Thanks to a solid story and a fascinating universe to keep invested into the action, as well as the addictive base-building mechanics and the countless strategic options put at your disposal, the game can be enjoyed even today. Total Annihilation can be considered one of the most influential real-time strategy games ever released, since it managed to popularize a lot of ingenious gameplay mechanics, while also getting the rest of the formula right.
While your mind instantly make the leap to names like Starcraft or Command & Conquer, there are plenty of other games that revolutionized the genre before them, or at least introduced the concepts that sit at the foundation of every successful RTS released since then. Many of the successful real-time strategy mechanics present in today’s video games are taken for granted, but they had to be introduced at some point.
