Probably the worst of the mainline CnC series discounting Twilight, despite sporting some incredible actors. The game departs from the semi-realistic Yugoslav civil war with alien substances played as soap opera stzle to basically become G.I. Joe. Not that the original had depth to it that much,.... and then there is the whoel Hollywood-action film style they commit to. Too bad it is not Stargate, and it comes off as a parody of itself, really. It IS entertaining, but it cannot be taken seriously for a second.

Then there is the game itself. GDI walkers, and hovertanks sound cool on paper but to the mili-tech enthusiast in me its toytastic. It tries to become Star Wars, with units going for gimmicks and full in on the super-science. The campaigns are much the same, with James Bond-levels of ridiculousness (giant world altering missiles, aliens, Skynet on drugs etc). Unit balance is nonexistent, since it is a mid-90s RTS, but that did not show up until CnC3.

What to make of it all: Get the game as a part of the CnC mzthos. it is a must. As a standalone CnC game it is garish, tonally off-kilter, refuses to comit to what was preciously established and amps up the worst parts of the camp its predecessor had and is simplistic in gameplay, and storytelling. You can love it despite it not being what it was embellished to be at release, plus some people who refuse to take it that seriously can probably enjoy it for its stupid fun. It is not a good game, but it sure as hell is not a bad one.

Get it as a part of a CnC bundle. Probably the only way you could anyway.

Easily one of the best games ever made. Pure RTS gold. Runs great on windows 11 when you download the gen patcher.

All fun and games until your units pathfinding does a massive autism and ruins your carefully laid plans.