Red Alert 3 keeps the series' delightfully campy tone with live-action cutscenes and pulp atmosphere. The RTS stays approachable, amphibious units delight, and on 360 the whole thing handles surprisingly well on a pad.
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Category
Real-Time Strategy1 player16+
Description
Real-time strategy by EA Los Angeles and EA. The Soviet Alliance and the Allies clash in an alternate uchronic 1950s world with strange technologies. Base building, resource collection and deployment of grotesque units - trained bears, magnetrons and dolphins - in solo and online multiplayer missions. European (PAL) edition of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3.
Command & Conquer - Red Alert 3 review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
4/5
Story
★★★★★
"Captivating"
Gameplay
"Excellent"
Fun
"From the very first minutes"
Addictiveness
"Engaging"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Average"
Technical info
💾6,3 GB📅24/03/2009
Published by Electronic Arts
Command & Conquer - Red Alert 3 (Xbox 360) price, value & rarity
European (PAL) edition of the console port of Red Alert 3, an Electronic Arts real-time strategy of knowing humor and live-action cutscenes, here in a German-language cut. Distributed in Europe, its collecting interest stays low and rests on the curiosity of an RTS brought to console rather than scarcity. An affordable piece for fans of offbeat strategy and the Command & Conquer line.
Is Command & Conquer - Red Alert 3 still worth playing in 2026?
The German language version of EA's Red Alert 3, released in 2008 on Xbox 360, brings real time strategy to console with a deliberately offbeat tone, between Soviet alternate history and gleefully hammy actors. The Empire of the Rising Sun adds a third faction of wild units, combat bears included. The co op built into the whole campaign stays a genuine novelty. The pad adaptation remains decent without matching the comfort of a mouse. The pace and humour still work. For fans of console real time strategy and the nostalgic, this entry keeps a festive charm all its own.
