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Post by YourAverageJoe on Jan 21, 2007 20:06:54 GMT -5
Came across this little gem while surfing about Wikipedia. It's an old RTS, with many concepts that were very much ahead of their time. The main selling point, though, is that much of the micromanagement is eliminated because everything can be set-and-forgot.
Anyone remember this game?
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Post by MRSKELETON on Jan 21, 2007 20:32:06 GMT -5
Total Annihilation: Spring is free, Supreme Commander is its sequel
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Post by kal on Jan 22, 2007 2:20:44 GMT -5
And it's still one of the most awesome RTS games ever made, it had a hero long before anything else (go the Commander!) and encouraged mass building of units and counter-units. It also had several units released online for free, take that Starcraft!
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Post by necromaniac on Jan 22, 2007 4:48:28 GMT -5
I remember having downloaded so many units I could easily play with different units every time I skirmished. Giant robot destruction! Damn, it was a great game.
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Post by kal on Jan 22, 2007 7:05:30 GMT -5
On par with the other greatest Mech RTS ever, Metal Fatigue..the battles between mechs are still pretty cool to watch, the three level tiers with different tactics for each and stealing mech arms is just too good.
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Post by Isao Kronos (BANNED) on Jan 22, 2007 14:11:07 GMT -5
Better than Starcraft- it's Total Annihilation! I used to have the base game before an old computer ate the CD.
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Post by YourAverageJoe on Jan 22, 2007 15:52:49 GMT -5
I haven't played it but it looks like an extraordinary game, I'm torrenting an ISO file now, with the CC expansion.
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Post by kal on Jan 22, 2007 17:43:55 GMT -5
There's a second expansion pack for the other team as well..I believe it's less common.
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Post by MRSKELETON on Jan 22, 2007 18:02:38 GMT -5
supreme commander is the sex
and you take my word for it
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Post by YourAverageJoe on Jan 22, 2007 18:27:39 GMT -5
About TA: Spring, screenshots look like you'd need a high-end machine to render that stuff. Although my lappy can do F.E.A.R. no problem, you think could handle that?
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Post by MRSKELETON on Jan 22, 2007 18:30:51 GMT -5
Ta:Spring? Are you kidding me? If your lappy can run FEAR it should have no problem running TAspring
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Post by YourAverageJoe on Jan 22, 2007 18:43:36 GMT -5
Awesome! Hopefully it doesn't take much time to start up, might be handy for breaks and such!
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Post by MRSKELETON on Jan 29, 2007 19:56:45 GMT -5
I wouldn't describe TA:Spring as a break game as me and two buddies had a match go on for the better side of four hours
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Post by grad on Jan 30, 2007 12:08:25 GMT -5
The main selling point, though, is that much of the micromanagement is eliminated because everything can be set-and-forgot. I'm pretty sure the main selling point was the graphics! Also, I seem to remember it possibly being the first 3D-rendered RTS--or at least the first RTS with 3D terrain. PC Gamer gave it an 86%.
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Post by Discoalucard on Jan 30, 2007 12:40:36 GMT -5
I really never played much of it, but I thought the units were 3D but the terrain was still 2D?
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