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- Finding a modern equivalent is harder. The Dune games, based loosely on Frank Herbert's
- mixed series of books are pretty good (though not a patch on the book. Dune effortlessly
- combines an epic family saga with Lawrence of Arabia, impressive pseudo-spiritual texts, and
- wonderful atmosphere on the desert planet Arrakis), but I'm going to plump for Mechwarrior 2
- in its latest incarnation, Mercenaries. This is a land-based battle game, but again the
- simple sequence of follow a mission and return to base is expanded by a business aspect to the
- game as you build a team of mercenaries to take on missions and make money. While lacking
- the video impressiveness of a Wing Commander,
- Mercenaries is wonderfully compelling.
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