Dune II

The RTS template: harvest spice, build base, produce units, dominate map. It’s slower and clunkier than later RTS giants, but the strategic backbone is here. You can feel history being invented. It’s best appreciated as “the one that started the modern RTS language,” still fun if you accept the pace.

The RTS template: harvest spice, build base, produce units, dominate map. It’s slower and clunkier than later RTS giants, but the strategic backbone is here. You can feel history being invented. It’s best appreciated as “the one that started the modern RTS language,” still fun if you accept the pace.