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Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 Beta access for all!
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 1:51 am
by The Baron Of Rhymes
In a timeline of new, in a parallel of dread,
Soviets and Allies, they fight for more dead,
Join if you wish, as a Commander of Granite,
By following my link, to the website Fileplanet.
The Red Alert 3 Beta has opened up to anyone with a
Free Fileplanet account. If you do not have an account, you can
create one now and qualify (it doesn't even validate your email its that quick). They say they have a limited number of keys, and that it is a first-come first-serve basis, so hurry if you are interested in joining.
http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/redalert3/I've been playing this for a month or so now, its very fun and daft, which is how I like my RTS games. And to show you what you are missing, behold, screenshots from my own personal Soviet War Machine...!
Good luck everyone.
Re: Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 Beta access for all!
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 2:19 am
by Crimson
Cheers, got my code.
30 minute wait to download though.
Re: Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 Beta access for all!
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 7:36 am
by Dalagonash
In the queue to download this. To say my hopes are high would be an understatement...
Re: Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 Beta access for all!
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 9:28 am
by Tafdolphin
Trying to sign up, but it isn't loading the form for me...
Re: Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 Beta access for all!
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 9:47 am
by Nook29
Got my key, 25min wait to download. Looking forward to giving it a go.
Re: Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 Beta access for all!
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 9:50 am
by Roonmastor
The Crimson Clown wrote:Cheers, got my code.
30 minute wait to download though.
Re: Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 Beta access for all!
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 9:51 am
by Tafdolphin
Just got in the download queue, same as you guys, 30 min wait.
I hate Fileplanet.
Re: Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 Beta access for all!
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 9:55 am
by The Baron Of Rhymes
Who will you choose, name your side here,
The soviets perhaps, with great blimps to steer,
Or Empire of Sun, those gifted with mech,
Or the Allies of old, and their time-travel tech?Some advice, my fellow GRcadets. When your place in the queue is over and you have downloaded and installed the game (745MB), you will be prompted to download the patch for version 1.03 (822MB). To save yourself time, and the awkwardness of downloading the patch via EA's in-game system, I suggest you use one of these mirrors and download the patch while you wait:
Red Alert 3 beta 1.3 patch Mirrors
Re: Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 Beta access for all!
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:04 am
by Qikz
When I played it last it was suffering from really bad lag issues, is this still a problem?
Re: Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 Beta access for all!
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:05 am
by Roonmastor
Eh? The patch is bigger than the client. Cheers for the heads up.
And I'm picking Allies.
Re: Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 Beta access for all!
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:07 am
by The Baron Of Rhymes
StayingDead wrote:When I played it last it was suffering from really bad lag issues, is this still a problem?
Playing the game, for a month now at least,
Lag has been rare, it runs like a beast,
Eight meg speed, is my speed so fair,
The lag you do see, I must say it's rare.Though there has been some disconnection issues today (due to the influx of new players probably), I've played a good number of games and only had lag on one or two.
Roonmastor wrote:Eh? The patch is bigger than the client. Cheers for the heads up.
And I'm picking Allies.
Soviet War Machine, here. The Terror Drones (now amphibious) are such a fantastic pain-in-the-prose to everyone else. I send them to the miners and watch my enemies economy collapse.
Re: Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 Beta access for all!
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:16 am
by Roonmastor
Ugh! I hate Terror Drones. Impossible to kill once they get inside one of your units. Have to sacrifice said unit and try and kill the Drone on exit.
Re: Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 Beta access for all!
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:21 am
by The Baron Of Rhymes
Roonmastor wrote:Ugh! I hate Terror Drones. Impossible to kill once they get inside one of your units. Have to sacrifice said unit and try and kill the Drone on exit.
Probably not a good time to tell you that one of the Soviet superpowers is called "Terror Drone Suprise" then?
Re: Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 Beta access for all!
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:24 am
by Tafdolphin
Oh.
My wait time just went from 6 mins to 30 again.
Hmm.
Re: Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 Beta access for all!
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 11:05 am
by Qikz
Anyone up for trying to organise a game of this later? Should be fun!
Re: Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 Beta access for all!
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 11:08 am
by Roonmastor
The Baron Of Rhymes wrote:Roonmastor wrote:Ugh! I hate Terror Drones. Impossible to kill once they get inside one of your units. Have to sacrifice said unit and try and kill the Drone on exit.
Probably not a good time to tell you that one of the Soviet superpowers is called "Terror Drone Suprise" then?
Re: Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 Beta access for all!
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 11:28 am
by Benj
Downloading now. I'm a little apprehensive about this one, they look like toy tanks. But hopefully I will be proven be wrong and it will be another excellent C&C. x
Re: Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 Beta access for all!
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 11:31 am
by Qikz
Benj wrote:Downloading now. I'm a little apprehensive about this one, they look like toy tanks. But hopefully I will be proven be wrong and it will be another excellent C&C. x
It plays like a dream, amazingly better than the last 4 games EA have bludgened with the series.
Kane's Wrath, Tiberium Wars, Zero Hour and Generals.
Re: Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 Beta access for all!
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 11:32 am
by Roonmastor
Eh? I can't type whilst on the log in page. So I can't sign in with my EA account.
Re: Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 Beta access for all!
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 11:39 am
by Benj
StayingDead wrote:Benj wrote:Downloading now. I'm a little apprehensive about this one, they look like toy tanks. But hopefully I will be proven be wrong and it will be another excellent C&C. x
It plays like a dream, amazingly better than the last 4 games EA have bludgened with the series.
Kane's Wrath, Tiberium Wars, Zero Hour and Generals.
I actually quite enjoyed Generals, so looks like I'll be loving this then. x