Reviews - JachAnen

Well this is a tree in one deal, you get Command & Conquer, Red Alert and Dune in 1. Which is great and the reason I downloaded it.

From the start it seems even better than the original because of new options, many small but nice touches.

After playing skirmish I can't recommend it, unless you play multiplayer. Too many things have been changed stats wise, resulting in many stalemates in Dune, I couldn't get anywhere without a bigger army which I couldn't afford. But since the powers/superweapons appears to have become more powerful, I was able to win with those alone, even if the AI had been taught how to repair their buildings. But the lag was too much to sit through and I quit.

When I tried Red Alert, it was even worse. GDI AI seems to focus on steamroll tactic, so you have to build an army to defend as defenses has become a minor annoyance, which their MLRS' and Mammoth's will quickly remove. NOD seems to turtle, poorly.
I can't even understand how the AI is able to afford such an army and still fire an Ion Cannon at me, which has a larger AoE and damage, so it can one-shot a lot, which is the same with the Nuke. Both sides also gets the Airstrike, which can destroy most units giving you the chance of obliterating their army or combine it with a superweapon and remove any building. So all the changes seems to have been made for faster gameplay, which is nice if it was optional, since I liked those games and how they were. I was hoping for an updated experience with preserved gameplay or what's the point in redoing them.

Since OpenRA is a lot more than those three mods, I'll just remove 3 points. Judging by them alone, they would only get 3/10.