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Total Assault 3 is a first/3rd-person shooter video game, based on the science fictional events and settings in the Total Assault Universe. It was developed by Spin Games and published by Epic Games. TA 3 was released on May 3, 2014 exclusively for the Xbox 360 and PS3 platforms. TA 3 is the sequel to TA 2 and concludes the current story arc that the previous two games told. It involves Titan Davian and the UEM landing on the planet known as The Mantle in order to stop the Oracle of Dark Energy from taking control of the Super Haven, thus impeding the UEM's foothold on the Haven's, which would in turn allow The Spawn access to the Haven, which would spell the end of Havona and all life inside. Shortly into the game, he also has to contend with the arrival of the Spawn on Earth, as well as help Jon rescue Taylor from the clutches of the Spawn Core. Even though the game does not progress directly on from the end of TA 2, TA 2's cliff-hanger, Total Assault: The Downward Spiral, a mini comic book series released by Marvel, filled in the missing segments between TA 2 and TA 3 on Earth. TA 3 was released on the long-awaited May 3 in North America and Australia, the 26th in Europe, and the 27th in Japan. Exactly like its predecessors, TA 3 was a very prosperous, record-breaking game. Accompanied by its record-breaking 1.7 million preorders in the U.S, it was set for release on the sought-after 3rd of May, and few expected it not to break any records. 24 hours after release, TA 3 had generated a record-breaking $500 million in the U.S., transcending the number that Epic Games was expecting, $160 million, which later was beaten by Halo 3's rise by a worldwide $650 million, however, TA 3 came back and beat it in salary and selling numbers. The three games have been dubbed The Trinity of a Total Assault.

Campaign
The Campaign consists of 10 levels, 9 of which are playable that tell the story of the epic conclusion to TA 3, and thus the Total Assault Trinity.
 * 1) Armor Up - And thus it is, the beginning of the end.
 * 2) Davian 009 - Take back the base from The Zodiac.
 * 3) Reconnaisance - Find The Atlas before The Zodiac.
 * 4) The Atlas - Secure The Atlas before Zodiac can.
 * 5) The Coming Storm - Save Roth from Zodiac control.
 * 6) Rough Landing - Secure the LZ for friendly insertion.
 * 7) The Catalyst - Board Troy to find the last Shard.
 * 8) The Zodiac - Bring The Zodiac to it's knees, secure the Island.
 * 9) Atlantis - Get to The Apex, once more.
 * 10) Saving the World - Save the World, crush The Storm.

