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http://www.gog.com/game/total_anihilation_commander_pack

Totally worth it. Highly recommend. If you like PA, you really need to see how it's predecessor played.

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https://forums.uberent.com/threads/total-annihilation-is-super-cheap-for-a-few-days.69370

This is PA related, so it goes in general discussion. There is no reason for anyone who likes PA not to play TA, and this must be brought up.

Obvious GA advertisement is obvious

you mean having unballanced unitpools and many bots not being any real different from tanks/vehicles?

Bots were slower than tanks with more range generally?

You don't even run into the balance issues of TA unless you hop into a high level multiplayer match.

But, if you need a balanced TA experience that doesn't change all of the units completely, I highly recommend Ground Control. Fixes all of the units without making mechanical changes to any of them (with the exception of the Core Pyro).