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The legend continues...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 35
Date: September 21, 2001
Author: Amazon User

In the year 10191, House Atreides and House Harkonnen fight a bloody battle for control of the desert planet Arrakis. Its only resource, Spice, ensures a long life and even greater, economic power.

Play Paul, the son of the Duke Leto, House Atreides and heir to the throne. You are one of two survivors of the massacre of the Atreides by Baron Harkonnen. Your goal: revenge. Join the tribe of Fremen - a native tribe of Arrakis; nomadic, mysterious, and fiercely independent. Be recognized as the one who will return Dune to a fertile planet.

FEATURES

- Based on the fascinating science fiction bestseller Dune, by Frank Herbert.

- A game of infiltration, action and adventure in 3D real time.

- Incredibly realistic environments and beautiful graphics

One of the worst I ever bought

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: March 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I could not wait to get it off my computer. Arrow and other keyboard commands. If it was mouse, you could at least control the character better. I emailed Dreamcaster and even though I did not buy it from them, they agreed to exchange it for another of their games. (I got a mouse control game)

Worst Dune game ever

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The graphic is awful, every character you talk to sonds like to have a rod right up in the @$$, ther's no savegame but when you are in the sietch (the Fremen base), the movement keys are the arrows of the keyboard AND you must use the mouse, a right-handed has a little difficult doing so... there's no difficult setting, it's fixed on impossible, enemies go down with 3-4 shots of the gun, but in the whole level there aren't spare shots fo HALF OF THEM, the targeting system doesn't think corners or boulders can stop your bullets to reach the target, so you'll waste lots of them for nothing, the kriss is utterly useless, you can use it only for sneak attacks to get the water for the enemies, in a direct attack Paul will do amazing, random moves that don't graze a sheet of paper, much less a Harkonnen soldier, if you are walking with the back on a wall and someone finds you, tou'll be shot down before you can get away from the wall, the camera changings will make you crush on a wall or stumble on an enemy you didn't see till the last moment. Don't buy this game, it's a waste of money and an insult to both Herbert's masterpiece and your intelligence.

a fun representation of dune

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: March 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The characters don't look like any of the people you have seen in the mini series or the original film but the gameplay is easy to learn but very dependant on patience and awareness. Most of all stealth is required, much like in the Metal Gear Solid games you have to suprise your enemies and if you can't then shoot them at range.

If your a dune fan give it a try but if you don't like to work in your games don't, this takes patience and control. Experience gamers only!

rated 4 instead of 5 cause the character work is poorly done

Pitiful

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: December 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The previous review by Joshua tells it all, although I thought the mini-series was good. I got this game as a christmas present and I sincerely wish my brother could get his money back. Not that the graphics were anything spectacular, but when are game companies going to realize that if there is no playability, then all the pretty graphics and cutscenes do not matter. Also, the storyline is choppy. You jump from one scene where Paul and his mother are running from the sandworm (and yes, Paul is running toward you so you can't see where you are going) and the next scene you are the Maudeep and Paul's mother has already become reverend and given birth to his sister. The overall rating and I think that is terribly decieptful. If you have any doubt, do not buy this game.

Waste of Money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: January 09, 2002
Author: Amazon User

1 star is 1 too many for this disgrace. I bought it hoping for a glimmer of the brilliance in Herbert's novels, but no such luck. Not only did the graphics, storyline, controls, and gameplay fall flat on their face, the game also froze before I ever made it out of the first level. Do not buy this game.

Horrible

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: October 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Horrible only begins to describe this game. Putrid tripe put out to make a buck. Could they make the controls more confusing. If I were an octopus, maybe I would have arms enough to control the keyboard, mouse, and (I swear) telepathic controls. Did I mention that the game is horrible.

Huge dissapointment to Dune fans

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: November 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Story adaption is awful, gameplay is terrible, and user interface is very frustrating, to put it mildly. It appears they didnt do a lot of testing before releasing this opus barfo to the public.

Terrible Gameplay - could have been so good.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: June 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game was one of the biggest dissappointments I've ever had in a game. Dreamcatcher has made some great games, but maybe action games just aren't their forte. This game has terrible controls, you have to use the directional keys for movement and can't use w,a,s,d, so if you are right handed, like most people, it is realy awkward. Every action like opening doors or changing weapons is terrible. If an enemy actually sees you there really isn't much you can do but stand there while they shoot you to death. The voice work was ok, and the look of the game wasn't that bad, but all the other mistakes far outweigh any positives. I have a decent graphics card and it still took me quite a while just to get the game to work. A sad release of what should have been such a great game. I know it looks like fun but really don't bother with this one.

This game does not deserve the name "Dune"

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: January 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Wow. When I saw the cover for this game, I thought to myself "Finally! Somebody has made a 3D Dune game!" Then I put the game in my computer and nearly broke down crying because it was SOOOOOO bad. I mean, this game is beyond bad. First: the story is confusing, and, as a fan of the Dune series, disgustingly wrong. Names are confused, people are referred to by the wrong titles, and it's just sad. It makes me wonder if anyone at Dreamcatcher has actually READ the book. Second: the controls are confusing at best, difficult at worst. You can't change them, so you better get used to it. The camera is dizzying and hard to follow. I uninstalled the game in the middle of the second level, because I got tired of restarting my computer every time Paul got caught behind a wall or in a wall and the controls froze. So, ultimately, if you like Dune, do not buy this game. However, if you like video games, do not buy this game.

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