Is the game's single player any good?

[Chimera]

I'm a fan of RTS games, but I usually play them for the campaign instead of multiplayer. Is this game's single player/campaign good? It's currently on sale so I'd try it out if that's the case.

[Mossman]

yes, it has nice scripted campaigns. Skirmish can get monotonous. I highly highly highly recommend the rewarding multi, at least against friends.

[Rattlesnake8]

The game is easily worth it for single player. There are campaigns to play through and I love playing skirmish. There are plenty of skirmish maps to play and for $3 you get get of the best RTS games ever made.

[mltnschroeder]

The vanilla campaigns are okay, with some of the scenarios standing out as excellent challenges while others vary from easy/boring to meh (the problem being on certain scenarios the AI is completely docile and/or is limited to a preset OB, whereas on others it is turbo-charged aggressive and expansive).

Make sure to buy the Core Contingency and Battle Tactics expansions. CC offers 2 new campaigns w/ higher level play style on 4 new map types (jungle, earthquake, water and ice worlds - no more easy tutorial missions), whereas BT offers dozens of SP one-off themed battles and several new map types not available in campaign mode (acid and gem worlds, apocalyptic city map). Some of those are great fun.

There are also TONS of downloadable fan content, units, maps, custom AIs and mods, some so extensive they play like practically a different game. When Cavedog went bankrupt 2 decades ago, the lead programmer made the source code public, so the modding community has done some impressive stuff. As ppl said above, the TA MP is still great fun.