Total Annihilation 1997
Developed by Cavedog Entertainment
- Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Science fiction
What began as a conflict over the transfer of consciousness from flesh to machines escalated into a war which has decimated a million worlds. The Core and the Arm have all but exhausted the resources of a galaxy in their struggle for domination. Both sides now crippled beyond repair, the remnants of their armies continue to battle on ravaged planets, their hatred fuelled by over four thousand years of total war. This is a fight to the death. For each side, the only acceptable outcome is the complete elimination of the other.
Real Time Strategy (RTS)StrategyScience fictionmechconstructionbattleshipmicromanagementcustom soundtracktankexplosionrivaling factionsresource gatheringsubmarinedynamic soundtracktech treesPC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
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Epic, plot-driven, earnest and grave.
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
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About the game
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
- Developer
- Cavedog Entertainment
- Publisher
- GT Interactive Software
- Released
- September 30, 1997
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
IGDB rating 7.9/10 from 69 ratings.
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