Good, setelah main Microsoft Flight Simulator X yang ternyata kapasitasnya GEDE banget (gile... 14 GB, sungguh terlalu... komputer gue pun bertransformasi menjadi siput...), gue memutuskan untuk kembali ke tempat gue seharusnya, yaitu game seri dari Command & Conquer yang sekarang bertajuk Command & Conquer 3 : Kane's Wrath. Game ini merupakan expansion pack dari seri Command & Conquer yang sempat gue mainin sebelumnya, yaitu Command & Conquer 3 : Tiberium Wars. Game ini masih digarap sama EA Games dan BreakAway Games.
Gue saranin lu semua harus beli game ini ! Dijamin kagak nyesel. Gameplay yang tipikal real-time strategy peperangan ini masih bisa diacungkan jempol, dan yang paling gue suka dari game ini adalah grafiknya yang edan (ini kalo dimainin di komputer dengan graphic card 256 MB keatas) dan storyline-nya yang seru. Tiap selesai campaign mode, bakal diperlihatkan film singkat yang kadang seru dan kadang nggak (sebab pada saaat itu bahasa Inggris-nya susah, jadi menurut gue gak seru :P). Rating gue, twelve thumbs up (emang ada jempol 12 biji ?)
Plot (sori dalam bahasa Inggris, ini cuman copy-paste dari Wikipedia :P)
*** Spoiler Alert !!! ***
In the first act of the campaign (set immediately after the conclusion of Tiberian Sun), Kane enters a bunker deep in the Earth's crust apparently healed of all injury save for his face mask. He instructs the player to begin the Rio Insurrection by taking out the GDI presence in the area. After the player succeeds, Kane informs the player of his plan to reunite the Nod splinter factions. Since he cannot risk revealing himself to the world yet, he chooses Brother Marcion, the leader of the "new" Black Hand to convey Kane's will to the Brotherhood in his stead. The player is then commanded to drive Marcion out and capture him. Brought before Kane, Marcion comes back into the fold of the Brotherhood as Kane reveals himself to him, and removes his face mask, showing a completely scar-free face. Kane then orders the player to destroy a Liquid Tiberium facility as a sign to the remaining splinter factions to rejoin him.
During the second act (set during the events of Tiberium Wars), Kane begins to lay the plans for the destruction of the Philadelphia, commanding the player, LEGION, to steal plans for the Ion Cannon network. Since the destruction of the Philadelphia would eliminate most of GDI's leadership, Kane predicted that Redmond Boyle will be his pawn and become the Director of GDI, so as to provoke the future liquid Tiberium explosion. The player is also ordered to capture Dr. Alphonse Geraud from his research facility, explaining his disappearance in the GDI campaign of C&C3. Meanwhile, Abbess Alexa Kovacs has taken the view that General Kilian Qatar is a traitor to Kane, and plans to have her discredited by attacking Temple Prime in her guise, then leaking Ion Disruptor technology to GDI. On a mission to secure the Tacitus, Abbess Alexa launches a virus into LEGION's system and is detained by Kane. Kane discovers to his horror that Alexa attacked Temple Prime and had Kilian executed for a crime she did not commit. Alexa pulls out a pistol as she is about to be taken away for interrogation, and shoots herself, ending Act II.
In the third and final act, LEGION reawakens five years later in the post-Tiberium War 3 period, and Kane focuses it on recovering the Tacitus. GDI has been meddling with the device, causing it to become highly unstable; Kane needs the Tacitus for his master plan, so he orders the player to first awaken the Marked of Kane, a faction of cyborgs that only LEGION is capable of controlling due to its link with the destroyed CABAL. With the successful reactivation, Kane then sends the player to recover the Tacitus from GDI's facility in the Rocky Mountains. After the Tacitus's successful capture, Kane connects it to LEGION, and the AI becomes infused with the vast knowledge of the object, ending the game in a cliffhanger. The ending video shows a reverse of the Scrin campaign introduction video in C&C3 Tiberium Wars...
Salah satu saran gue biar ngerti tuh cerita diatas, adalah mainin yang seri sebelumnya, yaitu Command & Conquer 3 : Tiberium Wars. Sebab, plot cerita diatas adalah terusan dari plot cerita sebelumnya. Intinya, ini adalah pembalasan dendam Kane, sang pemimpin dari Brotherhood of Nod yang telah dikalahkan Global Defense Initiative (GDI) sebelumnya.
Untuk yang pernah main Tiberium Wars, disana hanya ada 3 factions (fraksi / kubu) yaitu GDI, Nod, dan Scrin. Untuk Kane's Wrath, akan banyak bertambah factions-factions baru yaitu cabang-cabang dari fraksi militer tersebut, diantaranya :
Maaf, hasil copy-paste lagi dari Wikipedia, jadi banyak link-link nya gitu...
