14 DAY TRIAL // There are certainly many video game series out there, a lot tackling different styles or genres. But an extremely important one is the Command & Conquer franchise or real time strategy games, developed by EA Los Angeles, former Westwood Studios, and published by Electronic Arts.
In this franchise, there are several other series, like the Tiberium, Red Alert, or Generals. One of the most respected is the Tiberium saga, which tells the story of an Earth invaded by an alien mineral, called Tiberium, and over which more factions fight.
The latest installment, C&C 3: Tiberium Wars, gained critical acclaim for the new elements it brought, and the standalone expansion, Kane's Wrath, filled in the gaps in the story so far. Now, it seems that a survey has surfaced on the Internet regarding the new chapter in the saga, C&C 4, which hasn't been officially announced by EA.
The survey, which can be accessed here, asks players a lot of interesting questions specifically about the options they would like to see in the next game. From a RPG-like progression system to a cooperative campaign or even mobile bases, a lot of things are discussed.
This is the description of the new title, “Command & Conquer 4 allows C&C fans to finally experience the epic conclusion to the 15-year Tiberium saga with innovative RPG-like player progression, persistent in both single player and Multiplayer modes, co-op play, and new stylized, live-action cinematics.”
One of the most important and detail-rich questions is about which features should be included in the next C&C game that has a lot of choices presented to the players, from new units to multiplayer modes and matches.
“Which of the following features would you like to see in a future version of Command & Conquer? -Play in the first RTS game with MMORPG like player progression in which you are rewarded every time you play. Every unit you kill in single player, multiplayer, or skirmish gives you experience points that allow you to level up your abilities and unlock new units, powers, and upgrades to your arsenal. -Play with all new, bigger and badder, units from GDI and Nod, including the Crawler, the first ever mobile base in RTS games -Play the campaign on your own or tackle it with a friend, as co-operative campaigns return -Play in epic 5 vs 5 online multiplayer with all new objective-based game modes -Introducing the first mobile base in RTS games: The Crawler. Focus on the action as the Crawler becomes your all-in-one base, which can be deployed and redeployed anywhere on the battlefield for even more strategic options -Dive into an all-new story written by a new scriptwriting team and told through trademark C&C cinematics taken to the next level with grittier, stylized FMVs in the vein of Minority Report. -Play in the first ever class-based C&C game - a new challenge for C&C and RTS players to master.”
Other questions in the survey ask about the importance of a demo and where most PC users get their games, from either normal stores to digital downloads. EA revealed that it currently had nothing to reveal about C&C 4 though, so we will still have to wait until some concrete details appear.