I was just playing Total Annihilation last night! It's kind of amazing coming back to this game after so many years. A lot of the aspect of the game actually aged really well. I was able to bump up the resolution to fit a modern wide screen monitor using a few registry changes. The game still looks great and on a modern CPU it absolutely flies even with 1,500 units per player.
The scale of the game has never been replicated by any other game/series as far as I know. There is so little micromanagement. It's almost half economy planning and half strategy. Once you have enough energy production and MOHO metal makers, the economy can basically scale infinitely. I basically just queue up my factories with the different unit types and automate their orders to patrol certain areas and watch the mini-map to see how the front line is shifting.
> The scale of the game has never been replicated by any other game/series as far as I know.
Hmm, maybe some 4X ? Even excluding the non-RTS ones, you have the likes of AI War (1&2), Distant Worlds (2 to be released soon) and Star Ruler (1&2) ?
What system were you using? I've been waiting AGES for this to come to Steam but for linux.
I think I might be willing to buy a Windows box just for this as I've waited long enough. I haven't had a Windows box in 20 years but for TA, yeah. Any recommendations?
TA was a marvel when it first appeared. The gameplay was very much, for me, a revolution.
I'm on a Windows box. I'm in a similar boat as you and basically caved when it came to gaming and built a Windows box. I don't love Windows but I mostly just use Steam anyways.
The scale of the game has never been replicated by any other game/series as far as I know. There is so little micromanagement. It's almost half economy planning and half strategy. Once you have enough energy production and MOHO metal makers, the economy can basically scale infinitely. I basically just queue up my factories with the different unit types and automate their orders to patrol certain areas and watch the mini-map to see how the front line is shifting.