Total Annihilation rebuild
Shares rank 22 of 24 strategy games by recommenders
Recommended as a Go rebuild of Total Annihilation that runs on modern computers; critics say it copies a commercial game and changes the original look.
Recommended as a Go rebuild of Total Annihilation that runs on modern computers; critics say it copies a commercial game and changes the original look.
12 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 7
- approval share
- 42%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 0.7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Interesting Go and engine implementation
“Aside that its created by AI, I find the choise to implement it in Go interesting”
Comment from 12 Oct 2026 in “Total Annihilation, rebuilt for modern computers” “a golang game engine, you love to see it. well done!”
Comment from 11 Oct 2026 in “Total Annihilation, rebuilt for modern computers”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Rendering and explosions depart from original
“the different rendering to deviate too far from the original renderer”
Comment from 11 Oct 2026 in “Total Annihilation, rebuilt for modern computers” “I find the explosions looked better in the Classic style.”
Comment from 12 Oct 2026 in “Total Annihilation, rebuilt for modern computers” “With modern ML tools, author could at least change all the graphics; but no, generic upscale.”
Comment from 11 Oct 2026 in “Total Annihilation, rebuilt for modern computers” Copies a commercial game
“You can’t just steal an entire commercial game and give it a new name and pretend it’s your own thing”
Comment from 11 Oct 2026 in “Total Annihilation, rebuilt for modern computers” “As with most forms of theft and laundering, it's not really that clever.”
Comment from 11 Oct 2026 in “Total Annihilation, rebuilt for modern computers” Vibe-coded with AI on an engine
“Isn't this just the ebitengine doing all the work, with someone having used AI to vibe code TA functionality on top of it?”
Comment from 11 Oct 2026 in “Total Annihilation, rebuilt for modern computers” “Aside that its created by AI, I find the choise to implement it in Go interesting”
Comment from 12 Oct 2026 in “Total Annihilation, rebuilt for modern computers”
Other strategy games people recommend
The four most recommended other strategy games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battle for Wesnoth | 39 | 4 | 91% | 4 | 10 yrs5 owners | Approved |
| Sid Meier's Civilization | 25 | 9 | 74% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Sid Meier's Civilization III | 20 | 10 | 67% | 3 | — | — |
| Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri | 16 | 0 | 100% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Total Annihilation rebuildThis page | 5 | 7 | 42% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
All 12 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I find the explosions looked better in the Classic style.”
“Aside that its created by AI, I find the choise to implement it in Go interesting”
“they went to far towards the apm side”
“error messages and documentation were overwhelmingly unhelpful”
“a golang game engine, you love to see it. well done!”
“the different rendering to deviate too far from the original renderer”
“With modern ML tools, author could at least change all the graphics; but no, generic upscale.”
“Isn't this just the ebitengine doing all the work, with someone having used AI to vibe code TA functionality on top of it?”
“the performance is abysmal”
“You can’t just steal an entire commercial game and give it a new name and pretend it’s your own thing”
“the writing style is absolutely grating”
“As with most forms of theft and laundering, it's not really that clever.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.