Plot
Total Assault 3 picks up in around December of 2099. The UEM have colonised the planet they have named, XP-614. They are in pursuit of the New Zodiac leader, Oracle of Dark Energy. With the Grendel forces ever increasing the UEM / Old Zodiac alliance is beginning to loose the war. The Spawn have been dealt with for now, and The Metatron is still nowhere to be found, neither is the Grendel leader, Bogart. With the Havens seemingly destroyed, the UEM now has one main objective, stop the Zodiac before they can free the Spawn. The city of Roth is their home-base, and they believe the Zodiac are planning a strike near the city when they attack the UEM Base known as The Arsenal which is just south of the city. Davian and his allies manage to hold off the Zodiac invaders, which include the small lizard-like Scamps (Aquarians) as replacements for the Drones, the insectile Geminians (Scarabs) as replacements for the sniper-role of the Banshees, and of course the Fiends or Scorpions as replacements for the Purists. They follow the zodiac forces into some caverns which in turn appear to be littered and honeycombed with Harbinger ruins. By now, the UEM have found out the Zodiac are looking for some form of Intergalactic Atlas, which, apparently, displays a map of all of the Galaxies in our Universe. What they are trying to use it to find, is still unknown. Davian and his team fight their way through Harbinger ruins, until they find a Spawn Research Lab built inside the Harbinger buildings, the Zodiac foolishly free the spawn, but not before the UEM figure out they were trying to unleash the Spawn onto the UEM, now knowing they have now endangered the entire planet. Davian and his Melchizadek find the Atlas but not before Shawn is infected by a Seed Spawn that had previously infected a bird-like creature, and he turns into a Bird/Human hybrid but is killed by Cody. When the find the Atlas, they find out that it does not only display a map of one universe, but a map of thousands of universes inside of one super-universe, and they in turn find out that there are 7 super universes arranged in a hexagram around what these Harbingers have called the Isle of Paradise, they then find out that the Zodiac have been using it to find 'shards' of something, then Davian remembers The Eye that Adrean used, that The Metatron told her about. This was the shards of that Artifact. The Zodiac were trying to reclaim those shards to 'rebuild' The Eye so that they can use it against the Spawn and the UEM. The fools did not know that The Eye, if used incorrectly, could destroy their entire Universe because it had an energy propulsion so ampilified and so radial that it could not be allowed to explode or go off, or activate inside of the universe, it was meant for something else. Afterwards, they learned Roth was being attacked. All UEM forces, ships, and aircraft gathered infront of the city, and opposite them, lead by Bogart, the Zodiac forces, ships, and aircraft inturn gathered. Davian and the Titan 2s were called to the city to deal with a Grendel threat. The Titan strike team was supposed to gain control of a Zodiac Cannon which was extracting minerals from the crust of the planet and using it as artillery. They fought through Grendel forces, including a new race, known as Destroyers (Leonians), who were apparently replacing the Ravagers, and resembled massive, hulking humanoid spiders, with long spindly arms and gaping maws. Upon killing the commanding Grendel and Fiend Patriarch, they took control of the cannon and used it to turn the tide of war for the UEM. Unfortunately, this caused a chain reaction beneath the city opening a portal to the resort, a possible route to the final Haven, rumours of a Super-Haven had spread. All of the Uem and Zodiac forces were sucked into it. They appeared on the other side, surprisingly, at Earth. It was at this point a Spawn infested Troy Station careened through a portal and crashed in the atlantic ocean, but not before showering the mountain side the UEM fleet and ground forces they had landed on. Davian, Ivy, and the others then fought their way up the mountain side to stop a new type of Grendel known as a Rose Clone, aswell as a new giant worm-like Zodiac known as Hydras (Virgonians) which was as long as a school bus. After this, they find out that the Spawn are trying to create something known as a Spawn Core, as transcripted by the master inventor and decoder Robbie. Then an Island rises out of the ocean which Robbie describes as Atlantis, he decodes more Harbinger texts and finds out that the Atlanteans died many years ago around the time of the Neanderthals and that it was bult over an ancient Harbinger structure, possibly a portal to the alleged Super Haven. He retorts with bad news of the Oracle of Dark Energy's Arrival on the Super Haven. The team then storms the island with an entire fleet of UEM and Allied Zodiac Peace Maker ships. They fight their way through hordes of Zodiac occupying an Atlanteon/Harbinger ruin to get to Dark Energy, where they find him standing infront of a portal, sure enough, but also find that Dark Energy himself had been driven insane, but by what? They already knew who was here when Harbinger Attack Drones appeared out of nowhere, and they heard none other than The Metatron's voice speaking through them. Meanwhile, Jon remembered Taylor went to go find the final shard, which was in the ruins of the station. The Spawn had apparently taken the shard from the original Haven, then boarded Troy Station and escaped via a Worm Jump, where they waited until to strike again, Jon suspected this alleged Spawn Core lie in wait onboard this demon infested vessel. He manages to find Taylor and the final shard and escape, however, along the way he inhales a single Daemon Spawn(unlike Cody who inhaled and came into contact with a whole colony) which is enough to take control of the thought precessing center of the brain, which brings back bad memories and often forces its hosts to do things that they normally wouldn't, or, bring out alternate more sinister personalities. He manages to link up with the rest of the group to find them fighting Drones, and he knows who is behind it, The Metatron. They managed to kill many of the drones by Casey, a Titan 2, is executed by Bogart himself, and before anyone can stop him, he enters the portal with the shards. The UEM prepare to defend the portal from the coming Zodiac fleet, but they find peace in their eyes, The Fiends and Oracles had come to join forces with the UEM and the Zodiac Peace Makers to stop the now insane Bogart and the ever increasing Spawn, and most of all, The Metatron, the one behind this whole mess of a war. Davian agrees to lead the Melchizadek (however, Jon begins to act somewhat like a younger more malicious version of himself, Davian finds as he begins saying that he should lead them), including Avisto, who says he will not stay behind, and he enters the portal with the 6 Melchiazadeks, and on the other side, they find that Bogart