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The coolest game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 30, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Total Annihilation was a pioneer in stradegy gaming. It was one of the first games to utilize a 3d terrain. I love this game so much. Both The Core Contingency and Battle Tactics are a must have.

Total Annihilation, need I say more?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 22, 2001
Author: Amazon User

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!

Truly Amazing

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

For how old it is, this game is truly amazing. After you go far in the game, it grows so chaotic, with liquid explosions, plasma attacks, and such, that it truly amazes me. The campaign editor, however, isn't exactly the best, and the story isn't great either. But I never really cared about the story, and I always prefer Skirmishes to the one-player game in RTS games. Plus, you can download over 2000 UNITS ONLINE! Plus more than 500 MORE SKIRMISH MAPS! And all the units are amazing, you can have huge armies of units!!! There are NO OTHER FLAWS i have seen, I have played it for 3 years and never ceased playing! Buy it NOW!

TA Still rules

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I am a long time fan of this game and came across it again here. I bought another copy on a whim, and it is still as fun as it was years ago. I did see someone is working on an open source version and a possible TA 2.

Got my fingers crossed.

Good game, but sometimes annoying

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I have owned this game for several years and decided to buy another copy for a friend.
Strategy is somewhat the most important role, but knowing what to build and what to destroy.
An annoying thing I realized is that sometimes you just can't defeat the other opponent even if you rush in with 150+ aircrafts if vehicles, kbots, or ships cannot do so. There are times when it will seem to be like a tie and I save the game and deal with it later. I'm talking about playing against the comp. btw...Playing against other players is great when you learn more about the game.
There are some overpowered items in this game so I find that if you attack in smaller mobs than come in in a large group you might be able to slow down their building of weapons. When they have the most advanced weapons/robots you can't really beat them and neither can they beat you as you would probably have the top items as well. That's the only problem I really found in this game against the computer.
This is an amazing game and you'll be playing it for hours since it's so much fun. Some weapons are really cool and you basically just own tons of enemies with them. I find ships useful for defense since some have powerful or fast attacks. Vehicles are what I used for to attack in smaller groups. Bombing aircrafts literally wipes out a group while only sacrificing a few of your own robots.
If your into strategy action games, you must own this or at least play it a couple of times. What's more fun than blasting metal while using your brain to defeat them.

Great game, but an old one.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I like this game a lot. The multiplayer, either skirmish or with some friends, is among the best out there. The game allows for many different ways to attack, like ground invasion, missiles, air strikes, artillery fire, or just nuke the enemy bases. Plus, every attack has a defense, so good players can stop just about every attack against them. This can lead to very long matches with no clear cut winners.

The largest flaw with this game is its age. The engine doesn't allow zooming in or out. Most commanding happens through the mini-map, which can take some adjusting. However, a more advanced engine that supports Total Annihilation maps and mods has been released. It's named "TA Spring". I highly recommend that engine as well. Aside from the engine, there were no major flaws to this game. It is one of the best RTS games ever made.

Fog of Stupidity

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 05, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Ok I remember playing this game a long time ago and LOVING it. But after installing the latest patches and giving it another go I have to wonder...WHO decided to make the enemies be able to shoot you from so far away?
Whoever did that and made that decision...ruined the game. I am going to uninstall the patch and play again and see if it changes things because I swear it wasnt like that when I played it the first time around. I will update after trying it sans patch.

This game is awesome, but the AI and balance could be better

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 14, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If you get this game, I really suggest searching on the Internet to find user supplied maps and units. Some of them are really good. I also suggest getting TA: Core Contingency and the Battle Tactics is not bad (look for the Commander Pack that has them both).

Anyway, you control either Arm or Core forces. Although the units for each are very similar, the details are different. The particular strengths of each unit is different. You control mechs (kbots), vehicles like rovers and tanks, gun emplacements like rocket towers, lasers, and a variety of huge cannons. You can also make planes, hovercraft (with the right extras), boats, and submarines. The models are all rendered in 3d and they look really cool. The basic game has maybe 150 units and with the downloaded units and the expansion packs it is over 300. There are lots of great maps to choose from -- you can have a battle in a crumbling city, mountains, between islands, at sea, in a lavascape, or many other exotic locations.

The game balance is a bit iffy. When playing multi player, we had to put limits on the types of units that could be built. Some of the long range cannons and assault aircraft were too powerful. But multiplayer is really a blast!

The computer AI is not too hot, once you become familiar with the game. In the single player missions, the pieces and scripts seem like they do a pretty good job, but in single player skirmishes, the AI really does a poor job.

My overall assement is this game ROCKS!

Sweetness

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I've played RTS games, including Blizzard's Warcraft and Starcraft games. But for some reason, this is the one that keeps pulling me in. I've sold off my Blizzard collection, but I have two copies of this. Why?

Because this is a hell of a lot of fun.

I have yet to find a RTS game that allows land, naval, and air battles all at the same time. In fact, the naval parts of this game are my absolute favorites. There's nothing quite like the feeling of shelling a beach that you can't even see yet, then moving in closer and finding the twisted rubble of your enemy's forces, or the satisfaction of sneaking up on an enemy battle group with a couple of submarines.

Add to that a dedicated mod community that is still putting out maps and mods and new units to complement the 100 or so units the game ships with, and you've got something really special.

Also, the review would be incomplete without mentioning the incredible musical score, that changes according to the situation. There are times when sending in a flight of gunships calls up a roaring score, and I feel like I'm watching the Ride of the Valkyries scene from Apocalypse Now. While the graphics are a little dated, the score is awesome.

Sure, there are flashier, prettier RTS games out there. But more fun? Not for my money.

Sill Playing

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I bought this RTS 4 years ago, and it is the only one that I still play. There was a very active mod community that still has downloads and tutorials available, the game released its own mapmaking utility (same used to make the game), and lots of free downloads: (...)

This is the BEST RTS, and it was the first to use 3D with realistic physics. Buy it!

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