', released on February 10, 2003, has a plotline which is unrelated to the other games of the "Command & Conquer" series. "Generals" is set in the near future and features the United States, China and the fictional terrorist organization, the Global Liberation Army. "Generals" uses an engine dubbed SAGE (or Strategy Action Game E'"ngine) and is the first fully three-dimensional "Command & Conquer" real-time strategy game. After its release, "Generals" received mostly positive reviews. Based on 34 reviews, Metacritic gives it a score of 84/100 which includes a score of 9.3/10 from IGN. "Generals" has also received the E3 2002 Game Critics Awards Best Strategy Game award. One review noted that "Generals" was the first "Command & Conquer" real-time strategy game that did not include full-motion video cutscenes to tell the story and that it departed from the unique interface and base-building mechanics that had characterized all of the previous "Command & Conquer" RTS titles.