Kanes Wrath (units)

[IslandMonkey]

New Toys

GDI, Nod and Scrin will all be receiving two additional sub-factions (added in the place of a separate fourth faction, which they didn't want to add) which will come with modified units of those you're used to with new special abilities and maybe some new upgrades along with unique powers and upgrades for each of the sub-factions as a whole. "All of those adjustments and modifications will come together to cater to a style of play for each of the sub-factions," explains Jim Vessella. "So if someone is into turtling or maybe they just like to steam-roll their opponents of units or maybe they're more finesse players that are great with their hotkeys and they like hit and run gameplay, well they should be able to find a subfaction that really is good for their style." At the end of the day you'll have nine styles to choose from in multiplayer and single player campaign. It'll be interesting to see how teammates mix and match all of these variations of the various factions.

Unfortunately for us (or maybe fortunately for the size of this article) EA was only showing off a small portion of the new units that will be included in the final version of Kane's Wrath, which will eventually include the modified versions of various existing units as well. We'll surely get to see more in the coming days, but we got a quick peek at some existing units, which happily re-introduces hover and cyborg technology into the gameplay. Most of what was shown was pretty heavily GDI

Nod Updates

New Units

The Awakened: These are the cyborg remnants of CABAL's former army that have risen to assist Kane in the Third Tiberium War. These guys have a welded machinegun on their left arm that is excellent for taking down infantry. While mostly used as anti-infantry troopers, the Awakened also come with a welded EMP cannon on their right arm, which is very effective in knocking out vehicles for other units to wipe up such as the…

Specter: New stealth artillery that fits well into Nod's style of play. The Specter can tail other units around the battlefield or hide themselves in a corner just waiting for the perfect moment to strike. With the help of the EMP cannon from the Awakened, they can take out a group of enemy armor units easily. They also can fire over longer distances with the help of the new Shadow Infantry ability called Artillery Beacon that sets a target that the artillery can barrage the radius around that beacon from afar. Sneaky sneaky!

Reckoner: This armored personnel carrier is a heavily armored troop carrier used for transporting infantry into defended areas with smaller risk of death. While the Reckoner is moving, units inside can't shoot out of it, but if you use the one time ability to deploy it, it turns into a bunker (and gets an extra garrison slot) and any troops inside can begin attacking everything around them with impunity until that hefty bunker is taken down.

Other Upgrades
Also mentioned were extra laser upgrades for the cyborgs to give them even greater power on the battlefield along with a sub-faction only unit that acts much like the Black Hand but uses liquid tiberium instead.

[IslandMonkey]

Zitat von IGN

GDI Updates

New Units

Hammerhead: New flying unit for the GDI that doesn't require constant re-loading with ammo back at the air field. This one never needs to reload the twin auto cannons that can rain hell down on infantry. However, it's still fairly defenseless against anti-air units and can only hit ground targets. Hammerheads also have one garrison slot, which is especially important because whatever infantry unit is garrisoned inside will be able to fire as well. Pile in some Zone Troopers or grenade troopers and you'll have one hell of an attack force in the sky that can be deployed to the ground if need be.

Slingshot: This guy fills a much needed deficiency in the GDI's line-up, which is vulnerability vs. aircraft. While they have pretty decent planes, they also require re-armament just like the Orcas. The Slingshots will fill that role nicely as they're a fast ground based lightly armored anti-air hovercraft that can destroy air forces pretty easily if protected from ground troops.

Shatterer: This mobile sonic emitter is another hover tank that has taken the sonic emitter turret from C&C 3 and strapped it onto a mobile platform which becomes a very strong siege weapon. Because these tanks can hit multiple targets, micromanagers should be able to be very successful maneuvering units to get the greatest impact.

Modified units
Zone Raider: Comes with shoulder mounted anti-air rockets. She's great for defending against air attacks though that weapon isn't particularly terrific for full on attacks. The Raider shown in the demo was also upgraded with a new toy called the sonic cannon which fires a shell that explodes in an area effect, which is pretty slick at clearing out clumped units. When combined with the ground-only Zone Troopers, they're a pair to be reckoned with. Even so, good anti-infantry troops like the Black Hand will still have a decided advantage over the Zone Raiders and Troopers.

Other Upgrades
We were also told that Orcas will be able to upgrade with sonic launchers of the Zone Raider, though this particular upgrade will be tied to one of the specific sub-factions. Being able to fly in and spam a much larger area with sonic shells is a pretty nice thought though.

New Power:
GDI also gets a new orbital strike that essentially launches large slugs from space that will be available in the late game for the GDI. It causes a great amount of damage to a pretty large area and is another power that reinforces the fiction that GDI has control of orbital space around Earth.

Scrin Updates
Unfortunately, we didn't really get a chance to see any of the new Scrin units in action. Our only glimpse was in a quick video that showed the design for the Ravager and Mechapede units. We heard it slip that the Mechapedes would be highly customizable unit, but that's all we can tell you for now, though we're pretty stoked about the idea of a mechanical centipede of death.

Improving Console Controls
The control scheme on the 360 for C&C 3 worked really well for what it was. It wasn't perfect, but it did allow players to access nearly everything that PC players could, albeit a tad bit slower and less precisely. But as with most good interface developers, EA wanted to improve upon the system. What they are implementing with this expansion, something they had toyed with saving until their next game, is a much easier radial interface system.

"What it is essentially is a radial that pops up via the right trigger which allows you to pick anything via the left analog stick," explains Vessel. "So, if you have infantry selected you hold the trigger down and it'll pop up the unit abilities. If there's a unit structure selected it'll pop up the build queues." One of the best things about the new interface is an improvement towards the efficiency of the PC build. Those that played the PC build will remember the side bar that allows control over all build queues in one place no matter where you are on the battlefield. Those that played the 360 version won't, because it wasn't there. The radial menu will help alleviate this by allowing you 360 players to access unlimited numbers of build queues via the radial menu which should help you focus on the business of strategy and tactics rather than structure management. We didn't have the opportunity to play with the controls ourselves, but the concept already sounds much better than the original.

Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath is looking to be a pretty huge expansion pack that we're definitely looking forward to seeing more of in the future. There are a lot of solid ideas here that sound well conceived and many of the meta-game features might indeed improve this aspect of the RTS genre. Expect both the PC and 360 versions of the game to release at the same time though the PC version will ship as a standard expansion pack while the 360 version will hit stores as a stand-alone product. We'll be sure to carry whatever info we get your way in the future.

Source: http://pc.ign.com/articles/814/814252p1.html

[IslandMonkey]

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I would of posted a new topic but i cant find out where. ^^

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[apogedon]

Zitat von IslandMonkey

Some screenies for you.

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/2...hot1hg5.th.jpg

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/5...hot2da0.th.jpg

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I would of posted a new topic but i cant find out where. ^^

Sorry wouldnt let me post it in 1 hit.

That pictures ar very small, remove the .th so you can see the full window.
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[RedBasti]

@Island Monkey: Please don´t forget to name the source. Good find anyway.
IGN-Artikel

[gersultan]

Zitat von apogedon

That pictures ar very small, remove the .th so you can see the full window.
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higher resolution and without IGN-mark => http://www.cnc-community.de/fisheye/...?gallery_id=24

[saemikneu]

Wird das Add-On so eine Art Prequel?

[gersultan]

pre- mid und nachsequel

es hat 3 Kapitel und es spielt nach TS/vor TW, während TW und nach TW ... und soll halt lose Enden verknüpfen