Everything We Learned At The Dune Awakening Event
When it comes to the giant sandworms shown in the Dune Awakening trailer , players won't be able to tackle them head-on. Instead, surviving the worms is much more based around avoiding them entirely through things like where players place their base. It's possible that fights with the smaller sandworms that populate the world are still on the table, though that wasn't confirmed in the presentat
An overall leveling system is a core component of Dune Awakening weapons Awakening , coming up several times throughout the showcase. A technology skill tree will need to be consistently progressed if players want any hope of survival, providing access to upgrades for things like vehicles and weapons. Unlocking technology is done by spending Intel Points, though it's not clear just yet how players earn t
There’s also a weekly grid of Landsgraad tasks, which is essentially a Bingo-style chart of different quests for different NPC leaders. Completing a full row as a Guild will earn points and higher standing, and in turn allow them to enact special laws for the next week. The example given was decrees that will cause certain rare vendors to appear and sell their wares over the next week, though there will presumably be several other options available as well in the final rele
Spice plays a major role in Dune , so it logically does in Dune: Awakening as well. Players will be able to enter entire Deep Desert regions dedicated to acquiring Spice, but both factions obviously want this resource. Players will need to construct bases, acquire Spice, get it safely, and otherwise face others in PvP over this valuable resource. There will be environmental conditions, story elements, and plenty of gameplay tied to acquiring Spice, but it's also where Dune: Awakening truly comes into its own as an MMO. Once a week or so, a Coriolis Storm will sweep through these areas - destroying everything both sides have constructed and acquired. A new location will open up, and the fight for the Spice begins a
A meter will show how loud players are, and though I never passed the point of no return with my noise, there were a few instances of the sound waves going into the red when driving, running, or jumping that quickly caused me to reassess my activity. Some areas of the main desert are too vast to even consider walking or driving across due to the worm threat, and require an ornithopter to pass safely. Even when not directly posing direct danger, worms will occasionally rise up and can be ominously seen from a distance as a frequent remin
For example, there are various random and world events set to trigger in the game. Our demoist was at a Harkonnen base, and we got to see some Harkonnen soldiers preparing to execute House Atreides POWs. While some MMOs can have lifeless worlds because of the emphasis on a player and their faction, that doesn't appear to be the case here - though that's not to say players won't have a huge impact on the game wo
The world itself really captures the desolate, dangerous feeling of being out in the desert, with little touches that add to the immersion. As I was dying of dehydration, for example, my character’s vision slowly changed - dunes in the distance that were once clear got hazy, almost appearing more like a mirage. Though players begin in the Hagga Basin, they’ll eventually be able to travel elsewhere with an ornithopter , like the Harko Village, which serves as a sort of social
Those who have read the books or watched the films know this is a major departure as Leto died after being handed over to the Harkonnens by his private Suk Doctor, Wellington Yueh, during the attack on Arrakis by Baron Harkonnen's forces. Before giving Leto to the Harkonnens, Yueh replaced one of Leto's teeth with a poison gas capsule and told Leto to bite down hard to release the deadly gas. Although Leto did this, his main target, Baron Harkonnen survived, but Leto succumbed to the effects of the poison himself.
Even small steps forward, like the ability to build a basic water extraction gun, carry more weight when it took so much effort to get there. The aforementioned ornithopter that can take players to new regions requires a huge amount of work to build, with one of the demo workers mentioning it could take around 40 hours to achieve. The area players begin in can sometimes feel repetitive - it’s difficult for a desert that is large swathes of brown in every direction to feel very diverse - so I do have a few reservations about this hur
Where Dune Awakening walkthrough 2 shows its age is in its user-interface, making the game a pain to play until players can memorize the variety of keyboard shortcuts. Furthermore, the game lacks a group-select function, forcing players to command each unit individually. Despite these downsides, Dune 2 remains a fantastically thematic real-time strategy game. There was also a remake in 1998, titled Dune: 2000 , which made several changes.
The Bene Gesserit will likely still be trying to birth the Kwisatz Haderach, however, and there are other possibilities due to the survival of Duke Leto. For example, Lady Jessica is pregnant with Alia in Dune: Part Two , and with Leto surviving for eight more years, it's possible that he would get to know his daughter better, potentially changing her destiny too. The Bene Gesserit wanted Lady Jessica to have a girl, so it's extremely possible they could have turned their attention to Alia instead. Alternatively, they could turn to Feyd-Rautha and the Harkonnen side of the family tree to attempt to birth the Kwisatz Haderach, being an even more extreme departure from the source material.