has erected a new Apex and that they were inturn inside of the planet XP-614, or The Mantle as Robbie calls it, mainly because it was originally going to be a mold for the new Harbinger home-world. Robbie was also joining the Melchizadek in the battle with his new Anubis V Exosuit, which was even shaped like the head of the Egyptian Jackal god of the Underworld. They fight their way through and find that Cody had been infected by a type of Spawn known as a Daemon Spawn, but was still concious and aware that Davian and the others were still his allies, (unlike Jon who began to say that Davian was making a "bad decision" by going in.) he fought alongside them to the Apex and on the way they find that part of the Troy station actually crashed through a jump hole and into this very location, perhaps it was caught along the same channel as the portal from Atlantis was. The 6 of them fight through hordes of Spawn until they finally come to a doorway leading into the Apex. Davian, along the way, is seperated from the other 5, and must continue on his own, and is soon confronted by The Metatron himself, who foolishly gets himself killed by his own cleansing laser. Davian rides the elevator to the Zenith room of the Apex to find Bogart trying to use the Eye,. Bogart tries to persaude him to give up by saying Bogart himself was a descendant of the Harbingers, or what they are really called The Annunaki. The Metatron continues to taunt him, as Davian realises he had only killed its Avatar, the AI itself was networked into all of Haven's systems. Bogart then tells him that this IS the Super Haven and that Davian had failed, as the Spawn had already conquered the Haven. He then asks Davian to let him use the Eye to stop the Spawn, but Davian knows Bogart only wants to use The Eye for selfish reasons, Davian then realises Bogart has a Fusion Cannon. Bogarts armor is too strong to be damaged by even expolisve weapons, so Davian uses his EMP Gloves to deflect the beam of the cannon back at Bogart, who in turn falls into The Eye, thinking he is dead, Davian turns to leave, but is confronted by Bogart again, who tells Davian about the visions he had had as a boy, he then tells him that he is the last of the Atlanteans. Davian then falls to his knees in disbeliefe, then, just as he was about to accept defeat, the Spawn Core itself bursts from the wreckage of the Station and smashes into the room of the Apex and eats Bogart alive just as he drops the Eye and the Melchizadek burst into the room to aid Davian, The Metatron continues to taunt them that now that its ultimate weapon has been unleashed, nothing can stop it now. But Robbie engages in a brief battle with the Core but ultimately looses when it rips apart his mech and procedes to eat him aswell, Davian then remembers robbie telling Davian about how the Spawn could replicate anything of their enemies weapons, and that the Cores themselves could open up teleportation portals to the outer reaches of the universe, Daivna then thoguth fast and chucked the Eye to Robbie who caught it as he was consumed by the core spawn. Little did it know, the Core had eaten the eye, and closed the portal inside of itself, just as a Harbinger ship appeared overhead, caushing the portal lines to become intertwined with Earths' revealing flashes of Earth morning sky, the morning of January 1st 2100 to be exact. Just as the Harbinger ship began to fire, the UEM ship Duality managed to pick up the Melchizadeks and fly out of a rift just as the explosion escaped the portal and brought ruin to the entire north american continent, realising that the Haven itself was buried beneath this particular tectonic plate, The Annunaki had actually hidden this final resort beneath Earth in particular, but why? The explosion sent shrapnel flying at Davian, Ivy jumped infront of it to protect her older brother, but was nearly killed by it in turn. Davian crouched over her and began to weep, but the entire hangar of the Duality was bathed in white light and they found they were in a large white chamber overlooking a cavernous freefall, they were on a platform, and 3 massive forms gazed over Davian and Ivy, with Cody, Taylor, Daniel and Jon gazing in amazement in the back. These 3 forms were Annunaki in the flesh. They said to Davian that it is true about him being of Atlantean descent, and that he was the last of them, and it was also true that they all had Annunaki blood in their veins, all humans, as they were their creators. The humans were originally only supposed to be clay bodies, much like the rock titans on The Mantle. Davian was selected to be the Holy Bodhisatva, an immortal being to protect the secrets of humanity, and they would imbue him with immortallity, mainly because he had no loved ones left, but Davian turned down the offer, saying that he DID have loved ones, he gazed over at the others, and down at Ivy. Then Cody began to convulse vigoroulsy, and Jon began to laugh, saying ,"I told you he would turn, and now you are going to pay." Just as Davian was about to ask what was wrong with him, he is hit by Cody. The Annunaki then vanished from the light drenched room, and left him, Jon, and Daniel, and Taylor in the room with the mutating Cody. Cody then managed to shoot himself. Jon then began to say that the past is here to stay and that he would have been a better Juggernaut than Davian ever would dream of becoming, Jon then grabbed Davian's Rocket Launcher and mutated into a beast rapidly, and knocked out Taylor and Daniel and then went for Davian, who managed to get the Fusion Cannon lying on the ground that Bogart had used that Davian himself had stolen and blasted Jon, attempting to kill the new monstrous him. Jon nearly killed Davian, and would have had it not been for Jon's good side coming out. The monster hads not been inside of him long enough for it to take permanent resting inside of him, and he mamanged to rip it out of his heart. The Daemon Spawn had infested Jon and had begun to turn Jon into his old self, the Jon that constantly put Davian down as a little kid and bullied him, trying to control his life. Jon then returned to normal and the Daemon Spawn leapt at Davian, intending to make him its next victim, but the edge of a ion Sword sliced it in half. Ivy then stood over Davian and Jon, alive, and fine. The room then returned to its original state wich was the hanger of the Duality. The whole ship shook as Deamon Spanwns, which had multiplied from the original one, began to take over the ship. They mournted over Cody's death a minute longer and then they maanged to escape from the ship as it fell apart in Earth's atmosphere. Later that day, they learned that the last of the Spawn were dying off, and that the Annunaki had joined the Zodiac, and that they, all the reaces of the Zodiac, all the humans, everyone, was at peace finally. Davian and the Melchizadek then exit the Blood Feast Zodiac World Breaker happy, and together as friends, aswell as Avisto. Davian is then glad he turned down Immortality.

