If this post comes across as a prewritten endorsement then apologies, I saw this recently and looked like it had the potential to be great - an RTS in the vein of TA, with interplanetary combat.
Here's the kickstarter page:
Linky
And the main site:
http://planetaryannihilation.com/
Looks like, if done well it could turn out quite excellently, and the team seems to have decent enough credentials. Sorry if this comes across all advert-y, but seeing a promising new RTS game always gets me excited.
Advert-y or not, thanks for the link. I really, really like the sounds of this.
In some ways it looks like a cross between TA and what Spore should've been. Too bad the target is so ridiculously high as to be real tricky to reach. Still, I just pledged for the hell of it because this sounds exactly like what I wanted.
Last edited by FriendlyFire; 16-08-2012 at 04:55 AM.
Just watched the trailer. When I saw that bombing run, I suddenly felt the urge to reinstall TA. Also, using rocket-propelled comets as projectiles is absolutely brilliant. This looks promising, hopefully they'll make their goal, I would love to see this happen.
This could be good, but unless they pay Notch to tweet about them I just can't see their Kickstarter succeed.
PS. Not going to back them up, until at least one good 500k+ USD game funded on KS is released I consider KS a Nigerian Spam site with a crowdfunding twist.
Last edited by coldvvvave; 16-08-2012 at 07:33 AM.
So you claim "planetary annihilation"... but your planet is the size of a medium TA map.
Nice try, but no banana.
Those planets don't look very big at all... it really seems like a large SupCom map spread across a number of planets. Either that or they're showcasing some very small planets. Or the units are huge. Either way, it takes the shine off it.
I kind of like the concept so I hope it succeeds, but $900,000? Good luck with that.
Sweeeeeet! I was laughing maniacally at the video, awesome.
My brain just exploded at how good this game looks.
FINALLY A DECENT LOOKING RTS, one that pertains to TA no less!
Kickstarting this IMMEDIATELY
If I can load my units on to dropships, then dropships on to cruiser, then all out again in somebody's back garden I may actually shit everywhere
Well they've gone over 10% of target inside of a dayOriginally Posted by FriendlyFire
I'll definitely invest in this. TA is one of my favourite RTS games, and I've had a fondness for rocket-propelled asteroids ever since I discovered them GalCiv 2. I hope there is some depth to the actual combat though, since while the planetary warfare and destruction mechanics look like great fun, it won't be lasting without some core depth.
Just a CGI mockup of what it might look like.
I want this. Even if they only get to about 75% of what their mockup looks like, I want this.
It looked like a combination of in-game assets (you can see some in the footage after the trailer) and cgi. But it does represent what they want the game to play like.
I hope they have a variety of units.
Sup Com 2 got that part really wrong.
A tank with extra barrels does not distract me from wanting BIGGER TANKS
...just gotta go change my underwear, and sell my firstborn so that I can afford to pledge.
mickygor, Battlefield 3
Otmer, League of Legends EUW
Bastiat, Planetside 2, Miller NC
Have you played a game called "Supreme Commander 2"
So that actually was not gameplay footage ?
... I take the lives of a few to protect the lives of many. I commit acts of war to preserve the greater peace. I take no joy in killing, but make no mistake; I'll do what needs to be done. Because it's my job. It's my duty. My name is Sam Fisher, and I am a Splinter Cell.
*Supreme Commander 1
Sup Com 1 was an unoptimized mess.
I'm running a beast and it STILL slows down.
Sup Com 2 was a console game with console concessions.
Nothing has touched TA for fun and the sense of unfolding chaos.
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