To the critics... You might not agree with my score, but you should at least be able to agree with my review...
It's like buying a tactical shooter such as Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter when actually preferring more arcade shooters such as Quake, and then saying 'the action isn't fast enough', 'it's too realistic' or 'you die too quickly'. C&C3 might not technically be 'better' than games such as Company of Heroes (love it!) or Supreme Commander (too slow for my taste), but it's a lot of fun if you look at it the right way. It's a triple A title, that is all about frantic, brutal battles and factions with a lot of personality and memorable characters (Kane!). The game does have some features new to C&C, such as tanks being more heavily armored at their front side (yes it's true, read the manual!), better interface, and the customizable skirmish AI, but otherwise stays faithful to the series' roots (although the Tiberium series wasn't as fast-paced as this, they took the pacing of the RA series). Overall, this is one of the most enjoyable games I've played in a LONG time. The campaigns have a lot to offer, especially once you get to the later missions when the story is unfolded. Story is quite good and well-told. The FMV's are enjoyable and a little cheesy -in a good way- as they've always been. The game is well-polished and has decent graphics that don't require a monster PC. I haven't ran into any gameplay bugs at all, EA actually managed to deliver a nearly bug-free game! The enemy AI is good, and as mentioned before, customizable in skirmish. The 3 factions are fairly balanced, and each is interesting in it's own right with enough variation and differences to make them unique.
Bottomline: If you want your RTS games deep and with prolonged battles, go play some other game. If you want a fun and brutal RTS experience that goes back to the essence of the genre... play this. You won't be dissapointed.