Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty
aka:
Dune 2,
Dune II,
Dune II: Battle for Arrakis,
Dune II: Der Kampf um Arrakis,
Dune II: The Battle for Arrakis
Moby ID: 241
DOS version
The first game of the real-time strategy genre, and a good one too.
The Good
Many things.. the graphics were/are pretty nice,
the aurality is fine (Musics are dynamic and good)
and the game style was new when Dune2 arrived.
And the intro is terrific. :) And the Mentat is great.
The Bad
Hum.. some tidbits.
Controlling the troops is a bit irritating with the bad control system, some of the internal balance is screwed (Just try to use something less than an entire army to destroy a building that is being repaired)
and the plot is pretty weak, and doesn't quite have much
to do with any of the actual Dune books.
The Bottom Line
The game that started the modern bad RTS genre,
definitely worth a look. Forget Dune2000.
by RmM (68) on October 21, 1999