Planetary Annihilation: TITANS

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  1. Morgann
    Jan 23, 2016
    10
    Fun game like total annihilation but on planets. Has a modern UI with lots a micromanagement saving features I haven't seen in other games. Chronocam relay feature allows reviewing games but also can be used in the middle of a match to find out what happened to something. I think current network speeds and computer processing power is not ready for a game like this with its unlimited unit count.
  2. theiban
    Dec 24, 2015
    10
    This is best RTS ever, a thrilling game with awesome strategy. There isnt any other RTS for me since I discovered Planetary Annihilation, and the expansion made it better than it was. In the future Planetary Annihilation must be olympic sport.
  3. Quenwaw
    Feb 27, 2016
    10
    Planetary annihilation is a really good game; I have already 550 h on it and i'm not bored at all !
    But the AI are really easy, but the new update will fix they i wish.
  4. SE-Apocalypse
    Sep 3, 2015
    10
    Best spent 12.58 this year so far. The stand-alone addon solves a lot of issues I had with the original PA, brings fresh wind and a much changed gameplay with its new units and simply transports PA into the Supreme Commander Age.

    The drama and the community and uebers way to deal with the hard trolling community? Bad as ever, but the game is rocking. The biggest issue that stays    Best spent 12.58 this year so far. The stand-alone addon solves a lot of issues I had with the original PA, brings fresh wind and a much changed gameplay with its new units and simply transports PA into the Supreme Commander Age.

    The drama and the community and uebers way to deal with the hard trolling community? Bad as ever, but the game is rocking. The biggest issue that stays relevant is the AI, so if you are a veteran of RTS I suggest to buy the game on a discount, if you own PA already it is already on discount for you and is worth every cent of the 12,58 they ask for.    … Expand
  5. ENNU1
    Aug 25, 2015
    10
    A fun RTS on planets. This expansion adds to the original 5 Titans, hovercraft, more orbital battleships, swarming locusts and more. It's a lot more intense with the titans and so many ways to blow up planets. There's no unit limit and if you want to play multi planet maps having 10Gb+ RAM is a good idea.
  6. FelipeHC
    Aug 22, 2015
    10
    This is what PA should have been since the begining. TITANS add 21 new units, and all of them have its role well defined, so it is not the same unit over and over again with a different skin like in other RTS games.
    To me, PA TITANS is the top RTS to date as it is the game with the most strategy options and the most fun to play.
  7. Carl_F
    Aug 22, 2015
    10
    This is a great game. Similiar to Total Annihilation and Supreme Commander before it but on a larger scale. Build massive robot armies, gigantic Titan robots that tower over everthing else and even smash planets and asteroids into enemy planets.
  8. tehtrekd
    Aug 22, 2015
    8
    WARNING: This review is really long. TL;DR, I like PA;T, it's got a few flaws, but it's good enough to outshine them, and the expansion really improved on vanilla. If you like RTS's you should definitely give it a go.

    Planetary Annihilation Titans is a real-time strategy game where you enormous armies over even bigger planets. Playing on planets brings a ton of strategic depth to the    WARNING: This review is really long. TL;DR, I like PA;T, it's got a few flaws, but it's good enough to outshine them, and the expansion really improved on vanilla. If you like RTS's you should definitely give it a go.

    Planetary Annihilation Titans is a real-time strategy game where you enormous armies over even bigger planets. Playing on planets brings a ton of strategic depth to the game, now all of a sudden you can carry out an attack on an enemy base from 4 different directions. This, coupled with an excellent aesthetic and some great lighting (especially with the "darker nights" mod) makes for some truly spectacular looking skirmishes. If you thought the battles of Supreme Commander looked cool, wait until you see hundreds of little explosions and lasers light up a planet's far side.

    Planetary Annihilation's most novel mechanic though is the ability to have multiple planets per game, essentially meaning that there are multiple maps per game whereas every other RTS has one. This is where most of the micromanaging of PA comes into full effect. Controlling multiple armies over multiple planets can become extremely difficult, and satisfying.