GDI Fractions
- Steel Talons
A post-Second Tiberium War battalion, the Steel Talons were an experimental task force specialized in field testing cutting edge technologies for GDI's original and traditional "superior frontal firepower" doctrine, before future policies retired the bulk of the organization's walker arsenal in favor of improved space-based assets. This sub-faction features the Titan and Wolverine units from Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun, and their Juggernauts (called "Behemoths") have attached infantry bunkers. Tiberium Wars-era sonic technology is not available to these heavy-hitters; their guardian cannons instead are upgradeable with rail guns. Minor upgrades to standard units are also featured: engineers are armed with pistols, harvesters have a one-slot infantry bunker, and their APCs are capable of repairing vehicles in exchange for the unit's own independent offensive abilities. Additionally, Steel Talon vehicles can be upgraded with heavy EMP-proof armor. To counterbalance their sheer prowess in vehicles, the Talons are not able to build any infantry outside of riflemen squads, rocket squads, grenadier squads and their new pistol-armed combat engineers.
- ZOCOM
Short for "Zone Operations Command", ZOCOM is an elite unit established after the Third Tiberium War which comprises the most veteran, high tech troopers of GDI, who have been equipped specifically to tackle the planet-wide Tiberium infestation and to begin the reclaiming of the Earth's Red Zones. ZOCOM units cater to technologies related to advanced sonic weaponry, special Tiberium-resistant powered armor as well as suppression and area-of-effect tactics. This sub-faction replaces GDI's Zone Troopers with "Zone Raiders", a newer power armored infantry unit equipped with anti-air rockets and sonic rocket propelled grenades. Their Orca gunships utilize special sonic payloads instead of their original weaponry, and ZOCOM also receives the most powerful incarnation of GDI's new sonic-based "Shatterer" unit. The standard harvester is replaced with a Rocket Harvester. Their lower-end infantry also see the composite armor upgrade replaced with the more potent "Tiberium field suits", which increase even more so the armor of ZOCOM infantry squads, make them more resistant to Tiberium-based attacks, and render them immune to the effects of Tiberium radiation on the battlefield. For these benefits however the sub-faction does not have any access to rail gun technology and cannot produce Juggernaut artillery walkers.
Nod Fractions
Black Hand
A feared order of warrior priests within the Brotherhood of Nod[9], specialized in powerful and highly trained shock trooper infantry. The Black Hand’s standard infantry is the "Confessor Cabal"; a squad of six basic Confessor units all armed with hallucinogenic grenades (this time a manually activated ability), as well as anti-infantry gatling guns which can be upgraded with "Charged Particle Beams" to increase their firepower. Confessor Cabals also give other nearby allied infantry a buff that increases their rate of fire, their endurance on the battlefield renders them more resistant to the effects of suppression. All Black Hand shock troops are trained as veterans, their commando starts out at the heroic rank by default, and two such commandos can be used by a Black Hand player at any given time. The "Black Disciple" upgrade adds a Black Hand shock troop to all of the Black Hand's infantry squads, in similar fashion to how the Confessors are added to the various militia squads of Tiberium Wars. Their Avatar warmechs, called "Purifiers", automatically come equipped with flamethrowers, but cannot be further upgraded. All flame weaponry of this sub-faction, whether infantry or vehicle-based, can be upgraded to do much more damage against every type of target. In return for all this offensive and destructive prowess however, the Black Hand forgo stealthed or air units entirely, and the vehicle laser upgrade is unavailable, having been replaced with an infantry equivalent. Due to the Stealth Tank being unavailable, a new vehicle called the "Mantis" serves as an anti-aircraft vehicle for the Black Hand faction. The Mantis can also detect stealth units, but cannot attack targets other than aircraft.
Marked of Kane
A sinister sub-faction which epitomizes both the Brotherhood of Nod's stealthy methods and reliance on radically advanced cybernetic and Tiberium-based technologies and weaponry. The Marked of Kane replace the militia squads of Tiberium Wars with the "Awakened" cyborgs; heavy infantry units that are devastating against enemy infantry and which come with the innate ability to disable vehicles through EMP charges. Their elite "Enlightened" cyborg infantry squads are comparable to GDI’s Zone Troopers, and are armed with super-charged particle beams and an EMP attack that has an even bigger radius than that of the Awakened. These cyborg units, along with the sub-faction's Saboteur units and Tiberium Troopers, can be upgraded with cybernetic enhancements to greatly increase their rate of movement. The Black Hand shock troopers are replaced by "Tiberium Troopers" within this sub-faction, which are capable of dealing damage over time, clear out garrisoned structures and slow the rate of movement of their targets. The Marked of Kane also receive deadly magnetic mines that slowly kill vehicles (unless removed by repair drones).
