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lka1988@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

I’ve been playing Total Annihilation the last couple days. The 1997 game that you can get for $5 on GOG. I had it as a kid and played all the time.

My son has been wanting to play it with me, so I gave him a quick rundown on “skirmish” mode earlier tonight. He caught on pretty quick. It can get brutal though. Hopefully I can get the network muliplayer working so we can play together.

Worth every penny.

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UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I would say the biggest problem TA had was simply lag. Once you really get going with the volume of units - especially over a network - the loads on the system can get heavy.

There’s a new iteration of the franchise - Planetary Annihilation - that I’ve been meaning to check out as soon as I have some free time. Good reviews on Steam. Stick it on your list and wait for a sale, if the $30 price point bothers you. But I think it’ll probably look a little nicer and run a little smoother.

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- lka1988@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  Once you really get going with the volume of units - especially over a network - the loads on the system can get heavy. Basically, you get carried away having too much fun building some absurd army.
  
  I haven’t really run into that on my 5800X3D w/32GB RAM, though I imagine pretty much any x86 system made after 2000 or so should handle it fine.
  
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