Hi everyone,
Just accessed and played a few rounds of this Dune iteration. Runs great, looks great, sounds wonderful.
Plays... um, not like either of the former PC or console versions I played. I read some of the questions/comments other noobs had about this version, and while they sort of touched on my concern, I'm going to flesh this out a bit more.
IMO, all games should be winnable using a variety of strategies and tactics- if they're not, they get old real quick. And for me, that's the fail in this version. If players don't play a specific way, they will lose: Rush/spam infantry, multiple bases, etc.
This game punishes players who prefer to turtle and then attack. A big part of the beauty of the older versions was that, if a player loved to build big honking bases and have long games where rocket turrets were lined up with howitzers behind, saving up 30 Fremen for an end-game attack, he could do that, mostly through a combo of adjusting the difficulty level and careful placement of buildings/defenses.
It seems this iteration was made for players who want to win as quickly as possible. For me, that's just not fun, and fun is why I play games.
So please, realize that I speak for myself only. However, I suspect there's a large, less vocal subset of Dune fans who are still waiting for more of a "remaster" of the Dune experiences of old:
- the AI was fine for us.
- the units were fine for us
- the skirmish feature was fine for us.
Food for thought.
I expect to get flamed, but...
OpenRa Dune review
Re: I expect to get flamed, but...
Hi,
The Dune2k mod is feature incomplete and hasn't had any serious look at it's gameplay/balance. I don't think anyone's particularly happy with the current state it's in, but there's no real reason to update the balance until important features are implemented (like the Starport).
The Dune2k mod is feature incomplete and hasn't had any serious look at it's gameplay/balance. I don't think anyone's particularly happy with the current state it's in, but there's no real reason to update the balance until important features are implemented (like the Starport).