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General discussion (archive)New release: Total Annihilation: Commander Pack(151 posts)(151 posts)
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Posted August 17, 2010
Holy Bleeping Heck.
Im SO buying this.
I had TA and CC once, but my TA disk broke somehow so ive been waiting for this.
Never had BT... well, I pirated it once and got it that way, but it was never the same as legally owning it. I just hope the GOG version is still 100% mod-new unit capable
Posted August 18, 2010
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Salsa_Shark: F**king 10 day waiting period for paypal. I want this so bad as its my favourite game but i don't own a copy of it(i was waiting for a big box copy to go along with both of my expansion packs).
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chautemoc: Add a pre-paid credit card to your Paypal account. When the money runs out, you will still be able to make instant purchases which will later be withdrawn from your bank account. Been doing this for years.

Will try it out. Thanks for the advice.
Posted August 18, 2010
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Bluekkis: According to post in stardock forums, some multiplayer modifications and integration into impulse. And new launcher. So probably not in this gog release. Nothing we would miss, well I won't at least. Personally not a big fan of multiplayer RTS, most players takes it too seriously for gameplay to be interesting or fun anyway.
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Egotomb: Is it 'cus you is n00b? You know I would pwn you right?

No, I always win because I already know my greatness so I don't have to prove it in the field of battle.
Posted August 18, 2010
TA is creeping up the Top 10 list steadily, it's the 4th best-selling game already! Well done! :-)
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SirCabbage: I just hope the GOG version is still 100% mod-new unit capable

As I recall, mods/units never modified the .exe, so it's a safe bet they work with GOG's version.
Posted August 18, 2010
I want to thank Stardock for making this possible. GOG's policy on DRM makes them my preferred distributor over anyone else, but it's a really awesome move to make this available from other places besides Impulse. Very much appreciated!
I lent my copy of TA to an acquaintance years ago and never got it back. I never had the expansions, though, so I'm happy to shell out for this :)
Posted August 18, 2010
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DrIstvaan: TA is creeping up the Top 10 list steadily, it's the 4th best-selling game already! Well done! :-)
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SirCabbage: I just hope the GOG version is still 100% mod-new unit capable

As I recall, mods/units never modified the .exe, so it's a safe bet they work with GOG's version.

actually, some had modified EXEs,
Posted August 18, 2010
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DrIstvaan: TA is creeping up the Top 10 list steadily, it's the 4th best-selling game already! Well done! :-)
As I recall, mods/units never modified the .exe, so it's a safe bet they work with GOG's version.
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SirCabbage: actually, some had modified EXEs,

In that case, there may be problems with such extensions, given that GOG usually has to modify the .exe files of games to remove copy protection.
Posted August 18, 2010
can I have a quick question?
what other RTS would you compare this game with?
as I suck hard at C&C or Total War games but I'm pretty good at starcraft/warcraft games...
Posted August 18, 2010
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Kunovski: can I have a quick question?
what other RTS would you compare this game with?
as I suck hard at C&C or Total War games but I'm pretty good at starcraft/warcraft games...

I'd say supreme commander as it is supposed to be spiritual successor to TA. Though I have not played SC so can't say for sure. For gameplay TA has it's very own style, different from C&C and blizzard styles. Hard to make any comparison since stlye and feel is completely different, but one major difference is that where c&c/blizzard rts games are somewhat building based, cavedog rts games are more focused on units and strategies.
Posted August 18, 2010
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Kunovski: can I have a quick question?
what other RTS would you compare this game with?
as I suck hard at C&C or Total War games but I'm pretty good at starcraft/warcraft games...
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Bluekkis: I'd say supreme commander as it is supposed to be spiritual successor to TA. Though I have not played SC so can't say for sure. For gameplay TA has it's very own style, different from C&C and blizzard styles. Hard to make any comparison since stlye and feel is completely different, but one major difference is that where c&c/blizzard rts games are somewhat building based, cavedog rts games are more focused on units and strategies.

Supreme Commander is definitely the closest, but keep in mind that TA was a much smaller scale. So the emphasis was still on controlling the units, not just the factories.
Posted August 18, 2010
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Kunovski: can I have a quick question?
what other RTS would you compare this game with?
as I suck hard at C&C or Total War games but I'm pretty good at starcraft/warcraft games...
From those 4 I´d say its closest (in terms of how it plays) to Total War, C&C and the crafts really are the same game.
But I still wouldnt compare it to Total War. Its actually what a RTS should be about, the ACU unit stops early rushes directly into your base and you gotta fight for important spots of land all the time. No stupid mickey-mouse micro-manouvers deciding the fight ala Starcraft, but knowing what your enemy does and yielding your army right.
Supcom and Supcom:Forged Alliance both are games in TA`s spirit and RUSE might turn out to be aswell (I think its gonna be WAY slower), other than that there is nothing like it.
Posted August 18, 2010
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Eclipse: wait, what enhancements? : O
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KanoBlade: Stardock posted the following, which can be found here: [url=]http://forums.stardock.com/377352[/url].
"Stardock is handling the support for Total Annihilation directly and includes a new launcher that helps automatically configure the game for modern systems, streamlines getting multiplayer games going and includes easy access to tips and tricks for getting the most out of it.
As part of Stardock's support for the game, it will be releasing subsequent updates (with Atari's permission) to further streamline multiplayer, incorporate Impulse Reactor and work with fan sites to incorporate new content into the "official" release. It will also be further enhancing the release to prepare it for eventual availability on other digital distributors. "

There's a button they put in the game to get you going on multiplayer with another independent website, but you don't need that to get on that site and start playing. That's all you get. So there's no reason to go with Impulse. I say that as someone who bought the game off Impulse myself.
In fact, people on GOG seem to be saying that they are hearing the (absolutely incredible) soundtrack when they play, and not mentioning having to modify anything to do it that I've yet seen in the reviews. On the impulse version, you have to fuss about a good bit to get the soundtrack to play. Which is quite a shame really, as the soundtrack is off the charts great in this game.
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Epsilon: I'm very pleased to hear that the soundtrack is working ingame, the lack of that in the impulse version annoyed me greatly as it's a very good soundtrack.
This game miles ahead of something like Starcraft 2, and at just 5.99 with all the expansion packs it represents unbeatable value!

It really is. Starcraft was a big step backwards.
Post edited August 18, 2010 by Blarg
Posted August 18, 2010
Thanks so much for releasing this game, Gog! Still an addictive and great-looking and great-sounding (!) RTS!
Posted August 18, 2010
Just bought it, even though I own the original and both expansions.
Can we hope for TA: Kingdoms in the future?
Posted August 18, 2010
amazing game, thanks GOG!
Total Annihilation deserves to be here
I hope for TA: Kingdoms too!
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