Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
2008 · Real-Time Strategy · PC / Steam
Red Alert 3 is a love-it-or-leave-it proposition built entirely around excess. Its cooperative campaign design was ahead of its time, its three factions play with real distinctiveness, and the naval integration adds strategic layers that most RTS games ignore entirely. But the camp cranked past its predecessor's sweet spot, balance issues that frustrate competitive players, and an AI co-op partner that can't keep up with the mission design all leave marks. If you can embrace the absurdity and bring a friend along, there's a really fun strategy game underneath the armored bears and psychic schoolgirls.