MadOverdose.com writes: Is there that one guy in your group of gamer friends that claims to be the Almighty GOD of RTS games, and swears to not only wipe the floor with your ass in a RTS game but also claims to have been the bomb of classics such as Age of Empires 2, Command and Conquer, and Warcraft 2? Now if you happen to have one of these self proclaimed “Almighty” individual’s in your group, ask them to name all the classic RTS games they can come up with off the top of their head. If Total Annihilation is not among them, then take them outside and hope they get hit by a bus for lying.
VGChartz's Taneli Palola: "I recently completed an article series about the history of real-time strategy, and going through so many different games that have shaped the face of the genre over the last 30 years got me thinking. Which real-time strategy titles are the ones that have had the greatest influence on the genre's development throughout its history? What you're reading now is my answer to that particular question."
Total Annihilation is a classic RTS game released in 1997 on the PC. Retroheadz plays it again to see if it's still a great game to play today.
VGChartz's Taneli Palola: "Ever since it became possible to add actual music to video games, composers have been trying to emulate the sound of orchestral music as closely as the technology they had to work with would allow. From Koichi Sugiyama's early Dragon Quest scores to the many wonderful SNES soundtracks that pushed the console's sound chip to its limits, aiming for true orchestral sounds has been the goal of many a video game composer over the years, long before such a thing was in any way feasible.
It wouldn't be until the mid-90s that the technological limitations would begin to lift, and with the advent of CD-based video game consoles the door was suddenly opened towards much higher fidelity music. From then on countless composers have employed full symphonic orchestras in their scores, and today we take a look at some of the best examples of those from the last 25 years."
