Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 vs Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 is a strategy game from Westwood Studios (2000) while Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 is a strategy game from Danger Close Games (2008).
Quick answer: Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 has the higher Metacritic, 84 to 82.
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
What each one is
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 is filed under Strategy. In contrast, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 under Strategy.
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 is a real-time strategy video game released for Microsoft Windows on October 25, 2000, as the follow-up to Command & Conquer: Red Alert. Red Alert 2 picks up after the Allied campaign of the first game. Its expansion pack is Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge, released a year later in 2001. Red Alert 2 was principally developed by Westwood Pacific in collaboration with Westwood Studios.
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 is a real-time strategy video game developed by EA Los Angeles and published by Electronic Arts. It was released in October 2008 in the United States and Europe for Microsoft Windows. An Xbox 360 version was released on November 11. In addition, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 – Ultimate Edition, the PlayStation 3 version, was released on March 23, 2009, along with the Mac OS X version by TransGaming. The game is a continuation of the Red Alert games within the Command & Conquer series. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 – Uprising, a stand-alone expansion pack, was released for Microsoft Windows in March 2009. It was offered via digital distribution.
Story, characters and reception
Plot
Setting Like previous Command Conquer real-time strategy games, Command Conquer: Red Alert 2 contains two separate campaigns with distinct story lines, one for each playable faction. Red Alert 2 is set in the same alternative history universe as Red Alert in which Adolf Hitler was erased from history by Albert Einstein who travelled to the past through a Time Machine. However, although Hitler is gone, the Soviet Union has taken place of Nazi Germany to… (Wikipedia)
Characters
Ray Wise as President Michael Dugan Barry Corbin as Gen. Ben Carville Kari Wuhrer as Special Agent Tanya Adams Athena Massey as Lt. Eva Lee Larry Gelman as Albert Einstein Nicholas Worth as Premier Alexander Romanov Udo Kier as Yuri Adam Gregor as Gen. (Wikipedia)
Reception
Sales In the United States, Red Alert 2 debuted at No. 1 on PC Data 's computer game sales chart for the October 22–28 period. Holding the position in its second week, the title became October's ninth-biggest computer game seller, according to PC Data. (Wikipedia)
Plot
As the Soviet Union faces defeat at the hands of the Allied Nations , Soviet General Nikolai Krukov (played by Andrew Divoff ) and Colonel Anatoly Cherdenko ru ( Tim Curry ) use a time machine beneath the Kremlin to travel back to Brussels in the year 1927 at the Solvay International Physics Conference and eliminate Albert Einstein , thus changing the future. Returning to the present, they discover that Cherdenko is the Premier of the Soviet Union , much… (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception Command Conquer: Red Alert 3 received generally favorable reviews with an average critic score of 82/100 on Metacritic , citing a strong cooperative and multiplayer component. During the 12th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards , the Academy of Interactive Arts Sciences awarded Red Alert 3 with " Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year ". ^ "Command Conquer: Red Alert 3 for PC Reviews" . (Wikipedia)
At a glance
| Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 | Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | — | — |
| Steam rating | — | — |
| Critic aggregate | 84/100 | 82/100 |
| Price | Unknown | Unknown |
| Install size | — | — |
| Steam Deck | Untested | Untested |
| Released | 2000 | 2008 |
| Developer | Westwood Studios | Danger Close Games |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 vs Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, point by point
Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.
Genre and premise
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2Strategy gameCommand & Conquer: Red Alert 3Strategy gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2No descriptive tagsCommand & Conquer: Red Alert 3No descriptive tagsThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 ✓Metacritic 84Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3Metacritic 82Metacritic's critic aggregate, from the game's Wikipedia reception where it was never on Steam.
Price
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2UnknownCommand & Conquer: Red Alert 3UnknownRead live from Steam and subject to change.
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 takes 1 of the marked rounds to 0. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.
Which to pick, by what you want
- The better reviewed of the two: Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 (Metacritic 84)
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.
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Common questions
How different are Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 and Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 in scope?
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 lists little scope data. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 lists little scope data.
Is Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 or Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 better?
Neither carries enough reviews for us to score it reliably, so we do not call a winner. The table above shows what each does have.
Which is cheaper, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 or Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3?
One or both do not have a current listed price, so a straight comparison is not possible. See the table above.
Should I get Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 or Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3?
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 has the higher Metacritic, 84 to 82. It also depends on what you want: the "which to pick" section above calls out which is cheaper, lighter on storage, better on a Steam Deck and the safer bet by weight of reviews.
Do you rank one above the other for a fee?
No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.
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The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.