I only recently watched Dune and Dune Part 2, never really read the books either but it's on my list as my recent fixation. This feels like it makes sense from a world standpoint and I'm looking...
I only recently watched Dune and Dune Part 2, never really read the books either but it's on my list as my recent fixation. This feels like it makes sense from a world standpoint and I'm looking forwards to trying it out!
I strongly recommend reading the first book, and then pretending that the other books don’t exist. For the longest time I stuck to that, and Dune was a book I really enjoyed. Then someone managed...
I strongly recommend reading the first book, and then pretending that the other books don’t exist.
For the longest time I stuck to that, and Dune was a book I really enjoyed. Then someone managed to convince me that I should read the others as well. I can honestly say that I would have liked Dune more if I hadn’t.
Ditto. God Emperor of Dune is my personal favorite too. I recognize that it's not for everyone though, since it's very very heavy on the moral and esoteric philosophizing and much lighter on the...
Ditto. God Emperor of Dune is my personal favorite too. I recognize that it's not for everyone though, since it's very very heavy on the moral and esoteric philosophizing and much lighter on the narrative, but I adore that about it. It's similar to why I love Ghost in the Shell and the GitS: Standalone Complex series so much too, since they also gave me a lot to think about.
p.s. I actually even enjoyed the Brian Herbert books too, despite them being almost the opposite. They lack the depth of his father's novels, but they are still pretty fun space-opera, adventure novels.
I guess to enjoy the non-Frank Dune books you have to go into them with different expectations than I did. The six proper Dunes are incredible of course, but the Brian and Kevin J. Anderson books...
I guess to enjoy the non-Frank Dune books you have to go into them with different expectations than I did. The six proper Dunes are incredible of course, but the Brian and Kevin J. Anderson books just made me sad - Frank's prose and characters were so perfect, but those aspects of the the Brian/Kevin books were... less than perfect. Partway through the first one I gave up and just read a plot synopsis online.
Yeah, I went into them with exceptionally low expectations, and knew ahead of time that they were pretty basic space operas with a Dune theme, which helped me enjoy them. If you go into them...
Yeah, I went into them with exceptionally low expectations, and knew ahead of time that they were pretty basic space operas with a Dune theme, which helped me enjoy them. If you go into them expecting more of Frank Herbert quality writing and philosophizing, you're definitely going to be extremely disappointed.
I remember when Funcom were only known for shitty MMORPGs like Age of Conan and Anarchy Online. And then to everybody's shock, they started releasing decent survival sandbox games. This game looks...
I remember when Funcom were only known for shitty MMORPGs like Age of Conan and Anarchy Online. And then to everybody's shock, they started releasing decent survival sandbox games. This game looks like a Dune themed Conan Exiles, and that's not necessarily a bad thing.
I'm not in the beta because this genre is not my cup of tea, but my brother is one of the developers of this game so I know they've been working their asses off and genuinely want to make...
I'm not in the beta because this genre is not my cup of tea, but my brother is one of the developers of this game so I know they've been working their asses off and genuinely want to make something good, notwithstanding any of the issues that might be expected to arise in a very large AAA game development project. I hope everyone who's interested gives it a fair try! And I'm not breaking any NDA by postulating (because I have no access to any privileged information) that the game is likely to keep getting polished after release too.
Yeah I think over the past few years they've shaped up, aspiring for a better reputation and the products that go along with that. I believe Funcom has in-house community managers and that shows a...
Yeah I think over the past few years they've shaped up, aspiring for a better reputation and the products that go along with that. I believe Funcom has in-house community managers and that shows a level of care and desire for continuity that bigger publishers don't necessarily have (Bamco I'm looking at you). Their CMs also seem to care about promoting their games in an ethical way and don't drop a low-sales third-party games as soon as it gets some negative feedback (Bethesda with Rage 2).
I think it's also interesting that Funcom is allowing external studios to take up the mantle of a specific IP and run with it. For instance, Petroglyph (yes, that one) also made a Conan-themed game in a more RTS format true to the studio's style. So we'll continue to see Funcom IPs iterated on by disparate groups targeting different genres. They might not even be AAA-class games as far as conceptualization and execution, but Funcom isn't forcing devs to have $70 price points, either (Funcom let Petroglyph set a $20 retail price on their Conan game).
Mine was the 1992 Westwood Studios RTS game Dune II. It was one of the few games we were allowed to play on the computers at our elementary school, and it was on 5.25" floppies. But there were...
