Materially, what this does to the world of Dune: Awakening, is offer you an Arrakis that’s in the course of a full-blown struggle. The Fremen are nowhere to be seen (we’re advised they’re presently “lacking”), and the Atreides, who at the moment are alive and nicely on this alternate universe, proceed to battle towards the Harkonnen and others over the sources on the planet. This provides you a land that’s ripe for scavenging, stuffed with wrecked buildings, damaged autos, and loads of weapons to unearth.
With the stage set, and with somewhat creativeness, you possibly can envision how Funcom, who’re no strangers to growing huge worlds, might create an unbelievable survival MMO gaming expertise right here. Lately, we acquired to see this world first-hand in a latest hands-off preview construct throughout Summer time Recreation Fest: Play Days. Whereas the title continues to be in improvement, you would see the bones are firmly in place to present us a compelling journey that may allow us to discover huge swathes of the lethal planet Arrakis.
One characteristic particularly, referred to as Shifting Sands, will regulate the panorama of the Deep Desert every week, hiding factors of curiosity and uncovering new ones, encouraging gamers to discover these areas time and again, giving the planet itself a way of being alive. There’s additionally Mixed Arms, which is the mix of ranged and melee talents that may work tandem to create fascinating choices for gamers in how they method PVP and PVE encounters in Dune: Awakening. And naturally having the ability to drive autos — that features the versatile Ornithopters, modelled after those seen within the latest movies (and Microsoft Flight Simulator).
