Red Alert 3 - Easy Computer is Hard?

[Sir Topham Hatt]

So, I have had Red Alert 3 for a while, but I got stuck on a level so got quickly bored. I think it was the RUssian one where you get loads of money in the beginning, but then the russian boss guy takes it all back. I must have been about an hour only just fighting off, but a very slow painful death was all what I was heading towards.

SO, I thought I would get back into it by playing a couple of skirmish missions. In RA2 and Yuri's Revenge, I could take on 6 enemies, 2 being of the Medium brutality. However, now in RA3 I played against 3 easy computer players and found that I was loosing rather a fair amount. I don't know if it is just me out of practice, the new restructions inthe game or what, but it seems a lot more difficult to distroy people. Prism towers are no longer as powerful as they used to be :/

Thanks

[MR_Candyman]

Actually, my friends and I agree. We used to get the three of us together and take on brutals, and now we struggle in RA3 with mediums. The enemies are so much better coordinated than ever and they like to gang up on one person while sending enough units elsewhere to keep the other players busy. We have found though that they seem to build less base defenses than in previous games. So basically while the one guy's fending for his life (usually me) the other two would go and attack and not have a very hard time of it. I know it doesn't work in single player, but it's the best startegy we've come up with so far in coop multiplayer

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

I guess that goes to show how much AI has improved over the previous games. The enemy computer is definitely smarter.

[Dc'1]

When I first played this, I got stuck on level one... Never played it again lol.

[ObiWanToby]

I love hard AI. Is this game good, worth buying? I am looking for another RTS, I've played supreme commander so much....

I liked the original Red Alert, I skipped 2.

[MR_Candyman]

why? 2 was very good. 3 is really good too, but a bit different than the others

[Sir Topham Hatt]

Hard AI is alright, but when it is set on "easy" i expect it to be easy :p

For instance, "easy" enemy on RA2 never built a super weapon and only built limited tanks and people.

It's just a shame, but I guess it'll keep me playing RA2 for a good while, especially now I have worked out how ot run it in widescreen :)

[Shimmi]

i agree,

i played Uprising yesterday with few easy computers ( :-) ) but imho they are harder that they have ever been...

[MR_Candyman]

Well, last night us 3 got together and took out 1 medium, then 2, then a hard, then a brutal, then 2 brutals, then 3 brutals, then we ended up losing the next 3 matches against the 3 random brutals.

I also learned that the japanese have no air defense unless you build the units for it. The turrets don't shoot in the air.

[spy beef]

I failed that mission the first time because of being caught of guard. Second time through hard, I built a barracks while the general was still on my side in his base, and started massing rockets, and tesla troopers. I took me less than minute to annihilate him when he turned on me.

[Kussie]

  MR_Candyman said:

I also learned that the japanese have no air defense unless you build the units for it. The turrets don't shoot in the air.

You do know you can switch the Empire turrets to air defense mode?

[MR_Candyman]

  Kussie said:

You do know you can switch the Empire turrets to air defense mode?

I didn't. I just found out about an hour ago *feeling dumb*

[Max Veteran]

I felt the game provided a decent challenge as opposed to some scripted computer player which you could always plan defence/attacks for.