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Tom's Hardware Visits CyberPower
January 26, 2009 Late last month, Tom's Hardware had an opportunity to visit Cyberpower, a local system builder, at its Southern California offices. Check out our little sneak peek inside the company's assembly line and service desk. Watch
Second Take: Co-op On The Rise
November 28, 2008 Ben and Rob talk about why online co-op is now a central part of the gaming experience and some of the recent titles that showcase great co-op gameplay. Watch
Liquid Nitrogen Jackassery
November 26, 2008 The guys from our recent overclocking contest Overdrive play around with some of the extra liquid nitrogen, including spitting the LN2 like fire. Watch
Second Take: Far Cry 2 vs Crysis
November 21, 2008 Which of the two Far Cry successors is superior? How does the recent addition of Crysis: Warhead factor into the comparison? Ben and Rob discuss. Watch
Tom's Talkback: OC Tips From The Experts
November 19, 2008 Chris is live from the Overdrive Competition asking these extreme overclockers advice on more moderate forms of OC and other hardware-related questions. Watch
Second Take: More Games Please!
Sequels like Red Alert 3 and Far Cry 2 are the big blockbusters this season, but there is still good IP like Total Annihilation and Deus Ex in need of new releases. Ben and Rob give you their list.
2:40 AM - November 7, 2008 by
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Giants: Citizen Kabuto 2?
No other PC game has ever made me laugh as much as this game. I really would like to see another one.
E-k.
Video seems to be missing the most important sequels, Arx Fatalis 2, Phantasy Star 5.
Hegemonia, KOTOR (not MMO pls
) ? 
Total Annihilation's strengths:
1) True Hands-Off RTS play.
Once you get set up, automation can take over for you and you had the luxury of watching your units go to work and get destroyed, but you could respond to the changing ebb and flow of the game with ease.
2) Huge maps, many many units.
Chris Taylor says he makes games because he likes little things blowing themselves up to tiny bits. With the latest 3rd party mods and patches and good hardware you could have thousands and thousands of little mechs blowing themselves up...marching a long supply line to get to the distant front. A side effect of a huge map is that weapons with long ranges actually have long ranges. 4,000+ unit melees in the late 90's was impressive to everyone who saw them...with aircraft, with debris, with audio, multiplayer as well. Astounding performance and all in 2d that looked 3d.
3) Balanced Resources
With the ability to make energy out of mass and mass out of energy you could set your resource production to match your demands and this contributed to point #1, hands off RTS play..no constant fiddling with your resources, especially if you had large storage for excess.
That's it, that's all you need for essential TA:2 The rest is style, pretty maps and a Commander, or not a Commander (he's just another ultimate weapon, which are always optional)
Supreme Commander violates those three points above in different ways, which is why you get that itchy feeling when you play it and you can say it isn't a sequel at all to TA, it's an homage at best.
The rest of your choices were also surprising and thoughtful, a sophisticated list.
Fisrt Nintendo M rating? What about Perfect Dark and the Turok titles for the N64?