It seems this generation that developers are really trying hard to bring real time strategy’s (rts) to us console owners. C&C3 for the 360 was a pleasant surprise from being a long time PC rts’s player, as the controls did indeed work and weren’t complex to learn. So what was the problem? It was just damn slow when it comes to building bases or building units. Combine that with the fact your using the Xbox 360’s awful dpad for the build menu which really is the worst of its kind and you’ve got a build menu which you’ll be using the majority of the game feeling like a complete chore.

Kane’s Wrath the standalone expansion for 360 seems to fix this problem. With the “command stick”, or as i’ve come to call it: The wheel. Here we see a video of the command stick in action and it does seem to speed the whole process up a heck of a lot compared to the old build menu. It’s not clear if you use the analogue stick or the dpad for the “command stick” but hopefully its the analogue stick. Lets avoid using the dpad at all this time, shall we? I’m quite impressed by how EA continues to innovate the control scheme. Lets just hope it meets our expectations. Feel free to discuss this on our forums, HERE.

- Walker

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