GDI- The “good” guys who rely on big guns, and a lot of them.

NOD- The “bad” guys, all about stealth and tactics, a little harder to play for a newbie to the C&C universe, but well worth it.

Scrin- The new alien race, who seem to be a lot like the GDI in terms of masses of units.

So after that, I decided to go into the main story mode, where I played one mission from each side, favouring NOD over GDI. So far, in both skirmish and campaign, I have had no issues whatsoever, with the graphics’ settings cranked all the way up to full. I shut it off for the night, and started it up again today, ready for some online play. First thing that happened was an update (which might have fixed the problems the others were talking about). Once that was done, I played three consecutive games (angain, one as each race). Although I lost all three, I had no issues with the games. They were short (under ten minutes), but frankly, that’s my only complaint about this game. If you have been playing the Command and Conquer series for any amout of time, then this one is a no-brainer. If you don’t own any Real-Time Strategy (RTS) games yet, then this one would be a good starter, because you can not only adjust between easy, medium, and hard, but you can also give your enemies a handicap until you get a hang of things. All in all, this game is great, and I forsee many a sleepless night because of it.