was looking forward to this. It's good. The controls are hard to get used to but after 15 mins - half an hour it's no probs. Difficulty was easy for the first few missions but I'm stuck on one that I've replayed about 5 times. It's doing my head in (in a good way)

As the poster said above the tab bar is a mess. I can't see it properly on my CRT. Probably looks better on HD. But it just contains shortcuts and I haven't needed any of the options on it. Most of the options can be accessed by key combinations on the controller.

I haven't played RTS on a console before and I was dubios about not having a keyboard / mouse but it's working out grand for me.

Branoic

I've got it for the 360 despite having a PC easily capable of it, and I love it on the 360. There's nothing wrong with the controls if you accept that you won't have the same degree of precision as you would with a mouse and keyboard. I think they did a remarkable job with the controller. And there's nothing wrong with the tab bar, works brilliantly. Must be your old CRTs

Captain Chaos

Its the menue selection that the mess. If you have ever played C&C 1 on the PS1 you would see what I mean, that has a far better tab bar system and is far quicker to use.

Things that annoy me is that you cannot drag selection boxes over units like in the old games on the PS1, which was very useful as you did not need to create groups like in this game and only took a second to do with no need to go to the menues.

Also in the older games when you double select a unit you get all the smae type of that unit on screen selected automatically. This feature no longer exists and is a major pain.

The camera and zoom controls are fine, no complaints at all.

If EA kept the same control system used on the PS1 C&C games it would have been far better.

Even on the PC the tab bar system in this game is just not right. Just go back and look at Tiberium Sun, thats what this should have expanded on instead EA went backwards.

Hail 2 Da Chimp

Interesting.. 50-50 so far but everyone seems to like it.

jhegarty

Branoic wrote:

I've got it for the 360 despite having a PC easily capable of it, and I love it on the 360. There's nothing wrong with the controls if you accept that you won't have the same degree of precision as you would with a mouse and keyboard. I think they did a remarkable job with the controller. And there's nothing wrong with the tab bar, works brilliantly. Must be your old CRTs

Can you get a mouse for the 360 ?

Captain Chaos

It wouldn't make a difference with a mouse or not, the controller does the job perfectly Actually a mouse alone would not be enough to control the camera, unit selection and the damn menue system.

If you wanted to use a mouse on the 360 (if that were possible) you would need some sort of keyboard or mini gamer keyboard with it.

Kinetic^

Have been playing it today, great game.

mickoneill30

Captain Chaos wrote:

Things that annoy me is that you cannot drag selection boxes over units like in the old games on the PS1, which was very useful as you did not need to create groups like in this game and only took a second to do with no need to go to the menues.

Also in the older games when you double select a unit you get all the smae type of that unit on screen selected automatically. This feature no longer exists and is a major pain.

Have a look at http://forums.xbox.com/11951285/ShowPost.aspx

For point 1 you can hold A and move your pointer over a group of units. Its a bit fiddly though.

For point 2 you can select 1 unit then hold the right bumper and A to highlight all units that are the same as it on the screen. Or hodl the right bumper and double click A to highlight all the units that are the same as it on the map.

This stuff is in the instructions.

Kinetic^

Have been playing this for a good bit of today and it's really easy to get the hang of. Really like this game and the 2v2 is great.

Captain Chaos

mickoneill30 wrote:

Have a look at http://forums.xbox.com/11951285/ShowPost.aspx

For point 1 you can hold A and move your pointer over a group of units. Its a bit fiddly though.

For point 2 you can select 1 unit then hold the right bumper and A to highlight all units that are the same as it on the screen. Or hodl the right bumper and double click A to highlight all the units that are the same as it on the map.

This stuff is in the instructions.

I can't believe I missed that.:o

Thank god for that anyway, thats going to make life a crap load easier.

Kristok

does anyone know is there a way to select the crane instead of the mcv without having to go back to your base and clicking on the crane. Its a pain in the arse building using both when you have to keep clicking on the second construction building just to get it to do anything.

Onearmedbandit

I just got it today its a great looking and playing game plus the learning curve for the controls is very easy. Two thumbs up.

Kristok as far as I know when you build a crane you should be able to double build from the shortcut when you press the trigger button. I was building two different turrets today at the same time because i had a crane

Kristok

you can build two defences at a time but not buildings unless you select the other building afaik.

koneko

I haven't played it on 360, we have it on PC. If you like RTS games (or C&C specifically) you'll probably like it. It's far from perfect, but it's pretty much what you'd expect from a C&C game.

I played BFME II on 360 which was also an EA RTS, so I'd imagine the controls are fairly similar. Bit more of a learning curve but once you get used to it, it's fine.

RAIN

Its great and i actually got the hang of the controlls pretty quick.Recommended