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Direct follow-up to Dune 2000, Emperor was little more than a rehash of that game with a new coat of paint. It was dated, the AI was poor, and RTS gaming had come a long way in the five years prior to Emperor’s launch that Westwood couldn’t keep up with. 5 Dune 2000 - PlayStation, PC Dune In A New Millenia Confusingly, Dune 2000 launched in 1998 and is a remake of Westwood’s original Dune game, called Dune 2 – which was itself based on the novel and had nothing to do with the first Dune game. Naming incongruities aside, Dune 2000 is a solid, if not spectacular RTS that had big shoes to fill. Dune 2 is considered a foundational RTS, and as with Emperor: Battle for Dune, it worked against the evolution of the genre. Westwood had a lot to do with this with its Command & Conquer series, pushing the genre forward, so you’d think Dune 2000 would be a total overhaul using the best elements of both games. Instead, it was little more than a graphical overhaul of Dune 2. 4 Dune Wars - PC Modders Unite Dune Wars is not an official title or even its own game. Instead, it’s a mod for 2007’s Civilization 4: Beyond the Sword. You should drop any pre-conceived notion of what a mod can be because Dune Wars is a spectacular total conversion of Civilization into a fully-fledged Dune experience. Related 9 Biggest Differences Between 1984 And 2021 Dune The 1984 and 2021 Dune movies have some stark differences - these are the biggest ones. A Dune game with the gameplay mechanics of Civilization is a great idea, and we see why in Dune Wars. Where previous Dune games were limited to RTS tropes of gathering resources and making war, Dune Wars takes the spirit of the novel further by allowing more depth with political, religious, and philosophical elements. You’d never know Dune Wars was a mod by just looking at it, and the love and care the creators have for it shines through. 3 Dune - DOS, Amiga, Sega CD A Little Bit Of Both Worlds Launched in 1992 on MS-DOS and Amiga (and a year later on Sega CD), Dune was a foundational piece of interactive entertainment. Picking and choosing elements of the book and the 1984 David Lynch film adaption, Dune is a point-and-click adventure game that follows the plot of the book almost perfectly, with visual elements lifted straight from the movie. The game puts you in the role of Paul Atreides as he attempts to control the Spice trade on Arrakis. The story is told using visual flairs from the Lynch film, as well

Houses Atreides and Harkonnen, the Imperial House Corrino, the Fremen, the Bene Gesserit, the Spacing Guild, and much more. The Dune books and movie adaptations are heavily character-driven, and Spice Wars' 4X elements can potentially let players step into that world with more agency, without restricting them to Paul's story like the original Dune game. Subterfuge and diplomacy are both ways ways Spice Wars can expand upon Dune's RTS gaming roots, alongside features like resource and population management. The Known Universe in Dune encompasses trillions of citizens ruled by an extreme minority who are wealthy and powerful, and remaking the warfare-centric gameplay of Dune II would severely limit the game's scope. The original Dune game was singularly focused on Paul's story, but Dune: Spice Wars can use more expansive gameplay that has been successful for modern RTS games. Next: Video Games Like Dune Fans Of The Books & Movies Will Enjoy Source: Steam

Dune Sign in to your ScreenRant account Dune: Spice Wars was recently announced, and has the potential to build on the Dune IP's legacy in the real-time strategy genre. Based on Frank Herbert's famed novels, Dune: Spice Wars is in development at Shiro Games, known for other strategy titles like Northgard and Wartales, and will have players vying for control of the planet Arrakis. A new film from director Denis Villeneuve adapted the first half of Herbert's original novel this year, but Dune: Spice Wars has the potential to see the property's triumphant return to a genre of games that it once helped establish. A watershed release for the real-time strategy genre is 1992's Dune II, which had much the same premise as the upcoming game, and a broader scope than the first Dune video game. That game was also an attempt at adapting the novel's story in a blend of the adventure and strategy genres, and it also released in 1992. Herbert's original Dune is much more popular than its five direct sequels, and its premise lends itself well to the strategy genre. Dune II and its predecessor, however, are rudimentary by today's standards, which isn't surprising given their age. Though Valve's canceled game Stars of Blood might have offered a more contemporary Dune-style take, a close modern analogue for Dune II in terms of gameplay and presentation might be the Age of Empires series. Yet ultimately, Dune: Spice Wars seems like it will be closer in vision to something as sprawling as Civilization. Spice Wars, according to its Steam page, will include 4X elements, which is shorthand for "explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate." The more general difference between 4X games and other RTS, though, is a broader complexity and the inclusion of diplomatic alternatives to warfare. Dune II was foundational to the genre, but put players in control of a military from one of Dune's Great Houses. Warfare is a central aspect to all of Herbert's Dune novels, but the complexity of a 4X game will better match the "plans within plans" nature of the universe's socio-political landscape. Dune: Spice Wars Can Capture The Novel's Complexity Dune returning to strategy video games with an RTS is fitting given its history, and will offer a fascinating look at how far the genre has come. 4X games existed when Dune II and its predecessor were released too (the first Civilization was in 1991), but modern games are wildly more complex. Spice Wars has a chance to capture the source material's multifaceted conflict in which many factions are involved in some capacity. An RTS primarily focused on combat gameplay couldn't adequately encompass the ins-and-outs of Dune's story, which involves the Great