Major Characters

 * MSWG
 * Davian 009
 * Ivy 063 "Titan 2"
 * Robbie "Anubis V ExoSuit"
 * Jon
 * Cody
 * Taylor
 * UEM
 * The Ambassador
 * The Admiral
 * General Cutter
 * Major Jennings
 * Captain Grigg
 * Commander Steinburg
 * Sergeant Hayes
 * Zodiac Peacemakers
 * High Inquisitor Avisto
 * Eryon
 * New Zodiac
 * Oracle of Dark Energy
 * King Grendel Bogart
 * The Spawn
 * The Core
 * '''Harbinger Super-AI's
 * The Metatron

Minor Characters

 * MSWG
 * Daniel
 * Casey
 * Jessie
 * Shawn
 * The Titan 2's
 * UEM
 * The UEM Strikers
 * Zodiac Peacemakers
 * Purists
 * Drones
 * Banshees
 * Feral
 * Ravagers
 * New Zodiac
 * Oracles
 * Fiends
 * Scamps
 * Grendel
 * Scarabs
 * Destroyers
 * Hydra
 * The Spawn
 * Seed Spawn
 * Warrior Spawn
 * Mega Spawn
 * Over Spawn
 * Cody
 * Jon
 * Servers
 * Assault Drones

UEM Weapons

 * Pistol (D3 Guardian) - This deadly pistol is based upon the revolvers used in the early 20th century. It is a very versatile side arm ( 6 / 48 )
 * Assault Rifle (XLR8-3r V7) - This Assault Rifle is large, like its predecessor, it holds 40 rounds a clip with a maximum carrying capacity of 160. It shreds its way like a butcher knife through butter when taking out enemies like Scamps. It, unlike its cousin, features the 7670 Grenade Tube, which holds 1 Grenade, 4 Maximum.
 * Machine Gun (SMG-MD657) - This SMG can be dual-wielded and is excellent at close range to mid range. It fires fully automatic (60 / 240)
 * Chain Gun (G4701) - This Chain Gun is commonly seen mounted on turrets and such. And can be detached and used as a weapon on the run. (100 / 100)
 * S12 Flame Thrower - Generally used as a close-quarters weapon, the flamethrower is good at stripping enemy shields quickly, even more so than most energy based weaponry. This weapon is devastating at close quarters, but too bad it sucks at even medium ranges.
 * G40 Shotgun - The shotty as it is sometimes called is useful for close encounters and does massive damage at this range aswell. Clip: 8 / Max: 32
 * D12 Archer Sniper Rifle - Favored among assassins, this gun is accurate with stealth to boot. It holds 10 rounds per magazine with 30 on backup. This weapon is a one-hit-one-kill on weaker enemies.
 * Warhammer Rocket Launcher (G9001) - This weapon fires high explosive rocket propelled missiles and is useful for taking down large enemies and vehicles. (1 / 2)
 * Fusion Cannon (Atlas' Fist) - A massive weapon created by Titan Industries and kept as a secret until now. Titan created the weapon using a combination of experimental Harbinger technology and captured or stolen Zodiac technology. There are only a handful known in existence. The Fusion Cannon is named for what it does. It fuses protons and electrons to create an explosion which is contained in a super dense compartment which focuses this explosion into a powerful super destructive beam which rips through enemies and vehicles as massive as a Scorpion Stalker. How it works is even beyond the most masterful human minds together. (7 Laser Blasts)

