Total Annihilation

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Summary: Good Game
Review: Man this game is awesome. I've had it for two years so far. The campaigns are good, but skirmish mode is simply the best. I love blowing everything away with my long range cannons, raising a massive air force, and building huge navies. The commander is ultra cool with his D-Gun, which blows away anything in its path. The only complaint is that the AI is really bad in the naval department. It doesn't build mass hordes of ships like it does land units. Skirmish mode is really one of the best in any RTS though. For the low price you really can't go wrong buying this classic. Oh and the music. The music is the best score I have ever heard from any computer game. And believe me I've played many games. It's a great orchestra set that really draws you in. Man I'd pay just so I could play the music in my CD player.

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Summary: Total Annihilation is awsome!
Review: Man, this game is cool. When I am finished, there isn't a single arm unit on the map. The single player campain is okay, the first missions are ridiculously easy and the ending missions are nearly impossible. The best part of the game is the skirmish vs the computer, were you get to slug it out with the computer without difficult mission objectives. Some times if I am feeling genorous, I'll build quick army and stomp any resistance on the other side of the map. I played this game for months and then it broke! Oh, I almost forgot to mention the music. It was incredible! My favorate song is battle number 5.

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Summary: one of the best games...
Review: My friend let me borrow this game.I thought at first it would be boring but after a little bit it got exciting.It is a twin to Warcraft,now theres a game thats fun.WORTH THE MONEY!!To cool for words.If you are a hard-core gamer,or you know one this is a must-have.

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Summary: MUST HAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: ok first of all this game is really really awesome... bored of the same old starcraft graphics? where the marines and zerg die the same way EVERY SINGLE TIME?? TA (total annihilation) is awesome. got it a year after it came out. started playing it when my older brother was done with it (about a month) then i joined the communty, where i am currently part of chaos realm, our little corner builds AI's, maps and units (plus ulity's too) we are but a small fragment of what TA still is. www.planetannihilation.com lists most of the unit/AI/map clans that make them. over all the graphics, awesome exploisons, new units, cool new AI's (if u download them) i give a 9-10 to everything in TA. over all get it anyway. join the excitment!

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Summary: 7 years later and I just realized why I still play it...
Review: Sad, when you think about it, that it took me that long. Anyways, there are a few things that make this game really unique. The first one is the number of units on the two sides. a bit over 60 for each side. the second one is that it is easy enough to program that there are a lot of mods on the internet for it. when i say mods, i don't mean those weak excuses that starcraft and warcraft have for mods, i mean real mods. the whole game is replaced, sparing only the engine in some. third, smaller than the other two but still important, is the diversity and usefulness of aircraft. in most other games, they exist with the sole purpose of taking out defenses so that your ground forces can destroy their base with little resistance. in Total Annihilation the aircraft can be used, unsupported, to destroy bases. Oh, i almost forgot. the base defenses are effective, unlike in command and conquer and the blizzard RTS's.
Very old, but at 5-6 bucks, a good bargain.

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Summary: The Ultimate RTS Game Ever!
Review: TA is likely the best tactical game ever, and that is not just my opinion. I first played it at a friends house, my friend got upset when I refused to stop playing TA. I own C&C, but the main problem with it is that it has a lack of depth. Admittedly, TA has a few flaws, #1 the units from each side are mainly the same (with several notable exceptions), #2 the enemy is often found easily, and #3 the AI occasionally acts stupid (building dozens of aircraft carriers and no planes). TA requires completely new tactics. For example, the Commander is an extremely powerful unit, but you must not let it die (or you lose). In early levels, you need build no units, only walk your Commander through the level and use it's Disintegration Gun. There are many other examples of it's unparalled uniqueness. A brief overview of the game: You build structures and units with metal and energy. Units with heavy firepower often require energy to fire their weapons. Energy (the more abundant resource) can be converted over to metal at a conversion rate of 1 metal = 60 energy. Units are built using a technology called "nanolathing". Construction units are used to build higher-level structures and help repair/build new units. There are three structure levels. There exist five types of production plants: Vehicle, Aircraft, Ship, Hovercraft, and K-Bot (really small mechs). I highly recommend Total Annihilation to fans of games such as Command and Conquer and Starcraft. It is highly unique, and well worth it's low price. Units and maps are available for free downloading, as is a map editor. I have the Core Contigency, and highly recommend buying the Core Contigency and Battle Tactics too. This game is awesome!

