How irony.I used to say RA3 is a piece of yam with ridiculous looking unit designs.Now,i love the game now.The units do look stupid in screenshots and videos but when you use one,you'll see the old Westwood's originality in it.

After playing in the open beta,im amazed by EA's work in it.RA3 have more emphasis on naval combat which makes the game better.At the same time,changes the way C&C being played.I have seen some interesting BOs so far.In almost every game i play,people uses navy a lot more than land units which adds another layer of decision making.Should i go navy or land? Bases tend to shift from one place to another since MCV can go on water now.

Awesome unit design where no unit's role overlap another units.Besides that,so far,each faction's units compliment each other very well and also with other faction's unit.I had a game that i use Akula subs to protect my ally's Shogun ships.Lots of push and pull in each multiplayer game.Each game last about 20 minutes in general.

Balance wise,i havent seen anything as overpower as Necrons and Tau or any horrible exploits like SoB's resource bug.Pretty solid balance for a beta.Only Japs are a bit too powerful in the end.Allied a bit too weak at late game.

Graphics wise.The water effects are pretty decent while there is nothing special on the land.Heard EA's gonna upgrade it some where before the release and add a ultimate super weapon.Hope it's not as devastating like any super weapon in older C&C.

My favorite thing about RA3 is they are using hard counter system,which is the same system used in vanilla DoW.It makes them game more fun and tactical.DoW2 should use hard counter too.Keeps the game interesting.

All 3 factions are very different from each other.EA did a good job in differenciating each faction.Even the way each faction build buildings are different.Jap's building comes in a small MCV.Allied builds like any other faction in C&C.Soviet's buildings position need to be chosen before the building progress starts.

Japs,my personal favourite race,their units are very flexible.Most of them have 2 modes which makes them extremely mobile in maps with a lot of water.Most of the units are amphibious,except their late game unit.

Allied are more balanced type of faction.They arent as flexible as Japs and their tanks arent as powerful as Soviet's one.Still,Allied have the best air units in the game,Century Bomber which another good unit.I always wanted to use a carpet bomber in a RTS.

Soviet's units have high hp and deals high damage but comes with a expensive price.They have the best Navy in the game too.

There is a high chance i might get this game too.Seems almost perfect now.

RA3 is pretty much the closest thing to SC2 now.I think the current lead designer in SC2 work on RA3 before he left EA.