C&C went to crap when EA bought Westwood out. Hands down, Westwood did it right. EA just sucks. If EA is the publisher never buy a new title for at least 3 - 4 months. That way all they bugs will get worked out. Seriously, so many times I have bought a EA game and couldn't play it for one reason or another until EA released a patch.
I have been playing C&C games since the first one released on DOS. Anyone remember Dune? Came from Westwood and basically grew into C&C. I like the RA series it was a different twist. RA2 wasn't bad but didn't play it online though.
I bought C&C 3 and played through most of it, but honestly it was likely playing Generals with updated graphics. EA just sucks! (Did I say that already?)
EA is to gaming what Microsoft is to operating systems.......
I hope RA3 gets improvements. I read a recent article in PC Gamer and it sounded like RA 3 had some potential. Hopefully the bad beta will show some light on the situation but with EA involved my hopes are small.