One of the best games in its genre without a doubt!
Total Annihilation is basically a fight between arm and core, 2 armies that are sworn enemies. (Perhaps I give it a very high score for a strategy game if you compare it now with games like Rome Total War but in the early 90s this game was one of the best, if not the best game in its genre.)
So what made Total Annihilation so extremely cool, if you ask me the very long story mode and the very hard difficulty, even on easy the game was hard if you compare it to modern strategy games. I first played the game when I was 11 years and immediately I was glued to the seat of my computer. The machines and robots and all other things you can build are so original and the explosions and action when you face the enemy with your full force are so thrilling and breathtaking. My favourite machine was without a doubt the goliath. Ofcours the game basically consists of making the largest force by making the most resources and then attack with all your might, like all other strategy games in that time, but because the graphics, even for that time, and the sound are so well done and because this game is so original this game is without a doubt a classic in its genre!
If you find Total Annihilation somewhere in a store, I doubt you still will but if ;), then I can just say buy it, it’s nothing compared to today’s strategy games I agree but nonetheless it’s still very addictive to play.