In order to accommodate the storyline, some of these missions featured unique units that can not be reproduced during multi-player competitions without outside manipulation of the game. Sometimes a faction would not have certain units until a mission in which they gained that technology or ally(Aramon's Cannons, ancient dragons, etc). You did not choose a faction, but instead played the four factions at various times, it switching back and forth between them as the story progressed. If you failed at a mission after trying it, you could skip it and go to the next chapter if you so desired. These missions followed a linear path from one mission to the next, each needing to be played before the next could be accessed. Total Annihilation: Kingdoms featured a linear single-player campaign of 48 missions. The game booklet and a detailed HTML atlas of Darien also added further background information to the storyline. In that mission, the player plays the side of Aramon where using a gunpowder-based unit is critical towards the success of that mission. In one example, a cutscene describes that the side of Aramon obtains the use of gunpowder. The missions coincided with the storyline that was presented. The story involves four sibling monarchs in their struggle to dominate the land of Darien: Elsin of Aramon, Lokken of Taros Kirenna of Veruna, and Thirsha of Zhon, following the disappearance of their father, Garacaius.Ī more detailed story and world was presented in Total Annihilation Kingdoms than was in Total Annihilation. 9 Other differences between the factions.

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