Total Annihilation (PC)

“This game was the one who got me into an RTS geek, i sadly missed out on C&C when it came out first and when i got a chance to play it on the playstation i was so confused i put it down and thought i would never be good at RTS. One day in...”

“This game was the one who got me into an RTS geek, i sadly missed out on C&C when it came out first and when i got a chance to play it on the playstation i was so confused i put it down and thought i would never be good at RTS.

One day in Tescos i saw that Total Annihilation was being sold for about £10. I thought why not and picked it up as it was a PC disc i was a bit concerned as to how i would play but i put it in anyway and i loved this game as soon as it loaded.

Everything had a gritty feeling to it, even the menu felt like a war you had to jump right in so i went to a skirmish to give it a quick test and after figuring out how to not blow myself up with the "big gun" button, ooops... I did a retry got a decent amount of resources underneath me and built my first "Peewee" ...

Anyway moving on the game for its age was amazing, even stupidly imbalanced once you owned a big bertha that shot from one end of the map to the other without a LOS on it, just detected and destroyed half a base before your units got half way.

One of the things that sealed the deal was when i accidently came across a website which was called "TA Universe" which i have no idea if it stills exists or not, it might just do but the modding capabilites of the game was amazing. I was hooked to the game way past its sell by date and i couldn't put it down making experimental tech 3 arm units just walk in water and destory a base from miles away was just... satisfying... the modding capabilites of the game just made me gawk and sometimes i still go and play it with my most favourite mods and thank god for TA unit conflictor letting all my favourite units work together...

Giving it a score now would be useless because it would not represent how i felt about the game, i am just writing from hindsight here. ”

“Easily among the best RTS ever released. Each unit plays a role, each defense has a weakness, and each battle is a massacre.. for someone. If you can get past the dated graphics and interface and enjoyed Supreme Commander, this game is for you.”

“Easily among the best RTS ever released. Each unit plays a role, each defense has a weakness, and each battle is a massacre.. for someone. If you can get past the dated graphics and interface and enjoyed Supreme Commander, this game is for you.”

“one of the few games that i can play forever, it never seems to age and is a must for the eductaion of any RTS gamer”

“one of the few games that i can play forever, it never seems to age and is a must for the eductaion of any RTS gamer”

“The Best RTS ever made. ”

“The Best RTS ever made. ”

“Greatest RTS ever. This game was ahead of its time, and is still the most fun with epic scale.”

“Greatest RTS ever. This game was ahead of its time, and is still the most fun with epic scale.”