Dune: Spice Wars - 4X/RTS from Wartales developers

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https://www.dunegames.com

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Published by Funcom. Coming to Early Access.

A real-time strategy game with 4X elements, from the developers of the critically acclaimed Northgard. Set in Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking Dune universe, you must lead your faction and battle for control and dominance over the harsh desert planet of Arrakis.

Spice is the most valuable resource in the universe. The spice extends life, it expands consciousness and makes interstellar travel possible. Create your own story and play as one of several factions, including House Atreides and House Harkonnen, and compete for power over Dune and the spice.

Scan the landscape for wormsign or risk losing your troops and spice harvesters to titanic sandworms who will burst through the sand dunes to swallow and devour them whole. Best your opponents through political intrigue, crush them in combat, and undermine them with your network of illusive spies.

Experience the unique Dune universe – one of the most influential sci-fi settings ever created. Play as iconic characters, such Duke Leto Atreides, the Baron Vladimir Harkonnen and more, and guide your faction to victory. Watch for the constant threat of the massive sandworms, who dominate the dangerous landscape of Dune.

Choose between subterfuge, political influence, economic supremacy, or open warfare to prevail and gain control over the most important planet in the universe! Use secretive agents to sabotage the plans of your opponents. Vote on political resolutions in the Landsraad to further your strategy.

Explore Dune with ornithopters to discover resources, villages, and points of interest. Expand with your troops to take control of more and more regions. Exploit the resources through buildings and spice harvesters to dominate the economy. Exterminate your enemies with a strong military but beware as outright aggression can have high political repercussions.

A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care...

The game will be updated and expanded during Early Access based on your feedback. More features and content, improved balance and new game modes will be added in the Early Access period, based on the crucial input of the community.

 

[Infinitron]

Wait, aren't they also making Wartales? Ambitious.

 

[Zboj Lamignat]

I want to be excited, but RT + shovelware-ish dev...

 

[Hellraiser]

Thread title is incorrect, it is spelled ⊃∪∩⊂

 

[Riskbreaker]

So, obviously not intentional but rather the result of the background screen being slightly darkened, but still hilarious:

Note the portraits, especially the girl. Those Harkonnen animals have access to some ungodly Tleilaxu tech, methinks.

 

[Parsimonious cook]

Maybe the girl is just Rachel Dolezal-style "internally black" transracial person who puts on a ton of makeup on everyday before going to work?

Anyway, I am fairly sceptical about how the RT aspect will play out. TB would be a much safer option for a game like this... but we will see.

Also wonder who are going to be the other two playable factions. Will Ordos be in? I would much rather see them sticking closely to the books, so maybe playable Fremen and House Corrino?

 

[Feyd Rautha]

Just add the Ordos already!

 

[thesheeep]

Well, Northgard was pretty great, so... consider my interest mildly piqued.

Not sure what to think about them developing multiple games at once - is the team larger than I thought?

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

rather the games are smaller than we thought.

i'm an old fart, i can't suffer rtss anymore =_= they peaked with starcraft.

 

[Cyberarmy]

4x in real time ? hmmmmmm

 

[Heroic Liberator]

4x in real time ? hmmmmmm

I'm guessing that you play a standard 4X and when armies intersect each other on the world map it switches to a local RTS map.

Kinda like AoW and what not, only real time. Or like TW.

 

[Arrowgrab]

The Hype must flow!

Also, I hope Ordos won't be in it. For one, this isn't a remake or reboot of Dune 2 / 2000, but a brand new game. Two, Ordos was a complete misunderstanding of what Dune is about. The designated "sneaky treacherous" house? In Dune, ALL noble houses are sneaky and treacherous to various degrees, they wouldn't survive otherwise. The designated "extra sneaky treacherous" house? Dune's already got one, it's the Harkonnens.

 

[Jacob]

⊂∪⊂|⊂

 

[AdamReith]

Man, I really want more Dune strategy games.

Hopefully these guys can produce something playable. Doesn't look like Wartales was anything special so keeping expectations in check.

 

[vota DC]

4x in real time ? hmmmmmm

I'm guessing that you play a standard 4X and when armies intersect each other on the world map it switches to a local RTS map.

Kinda like AoW and what not, only real time. Or like TW.

That would be Battle for middle earth, if you can't build during battle like Total war isn't RTS but just rtt.

 

[Feyd Rautha]

Also, I hope Ordos won't be in it.

The fans demand it. They are crazy for house Ordos, crazy!

 

[Grotesque]

I am so fuckin fed up with hexagons

 

[Catacombs]

I've been wanting a game like this for a while. I'm glad there's a game on the horizon, but I'm also keeping my expectations very, very low.

 

[The Dopamine Cleric]

Everytime someone tries to draw something similar to the book it fails repetedly.

David Lynch atleast got the 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea vibe correct.

 

[what am i doing]

I hope when they say real-time they mean it's going to work kind of like a Paradox game with briefer, more rapid ticks. I'm not a fan of the style 4X generally do where ticks are staggered out much further apart. However, I suspect what they actually mean is just something where all players can move their units around in a real-time fashion but the economy still does the really slow ticks.

 

[Napalm]

Also wonder who are going to be the other two playable factions. Will Ordos be in? I would much rather see them sticking closely to the books, so maybe playable Fremen and House Corrino?

It would be somewhat weird to have Corrinos just as your average house. Maybe Fenring? While Count Fenring in book was just hanging out as Emperor's emissary and agent, it wouldn't be a huge stretch to assume that his house must have had at least some capability to enable him doing the whole planetary governor job when needed.

 

[vota DC]

Also wonder who are going to be the other two playable factions. Will Ordos be in? I would much rather see them sticking closely to the books, so maybe playable Fremen and House Corrino?

It would be somewhat weird to have Corrinos just as your average house. Maybe Fenring? While Count Fenring in book was just hanging out as Emperor's emissary and agent, it wouldn't be a huge stretch to assume that his house must have had at least some capability to enable him doing the whole planetary governor job when needed.

Wasn't Fenrig emperor's mentat? He has hiw own dinasty but sounds just like a buffed Thufir Hawat that couldn't do much alone against Atreides or Harkonnen.
Corrino wouldn't play much different from Atreides or Harkonnen. Atreides are popular in Landsraad despite being poor, Harkonnen are rich, Corrino are super rich but suffer terrible leadership and Landsraad obey only because fear. Fremen would play totally different just like GLA in C&C Generals.

 

[Storyfag]

I am so fuckin fed up with hexagons

Those appear to be octagons... somehow...

 

[Trithne]

I don't think it's grid based at all.

I enjoyed Northgard for what it was, tentatively interested.

 

[Kem0sabe]