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I feel a bit like Dune 2 may have been one of the last games that everybody played. (Doom 2 was probably the last.) I never played much Command & Conquer, Red A

• RF_Savage 4y ago
  I suspect it's a generational thing. I have never played Dune 2, but everybody played Counter-Strike and Half-Life. Warcraft 3, Quake 3 Arena and Unreal Tournament ware also common and popular.
  • mcv 4y ago
    Yeah, I didn't play any of those. I played quite a bit of Doom and Doom 2, but after that, I was mostly done with FPS games. Same as playing Dune 2 but being done with RTS games. I mostly played RPGs and turn-based strategy after that, which is why to me, this period feels like a turning point between everybody playing all the great games across genres, and people gravitating towards their favourite genre. But it's entirely possible that it's more a matter of age. It makes sense that when you're young, you try everything and when you get older, you stick with your favourites. Although some classics still break through genre barriers. Like Portal or Minecraft.
    • ido 4y ago
      Yeah I'm pretty sure it is - I'm 39 (so a bit younger than you) and for me "everyone played" Half Life and Starcraft! When I graduated high school at 2001 I played a lot less for quite a few years.
• dagw 4y ago
  I feel a bit like Dune 2 may have been one of the last games that everybody played. Where? I was a pretty active gamer at that time and not only never played it, but I don't even recall people really talking about it. I recall C&C being a much bigger deal for example.
  • mcv 4y ago
    I was just in university around that time, and I remember almost everybody there playing it. But it's possible that this was just a local thing.
  • aliswe 4y ago
    I definitely remember Dune II being seen as a niche, underdog game
• antifa 4y ago
  Dune 2 was something my dad and his friend's played. My friend's and I played C&C and RA.