Scrin Fractions
Reaper-17
Themed as the heavy “shock” faction of the Scrin, Reaper-17 possesses more powerful and effective vehicles and ground units. The trade-off for its enhanced ground power is a marked lack of the Mastermind and air units, except for Storm Riders and Drone Ships. The Gun Walker is upgraded and renamed as the "Shard Walker" and "Reaper Tripod", which converts Tiberium into extra damage in the same way the Devourer Tank can. An upgrade is "Conversion Reserves", which allows for Reaper Tripods and Devourer Tanks to store more absorbed Tiberium. They also receive an upgrade that allows Seekers, Shard Walkers, and ravagers to shoot blue Tiberium shards for extra damage. Reaper-17 has a new structure called the "Growth Stimulator", which functions as a normal Growth Accelerator in addition to providing a steady trickle of income like a Tiberium Spike. Reaper-17 Harvesters come with shields of their own.
Traveler-59
The polar opposite of Reaper-17, Traveler-59 focuses on speed, teleportation and mind-control. It features new "Cultist" infantry units, as well as an upgraded Mastermind unit called the "Prodigy". Cultists have no regular attack, but can control units just like Masterminds without the build limit, but cannot take over air and epic units or structures. The Prodigy receives area-of-effect mind control and a personal blink pack in addition to its old abilities. Traveler-
59 doesn’t get Devourer Tank units or shields, however their Seekers are upgradeable,also the "Advanced Articulators" upgrade gives infantry units a significant speed boost and "Traveler Engines" give a speed boost to Traveler's heavier aircraft units. Traveler aircraft are cheaper compared to the other two Scrin factions.
Gue bakal ngucapin terima kasih sebesar-besarnya pada orang yang mampu menerjemahkan seluruh teks diatas...
Di game ini pun ada yang disebut epic units, yaitu sebuah unit andalan suatu kubu yang sangat kuat. Disebabkan unit tersebut adalah unit individu terkuat, maka hanya bisa dibuat sau buah unit. Berikut adalah epic units dari fraksi GDI, Nod, dan Scrin :
GDI MARV (Mammoth Armed Reclamation Vehicle)
Unit tank ini berbentuk seperti Mammoth GDI pada umumnya, tetapi dengan ukuran yang sangat besar (mencapai sebesar Power Plant). Untuk menembak, MARV memiliki tri-barrel cannon yang sangat kuat. MARV bisa diisi oleh 4 unit tentara yang akan memasangkan senjata beratnya pada bagian pemutar rodanya. MARV juga memiliki kemampuan memanen Tiberium yang langsung terolah menjadi credits bila berjalan diatasnya, sehingga kemampuan ini akan sangat menguntungkan bila bertarung disekitar ladang Tiberium.
Nod Redeemer
Unit yang merupakan modifikasi dari unit berjalan andalan Nod, yaitu Avatar. Redeemer mempunyai ukuran berkali-kali lipat Avatar, dan tingginya mencapai sebuah Tiberium Spike. Diceritakan sejarahnya pada campaign mode, bahwa pada saat itu pasukan Nod merebut tempat pembuatan MARV di Afrika, lalu meng-upload data MARV pada markas Nod untuk diimplementasikan pada Avatar, dan menjadi Redeemer yang akhirnya dapat melawan MARV yang pada saat itu pun sedang memporak-porandakan markas Nod di Afrika. Redeemer memiliki tri-barrel laser yang memiliki kekuatan tiga kali lipat serangan Avatar. Redeemer bisa diisi oleh dua unit tentara yang dapat menambah kemampuan menyerang. Redeemer juga memiliki kemampuan spesial bernama Rage Generator, yang jika diaktifkan dapat membuat lawa dalam jarak tertentu saling menyerang antar temannya.
Scrin Eradicator Hexapod
Unit bio-mekanisme yang menyerupai laba-laba ini mirip dengan MARV maupun Redeemer, yaitu dapat diisi oleh unit tentara yang dapat mengupgrade kemampuan tempurnya. Eradicator Hexapod memiliki Plasma Disc Laser untuk menyerang. Eradicator Hexapod memiliki kemampuan untuk merubah bangkai lawan menjadi credits.
Nah, itu semua adalah review singkat yang bisa gue paparkan dari game ini. Sebenernya ada fitur tambahan dari game ini namanya Global Conquest, yaitu mengatur pasukan di berbagai belahan dunia sekaligus. Berhubung gue belom mencoba tuh feature, jadi review menyusul :)).
So, try this game at you PC...
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