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Total Annihilation (PC CD)

by Atari
Platform:   Windows 95 / 98
4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

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  • Platform:   Windows 95 / 98
  • ELSPA Minimum Age: 15
  • Media: Video Game
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Product Features

  • 50 single player missions
  • Over 150 different land, sea and air units
  • Unique tracking feature allows you to follow units in to battle
  • Fully customizable line of sight modes and user interface

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  • ASIN: B00005JGDF
  • Release Date: 18 May 2001
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 9,794 in PC & Video Games (See Bestsellers in PC & Video Games)

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Product Description
In Total Annihilation, you are a commander who can build an entire complex war. You can manipulate matter at an atomic level--but so can your enemy. Find a way to conquer the enemy and end the threat to universal existence. Battle with realistic firing cannons and nukes on diverse terrain, including canyons and molten riverbeds. Total Annihilation challenges you to set a new standard for combat strategy.

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars stood the test of time?, 10 Mar 2003
When I first played TA i really enjoyed it, but I thought that there may come a time when I exhausted it, I am still waiting for that time. The game comes with two sides the ARM and the CORE, both have 75 units a team, the units are very well balanced and the variety of map sizes allows different lengths of play, small maps are normally short games, like metal heck which can last for a mere 30minutes, or the great seven islands which can last for 5hours.
The game comes with a good variety of planes, ships, vehicles and Kbots(infantry), and plenty of buildings, defence is in the form of lasers, plasma cannons, missles and FlAK cannons, aswell as torpedos launchers. The construction of the units is nanolathing which is essentially a very good idea to overcome the impossibilities of the time to actually put cranes and other things in.
The story line although simple suits the game, the storyline suggests aggression and to win against a hard AI this is what is needed, otherwise they grow ridiculously big. The AI is satisfactory, but can be improved using the AI profiler avaliable from taus.tadesigners.com.
Also the now legendary tank rush of red alert is not present in TA. The most powerful units are the slowest and will get picked off by aircraft if not escorted by planes and will get hit by long range plasma cannon fire if the smaller faster units aren't used to draw their fire.
The core contigency and battle tactics introduce more units and more maps, which makes the game even more exciting and even the superbot, the krogoth still can't survive on its own even in a groups of 5.
The game has acceptable graphics and battle music that gets the adrenaline pumping, the graphics are not completely 3D but are good enough to allow elevation and line of sight to play a major role, since the higher a unit is the further it can see and shoot.

I think that this game has definatley stood the test of time, I still play it even in its original form against friends, I think that if cavedog hadn't have gone bust then TA2 would be the most talked about up and coming statergy game, if the original is anything to go by. A solid C & C beater.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Total Anihilation, 5 May 2005
To put it simply this is the best Real time strategy game of all time, the only game I have played that comes close to TA is cossacks and as mentioned in a previous review no cut out on TA even on slow modems (yes some people still use them, not me thank god). TA doesnt need a massive processor (good amount of memory helps though), has a lot of units. It's a game that has a lot of subtle strategy behind it and only seems to get better with age.

If you dont own it buy it, better yet buy another copy for a friend and forget about leaving your PC for a week or so,then weep for Cavedog who never got to release the sequel to TA (lets not mentions Kingdoms, pretty but not very playable)before going bust!

It is that good

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars 3 years old, still going strong, 22 May 2001
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Total Annihilation came out in 1998 in the UK and smashed the virtual monopoly on RTS's held by Westwood with Dune 2 and Command & Conquer.

Nothing published since has come close.

Set in a time far in the future, Arm (men in mighty machines) and Core (patterns of conciousness in mighty machines) fight it out for dominance over a series of worlds. With a 2 resource economy (metal & energy), you start off on each new planet with nothing but your nanolathing Commander and his Disintegrator gun. Building factories, solar panels and metal extractors as fast as you can, you swiftly build a vibrant war machine with which to crush your enemy: unfortunately, he's doing the same of course, so be quick.

With excellent units, great maps and an easy to learn point & click interface backed up by easy to learn keyboard short cuts, TA has become THE choice of the dedicated Real Time Strategy player. What makes it even more exciting is that it is still developing and growing, thanks to the tremendous army of unpaid fans who have developed a variety of 3rd party modifications.

The standard Cavedog (the original software developer) units have been modified, added to and developed both as individual units and as complete packs or "mods" which are available to download free of charge.

While the AI can give you a good Skirmish, and the missions will teach you how to use the units, TA really comes alive when you play on-line. Visit Microsoft's Zone ... and you'll find upward of 100 people who want to demonstrate how good they are... The community also welcomes new players and helps with strategy, tactics, pc problems: anything that's preventing you from getting mximum enjoyment from the best RTS there is.

I've spent a fortune on C&C, RA, Tib Sun, Shogun, Ground Control et al. The only one that comes close for playability and longevity is Age of Empires II. And AoE hasn't got tanks, aircraft and really big guns in it!

Enjoy TA. There's nothing like it. You won't regret buying it.

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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Still playing after 8 years :o
TA is simply a brilliant game...the gameplay has truly stood the test of time thanks to the online multiplayer capability. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Dr. A. DEWITT

5.0 out of 5 stars A classic
This game is awesome still! It may be over eight years old but I still don't get bored with it. Loads of different units specific to each team - Arm and Core. Read more
Published 23 months ago by ShredBane

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
If you're a fan of traditional RTS then you won't find a game much better than this one - a huge array of weaponry and different techs, a very good resource gathering system, many... Read more
Published on 23 Jan 2007 by Wilf

5.0 out of 5 stars Still the best.
Total Annihilation is simply the best RTS of all time. Even now its gameplay is still a cut above the latest releases. Read more
Published on 24 Feb 2006 by Michael A. Cook

5.0 out of 5 stars A True Rival To C&C
This game has good graphics (for its age), masses of units compared to C&C series games, loads of missions, and the music is the best I've seen in a game ever. Read more
Published on 22 Feb 2002 by Paul Follows (paulfollows@hotm...

4.0 out of 5 stars Still not as good as Age of Kings...
Total Annihilation is set in either the future of this world or some other world (doesn't say) where a huge war rages against the Core governers. Read more
Published on 29 Dec 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars TA kicks C+C Arse!!!!!
I borrowed TA off a mate of mine a couple of months ago now...As of this time,I am still playing this game,and I doubt he will get it back for a couple more months yet!!! Read more
Published on 21 Dec 2001 by julianw_railenthusiast

5.0 out of 5 stars TA: Strategy at its Finest
Total Annihilation really deserves its title of 'Greatest Game of All Time'. This game is one all about strategy and depth of thinking. Read more
Published on 19 Nov 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars THE best strategy game ever
I have played them all, but nothing comes close to TA. Fighting in endless on-line battles for three years and I still learn new things about this game. Read more
Published on 14 Aug 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Could this be the best war strategy game ever made?
Well....no but it still comes damn close, at first i was sceptical of this game as it isn't exactly a dream to look at, however what it lacks in looks it more than makes up for in... Read more
Published on 20 May 2001

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