Command & Conquer: Red Alert vs Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
Command & Conquer: Red Alert is a strategy game from Westwood Studios (1996) while Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 is a strategy game from Danger Close Games (2008).
Quick answer: Command & Conquer: Red Alert has the higher Metacritic, 90 to 82.
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
What each one is
Command & Conquer: Red Alert is filed under Strategy. In contrast, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 under Strategy.
Command & Conquer: Red Alert is a real-time strategy video game in the Command & Conquer franchise, developed and published by Westwood Studios in 1996. The second game to bear the Command & Conquer title, Red Alert is the prequel to the original Command & Conquer of 1995, and takes place in the alternate early history of Command & Conquer when Allied Forces battle an aggressive Soviet Union for control over the European mainland.
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
Command Conquer: Red Alert takes place in a parallel universe. At the Trinity Site in New Mexico in 1946, Albert Einstein prepares to travel back in time. He activates his experimental time machine and returns to Landsberg , Germany , on December 20, 1924, where he meets Adolf Hitler just after the latter's release from Landsberg Prison . (Wikipedia)
Reception
Sales In the United States, Command Conquer: Red Alert debuted at No. 2 on PC Data 's computer game sales chart for November 1996, behind Microsoft Flight Simulator . Following a third-place finish in December, it became the United States' seventh-best-selling computer game of 1996 as a whole. (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 | Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | — | — |
| Steam rating | — | — |
| Critic aggregate | 90/100 | 82/100 |
| Price | Unknown | Unknown |
| Install size | — | — |
| Steam Deck | Untested | Untested |
| Released | 1996 | 2008 |
| Developer | Westwood Studios | Danger Close Games |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 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 AlertStrategy 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 AlertNo 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 ✓Metacritic 90Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3Metacritic 82Metacritic's critic aggregate, from the game's Wikipedia reception where it was never on Steam.
Price
Command & Conquer: Red AlertUnknownCommand & Conquer: Red Alert 3UnknownRead live from Steam and subject to change.
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 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 (Metacritic 90)
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 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 and Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 in scope?
Command & Conquer: Red Alert lists little scope data. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 lists little scope data.
Is Command & Conquer: Red Alert 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 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 or Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3?
Command & Conquer: Red Alert has the higher Metacritic, 90 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.