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Space as a battlefield
In most strategical games, war is about land, city, state. W Planetary Annihilation The scale is reversed – here you fight for the full planets, and even for the full star systems. It's a space where your decisions don't end at the edge of the map. The border is orbit.
It's a communicative of a conflict in which the planet can truly be wiped to dust. Literally.
The mechanics of full destruction
The gameplay is based on the classical RTS expression – you build bases, collect natural materials, produce units. But Planetary Annihilation It takes it to space. Each planet is simply a map, and you must manage the fight on many fronts simultaneously – land, water, air and space.
The most iconic element, however, is the absolute weapon – the anticipation of utilizing the full planet as a rocket and destroying the hostile planet with 1 movement. It's not a metaphor. This is the actual mechanics of the game that turns the game into a spectacle of full destruction.
Aesthetics Forever
The game is not trying to be photorealistic. Its strength lies in a minimalist, pure stylisticism that emphasizes the scale of clashes. Colored planets, hundreds of units, and explosions in orbit match a surviving model of war.
Music is simply a mixture of orchestral monumentalism and electronic pulse. It builds a sense that you are looking at a conflict that is larger than man himself – a conflict of machines that fight for dominance in the void of space.
Why is it worth it?
Bo Planetary Annihilation He's not afraid of exaggeration. The scale of this game is at the same time its core and promise – you can build armies of thousands of individuals, you can lead wars on respective planets at once, and in the end you can destruct the full planet with 1 gesture.
It is an RTS that requires patience and planning, but rewards with a performance that no another strategy gives. This is simply a war that truly deserves its name.
Verdict: 8/10
Giant, spectacular and ruthless. Planetary Annihilation recalls that strategy is not only about tactics, but besides about scale – and here the scale means the full universe.
