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Mon, 20 Jun 2005

Total Annihilation

My co-worker was telling me about TA games he plays with his family and mentioned all these units I'd never heard of. I have TA and TA: Core Contingency, but that's it.

Anyone still play Total Annihilation? Are there other unit packs or other things that are interesting and worth looking into?

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Posted by Mark Erikson on Mon Jun 20 13:42:27 2005
Depends on how you define "play".  I haven't actively played in about three years, but I still consider TA to be the best RTS ever. 
There's three major unit packs that might be of interest.  The Uberhack ( http://www.planetannihilation.com/bsr/ ), Absolute Annihilation ( http://www.planetannihilation.com/aa/ ), and the TADD Super Pack ( http://www.planetdungeonsiege.com/mercilesscreations/sections/ta/units/ ).  Also, don't forget the TA Map Evaluation Center ( http://www.planetannihilation.com/tamec/tamain.asp ). 

There's two other items of interest.  A group of fans has put together a 3D engine / game called Spring ( http://taspring.clan-sy.com/ ) that recreates TA's gameplay in full 3D, and the "spiritual successor" to TA, Supreme Commander, has just been announced, with an article online at  http://etoychest.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1073.


Posted by will on Sun Jul 24 10:55:02 2005
Absolute Annihilation is amazing!

However, every single skirmish I've played so far has led to me being utterly and totally vanquished.  Way cool!  :)


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