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Carpal tunnel Commander

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: June 06, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is tremendous long-term fun and enjoyment! Both its simplicity and depth draws you in. Tactics and strategy are paramount. SimCity infrastructure and systematic, medium to long-range planning is necessary for building units and other machines. However, this doesn't do squat for you if you don't have the close-in combat tactics - and the finer understanding which land, air, sea unit (or combination) will get you results. The 3rd-person point-of-view is best when commanding hundreds of units and war-making capabilities.

The graphics and sound score is killer. You've got to watch some of the explosions - they are cool! You can't get this type of super incendiary stuff from WarCraft. Add on units, maps, and scenarios are readily available on the Cavedog site.

I've played 3vs1, 2vs2, and 1vs1 on various networks (from NY, OH, and CA combatants) and had no major problems. This people versus people completely changes your strategy and tactics - making the game that much more high-value. My only minor peave is that you need more than the standard 10 quick-team assignments for those intense campaigns.

Regardless, I've been playing for 1+ years - and still love it.

My favorite game of all time!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 11
Date: October 05, 2000
Author: Amazon User

A friend of my bought a game at a store and returned it because his computer couldn't handle the requirements. So he returned it but couldn't get money back, so he got this game. After having for a month, he finally started to play it and that was it. In the end, another friend and myself started getting together three times a week playing this game for over 2 years straight against each other. I have probably played over 10,000 battles. And you can download free units and maps over the internet. Very cool. The game is very fast paced with many buildings, units, and other weapons. I still play this game to this day as do my friends. I recommend this game to everyone and I hope that they make the sequel.

Well-written with GREAT replayability

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: April 17, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Even though this game is getting old, it still runs perfectlyon my Windows 98SE PC and my Windows 2000 PC. The graphics wereamazing for its day, and are still VERY good. The 3D terrain is VERY well done too. You can play at higher resolutions (I usually use 1280x1024) to see more of the map; I wish more games had this feature! There are TONS of free units and maps available on the web (see http://tauniverse.com/upstartdesigngroup and click on the "TAUIP" button for more units), making this the most replayable game I've ever owned. Even the AI has been extended by gamers! It's amazing how much effort regular gamers are still putting into this game (new maps, new units, new AIs, new utilities, etc.)! It's a MUST-HAVE! END

Be-all, end-all

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: May 22, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I adore TA. So I'm going to try to focus on the bad points tobe objective, but I doubt I'll be able to. First, the graphics aredated. The game came out 5 years ago, and so that's to be expected. However, since it's a top-down strat game, it's 2-D anyway, and the visuals, while not crisp per se, are good. Next, some of the maps are a little annoying, or predictable, or redundant. However, since Cavedog released Battle Tactics and Core Contingency, and there are more available on the web, there are certainly enough to make any fan happy. Third, I suppose people would ask why they should buy such an outdated game, especially when I've said you have to buy the add-ons to make the experience complete. The Commander pack(the base game, plus the two add-ons, plus a huge strat guide, for the minimal price and you get literally hours of enjoyment! And all you have to do is find one other TA addict and you've got many times that much fun in multiplayer, since that's where the game really shines. The game is old enough that most any system can handle it with ease, and with Cavedog's addition of extra units and many user-created maps and units available on the web, the game is a no-brainer. Go! Scrape the change out of your couch and snap up the game!

Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: November 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

TA is one of my all time favorite games. It is old, the graphics aren't very good, and it's somewhat two dimensional but it is an amazing game. The economy is simple, yet satisfying; the military part of the game (definitely the more comprehensive of the two) is AMAZING. This is one of the only games where it is futuristic but still makes sense. There are plenty of units for the two nations, arm and core, and I find that this game has the most variety out of all the strategy computer games I have ever played. The campaigns are great. The skirmish on the game is also good, although I find computers, given the time, will rise up and may tend to be a little too hard. I find that this game is a great way to spend $8.00, and you may find yourself coming back to this game again and again and find that it never really does get boring (I've been playing this game for about 6 or 7 years) and it is extremely fun, especially in multiplayer. Get this game.

The Ultimate RTS Game Ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: January 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

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!

7 years later and I just realized why I still play it...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: December 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

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.

Forget StarCraft

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: January 20, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I know this game is a little old, but it still is one of the most played games in my collection. With 2 expansion packs, free online gaming and new troops for free it is a hard game to beat. If you're looking for the best RPG go no further.

Blows me anaway, every time I play it!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: April 20, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Although it is obvious that this game was developed to cash in on the Command & Conquer-hype, this is one of the best titels the RTS-genre has ever produced!

The single-player missions are not all to interresting, but multiplayer and skirmisch are even more awesome than on C&C I and Red Alert. With an enorumous arsenal of units and a great selection of multiplayer and skirmisch maps this is one of the most re-playable games in history. And even more units ans maps can be downloaded for free on the Cavedog site.

I only found it a bit of a pity that both sides basically have the same units, only with other names and appearances. The game would have been even better than it already is if it would have had a more subtile balance between the two opposing sides' units.

For the rest: A great game, one of the best RTS games around, it even blows away Starcraft, and manages to give Red alert and Command & Conquer some serious competition.

Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: August 07, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I first purchased this game about 2 years ago and I still play it occasionally. The game has great graphics and has way more units than any other RTS game I've ever played. This game is better than command & conquer, Red Alert, and Starcraft. The naval and air units in C&C and Red Alert pale in comparison to the ones in TA.

I first played this on a Pentium/150 running Win95 and it played fine. Since then I have moved on to a PII/350 with Win98 and it still plays fine.

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