If you threw a stone at E3 2018 right now, you’re likely to hit somebody that’s flummoxed and maddened by the decision to take Command & Conquer to mobiles.
Commander & Conquer: Rivals, announced this morning and currently in alpha, has drawn the ire of gamers and series die-hards alike. Of course, this could largely be thanks to EA’s standing with gamers and their reputation for buying out and shuttering companies, much like they did with Westwood Studios, the original developers of Command & Conquer.
If you’re sensitive to seeing people in crippling pain, perhaps avert your eyes, there’s a lot of broken hearts in the tweets below.
Command and conquer.
The mobile game.
Why. pic.twitter.com/wEfO5bfdP4
— Boogie2988 (@Boogie2988) June 9, 2018
Me right now. Command and Conquer Rivals turned into a F2P mobile tapper. "C&C for a new generation!" Me: pic.twitter.com/VM17BmBty5
— Joe Vargas (@AngryJoeShow) June 9, 2018
Command & Conquer
…mobile #EAPlay #E3 pic.twitter.com/PLuNB0uNMV
— GOOSENSTUFFS (@gooseNstuffs) June 9, 2018
Command and Conquer could get even worse.
I couldn't believe it.— Mandalore (@Lord_Mandalore) June 9, 2018
What a sad, sad story Command and Conquer has become.
— Dan Stapleton (@DanStapleton) June 9, 2018
Command and Conquer…#EAPLAY pic.twitter.com/gjDKHCPvFI
— From Russia Wit Swag (@ChaosControl708) June 9, 2018
That Command and Conquer trailer looked like an ad you would skip as soon as possible in another mobile game
— ? Brad Brown ? #BlackLivesMatter (@BlasterNation) June 9, 2018
Command and Conquer…. mobile…. pic.twitter.com/RrGy3G4gpf
— Dayton' (@MonsieurDayton) June 9, 2018
Command and Conquer Rivals #E32018 pic.twitter.com/85dCoNkGei
— Metamatze c: (@Metamatze) June 9, 2018
Fair to say, no one is pleased.