Zodiac Weaponry

 * Sludge Pistol - While not having as large an ammo capacity as is human equivalent, it is still more damaging. It can be dueled. ( 6 / 18 )
 * Sludge Rifle - Like its sidearm bretheren, it fires green chrystaline sludge, carrying 30 shots per reload, with a maxim of 120. It fits snugly around the arm of the user.
 * Sludge Cannon - This large turret fires rounds at super fast rates and is the equivalent of the G4701. ( 100 / 100 )
 * Sludge Launcher - This weapon launches a glop of high explosive super heated melted crystals. ( 1 / 1 )
 * Energy Repeater - Fueled by much the same material as the energy rifle, this gun is fully automatic and dual able. ( 55 / 330 )
 * Energy Rifle - This large weapon is an alien rail gun and acts as a counter to the human sniper rifle. It zooms in twice, and, while doing 3x as much damage as its sniper brother, it has much less ammo. ( 2 / 6 )
 * Shock Rifle - This electricity based weapon is perfect for mid-range battles. It zooms in once. ( 30 / 90 )
 * Shock Bow - Made by Scamps, this Bow-Like Sniping Weapon zooms twice and fires electricity bolts from an electric bow string. ( 1 / 14 )

Fiend Weapons

 * Scorpion Repeater - This weapon shoots out metal shillings coated in rapidly re-producing micro bugs which chew through anything that gets in their path. ( 25 / 150 )
 * Scorpion Rifle - Like all Fiend weapons, this weapon shoots out metal shillings coated in rapidly re-producing micro bugs which chew through anything that gets in their path, it is automatic and has a 'saw' blade on the front of it which emits a deadly melee attack. ( 20 / 120 )
 * Scorpion Turret - This massive turret may have to be cranked to fire quickly, but it does the most damage of the Fiend ranged weapons. ( 100 / 100 )

Melee Weaponry

 * EMP Gloves - When picking this up, you must replace the old battery with a new one, everytime is goes dry. It is a duo of gloves which emit sound pulses. ( 50 uses )
 * Ion Dagger - This Dagger is assigned to all MSWG personnel, it is quick, light, and nimble in the fingers of the assassin. It has a good reach and is a very deadly weapon, easily concealed. ( 40 uses )
 * Ion Sword - This Ion blade is a weapon primarily used by Titan 2s and Striker Captains. It is light and versatile, with good reach. In the hands of a warrior, this weapons is as cunning as it is blood thirsty. ( 30 uses )
 * Bio Sword - The Zodiac Arian version. This weapon is heavy in human hands yet is deadly in the hands of the right warrior. ( 20 uses )
 * Scorpion Scythe - This massive weapon is commonly seen used in rituals by holy Fiend Patriarchs. The Scythe is now being used as a weapon in these trying times. ( 5 swings )

Grenadier

 * Fragmentation Grenade - This grenade may have the highest blast radius out of the 3 grenade types, but it has the least damage.
 * Shard Grenade - This grenade balances blast radius and damage.
 * Bio Grenade - This grenade has practically no blast radius but does massive damage when it reaches an opponent.

UEM

 * Rhino - Main Infantry Vehicle
 * Tortoise - Armored Personnel Carrier
 * Jackrabbit - All Terrain Vehicle
 * Mammoth - Main Battle Tank
 * Timber Wolf - Positioned Defense Turret
 * Desert Wolf - Detachable UEM Forces Chain Gun
 * Phoenix Gryphon - Main Fighting Assault Aircraft
 * Raven - Troop Transport Assault Dropship Carrier

Zodiac

 * Hover Craft - Zodiac All Terrain Hover Vehicle
 * Hover Chassis - Main Infantry Hover Vehicle
 * Hover Aircraft - Primary Assault Air Vehicle
 * Hover Gun - Zodiac Positioned Defense Turret
 * Hover Turret - Zodiac Detachable Sludge Cannon
 * Hover Tank - Zodiac Main Battle Tank
 * Hover Dropship - Troop Transport Assault Dropship Carrier

Scorpion

 * Scorpion Slasher - Scorpion All Terrain Vehicle
 * Scorpion Stalker - Scorpion Ultra Heavy Assault Platform
 * Scorpion Stinger - Scorpion Main Battle Tank

Power ups

 * Coming Soon!

Multiplayer
On its release TA 3 shipped with 9 maps like all of the others. Like its predesignates the maps from the other 2 may be uploaded onto the disc for more expansive gameplay and with better graphics and different weapon/vehicle/etc spawns aswell.


 * Avenged - Haven Apex (Small)
 * Downward Spiral - UEM Base (Tiny)
 * Fusion - UEM Mantle City (Medium/Small)
 * Lateral - Atlantis (Large)
 * Revenge - Atlantis City (Medium)
 * Sentence - Atlantis Portal Room (Medium)
 * Titan - Atlas Room (Small)
 * Unstoppable II - Spawn Infested Troy Station (Small)
 * Wartorn - Spawn Infested Earth City (Massive)

Trivia

 * Coming Soon!