TL;DR: Deus Ex, a pioneering cyberpunk immersive sim, redefined PC gaming by blending RPG, stealth, and first-person action. Creator Warren Spector nearly developed it as a Command & Conquer RPG ...

I'm trying to reverse engineer the distinctive look of classic RTS games and CRPGs. It's the isometric view, it's the sprites, and it's the over-designed, semi screen-filling menus and interaction ...

It's an RTS series, but the secret of Command and Conquer, especially in the older games like Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert, is that it doesn't actually demand that much strategy. Instead, it's all ...