Not only are the 3D controls intuitive, but the developer didn't tamper with the normal ones you expect in a ground-based real-time strategy game.

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For years now, Blizzard has been playing with how to allow the minutiae of a real-time-strategy game to translate into a true single-player narrative.

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Half action-RPG, half real-time strategy, the game is the latest brainchild of Chris Taylor, the man behind Gas Powered Games.

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As part of this new initiative, Blizzard has established the first-ever official global ranking system for its popular real-time strategy (RTS) game eSports.

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"With Take-Two we're talking about a 'real-time strategy' or a 'tactical-strategy game, '" Brathwaite says.

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Primarily a real-time strategy experience with arcade elements, it was a hugely ambitious game for its time.

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It doesn't matter if you are a master at real-time strategy games--if it's your first action-adventure game, you might be really bad at it.

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