89.90, if you want to get technical, but whatever. Omfg. I thus conclude that I am a total sucker for any game in the C&C franchise and also really cool gaming mice. They were selling Kane's Wrath together with an special-edition Razer DeathAdder mouse, in a nice, hot red and a cool glowing look to it. Plus, it comes with a beta key for Red Alert 3. Which I am also, so definitely going to buy.
My new mouse feels great... And you can ramp the sensitivity up so high that your hand barely moves a centimetre in any direction. But that gets a little annoying, so I'm not really using the maximum sensitivity settings on this thing. Though that's not really important when playing RTS. The great thing about this mouse is the way there are two extra buttons at the side, right where your thumb is. You can basically configure them to do just about anything, even perform complicated macros. For now, I'm just using them to go back/forwards on my internet browser.
The other part of the package, Kane's Wrath, is also pretty sweet. Now there are NINE playable factions, comprising of the three original factions, and 2 highly specialised subfactions for each of them. I've already found a personal favourite, the Scrin's Traveller-59. They're basically aliens that own, with speed and manipulation.
The other factions are pretty cool, too. The Black Hand's upgraded blue-flamed flamethrowers are the... Hottest(you can't use "cool" here)... Things. Ever. In the previous C&C games, you could only appreciate the inferno from a bird's eye view. In C&C3, you can zoom all the way in and watch your enemies getting fried. And it's even better now with blue flames!
Also, the return of the cyborgs from C&C2 was a great idea. Only now they seem to be a tad overpowered against GDI tanks, with their EMP cannons and all. And of course, not forgetting the Juggernaut and the Wolverine making a comeback in the Steel Talons faction. Although they look... Fatter and clunkier now, for some reason. Thankfully, their EMP-resistant armour wasn't as gay as I thought it would be. Because the awesome powers of mindcontrol can penetrate even the toughest shells...
Another thing making a comeback is part of the original C&C soundtrack! If anyone hasn't played the very first Tiberium game, you wouldn't understand. It's just something that's really cool for anyone who has followed the series from the beginning.
The loading times seem to be more than twice as long for Kane's Wrath as compared to the original game. I'm not sure why this happens, but it's not much a problem. Though I hope they can shorten the loading times somehow. I don't want to start trying to solve a cube in the time it takes to load again(Like in Hellgate: London and Bioshock).
In any case, it's awesome. I have yet to try out the campaign and the Global Conquest mode, so I'll probably do that later today. After which I'll have to get ready for tomorrow, first day of orientation at NYP. I... Don't really know what to expect. But I'll bring my taser and shurikens just in case.
...Which means my cube is coming along with me. Hah.
I shall unleash my psychic powers upon the masses, turning them into my minions. My army of... Not darkness. More like, procrastination.
In any case, I'll finally be alone tomorrow. My brother will have gone back to camp thingy, which leaves me to do whatever the hell I want.
And you would probably have noticed that my paragraphs are getting shorter and shorter. This, does in fact have something to do with me getting distracted and wanting to play C&C.
-Joe