Dune 2000 1998

Is it still worth playing?

Frank Herbert's Dune universe is the loose basis of this real time strategy game, a partial remake of Dune II from 1998 for Windows, ported to the PlayStation in 1999. The player chooses and commands one of three Houses fighting for control of the spice, called melange, on the planet Arrakis. Spice harvesters, refineries, silos and power grids earn the currency, solaris, and soldiers, armed vehicles and defenses protect it from rival Houses, vicious sandworms and explosive spice blooms. A black fog of war covers the map, and units clear it as they explore. Concrete can be built before placing buildings. A struggle over a desert planet's spice is an enduring setting for a strategy game, and it still makes a good starting point.