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[โ€“] [email protected] 43 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Right now I'm basically playing Beyond All Reason almost every evening. It's a game in the Total Annihilation "tree" of games. A massive scale RTS. I previously played Supreme Commander and Planetary Annihilation, both of which are also inspired by Total Annihilation, but I have to say that BAR is really better than both of them. I almost can't believe it's an open source game. It's still in alpha, but it's been way more stable than most AAA games I've been playing recently.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Never heard of this and I'm a big fan of the TA/Sup Com series. I will try it when I get the chance. Thanks for sharing!

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

I'd never heard of BAR, just gave it a go. I can see myself wasting alot of time on this

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

You shold look into zero-k as well. I started out with BAR but found out zero-k more engaging

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's a continuation of TA Spring? Neat, played that a looong time ago.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

oh wow, didn't know about that. I did play TA a lot (I mean, I still play it sometimes, big bertha feels sooo good!). But yes, the idea behind them is pretty much the same as TA

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Could you elaborate on why zero-k is better than BAR in your opinion?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

it's about the single player storyline. It feels like BAR is more geared towards online/multiplayer, while zero-k has a proper full single player campaign. Don't get me wrong, I played with BAR for quite some time and it's still a great game, I just "clicked" better with zero-k.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Ah cool, didn't know that Zero-K had a whole campaign going on. I think we're kinda opposites though, because I really don't enjoy the RTS campaign gameplay experience. I'd much rather play against bots (or maybe online).

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Sounds amazing thanks!