    Now while skirmishes are all well and good, and games can definitely be won by them, PA tends to focus more on the many superweapons on offer. The first superweapon is the most simple, a nice nuclear missile. Send one into the base of a troublesome enemy and watch the fireworks, but really, the nuke is a petty bundle of C4 compared to the other apocalypse bringing weapons on offer.
    You can strap some engines onto a moon or asteroid and send it hurling into a planet, destroying it entirely, or if you're more of a sci-fi movie fan you can reactivate a planet made entirely out of metal and fire off its incredibly destructive annihilazer. Much like an asteroid, the annihilazer destroys an entire planet, but it has the added benefit of being fired multiple times, essentially making it a total game ender unless you manage to destroy the catalysts. Totally awesome? Definitely. Game-breakingly unbalanced? Well... we'll get to that later.

    And I haven't even scratched the surface, you can invade other planets with the Unit Cannon Lock down your opponents orbital capabilities by building some Anchors over their base, the things you can do in this game go on.

    Now that's cool and all, but I bet if you already played vanilla PA you're wondering "but what's that there Titans thing all the kids are talking about?"
    Well, Titans is an expansion pack to vanilla PA that adds more units, multi-level planets and even some more superweapons!
    While the new units are too many for me to explain, I assure you that they're all really cool.

    Multi-level planets are just as they sound, unlike in PA where planets were basically just flat, the planets in TITANS now have multiple levels of terrain which adds a lot of extra strategy to the game (not to mention makes planets look even cooler than they used to)

    The new superweapons though are where things get interesting, because apart from one they aren't just things that blow other things up, they're actual units! The Titans are a set of experimental units a la Supreme Commander, they include a giant robot that can stomp and create a huge shockwave, destroying most units it touches (though it's very susceptible to air), a hover tank with three extremely powerful long range guns, and more! These Titanas, if used effectively, can quickly turn the tide of battle on your side, not only can they single handedly destroy an entire enemy army, they also have a ton of health and with a supporting army can carve a path directly to the enemy commander. These units are not to be taken lightly, if you scout one out you need to destroy it as quickly as possible.

    As far as negatives go, I only really have 3 major problems with the game:

    1) It can be crazy imbalanced. As mentioned above the Annihilazer is almost game breaking in how overpowered it is. There are also some other balance issues, like air being superior over most units, naval being criminally underpowered (it doesn't even have a dedicated Titan) and tiny asteroids instantly destroying huge planets.

    2) The singleplayer is WEAK. If you're a new player and want to practice on AI, don't use galactic war, use AI skirmishes. Galactic was has a multitude of problems that make it unfun for new players.

    3) It needs some crazy hardware to reach its full potential. Multi-planet games are where this game truly shines above the rest, but if your PC isn't up to snuff playing these massive games can become nearly impossible, especially late-game.

    Oh god, have I been rambling for that long?Alright, let's finish this up then.
    Overall, PA:T is EASILY one of my favourite RTS's of all time, hell it was that without TITANS. It's fun, looks great and is strategically satisfying for both new players and old. I'd definitely recommend picking it up for fans of the genre (especially fans of SupCom and TA    … Expand
  9. Quitch
    Aug 22, 2015
    9
    Planetary Annihilation: TITANS is a standalone expansion for Planetary Annihilation, an RTS in the sub-genre occupied by Total Annihilation and Supreme Commander, both games it is clearly heavily influenced by. The expansion was provided for free to all Kickstarter backers of the original game (a pretty classy move) and is at the time of writing available to purchasers of the original forPlanetary Annihilation: TITANS is a standalone expansion for Planetary Annihilation, an RTS in the sub-genre occupied by Total Annihilation and Supreme Commander, both games it is clearly heavily influenced by. The expansion was provided for free to all Kickstarter backers of the original game (a pretty classy move) and is at the time of writing available to purchasers of the original for a 66% discount.

