Thursday, April 15, 2010

Kane is Real Pt. 11: C&C4: Incursion Wars

The Expansion, or more aptly, Redemption Pack.

There are 2 main complains about C&C4:
1) Total change in gameplay
2) Terrible ending to the Kane saga that left all questions unanswered.

From what I gather, the more serious issue that most fans are upset about, or at least what I can gather from the forums, is the unbefitting storyline ending. As someone, who likes the new gameplay, I agree too.

Thus, if EA is smart, and is reading all the fan complaints, they too will realize this. And assuming that they have not reduced the budget of further C&C projects to near zero, they should know that the unsatisfying, gap-filled story ending can be redeemed with a C&C4 expansion pack, in the same way that Kane's Wrath's campaign was interwoven with Tiberium Wars'.

Again, I propose that the expansion pack campaign be about events that happened during the Incursion Wars prior to C&C4 and also to events happening concurrently with C&C4. Primarily, the Incursion Wars was the period in which Kane and GDI were working together to build the Tiberium Control Network (TCN), and they were facing resistance from Nod splinter factions led by Gideon. Use such a backdrop to design missions that fill in the gaps in the C&C cannon. Why does Kane want to ascend? What happened to LEGION? How exactly does the Tiberium Control Network control Tiberium? etc. And remember, the box art should be purple, since we already have green, red, and blue cover arts.

And make sure not to repeat the problems of Kane's Wrath, which opened up more questions than answered them, creating such high expectations for the culmination of the series in C&C4, which answered none of them. And please EA, mission design has to be better. We know you can do better. Please do not reduce the budget for the campaign to zero.

It's not to late EA. The expansion pack is your second chance. FIX IT. Fans like me are a rarity and a blessing, we have not abandoned and boycotted C&C4 like the rest. Instead, we are appealing to you, through our blogs, and your forums, and other forums, to please for the love of Kane redeem the finale of Kane's story.

In C&C4, the Tacitus was used to save Earth. In the real world, the expansion pack is your Tacitus. Use it to save C&C4.

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