Upon its release, it was lauded for its superior sound and graphics, along with its easy-to-use controls and gameplay. It is a game where players must choose one of the three houses in the game and use that house to dominate the game map by beating the other two houses.
It is a game based on the 1984 movie Dune, which was in turn based on Frank Herbert's futuristic science fiction book of the same name. Westwood Studios' Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty opened the door for the modern real-time strategy games after it was released by Virgin Games in December 1992 and became a critical success. The term was coined by game producer Brett Sperry in the 1990s when he used it to describe and promote the game Dune II.
Real-Time Strategy games, or RTS games, are games that require players to simultaneously gather resources and then manage them to build units and buildings to secure areas of the game map and/or destroy their opponents' base.
