Like(not love) it or hate it kinda expansion
Well the expansion fixes a lot of things and actually makes this game...a game.
The story is no longer important. It was always lame and corny so I couldn't care less. There are just short videos, no longer painfully long.
Every side has some minor objective, no capturing the world or anything.
Some missions are extremely hard even played at medium difficulty, which is something I enjoyed a great deal since in RA3 they were so easy they got boring really fast.
Graphics have gotten a little better i think. Could be my imagination but they seem less retardedly shinny. Only the buildings look bad, like plastic little toys. The maps look pretty good.
"Yeah yeah, but what exactly is new??" you ask? Well let me tell you:
-The new units are really nice and FUN. I'm not sure how balanced everything is but red alert is more about fun than competition.
-Speaking of competition, no multiplayer. I find that odd but fine by me.
- The challange mode I think outshines the campaign. I'm not sure how many there are but a whole lot and everyone seems unique. It's pretty much the trade off for multiplayer. You can have a lot of fun doing stupid things here that you can't do otherwise and win too.
In closing, this expansion seems to be made for people who just wanna have fun playing an RTS, at their own pace, however they want. No competition, no interesting story...just play around with your imbalanced and fun units and relax.
Most people nowadays only want multiplayer so it's gonna take on a lot of flak but i think it deserves a fair try.