Dune: Spice Wars

TonyTurbo78 · 15 Feb 2022 at 23:19

Minstadave said:
Looks like it has some Surviving Mars vibes.

I'm pleased someone else thought that, I was thinking exactly the same watching the video.

Minstadave · 15 Feb 2022 at 23:28

TonyTurbo78 said:
I'm pleased someone else thought that, I was thinking exactly the same watching the video.

I wondered if it was the same studio as it looks so similar but it's not.

TonyTurbo78 · 15 Feb 2022 at 23:29

Minstadave said:
I wondered if it was the same studio as it looks so similar but it's not.

No, looks like it's Funcom who most recently did Conan I think.

RevBillyG · 16 Feb 2022 at 07:17

Ah Dune 2 on a 486sx25mhz. Happy days

NinjaCool · 16 Feb 2022 at 11:42

I found my old PC CD copy of Dune 2 from back when I was a kid

Says 1995 but I'm sure I got it bit later than that but I did play Dune 1 and 2 on my Amiga first and enjoyed it!

plasmahal · 16 Feb 2022 at 11:54

Dune 2: Battle for Arrakis on my Amiga was time well spent.

Liquid_Entity · 16 Feb 2022 at 11:55

Journey said:
If you want to re-live Dune II then there is a great Android port of it, I think it was free in GitHub. Played it through a few times.

I have nooooo idea what and how to do this from googling that

varkanoid · 16 Feb 2022 at 13:57

Liquid_Entity said:
I have nooooo idea what and how to do this from googling that

here is one for windows.
go here download the zip and extract it on your PC and play it

https://github.com/stefanhendriks/Dune-II---The-Maker/releases

likewise another on here for Windows, Mac, and Atari ST!

https://github.com/OpenDUNE/OpenDUNE/releases

Minstadave · 16 Feb 2022 at 13:57

varkanoid said:
here is one for windows.
go here download the zip and extract it on your PC and play it

https://github.com/stefanhendriks/Dune-II---The-Maker/releases

Can't save your progress though at the moment so a bit of a pain.

Liquid_Entity · 16 Feb 2022 at 14:14

Yeah thats what I googled and found. No idea about GitHub or how it works but I keep downloading zips, with folder structures but theres no content to actually play it.

edit: nvm I played that one from stefanhendriks.

theone8181 · 16 Feb 2022 at 19:32

Oh I'm thinking of dune 2000. That was pretty good, didn't realise there were any before that.

Infidelus · 16 Feb 2022 at 19:46

I do vaguely remember playing Dune back in the mid 90's on one of my first machines (can't remember if it was my 386 SX 25 or my 486 DX 100

). I do have Emperor: Battle for Dune which I installed on Lutris and last year and played for a few nights

Scougar · 16 Feb 2022 at 21:20

Dune/dune 2 were real fun. Needs a worthy game.

This almost looks to civ to me. Not a fan of the art either... But time will tell.

something daft already!! · 2 May 2022 at 10:32

Anyone playing this? £17 on CD keys.

Minstadave · 2 May 2022 at 10:43

something daft already!! said:
Anyone playing this? £17 on CD keys.

Saw the Angry Joe review and was a bit "meh". Looks a lot like Dune 2 with a fresh coat of paint. Was hoping for more scale/less cartoony.

bakes0310 · 2 May 2022 at 11:15

51% off on cdkeys as well.

eekfek · 2 May 2022 at 13:57

It's a decent game. I look's quite bland and basic but there is a lot of depth granted you expect that in a 4x ! Worth it for £17.

Like him or hate him, gives a fair review.

Infidelus · 2 May 2022 at 19:10

Thanks for that. Glad I didn't buy it when it was £22 on another site

Wucked · 2 May 2022 at 21:58

It looks interesting to me, although a little light on content at the moment. I might buy it when the campaign is added.

something daft already!! · 3 May 2022 at 13:32

I bought this last night and played for about 20 mins. I'll give it a proper go tonight but it is very early access. Not much to it, only a few GB in size.