Total Annihilation 1997

Released: September 1997
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS) · Strategy
Platforms: PC · Mac
Developer: Cavedog Entertainment
Publisher: GT Interactive Software
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Is it still worth playing?

Battles on the surface of planets and moons in a far future galactic war are the setting of this science fiction real time strategy game, released in September 1997 for Windows and Mac OS. The player builds a defensive base and an offensive force and conquers opponents, while also gathering resources, scouting and weighing units and terrain. A story-driven campaign is played against the computer, and a skirmish mode allows play against other players. A game starts with a lone Commander, a powerful unit that cannot be replaced. It has a destructor weapon that vaporizes anything it hits, can cloak to become invisible and can travel through bodies of water. Two expansions followed in 1998. A galactic war fought across planets and moons has a scale that is still worth a try.