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#74 Total Annihilation (Microsoft Windows, 1997)

Wow, it only took a quarter of the way through the list to get to my first real-time strategy game! But I am sure a lot of you who have played Total Annihilation are wondering what other titles in the genre I will rank higher. For a lot of people, this is the epitome of the classic RTS. It has a sprawling tech tree, a wide variety of units, and a couple of challenging and lengthy campaigns.



I don't think the game stands out that much today, but at the time it took everything that people liked about the genre and turned it up to 11, which was really appealing. The resource management was more than one-dimensional unlike Command and Conquer, but still simple enough to manage easily. The Commander was a great take on the hero unit concept which eventually was popularized by Warcraft. The soundtrack was suitably epic and all the units made satisfying mechanical noises.

I still go back and play some campaign missions from time to time. I didn't play this one online much, but the single player experience I had with Total Annihilation was immensely entertaining.


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