Command & Conquer: Red Alert vs Empire Earth 3
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Command & Conquer: Red Alert is set in an alternate world, where Einstein stops Hitler from becoming the head of Germany and the Second World War. In this timeline, Stalin’s Russia has taken over the entirety of the Eurasian landmass, with parts of China and Eastern Europe under their control. Now it falls to the allied nations to try and stop them from world domination. With the war imminent you are able to choose your side, and decide the future of the world in a stunning RTS game.With some of the most genre defining gameplay, this title has a huge amount going for it. With an ease of playing and controls that allow you to focus on the game and its story rather than clunky mechanics. With the cutscenes you have come to expect, and huge armies waiting for you to command there is a lot in this game that is both exciting and ambitious, and it works really well.
Empire Earth 3
Empire Earth 3 is unfortunately the final stopper to what had been a pretty solid real-time strategy game. What happened? Well, the game seemed to have went on a completely wrong route and ended up stripping itself of all the best parts in an attempt to borrow from other game franchises. Not to mention, their implementation, be it borrowed ideas or pretty good ideas of their own, is simply horrendous. However, all of these might not be apparent to players who have not played any of the Empire Earth games before so if you've seen good reviews of the game... well, this is probably the reason behind it.Empire Earth 3 has hammered in the final nail in the franchise's coffin and it's truly a pity. The series itself has plenty of potential and could have been as great as some of the classic real-time strategy games that are still very well-known today, but due to whatever reason, things happened, a poor game was rolled out, and everything just fell apart. Empire Earth 3 may not be worth buying for fans of the previous two Empire Earth games, but if you're a collector or if you're new to the series, you might still want to give it a try.