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Summary: The Ultimate RTS Game Ever!
Review: TA is likely the best tactical game ever, and that is not just my opinion. I first played it at a friends house, my friend got upset when I refused to stop playing TA. I own C&C, but the main problem with it is that it has a lack of depth. Admittedly, TA has a few flaws, #1 the units from each side are mainly the same (with several notable exceptions), #2 the enemy is often found easily, and #3 the AI occasionally acts stupid (building dozens of aircraft carriers and no planes). TA requires completely new tactics. For example, the Commander is an extremely powerful unit, but you must not let it die (or you lose). In early levels, you need build no units, only walk your Commander through the level and use it's Disintegration Gun. There are many other examples of it's unparalled uniqueness. A brief overview of the game: You build structures and units with metal and energy. Units with heavy firepower often require energy to fire their weapons. Energy (the more abundant resource) can be converted over to metal at a conversion rate of 1 metal = 60 energy. Units are built using a technology called "nanolathing". Construction units are used to build higher-level structures and help repair/build new units. There are three structure levels. There exist five types of production plants: Vehicle, Aircraft, Ship, Hovercraft, and K-Bot (really small mechs). I highly recommend Total Annihilation to fans of games such as Command and Conquer and Starcraft. It is highly unique, and well worth it's low price. Units and maps are available for free downloading, as is a map editor. I have the Core Contigency, and highly recommend buying the Core Contigency and Battle Tactics too. This game is awesome!

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Summary: War Game
Review: This game excels in the ability to simulate a massive war. When I play with my friend, it gives me that same feel of crashing cars together when I was young. The lighting and smoke effects are amazing, especially for a game so old. Seeing the volleys of plasma blasts and rockets makes me smile with glee. Hitting a unit hard enough to make it fragment is amazing. Pieces of the unit go flying off. Units leave wreckage which impede movement and block shots. Wreckage is 3D rendered too, and has height. Ships will sink to the bottom of the water, waiting to be reused, by reclaiming it with a construction robot. With patches, you can build a ship yard in lava, which slowly damages your ships.
Terrain is 3D. Beware of hills. That BFC that you just built can't always lob a shot over the hills. Makes me want to pull out my trig book so I can calculate where to put it to fire over the hills and walls. Also, those trees are pretty, but they have several uses. They can absorb one plasma blast, or catch fire by lasers, missiles, flamethrowers, or rockets, damaging units that are too close. The forest fire moves with the wind on the map. They can also be used as a cheap source of energy, by reclaiming them.
Units tilt when going up hills, and wobble when hit by enemy fire, and rock when returning fire. My favourite is watching the battleship fire its long range cannons in a salvo fire, and then rocking a bit in the water. The turrets are amazing. The battleship has two independant turrets that can fire at two enemies at once! The Dooms Day can fire at three units at once. Several units have multiple weapons to deal with different foes.
I'd write more, but all this ranting and raving makes me want to go play it now. ...

Rating:
Summary: War Game
Review: This game excels in the ability to simulate a massive war. When I play with my friend, it gives me that same feel of crashing cars together when I was young. The lighting and smoke effects are amazing, especially for a game so old. Seeing the volleys of plasma blasts and rockets makes me smile with glee. Hitting a unit hard enough to make it fragment is amazing. Pieces of the unit go flying off. Units leave wreckage which impede movement and block shots. Wreckage is 3D rendered too, and has height. Ships will sink to the bottom of the water, waiting to be reused, by reclaiming it with a construction robot. With patches, you can build a ship yard in lava, which slowly damages your ships.
Terrain is 3D. Beware of hills. That BFC that you just built can't always lob a shot over the hills. Makes me want to pull out my trig book so I can calculate where to put it to fire over the hills and walls. Also, those trees are pretty, but they have several uses. They can absorb one plasma blast, or catch fire by lasers, missiles, flamethrowers, or rockets, damaging units that are too close. The forest fire moves with the wind on the map. They can also be used as a cheap source of energy, by reclaiming them.
Units tilt when going up hills, and wobble when hit by enemy fire, and rock when returning fire. My favourite is watching the battleship fire its long range cannons in a salvo fire, and then rocking a bit in the water. The turrets are amazing. The battleship has two independant turrets that can fire at two enemies at once! The Dooms Day can fire at three units at once. Several units have multiple weapons to deal with different foes.
I'd write more, but all this ranting and raving makes me want to go play it now. ...

Rating:
Summary: Awsome
Review: This game is the best computer game ever I play games that last a long time but i save them and come back later.You can download many patces for it for free.Anyways this game rocks.

P.S. RRROCK on Dudes!:}