    So should you buy it? Well, if you loved Planetary Annihilation, or thought it could have been great with more unit variety, deeper orbital play, more map terrain, and some experimental units, then the answer is a resounding YES. If you're looking for a deep story campaign then this still isn't the RTS for you.

    Personally, I love it. It's everything an expansion pack should be. It introduces new units, terrain, mechanics, maps, a new game mode,.. It's still PA, but it's different in all the right ways. All these elements come together to provide a deeper, richer experience than the base game alone. Titans bring the experimental units people wanted, and do so while feeling accessible rather than wonder units you will never see in a normal game.

    Almost all the new units slot into new roles which provide new opportunities for play, and in some instances change how existing maps will be tackled. Suddenly that lava at your back on Forge is no longer safe because Drifter hover tanks can traverse it. The river behind your base can now be crossed by an Atlas. The fortress planet you built could be visited by a Helios titan dropping a Manhattan mobile nuke on you followed by an invasion force through the Helios's on-board teleporter.

    It's also backwards compatible, so TITANS owners can revert to classic PA at any point and play with people who don't have the expansion.

    The expansion always adds a much needed interactive tutorial to solve the issue of the brutal learning curve that existed in the base game. The normal difficulty for Galactic War has also been made easier so new players aren't tricked into what was previously a pretty tricky mode. Still, I'd recommend you go from the tutorial to skirmish first so you get all the toys to practice with.

    I've had great fun playing it so far, and I look forward to hundreds more hours with the game.    … Expand
  10. Anna-K
    Apr 22, 2016
    9
    Fun game with friendly community. Decent graphics and an advanced interface to control your armies.

    PA was buggy and not finished when officially release but by the middle of 2015 they had finished and added all the features. Titans adds 21 new units, Bounty Mode and unit wreckages. A few people think bug fixes only come to Titans but both PA and Titans get updates at the same time (a    Fun game with friendly community. Decent graphics and an advanced interface to control your armies.

    PA was buggy and not finished when officially release but by the middle of 2015 they had finished and added all the features. Titans adds 21 new units, Bounty Mode and unit wreckages. A few people think bug fixes only come to Titans but both PA and Titans get updates at the same time (a new update is about to come out). There is nothing in Titans that was promised for PA. Uber said Titans would not be included in PA.

    The coming update bring a community mod manager to the game where you can search for and install mods in-game. I'd recommend check out PA Chat - to meet other players and organize games and hotbuild2 - an overhaul of the hotkey system.

    Conclusion: Worth the $13.59 I payed.    … Expand
  11. Demonicstab
    Jun 12, 2016
    8
    I must give it a 10,
    I didn't bought this game, I received this from a Bundle.
    I downloaded it, and I said: "Lets give it a Try".
    As a Strategy lover, well, My reaction was: "IS THIS REAL!?"
    Fugghen Epic.

    I really Recommend this game, if you love the theme of this game.
  12. ZomKilla
    Aug 22, 2015
    9
    Battle your opponents with naval ships, bots, tanks, planes, and orbital units on a single planet or accross an entire solar system.

    This game doesn't have a single player story mode, but it does have a single player campaign mode called Galactic Annihilation where you conquer planets and get tech upgrades along the way. The multi-player team games and free for all's are what I love the    Battle your opponents with naval ships, bots, tanks, planes, and orbital units on a single planet or accross an entire solar system.

    This game doesn't have a single player story mode, but it does have a single player campaign mode called Galactic Annihilation where you conquer planets and get tech upgrades along the way. The multi-player team games and free for all's are what I love the most about this game. Also it supports mods and runs on most OS's.    … Expand
  13. hanyuu
    Aug 22, 2015
    10
    Planetary Annihilation: Titans is a great game from a great developer that had to use kickstarter and early access funding, which wasn't easy and resulted in some PR mistakes. Don't let the troll brigades that hunt the company confuse you, the game is actually really great.

    I most like the following features that titans provides on top of the very well patched base game: - Obviously    Planetary Annihilation: Titans is a great game from a great developer that had to use kickstarter and early access funding, which wasn't easy and resulted in some PR mistakes. Don't let the troll brigades that hunt the company confuse you, the game is actually really great.

