Materially, what this does to the world of Dune: Awakening, is offer you an Arrakis that’s in the midst of a full-blown conflict. The Fremen are nowhere to be seen (we’re advised they’re at present “lacking”), and the Atreides, who at the moment are alive and properly on this alternate universe, proceed to battle in opposition to 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’ll be able to envision how Funcom, who’re no strangers to growing huge worlds, might create an unimaginable survival MMO gaming expertise right here. Just lately, we acquired to see this world first-hand in a current hands-off preview construct throughout Summer season Recreation Fest: Play Days. Whereas the title continues to be in growth, you could possibly see the bones are firmly in place to present us a compelling journey that can allow us to discover huge swathes of the lethal planet Arrakis.
One characteristic specifically, generally known as Shifting Sands, will alter 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 can work tandem to create attention-grabbing choices for gamers in how they strategy PVP and PVE encounters in Dune: Awakening. And naturally with the ability to drive autos — that features the versatile Ornithopters, modelled after those seen within the current movies (and Microsoft Flight Simulator).
