Kane pissed, Joe Kucan having fun…
What’s Command & Conquer without Kane? Within the Tiberium universe, Kane is Command & Conquer. Having a Tiberium war without Kane is like Red Alert without Tanya, Einstein and the Chronosphere! Oh wait… There probably won’t be Einstein and any Chronosphere in Red Alert 3…
But whatever, Kane is the only C&C icon to be somehow related to every of the series installation (except Generals, but personally, I don’t see Generals as a C&C game) from the very first Red Alert, where Kane was influencing (and eventually assassinating) Stalin from the shadows up to Tiberian Dawn, Tiberian Sun and Firestorm.
And there can only be one Kane… Joseph Kucan.
While Joe Kucan has always been excellent in portraying the prophet of doom, his performance was somewhat… lacking in Tiberium Wars. He probably wasn’t satisfied with it either, and started threatening to send in his legions of Black Hand to storm EA’s HQ unless they do something about it. The result – Kane’s Wrath.
That’s 100% Kane goodness there.
And Kane is good. And he’s pissed.
“Who took my crackerjack box!”
Very pissed.
You can really tell that Joe Kucan is having the time of his life getting into the character. An absolute mad man and evil genius wrapped in one immortal package, Kane is finally letting his emotions fly, which is oh so fun to watch over and over again. In the first mission where Kane finally reappeared from within the tubes seen in CABAL’s core at the end of Firestorm, Kane found that all that was left was himself, and you, LEGION.
As he explained what happened to Slavik (FINALLY!) Kane went into a fit of rage, spit flying out and all. He actually looked scary, especially with half his face looking like a cyborg. Which brings me to my next question, what’s with that cyborg mask anyway. That’s rather significant, since Kane is usually calm and collected. A few missions later, Kane revealed his perfectly undamaged face. My only speculation is that the mask serves to heal whatever wounds that are left after Kane emerged from the tubes. At least, thats what his logs seems to suggest.
“See, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with my gorgeous face.”
Kane’s Wrath can be considered the true sequel for Tiberian Sun: Firestorm as it ties up the loose ends before the third tiberium war even began. Not only that, Kane’s Wrath also wraps up unanswered questions from Tiberium Wars, such as who really attacked Temple Prime in Killian’s guise which ultimately shows her as a traitor to the brotherhood.
But enough of all that and let’s get back to what really matters here. Yes, Kane still lives! And will continue to live for as long as Tiberium remains on Earth, and on Ichor for that matter. The messiah took whatever that CABAL has left behind and finally obtained the truth within the Tacitus. Unfortunately, that truth has yet to be fully revealed with Kane’s Wrath cliffhanger ending. Disappointing, yes, but at the same exciting as it can only mean that we’ll be seeing more of Kane and the Tiberium Universe.
Apparently, Kane had already foreseen CABAL going berserk and prepared a backup. A top secret project that no one knew, which turns out to be LEGION. You, LEGION, is Kane’s newest toy, an AI which would have even Cabal pale in comparison. The only irony here is that LEGION’s core system seems to be that of CABAL, and CABAL still lives on. Now one has to wonder if Kane is still hiding something. He always appears to know more than he is letting on. Much, much more.
“You’ll never get rid of me, nyeh nyeh!”
Perhaps, Kane will once again return with yet another expansion?
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