Total Annihilation Gameplay - Part 1

This video is just to show off the basic gameplay of TA. No, I'm not one of those crazy-good players, so it will probably not be as impressive as some others out there. But if you've never seen TA before, then perhaps this may interest you. (And maybe even draw you away from an inferior Blizzard RTS . . .) This is the first part.
The game is now available on Good Old Games and Impulse, so if you want to buy it, check those websites.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• total
• annihilation
• rts
• strategy

[Databamse]

I recommend a torrent, search for "Total Annihilation Ultimate Custom Installer" on the pirate bay or any other torrent sites. Install Escalation :-)

[SylvesterInk]

@Databamse Or you could purchase the game legally off Good Old Games. Then go to TAUniverse and grab the rest of the mods and conversions with little extra effort.

[Databamse]

@SylvesterInk I did it, I am a modder. I bought the game twicec, I have two copies of both TA, expansion packs and two copies of kingdoms too. I am the author behind some of the most aggressive OTA Ai's, i've coded 4 TA tools and contributed as much as anyone.

[SylvesterInk]

@Databamse Awesome! Glad to have a contributor around. But while you may have supported the game, those who download the pack will not. I'm the last person to preach about piracy, but for certain games like TA, it's worth paying for. (Yes, I know the money goes to Atari now, but the services that sell it, especially GOG, deserve the support.)

[t3hzb0t]

What screen recorder did you use to record TA gameplay? With Fraps, all I get for 10 seconds of recording is: 10 seconds and 1.16GB of black screen with TA sounds.

[SylvesterInk]

@t3hzb0t I used fraps. You need to have the TA Demo Recorder mod installed for TA. Search TA Universe for it. (Should be under the "ideal install" section.) The Demo Recorder modifies one of the graphic libraries that makes it more compatible with a recorder like fraps.

[SylvesterInk]

@Origamiman979 Or you could support an awesome distributor like Good Old Games who releases their games dirt cheap with no DRM, all patched and ready to play. Actually, the GOG release of TA is currently the best release, as it plays the audio without need for a cd in drive D. (An issue that people have been trying to get around for a long time.) I understand why people pirate stuff, but when you have publishers that try to address the issues, the least you can do is support them.

[nikomas1]

Supreme commander?

The game was good but it was not what Total Annihilation is, I can still boot up TA today and have a lot of fun with it...

That one of the biggest and best things you can possibly say about really old games, they still hold up today.

[PanteraPolnocy]

@Mcflyjuniors ... still not ready after a year, but I still remember about this! :3

[TheFrustratedAtheist]

@SylvesterInk exactly. i have been thieving old games, that have been modded to run on a 64x system. if they publishers would port them, i would buy them in a heart beat. gog.com is an awesome website, they have heaps of sweet games.

[moOswe]

Oh man! totaly remember this game!!! Its freakin awesome!

[ChipotleDragon]

this game is really really fun but sometimes the AI is just retarted

[AngelOfMercy91]

kknd is better

[Khanryu]

This game came along when my parents bought a windows 98. I started playing it in 2002-2003 or something. Good game, good game :)

[MemetronDaBboy]

what a fucking game. I'm gonna download it when I can. I actually bought the game twice, first over 10 years ago and then about 5 years after, I lost the discs.

[SmallFries01]

this game was so far ahead of its time

[xMysticque]

one of the best games in my entire life!