This weekend after playing the Halo 3 beta for a while, I started playing Command & Conquer 3 for the Xbox 360 some. I used to play the older games like Command & Conquer 2 and Red Alert and I really got into the multiplayer aspects of those games. My opponent and I would use two phone lines so we could play the game and communicate at the same time. We didn't have Xbox Live back then.

Also, the older games were PC based so I didn't know if I could adjust to playing a Real-time Strategy (RTS) with a console controller. I was just too use to being able to block in a selection of troops and issue them orders. The simple answer is yes, I adjusted just fine. The game developers laid out an easy to follow flow that gives you a very similar game experience. It is a bit harder to select just certain troops, but I am quickly adapting.

As with the previous games, the new one has Global Defense Initiative (GDI) and The Brotherhood of NOD at it again with a new third faction thrown into the mix, the Scrin. The Scrin are an Alien race that reminds me of the bug creatures from the movie Starship Troopers. As a further reminder, Michael Ironside is your Commanding General in game, "Do you want to live forever?".  Yes, once again Westwood/EA Games has opted for my preferred method of using live actors for cut screens rather than computer generated characters. This game uses well known actors from the TV shows Battlestar Galactica and Lost. Kane from the previous games is also making his return.

If you are a fan of the previous games than you won't be disappointed in the Xbox 360 version of the game.