C&C3 PC demo out now
Single-player taster given nod.
Invading areas for valuable resources has never been so much reckless fun, and now you can participate as EA has finally released a single-player PC demo of Command & Conquer 3.
Included in the taster is a tutorial as well as two full missions, which include classic live action video sequences featuring top-notch voice actors such as Michael "Sam Fisher" Ironside and even Sawyer from Lost. You'll even be able to watch a montage trailer showing the thespians dramatically wording-off.
One skirmish map is also included, and will feature varying difficulty settings for people like me, who often forget what game they're playing and do silly things because of it.
There are various ways to get hold of the demo, which is just over a gig in size. You can go directly to EA's servers, or alternatively follow our magical biscuit trail for other options. Wherever you go, expect a pretty hefty queue.
The perfect time to catch up with our first impressions, then, or plan a lunchtime escape plan.
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· OS: Windows XP, Windows Vista (32-bit; 64-bit versions of
Vista are not supported)
· CPU: 2.0 GHz or higher
· RAM: 512 MB or more
· Hard Drive: 1.4 GB or more of free space
· Video: DirectX 9.0c compatible video card. Video card with 64
MB or more memory and one of these chipsets is required: ATI
8500 or greater, NVIDIA GeForce4 or greater. (ATI Radeon 9200
and 9250 PCI, NVIDIA Geforce 4 MX cards not supported.)
· Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
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I absolutely hate places like fileplanet where you have to sign up, queue up and view twenty adverts just to downloading a file ridiculously slowly. Nice to see EA have their own link for a change, many publishers offload it onto other sites... pity I didn't see the EA link last night tho.
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I downloaded it at a 200 kb/s average. Can't wait to get my hands on it!
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But going to wait for the 360 demo before deciding if I get it on PC or 360.
Anyone know if the 360 version is going to suport keyboard and mouse?
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Not that that would be the most important thing, but I also found the visuals a bit lacking - the details are nice, but animations, explosions, physics etc. are dated.
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Do you have big monitors?
Just that when I played it on a 17" Widescreen all the small units where too small to see properly what they where, when at a zoom level that let me see enough area.
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No faffing about with queues and registrations and there's no problem using download managers.
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Nope, got 2 17" TFT's. Have one at fully zoomed out and the other focused on the base area.
I've never played it with one monitor but I kow i'd struggle.
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1Mb/s ?
/Shakes fist at Greek Internet providers
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I struggled at first until I got used to zooming out and then zooming back in on a new area. With all the order queueing you don't need to stay zoomed in all the time, but you do need to remember what's going on where. The latest SupCom patch also has a new, smaller user interface.
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I may not have got 1mb speed, but i did get 300-400k which aint too bad. Was downloaded in an hr and could use download manager.
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I can't take time away from my WoW subscription to try it out.
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I play on my 26 inch lcd (i use it as my tv also). i think this is better than the dual monitor set up (which ive tried on two 17's) you can only really concentrate on one un less you leave the other as a very expensive mini map. works great on my lcd, it has great wide screen support id recomend this path if possible
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4 of the mirror servers failed on gamershell.
Multiplay doesn't have demos as far as I can see?
So yeah, more of the usual rigmarole to get a sodding demo. My file that i grabbed last night was actually incomplete, just sat down to play it and i can't
Whats the point having a 16mb connection when I can't download from anywhere faster than 200kBs? (Without signing up)
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[link url=http:/ /www.gamershell.com/download_17978.shtml
]http://ww w.gamershell.com/download_17978...[/link]
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Top tip: you can leech EA demos and patches directly from http://largedownloads.e a.com
No faffing about with queues and registrations and there's no problem using download managers.
There's no need to go anywhere else for this
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>Top tip: you can leech EA demos and patches directly from >[link url=http://largedownloads.e a.com
]http://largedownloads.e a.com
[/link]
>No faffing about with queues and registrations and there's no problem using >download managers.
Um, your arrogant reiteration of this belies the fact that with YOUR link, I'm getting 35KB per second, but with MY link I get 140KB per second.
>There's no need to go anywhere else for this
Yes. Yes there is...
Oh, and with my link, there is no registration or download manager. You just click on a link. It's free and just as easy as your link.
I tend to base my statements on empirical evidence, you see...
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@DeveloperPump, gamershell is also shit. When I tried last night, I had several servers in their crappy downloand manager thing just simply not work or give error messages, then several at very slow speeds. Your comment tone is also condescending and unwarranted, and not true in my case.
I signed up to fileshack, and there were still waiting times even for me after signing in.
It's a disgrace that to reliably get good speeds on big demos, you need to pay (pay for promotional files?!), or surf several sites before finding one that is not totally dead from the load. I have the file now, but in this day and ages, this situation is pathetic.
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Clearly the General engine re-hashed with a bit better gfx, nice fmv though.
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Select the least busiest server. I get 600kbs atm. This is the best place to get any demo from
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This game is the S Club 7 of RTS'