Good evening Comrade. Welcome to the latest edition of the mayhem that's inherent in the Red Alert universe -Red Alert 3. I must admit, I took a half day leave to grab a copy as soon as it hit the streets of our Dark Cloud Asylum and have been buried deep in a blissful heaven of over-the-top blow-em-all-up gameplay that is trademark of this stalwart series for the last week. Has it matched my expectation? Sure. And in many cases over passed it. Starcraft II, you have a hard competition to topple Red Alert 3.

In Red Alert 3 you can take on the role of a commander of Communist Soviet, Democratic Allies or the Imperialistic Japan and duke it out with the other factions. The units are well diversified and though all units have a secondary ability, none looks like a clone of the other -which is a wonderful thing in terms of strategic and tactical options it provides.

The campaigns were exquisitely scripted and had enough diversity to keep me hooked. Although, a little too easy for my taste :p On the other hand, the cinematics were very nicely done (too nicely if you get my drift ;) The skirmishes were all just a teaser for the fanatic fun you can have in multi-player.

Only one con I can focus on right now -I do terribly miss the nation-wise unique units of RA 2 i.e British Sniper; Iraqi Desolator :). I hope they bring them back in expansions ;)

In short EA has done a great work on the sequel to one of the best strategy games out there. I think this much is good enough as a nutshell review of RA 3. I must dive back to the game. Good Hunting Tovarashk Commander.