Total Annihilation
"Total Annihilation" was one of the first RTS games to feature radar that showed enemy units within its radius on the minimap. This added an additional element of electronic warfare to the game: players could construct radar jammers that prevented units in a small radius around them from appearing on radar. Mobile radar jammers could be used to create surprise attacks, necessitating the deployment of scout units on a regular basis to reveal said units visually. In addition, radar jammers could disguise the presence of visually cloaked units, such as the commander or land mines. Radar fields rendered cloaked units detectable; a radar jammer could make said units undetectable until the radar jammer was destroyed. "Total Annihilation" was also one of the first RTS games to point the way towards battlefields with hundreds and thousands of units. Previous games could field a hundred units or so. However, Total Annihilation initially permitted 250 units per side which was later patched to 500. A third party patch allowed up to 5,000 units per side.
Total War: Three Kingdoms
Like its predecessor, "Total War: Three Kingdoms" is a turn-based strategy real-time tactics game. Set in the Three Kingdoms period, players control one of the game's eleven factions, who must eliminate other factions, unify China and become its ultimate ruler. These factions are led by warlords, including Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Jian. In siege battles, players command both infantry and cavalry units. All the units featured in the game are divided into different retinues, with each led by a powerful general. The player can only deploy three generals into the battlefield at once, and players will only have access to the units that the generals can recruit. The player wins a siege battle when all the opponent generals are killed or the central point of the city is captured. These generals, which can be commanded separately from their troops, have possession of unique weapons and items, which can be looted once they are killed. For instance, Lü Bu's Red Hare can be captured and used by other generals. Generals can also engage in a one-versus-one dueling, which ends when one of them dies or flees. Each general also has different classes and specialties, granting their units with both active and passive buffs. The team also introduces the concept of "guanxi" to the game, in which each general will form social connections and relationships with other characters. Viewing concepts like "obligations, reciprocity, and trust" as important virtues, these generals have unique personalities and desires that players need to cater to. If their demands are not met, their happiness rating will drop and this may lead to various repercussions for players.