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A Good Game...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: December 07, 1999
Author: Amazon User

I think this is a very fun game. There is lots of stategy involved in Total Annihilation,like producing the right units to build the right buildings so you can get the best robots to do what is required to what you need. (It is a game with robots and it is not bloody at all).I think it is a very great game and if I might say a little over rated. Over all I think it is a great game.

A Good Game...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: December 07, 1999
Author: Amazon User

I think this is a very fun game. There is lots of stategy involved in Total Annihilation,like producing the right units to build the right buildings so you can get the best robots to do what is required to what you need. (It is a game with robots and it is not bloody at all).I think it is a very great game and if I might say a little over rated. Over all I think it is a great game.

Starcraft meets AOE and Command and Conquer

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 11
Date: December 18, 1999
Author: Amazon User

I recently got this game and wasn't expecting much, boy was I surprised! This game is the best of Starcraft, Age Of Empires, and Command and Conquer. The HUGE selection of units allows for an incredible amount of gameplay. With all the units out there you can't defend yourself well enough because when you defend from sea, air attacks, and vice versa. Missions are available for those single players out there, as well as a skirmish mode capable of holding up to 9 AI and yourself. This game has extensive internet support and between all of these has an incredible replay value. This game is addictive for the serious and the once in awhile players. Good for the young and old. For adults and kids. Anybody who wants to have a great time with a strategy game will need this one. IT'S A MUST HAVE!

Best War Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 12
Date: December 19, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Total Annihilation is by far the best war game ever. It is much like a mix between warcraft and starcraft. But best of all, it is anti-violent.

One of the best

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: January 03, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Total Annihilation is one of the best games around. It has a huge variety of units, great unit graphics and special effects, and realistic combat. I do recommend you get the Gold Edition, with hundreds more units and missions. Highly recommended for anyone who likes real time strategy (Like Starcraft).

Fantastic initial impressions give way to despair...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 14 / 23
Date: January 05, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Ok, maybe not despair.

Total Annihilation was one of the first Real Time Strategy (RTS) games to use a true 3D environment. It looks and plays wonderfully! There's a lot of variety to units and the game can be truly engrossing. The strength to TA, however, is in multiplayer in human vs. human combat.

The single player campaign in the game is adequate but not compelling -- the story line is just enough to make playing the game seem worthwhile without really getting you to buy into it and suspend your disbelief. Unfortunately this lackluster storyline is hampered by an Artificial Intelligence (AI) that's really none too bright. Once you learn how to use a couple key units and buildings the computer simply has no ability to be a serious threat. Heaven forbid you should try multiplayer cooperative against the AI... you'll be disappointed.

Overall, it's a decent game but if you're not the type of person to match witch against other people, then you may want to consider another RTS title with a stronger AI.

I think this is the best game of all time!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 15
Date: January 11, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game came out in 1997 and since then I have not seen any other games come even close to comparing with it, not even Starcraft! The range in units is terrific, the graphics are stunning (I especially like the 3D terrain and units and the fact that units can face 32 directions instead of just 8), but its best aspect is the gameplay, which is indescribeable!

I've been told the campaigns aren't very good but I never bothered playing them, I'm too busy playing skirmishes (and yes, the A.I. IS a worthy opponent).

I love it!

TA Commentary

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 12, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I'va played this game a couple of time befor eat a friends house...and really liked it! The game is good, altought i recommend at least 92MB of ram to run it (or a CPU faster than the minimal req.) , becuse on bigger maps and a good buildup the game gets slower...The online games are pretty good exept for lagging...however i've played some exellent games with people with faster modems... The game itself is really fun for those who like this kind of games...buy it... it is really good!

The only game worth playing apart from backgammon

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: June 06, 2000
Author: Amazon User

If the people who invented chess had had the hardware, they'd have written TA. If you like Sim City, don't bother playing TA- it will prove too much for your weak heart. The king of all real time strategy games. Buy it. Make your partner go drinking without you and let your cat go hungry. The bifter will go out in the ashtray. Buy it.

This is probably the finest game made.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: October 06, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game has stunning 3D graphics, better than any other birds-eye view like Army Men or Starcraft. I'm not dissin' Starcraft, but TA has many more units and hundreds more on the web to download. And it only takes 32mb of space minumum compared to Starcraft's 500. If you are a Strategy game fan then you cannot rest until this is yours.

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