This group developed an open source engine that plays multiplayer Total Annihilation in full 3D. Among these is a group called Swedish Yankspankers.

Mods Total Annihilation has a massive base of users who customize and modify the game. Trivia 1001 Video Games Total Annihilation appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.ĭevelopment Total Annihilation was based on an idea for a game project leader Chris Taylor first thought of at the age of 14. Resource collection is very quick and easy, since a single unit can extract metal indefinitely from a mine without ever having to return to your base, while options for producing energy include solar power, wind power, hydroelectric power, geothermal power, and fusion power.

Unlike other strategy games, however, you start out with the Commander, the game's most powerful unit, and must defend him at all costs. Usually you must construct a base, although in some missions you lead an attacking force. Mission objectives range from taking out specific targets to rescuing hostages to capturing the enemy base and using it in the next mission. Unlike earlier titles in the genre, it uses a 3D world in which elevation changes have an effect. You, as the Commander of either Arm or Core, must build up your base to destroy the other side, in a game developing the ideas of Command & Conquer. The only acceptable outcome is total victory. Both sides fight on with super-advanced technology, from plasma guns to giant robots to sonar jammers. Not an American user? DescriptionIt is 4000 years in the future, and the epic battle between the Arm and the Core has devastated the galaxy.

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