Total Annihilation
by Atari
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Video Game Reviews of Total Annihilation
Customer Review: War Game
Summary: 5 Stars
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. ...
Customer Review: Total Annihilation, need I say more?
Summary: 5 Stars
From quick raids to explosive artillary,Totla Annihilation has it all: land, water,and air units packed with it all. Fight for dommination as you choose your side: ARM, or CORE. Total Annihilation is the best futuristic war/stratedgy game there ever was and there ever will be. Once you start playing this game, sit back and hold on Really tight this game will give you a thrill of fun. I highly recommened this game, it is definetly a game worth your money!Customer Review: The Ultimate RTS Game Ever!
Summary: 5 Stars
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!Customer Review: Total Annihilation is awsome!
Summary: 5 Stars
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.Customer Review: one of the best games...
Summary: 5 Stars
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.