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Am I missing something? What is it about this piece of art that's infatuated so many? Three movies. Five video games...

Why?

Am I missing something? What is it about this piece of art that's infatuated so many? Three movies. Five video games... Why?

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[–] • 4 pts

It inspired the whole rts genre really. It predates C&C and was made by the same studio, r.i.p Westwood studios.

[–] • 3 pts

It inspired the whole rts genre really.

What was 1989's POPULOUS inspiration if predates these title's

[–] [deleted] • 5 pts (edited )

Populous was its own beast, a god sim separate from the traditional RTS, city-building, and 4x games. It pretty much died with its third installment, Populous: The Beginning. That one was more of a traditional RTS with revolutionary polygynal models and play area, albeit with stripped down unit variety. Underrated, really.

While it didn't really have inspiration, it did have spiritual successors with the Black and White games after EA bought its publisher: Bullfrog.

Fucking EA. Ruining studios left and right.

[–] • 2 pts

I had B&W that game was so good.

[–] • 2 pts

Yeah but not as many people played that. Hell I've never played the dune rts but I loved command & conquer. I'm pretty sure rts's are from the late 70s, maybe populous is the 1st.