Gamespy has put up the top ten RTS games ever list, and the number one game?
Total annihilation, the only game to live on my hard drive for the past 8 years. Why, cause it totally rocked! What else had the depth, the strategy, the tactics? Nothing at the time, and nothing since has ever come close. No other game had me up for hours playing non stop. Why did it beat starcraft, simple, the gameplay is more complex, the units behaved better, and it had nukes. Real nukes (well, still video game nukes) that actually did more than slighty damage the enemy. Downloadable units for a short time. A galactic battle ground with planets to take over, support for up to ten players (remember that was in 97), and smart repair units. Too bad Cavedog has died, but there are the rumors again that Chris Taylor may be developing a sequel. Thanks, gamespy, for showing us that quality sometimes does beat out mass advertising.