Retro Games Only You Played?

[herkzter]

did you know the devs who made the shockingly good Riddick game for the original Xbox made this Total Annihilation-alike way back in 2000, except it's set in space and it was promptly forgotten about after it was released? i certainly do:



it was quietly re-released on Steam in early 2024:



you can tell the devs were directly inspired Total Annihilation and probably got most of the game design down after having a couple Total Annihilation LAN parties. the specific orders you can give to your units, the way your tech tree progresses, the pacing of the missions, the resource system, the immense hordes of units you can build, the specific aesthetics of how units are built all scream TA

[rusty_shackleford]

did you know the devs who made the shockingly good Riddick game for the original Xbox made this Total Annihilation-alike way back in 2000, except it's set in space and it was promptly forgotten about after it was released? i certainly do:



it was quietly re-released on Steam in early 2024:



you can tell the devs were directly inspired Total Annihilation and probably got most of the game design down after having a couple Total Annihilation LAN parties. the specific orders you can give to your units, the way your tech tree progresses, the pacing of the missions, the resource system, the immense hordes of units you can build, the specific aesthetics of how units are built all scream TA

There's a ton of space sci-fi RTS from the 00s, it's a shame because I'm not a fan of the genre