Or - at the very least - making the old stuff so big that it can no longer fit on a single planet. So basically, it's the now all-too-familiar nostalgia-rooted Kickstarter song and dance, but linked to a serious attempt at doing something new. Uber's also touting 'advanced modding features' and a return to the RTS glory days of yore. Like what you see? Save them and share them with the Planetary Annihilation community. Our engine will allow you to explore vast, new procedural worlds with diverse terrain and build on everything from small, airless rocks to huge earth-type planets. 'Create custom or randomized maps with our procedural planet creator. You can also hone your skills against Planetary Annihilation’s AI or team up with a friend against multiple AI’s.' 'Play a quick skirmish with a friend on a single planet map with a low unit cap or a 12+ hour game with 40 of your closest frenemies and thousands of units. It certainly looks and sounds promising, though - especially when backed up by words like this: Manage cookie settingsĪs explained by Planetary Annihilation's Kickstarter, the project's being headed up by former Total Annihilation devs, and the aim is to raise a whopping $900,000 to realize their grand vision in full.

To see this content please enable targeting cookies. After the break, you'll find a video from Super Monday Night Combat maestros Uber Entertainment explaining their ambitious RTS (ambitiouRTS, for short) and - yes - asking for money. It's all the absurdly large-scale mechanized warfare you've (probably) known and loved since the late '90s, but now you can zoom out into space, build a fort on an asteroid, and then crash it into an enemy planet. And potentially shooting at them, as well.

So Total Annihilation (and, more recently, Supreme Commander) were big, but Planetary Annihilation is shooting for the stars.

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