00:00Dune Spice Wars, the much-anticipated RTS, delivers the best parts of an epic, expanding
00:08sci-fi neatly packaged in a consumable strategy game without becoming too overwhelming. For
00:14fans of the Dune books, movies, as well as fans of the strategy genre, this is a game
00:19definitely worth checking out. According to Rock Paper Shotgun, in the standard game mode,
00:25after choosing your faction, you rush to be the king of colonialism by turfing the locals
00:30out of their homes, paying an ever-increasing spice tax, and out-fighting, out-scheming,
00:36or out-prestigening your foes. Above the dusty surface, IGN reports that high-level strategy
00:43simmers as each faction jockeys for position in the cut-throat Space Senate, the Landsrad.
00:50The Houses Atreides, Harkonnen, Corino, and Icaz are voting members with official representation,
00:56but all factions, including the unrecognized Fremen and Smugglers, can spend an influence
01:02resource representing bribes and backroom deals to get what they're after.
01:07All in all, Dune Spice Wars is a clever, multilayered, and challenging game that shows great respect
01:14for the source material from which it comes and isn't too hard to understand if you're
01:18new and unfamiliar with it.
01:20Aside from some slightly odd AI behavior which might be patched, this real-time strategy game
01:26will have you sitting in front of your system for hours, all to get that sweet, sweet spice.
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