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Total Annihilation Gold (Mac)
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Video Games > Macsoft > Item 25
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Total Annihilation Gold (Mac)
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by Atari
Sales Rank: 22110
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$17.00
At Amazon
on 3-6-2010.
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Owner Reviews, Ratings, Comments and Criticism
Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars
I have been playing TA for several years now and despite technological advances in the realm of PC gaming, TA still has yet to be surpassed in several fields, primarily in expandability. TA has several elements that several RTS games did not have at the time, and still do not have, or rarely have. Here are a few. 1: Realistic ballistics in projectiles and counter-tactics thereof. You can dodge the weapons, in Starcraft it becomes a battle of attrition as it does in several other RTS games. Not to mention you can set up support fire and indirect fire from either fire teams or artillery. The artillery can actually fire for effect and you can even lead a target into a shot, something you never seen in games. 2: Complete expandability. You can create not just your own maps and campaigns, but units and weapons, which completely turn the tide and tactics of war. It becomes realistic in the way of real war where it becomes a technology race, you build one weapon and they build a counter for it and so forth. I have my units modified to be actual military units like the F14, the British Aircraft Carrier Arc Royale, XM-29 Joint Fighers, B52s and so forth. 3: Actual recon and patrol. If you know how to use your stealth units right, you can actually set up patrols and recon pickets that can sneak behind enemy lines. The difference between this and the Starcraft Ghosts is that in Starcraft, you can just walk up to anything and almost not be spotted... that's no fun. In TA you actually have to plot routes and what not to sneak behind enemy lines and gather terrain intel. Hell, I have U2 and SR71 spyplanes do aerial recon from high altitudes. 3: Balanced units. In Starcraft, a single marine can take out a battlecruiser... that's stupid. In TA, starships can spell certain doom if you don't handle them right, there are doomsday machines, however, they are usually quite balanced when it comes to how to build them and so forth. The only downside is that people can make super silly doomsday weapons that can be build in seconds. Just watch out for those and TA will be one hell of an experience. Oh yeah, the soundtrack is INCREDIBLE! I've never heard a soundtrack so beautifully made as this one. Get TA! It's worth it!
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Total Annihilation Gold (Mac)
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