Total Annihilation on PC (dematerialized – Steam)
€ 0.99 – Steam
What started as a conflict on the transfer of the consciousness of the flesh to the machines has turned into a war which decimated a million worlds. The nucleus and the arm almost exhausted the resources of a galaxy in their struggle for domination. The two camps are now paralyzed beyond any possibility of repair, the remains of their armies continue to fight on ravaged planets, their hatred powered by more than four thousand years of total war. It is a death fight. For each camp, the only acceptable outcome is the complete elimination of the other.
History / context
In a distant future, the galaxy is governed by a central body of humans and artificial intelligences called the nucleus (contraction of “consciousness restitory”). The technological and economic triumphs of the nucleus allowed humanity to colonize most of the Milky Way and enjoy peace and prosperity. However, the balance is broken by a technological advance which makes it possible to reliably transfer the awareness of a human being to a machine, which theoretically gives it an infinite life, in a process called “patterning”. Following a mandate imposed on humanity by the nucleus requiring that everyone submits to a modeling as a public health measure, a rebellious group is formed from colonies of the galaxy (hence their name, the Arms), whose members refuse to leave their natural bodies to reach the machines of the nucleus. A war that lasts 4,000 years follows, the arm producing by mass of clones as pilots for its vehicles and the nucleus duplicating micropuces integrated into consciousness to pilot its own machines.
Key information
Total Annihilation (TA) is a real -time strategy video game (RTS) created by Cavedog Entertainment under the direction of the main designer Chris Taylor. It was released on September 30, 1997 and was the first RTS game to offer 3D units and land. Two extension packs were published: The Core contingency on April 30, 1998 and Battle Tactics exactly 2 months later, on June 30, 1998. When you came out, the minimum configuration required for a computer was a Pentium 100 MHz processor and 16 Mo of Ram. Of course, these requirements were valid for computers from 1997; Modern machines easily exceed these recommended specifications, but it is always recommended to have a 1 GHz and 512 MB RAM processor for the updated game engine.
Characteristics of the game
- When it was released, the game your original proposed:
- Fully articulated 3D units and buildings, with a diversified complement of types of units: for example, aircraft, amphibious tanks, infantry robots (Kbots), vehicles, aerogleissers, ships, submarines , unit production factories, powerful stationary defenses and long -range weapons. A unique monitoring function allows players to follow individual units, whole armies or even projectiles through the landscape.
- A real 3D terrain on which the units can climb, in which they can evolve and around, on extra-light 3D cards. You work comfortably in high resolutions and even modern double -screen configurations, so that players can see more in the battlefield.
- Many types of worlds to fight, such as meadows, forests, deserts, archipelagos, free waters, lava, metal, ice, crystal, acid and even moons.
- More than 150 official units and 25 official missions per camp in a solo campaign. The Core contingency extension pack has added 75 new units (including the infamous Krogoth), 50 new cards, 25 new missions and 6 new types of world. Battle Tactics added 4 new units, 6 new cards and 100 new missions. A final patch (version 3.1C, and included here) added 6 new units, including a resurrection kot!
- Detailed and exciting campaigns that focus on the heads of their respective camps, commanders. The stories of the nucleus or the weapon begin with an effort to defend the native planet of the protagonist and initiate a turning point in the war, followed by a series of battles on many planets and moons (using galactic doors as a form of transport faster than light), before a final strike on the native planet of the enemy: either on the bucolic Empyrean of the weapon, or on the artificial world Jupiter Brain de Core Prime. The mission objectives include the protection of a vital structure or zone, the capture of a pivot enemy unit or simply the elimination of all enemy units. More powerful units and weapons are gradually unlocked over the countryside after specific missions or events.
- Solo skirmish battles and complete multiplayer care, allowing players to watch and join battles and train allied teams to share resources, information and units.
- Highly advanced armament, including lasers, electrical energy machine guns (EMG), Starburst missiles, plasma shells, lightning pulses, paralyzing and nuclear warheads.
- Variables such as severity, tides and wind can disrupt the effectiveness of certain types of weapons or improve resource production.
- Intelligence measures to detect or blur enemy units using a radar and a sonar, capacity to hide or provide furtive shielding to the units, and ways to resuscitate units destroyed from their wrecks .
- Over the years, the TA community has literally created thousands of third -party units and hundreds of cards to personalize the TA experience of a player. Many utilities, missions, mods and factions have also been created to rebalance or completely convert the game; Many of these units are still involved online and a skirmish today. The modern modifications made to the game push the venerable 16 year old old engine to new limits with complex scripts, allowing the massive transport of units, instant teleportation on the entire map, evolving units and real shields, and Even more.
