The rugged mountains are formed by layers of rock and give the otherwise featureless planet surface its only notable elevations. Sandworms avoid and can not cross rock formations. Rock formations are the only terrain features that provide acceptable building sites. Dunes are difficult to traverse, especially for ground based units. Giant sandworms are a danger when traveling across sandy stretches.Įxtensive sand dunes are formed by the constant windstorms that plague the surface of the planet.
Most vehicles on Arrakis are varieties of sandcrawlers, vehicles specially designed to travel upon this terrain. Obviously, sand is the most common type of terrain found on Dune. Spice generally occurs along the surface and is a reddish-orange color which distinguishes this priceless terrain from normal sand. There are five major types of terrain on Dune. Rock shelves and mountain ranges rising through the dunes provide the only possible building sites on the planet. The sands are dangerous, shifting constantly and unpredictably. Miles of barren deserts hold little more than basins, dunes, and the occasional out-cropping of rock. When the Fremen planetologist, consultant to the Harkonnen Governor, was asked how long it would take to transition Dune into a verdant, water-giving planet, he presented the figure of 500 years. There is no climate control of the planet. The surface of Arrakis is covered by endless dunes. DUNGEON-MASTER II-THE LEGEND OF SKULLKEEPĪLSO KNOWN AS DUNE,THE DESERT PLANET CLIMATE: DESERT / PRECIPITATION: NONE VEGETATION: NONE.DUNGEON SIEGE EXPANSION-LEGENDS OF ARANNA.DOMINATION-MASSIVE ASSAULT-RESURRECTION.The grunts and responses from infantry to the tank units provide reinforcement to the gameplay. The music provides a quality orchestral sound to the epic battles. John Rhys-Davies from the show Sliders and Gimli in the Lord of the Rings trilogy offers a decent performance despite the quality video. The characters speak directly to the camera to you as the military commander, and are a nice touch given the quality of the costumes.
The stand-out feature of this game are the somewhat dated, but entertaining full motion video cut scenes. The colorful sprites and backgrounds allow for tons of enemies on screen. The mission tasks allow you to have different goals such as harvesting enough spice or the RTS staple mission 'destroy everything.' There are different difficulty levels that allow newcomers and veterans of the genre alike. The gameplay lets you play as the three major factions of the first book.
It’s a game based on the Dune series book of Frank Herbert and gives the player a real pleasure of both combat and competition.ĭune 2000 takes place in the ever-expansive Dune universe written by Frank Herbert and son Brian. For getting the control of the spices, the player has to fight over the other two houses by all means.ĭune 2000 is done with enough of stunt and live-in scenes to pep up the theme and there is a soothing sound score to add to the overall theme. Once you choose a side, you to win the King’s challenge of producing the most amount of spice. The player has to choose to be one of the three houses first: Atreides, Harkonnen, or Ordos.Įach house has its own vice and virtue and the right selection could give the player right start to the game but he could learn as well as, later in the game with time. The spices control could make you the most powerful there. In this game the player would have to fight for an interesting thing the control of the spices in the galaxy.
The game Dune 2000 could help in giving your competitive spirit a new edge. Player can play as a commander of one of three different factions: Harkonnen, Atreides or Ordos.ĭo you like the feeling you get when you have won over someone? If it was something that we had really worked hard, then the fell of victory is something precious and incalculable. The game is a remake of a classic RTS game “Dune 2”. Real-time strategy taking place in Frank Herbert’s “Dune” universe.
Works on: Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 / 11 Description of Dune 2000