    I most like the following features that titans provides on top of the very well patched base game:

    - Obviously the super units, the titans. Those are awesome :D
    - Destroying whole planets is fun
    - Even when you don't destroy the whole planet after a while of fighting there will be lots of trash from dead units everywhere
    - There now is a tutorial that helps to get into the game and the difficultly of the game has been generally reworked to make it easier on newbies.

    Try it, it's well worth the money :)    … Expand
  14. liamdawe
    Aug 22, 2015
    9
    Much more fun than the original PA, with this new edition they have added new units, new buildings and generally improved everything. It still has some ways to go, but it's far better.

    The Linux version is keeping me happy.
  15. Greendolph
    Aug 23, 2015
    9
    This is a fantastic addition to what was already my favorite RTS. PA Titans builds on teh fast paced, on your toes environment of high level PA play by adding a lot more depth to the late game. It resolves a lot of stalemate situations with the addition of its namesake units, the titans. The orbital units are very useful but may need some re-balancing (which is to be expected).
    My only    This is a fantastic addition to what was already my favorite RTS. PA Titans builds on teh fast paced, on your toes environment of high level PA play by adding a lot more depth to the late game. It resolves a lot of stalemate situations with the addition of its namesake units, the titans. The orbital units are very useful but may need some re-balancing (which is to be expected).
    My only complaint is that a lot of the new ranked maps are monotone and lack easily identifiable features that allow the players to orient themselves and keep track of where everything is.
    *note about negative reviews* A lot of people are reviewing Ubers past, not this game. A lot of people are unhappy that they aren't getting it for free. That is not a reason for a negative review.    … Expand
  16. Sam-Green
    Aug 22, 2015
    10
    Planetary Annihilation: Titans is a stand alone expansion where you raise massive armies and battle your enemies across planets. It adds more than just mega sized robots to classic Planetary Annihilation:

    more maps and new terrain new regular sized units each with unique abilities and weaknesses including many new orbital fighters and hover-crafts bounty mode where killing an enemy    Planetary Annihilation: Titans is a stand alone expansion where you raise massive armies and battle your enemies across planets. It adds more than just mega sized robots to classic Planetary Annihilation:

    more maps and new terrain
    new regular sized units each with unique abilities and weaknesses including many new orbital fighters and hover-crafts
    bounty mode where killing an enemy commander rewards you with an economy boost
    all units leave wreckages that can then be reclaimed and turn into more units
    Ragnarök, another way to destroy a planet
    a short interactive tutorial to learn the basics
    easier single player campaign modes to choose
    the ability to switch between PA Classic and Titans

    It's super fun. I recommend you try it.    … Expand
  17. ToxicGent
    Jun 6, 2018
    9
    Retains the spirit of TA with some new flair with new units from PA and is one of the best RTS games on the market. The style and camera controls can be a bit awkward sometimes but become almost a charming part of the game after a few hours. When playing galactic war is is possible to gain multiple sub commanders making the game play itself, which i do not recommend.
  18. rastec
    Jan 13, 2022
    8
    Really good RTS on a scale where we can fight on an entire planet and more often - plenty surrounding planets sending units from one to another.

    Many units to be build and controlled (vehicles, air, robots, naval and space) and plenty of buildings to be constructed.

    I've played >20h in cooperative multiplayer with a buddy against AI and total >30h because there is a single player as well.

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  1. Pelit (Finland)
    Nov 5, 2015
    87
    Planetary Annihilations: TITANS resembles the game PA should have been at release. [Oct 2015]
  2. GameStar
    Sep 22, 2015
    80
    Better than the original Kickstarter version. It's not perfect, but a step in the right direction and worth playing - due to the lack of competition.
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  3. Brash Games
    Sep 20, 2015
    70
    It’s far from the best RTS game on the market, and existing Planetary Annihilation players whose enthusiasm has waned are unlikely to find much here to reignite it.
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