Beyond All Reason (Free Total Annihilation Inspired RTS)

There’s a very “we’re selling business software” feel to this webpage, which makes me wonder what it would be like for business software to be marketed like a video game.

Re: Beyond All Reason (Free Total Annihilation Inspired RTS)

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Post by gbuk2013 » Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 12:45 PM UTC

I used to play the original TA a lot and BAR is very well done. Much harder than the original though - I had no trouble with TA campaigns but I have not even made it halfway with BAR before hitting skill wall. Not a teen anymore so it’s hard to motivate myself to try and push through. :)

Re: Beyond All Reason (Free Total Annihilation Inspired RTS)

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Post by SockThief » Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 12:51 PM UTC

The game is very mature and well thought RTS. The user experience and performance is beyond anything on the market now. It beats all well known AAA studios attempts at it by far.

It's still actively developed and very free to play.

Here's a cast of 40 vs 40 players by a former Star Craft 2 pro player: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1a5dkjUq3o

Re: Beyond All Reason (Free Total Annihilation Inspired RTS)

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Post by encom » Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 12:55 PM UTC

>All development updates, tech support, finding friends and all player and developer communication takes place on Discord.

[ eye rolling emoji ]

Re: Beyond All Reason (Free Total Annihilation Inspired RTS)

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Post by gertrunde » Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 12:55 PM UTC

zeafoamrun wrote: post #3

This looks really slick and also very detailed. Is it free as in beer or free as in freedom?

Fairly freedom-y by the looks of things:

https://github.com/beyond-all-reason

Re: Beyond All Reason (Free Total Annihilation Inspired RTS)

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Post by j4k0bfr » Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 12:56 PM UTC

SockThief wrote: post #6

The game is very mature and well thought RTS. The user experience and performance is beyond anything on the market now. It beats all well known AAA studios attempts at it by far. It's still actively developed and very free to play. Here's a cast of 40 vs 40 players by a former Star Craft 2 pro player: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1a5dkjUq3o

I love watching BAR multiplayer games but definitely felt a bit overwhelmed in the midgame with this one. How anyone can comprehend a 40v40 in real time is beyond me haha. I guess it's just a muscle to build.

Looking forward to a break where I can get into BAR, I've been utterly nerdsniped. Uthermal's VODs are good stuff [1].

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBIBYkD7tyY

Re: Beyond All Reason (Free Total Annihilation Inspired RTS)

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Post by Perz1val » Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 12:56 PM UTC

gbuk2013 wrote: post #5

I used to play the original TA a lot and BAR is very well done. Much harder than the original though - I had no trouble with TA campaigns but I have not even made it halfway with BAR before hitting skill wall. Not a teen anymore so it’s hard to motivate myself to try and push through. :)

There's also Zero-K on steam and it has an actual campaign. Last time I checked BAR had none, but it was on the roadmap