A Standard other RTSs should be judged on.

User Rating: 9.5 | Total Annihilation PC
This is my type of Real Time Strategy. The size of the campaigns for both sides, range from easy to somewhat difficult. The units in this game are very well though out and rendered with a lot of little details. For example some aircraft fold their wings when they land. The Big Bertha Unit ejects an empty shell after firing. Even the ground gets battle scars. The vehicles look like they have a hard time going through hard terrain and the AI knows blind spots on defenses and setups a pretty good defense at times.
With all the details in the graphics, I didn’t pay attention too much on sound quality.
The multiplayer is quite when hunting down each other Commander
What makes this a great game for me is the replay ability. You can play the same quick maps over and over using different tactics. My favorite is using gun ships to over run an opponent. In my view only a handful of RTS surpassed the game in quality since released.