History VideoGame / WarWind

The setting of the game was a hybrid of sci-fi and fantasy, taking place on an alien world of Yavaun, home to no less than four sapient species. The first one of them were the Tha'Roon, purple-skinned snakelike humanoids who were quite intelligent but preferred to have underlings to do most of the dirty work for them. To that end they struck an alliance with silicon-based, roughly humanoid (but with some beastlike features) [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Warrior Race Guys]] called the Obblinox, who became their empire's military wing, and enslaved the half-plant, half-animal Eaggra to become their workers and architects. This went well for the Tha'Roon for quite some time until the Eaggra managed to rebel against their oppressors led by a few capable leaders and began to wage a guerrilla war against the Tha'Roon and the Obblinox. The Obblinox, too, grew unhappy with the conflict because at first they thought the Eaggra too weak to be considered a worthy opponent for them. They also began to question the legitimacy of the Tha'Roon's rule. The fourth side in the conflict were the Shama'Li, a race of cute, tribal humanoids that preferred to stay out of conflict and instead preserve ancient teachings. Their goal is to make sure that all the intelligent races of Yavaun survive. To that end they want to summon a mysterious god named [=NagaRom=].

In 1997 a sequel to ''War Wind'' was released, called ''War Wind II: The Human Onslaught''. The Shama'Li failed to summon [=NagaRom=], but the Eaggra managed to overthrow the Tha'Roon and the Obblinox. The two races allied to form a faction called [[FunWithAcronyms S.U.N. (Servants Under NagaRom)]]. The Tha'Roon managed to come to terms with the Obblinox, and together they also created a faction called the Overlords. Over time, the Overlords managed to gain an enormous technological edge over the S.U.N., and once again they went to war with them. The defeat of the S.U.N. seemed assured if not for the sudden arrival of humans from Earth, who proceeded to fight the Overlords, giving the remnants of the S.U.N. time to escape. The humans also split into two factions, the Marines who wanted to conquer Yavaun, and the scientists who wanted to return to Earth.

* GenderBender: Apparently, this is a standard part of military training for the Marines faction. Even if there are no female recruits available for hire in the game, they become women when trained as Grunts at the Barracks.

The second game did not gain a lot of popularity because at that time other, more advanced RTS games were released.

* ProudScholarRaceGuy: The Shama'Li live in harmony with Yavaun's ecosystem, have natural magic abilities, and genuinely strive for peace and harmony among all races on the planet (including humans in the second installment). All this doesn't mean they cannot be a dangerous foe in combat, especially when it goes about the weak and oppressed.

* ConstructAdditionalPylons: The game requires the player to set up living quarters for every couple of units, which they then hire from elsewhere or recruit from people in the overworld.

''War Wind'' is a somewhat obscure RealTimeStrategy game developed by DreamForgeIntertainment [sic] and published by StrategicSimulationsInc in 1996. The game was highly reminiscent of ''[[{{Warcraft}} Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness]]'' which was then at the height of its popularity. Despite obvious imitation of ''Warcraft II'' and not-too-polished gameplay, the developers managed to recreate some of ''Warcraft II'''s charm, as well as add many interesting things of their own.