Mine was the 1992 Westwood Studios RTS game Dune II. It was one of the few games we were allowed to play on the computers at our elementary school, and it was on 5.25" floppies. But there were also even a few other games, like The Oregon Trail, on giant 8" floppies too. :P
For me, it was the scream and squish made when running over Sardaukar with a Spice harvester. Why, yes, I have played a lot of Rimworld. Why do you ask?
For me, it was the scream and squish made when running over Sardaukar with a Spice harvester.
Why, yes, I have played a lot of Rimworld. Why do you ask?
I only recently watched Dune and Dune Part 2, never really read the books either but it's on my list as my recent fixation. This feels like it makes sense from a world standpoint and I'm looking forwards to trying it out!
Don't listen to the other reply, I've read the first six any they're all off-the-wall bonkers fun.
I... don't read very often to be fair so I'll get through the first one eventually
I strongly recommend reading the first book, and then pretending that the other books don’t exist.
For the longest time I stuck to that, and Dune was a book I really enjoyed. Then someone managed to convince me that I should read the others as well. I can honestly say that I would have liked Dune more if I hadn’t.
I actually can’t disagree with you more. The second and 4th books are my favorite. The first is actually my least favorite.
Ditto. God Emperor of Dune is my personal favorite too. I recognize that it's not for everyone though, since it's very very heavy on the moral and esoteric philosophizing and much lighter on the narrative, but I adore that about it. It's similar to why I love Ghost in the Shell and the GitS: Standalone Complex series so much too, since they also gave me a lot to think about.
p.s. I actually even enjoyed the Brian Herbert books too, despite them being almost the opposite. They lack the depth of his father's novels, but they are still pretty fun space-opera, adventure novels.
I guess to enjoy the non-Frank Dune books you have to go into them with different expectations than I did. The six proper Dunes are incredible of course, but the Brian and Kevin J. Anderson books just made me sad - Frank's prose and characters were so perfect, but those aspects of the the Brian/Kevin books were... less than perfect. Partway through the first one I gave up and just read a plot synopsis online.
Yeah, I went into them with exceptionally low expectations, and knew ahead of time that they were pretty basic space operas with a Dune theme, which helped me enjoy them. If you go into them expecting more of Frank Herbert quality writing and philosophizing, you're definitely going to be extremely disappointed.
I remember when Funcom were only known for shitty MMORPGs like Age of Conan and Anarchy Online. And then to everybody's shock, they started releasing decent survival sandbox games. This game looks like a Dune themed Conan Exiles, and that's not necessarily a bad thing.
It kind of is (so far). I'm in the beta. Cant really say much other than I'm pretty impressed!
I'm not in the beta because this genre is not my cup of tea, but my brother is one of the developers of this game so I know they've been working their asses off and genuinely want to make something good, notwithstanding any of the issues that might be expected to arise in a very large AAA game development project. I hope everyone who's interested gives it a fair try! And I'm not breaking any NDA by postulating (because I have no access to any privileged information) that the game is likely to keep getting polished after release too.
They clearly have a deep love of the lore.
Yeah I think over the past few years they've shaped up, aspiring for a better reputation and the products that go along with that. I believe Funcom has in-house community managers and that shows a level of care and desire for continuity that bigger publishers don't necessarily have (Bamco I'm looking at you). Their CMs also seem to care about promoting their games in an ethical way and don't drop a low-sales third-party games as soon as it gets some negative feedback (Bethesda with Rage 2).
I think it's also interesting that Funcom is allowing external studios to take up the mantle of a specific IP and run with it. For instance, Petroglyph (yes, that one) also made a Conan-themed game in a more RTS format true to the studio's style. So we'll continue to see Funcom IPs iterated on by disparate groups targeting different genres. They might not even be AAA-class games as far as conceptualization and execution, but Funcom isn't forcing devs to have $70 price points, either (Funcom let Petroglyph set a $20 retail price on their Conan game).
I hope this game is for others what the OG Cryo Interactive Dune was for me when I was playing it back in 1993.
Mine was the 1992 Westwood Studios RTS game Dune II. It was one of the few games we were allowed to play on the computers at our elementary school, and it was on 5.25" floppies. But there were also even a few other games, like The Oregon Trail, on giant 8" floppies too. :P
For me, it was the scream and squish made when running over Sardaukar with a Spice harvester.
Why, yes, I have played a lot of Rimworld. Why do you ask?