16-04-2003 21:36									#1
	Total Annihilation - is it worth it? Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations

I was walking in front of a news-stand this morning and saw something that grabbed my attention: a gaming magazine which featured a Total Annihilation CD-ROM. It is really cheap, and I almost bought it, but since I'm not that much into RTS games, I figured it would be good to know what other people think about the game. Is it interesting? Even after all these years, does it still manage to be fun?

	17-04-2003 04:49									#2
	Support Apolyton, buy GURPS/ Alpha Centauri

If I saw that, and had money, I'd get it.

	17-04-2003 05:46									#3
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I got Total Anhilation and the expansin pack bundled together for less then the cost of a magazine. ($10CND)

	17-04-2003 06:15									#4
	Enter the AD-FREE zone

It's worth the money.

	17-04-2003 21:07									#5
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Thanks, guys!

	19-04-2003 04:25									#6
	Support Apolyton, pre-order Civilization IV

I dont know about singleplay, but me and some friends had huge kicks out of it in LAN multiplayer back then

	19-04-2003 17:57									#7
	Suffering from ads?

TA wasn't a bad game.........but very dated now.

	19-04-2003 18:20									#8
	Support Apolyton, buy Call to Power 2

quote: Originally posted by DrSpike TA wasn't a bad game.........but very dated now.

How can it be dated when the genre barely changes.


It's a good game, and one of the few RTS games that I like. Some of thebest gameplay out of all of them, that's for sure. Especially with some of the player-made AIs and units.

	20-04-2003 06:58									#9
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TA wasn't a bad game.........but very dated now.

It's not dated at all. The only missing thing is the double-click-to-select-all-visible-units-of-same-type thing. Infinite queues a la Warlords Battlecry II would also be nice, but ordering a couple hundred units is quite easy with the SHIFT modifier key.

	20-04-2003 18:42									#10
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization: The Boardgame

Since 2 people have commented on my post I guess I'd better respond.

In SP it's dated because SP campaigns in RTSs like Warcraft3 have really improved, with a lot of effort put into variety of gameplay and storyline. Traditionally (before MP became widespread) I hated RTS, because SP could never interest me for long. TA didn't change this.

Now I did play TA quite a lot, because I played it on the LAN we set up in my halls as a undergrad. And that comes on the next point. In MP it is dated because TA came before the advent of MP games played by 100,000's of people. Hence when you get to know the game by playing it a lot there are a lot of outstanding balance issues MP.......so much so that if you try and get a game of TA now 90% are no unit x, no unit y type games.

So, TA was a great game, which I enjoyed playing when it came out 6ish years ago......and the fact that some people still play it is a testament to that class. But frankly whether your primary interest is SP or MP you can do much better these days.

	20-04-2003 20:25									#11
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Interesting. I didn't buy it, but SP is my primary interest. Dr. Spike's comments were not disheartening enough , so I may still give it a try.

	20-04-2003 20:56									#12
	Support Apolyton, buy Call to Power 2

quote: Originally posted by Alexnm Interesting. I didn't buy it, but SP is my primary interest.

You won't like it then.