Back In April 1993, Two Things happened that were to irreversibly alter the face of computer gaming forever. Both events were understated affairs that barely registered as farts at the time, but four years down the line each has mushroomed into a gigantic gaming air biscuit. Often imitated (especially of late), neither has actually been bettered.

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But hey, instead of me gushing on about the mag which you are reading, let us concentrate instead on the phenomenon that was (and still is) Dune 2, essentially the first decent real-time strategy game and one of the first games to be reviewed. Dune 2 was an evolutionary leap onto dry land for a genre characterised by hexes and halitosis. Gone were the reinforcements that amved in turn 13, and instead players had to create their own kick-ass units by collecting resources, building bases and defending them from relentless attack. It was Sim City with tanks; Utopia in real-time; a strategy/action game, no less. And it was fantastic.

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Dune 2000 Free Download for PC is a real-time strategy video game, programmed by Intelligent Games and released by Westwood Studios in 1998 for Microsoft Windows. It was later ported to the PlayStation in 1999. Dune 2000 Gruntmods Edition is a real-time strategy game, based on the Dune universe, featuring full motion cutscenes, online multiplayer and a powerful storyline. It provides a Mission Select Menu, complete with difficulty options to allow you full access to the original campaign missions at any time.

Wavy lines (don't do it)

The first game was based on the film of the book and was an interesting mix of adventure and strategy that, somewhat ambitiously perhaps, almost managed to capture the pseudo-religious ambience of the movie. Although it was well received, the characters (as in the film) all sported hairstyles reminiscent of the Bay City Rollers. French developers Cryo were responsible. Rather than go one better by upping the adventure element, new boys Westwood changed things somewhat. The rest is legend. But enough of the history lesson. We don't want to get too misty-eyed just to build up the fact that Dune 2000 is a remake of a four-year-old game. Or do we? Lewis Peterson, the game's producer, maintains that their make-over is still something to shout about.

'Dune 2000 is an RTS, much like the RTSs you know and love, like CftC. However, it's set in the Dune universe, an exotic setting full of political intrigue and danger. It was a classic game that we wanted to give devoted fans a chance to revisit, and give a new generation of gamers the opportunity to experience for the first time. The engine in Dune 2000 is new. It has been developed to support various new features that were not found in the original. It will contain all of the simplicity and excitement that made the original, CftCand Red Alert fun to play.'

Something borrowed..

What will be apparent only to people who battled through Dune 2 are the changes made to the control system. For any gamer worth their salt it will be nothing new, ported as it is from Red Alert, but compared to the fiddly old Dune 2 interface it should be a massive improvement. Players will be able to group units so that,.at the press of a key. hordes of infantry and tanks can trundle over the sand to crush the enemy base. Anyone with even a vague memory of Dune 2 will remember how frustrating it was to manually select and direct your attack unit by unit, resulting in weak and uncoordinated attacks.Those who already own a copy of both Dune 2 and Red Alert may well ask just how different Dune 2000 will be from the classic they know and love so well.

However, the fact that Westwood are updating all the old maps is perhaps testament to their longstanding playability.

'There will be nine missions for each of the three sides, making 27 missions in total,' says Lewis. 'Each mission from the original game has been redesigned to take advantage of the new technology and interface used in Dune 2000. This should provide fans of the original with a new experience, even if they played through every mission in Dune 2. Our designers are now finishing off the process of creating alternate missions for each side to add replay value.'

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The redesign has also prompted a new set of cut-scenes -those old ones would never do. 'Yes, each House will also have its own set of specially shot video sequences.' Lewis explains. 'On top of that we have brought in different actors to play the parts of the mentats (advisors) for each side, as well as the Emperor, Bene Geserit truthsayer and a few others. We have also gone in and redone the artwork for each of the sides. This way, players can distinguish and really get a feel for the Houses they have chosen.'

Something new

It's the multi-player element that Dune 2 fans have been crying out for ever since Command & Conquer was released. Before starting a campaign, I myself have often wondered which of the three Houses would be the best in an out and out fist fight, and soon we'll all be able to find out. Lewis has always made it clear that the emphasis will remain on the diversity of the infantry units. They won't be just cannon fodder, instead they'll be harder to hit and able to dash up mountain sides via predefined routes. The idea is to keep multi-player Dune a very different experience from Command & Conquer. It seems that Westwood can't stress enough how fresh the ideas behind Dune 2 still are: 'With updated graphics, sound, special effects and multi-player capability, we expect Dune 2000 will stand on its own, New and old players alike will get another chance to conquer the desert planet Arrakis,'

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The return of the almighty tank rush.

I don’t know how fair it is to call Dune 2000 a Command & Conquer clone considering C&C was originally a clone of Dune. We’re specifically talking about Dune II, the game that kickstarted the real-time strategy craze. For the intervening six years we’ve seen nothing but clones from Westwood – high budget, high energy and highly entertaining clones, but clones all the same. Each RTS game from them roughly played the same, and such is the case with Dune 2000 as well.

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Like its predecessor, Dune 2000 is based on the classic science fiction novel by Frank Herbert. The desert planet Dune is the only source of Spice (read: Tiberium), a versatile substance that everyone’s after. The Emperor has declared that the House to harvest the most Spice will gain control of Dune. Three Houses arrived for the challenge: The Atreides, the Ordos and the Harkonnen.

With few exceptions, the units in Dune 2000 are the same as in the original. The three sides are almost identical, differing only in a couple advanced units. Players are given the standard infantry, tanks and light assault vehicles. There are a couple of special units, including a Sonic Tank that does damage with sound waves (units that attend heavy metal concerts are immune to this attack). The only other interesting unit is one that temporarily causes an enemy to change sides.

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The Dune engine is pretty much identical to Command & Conquer, and the interface follows suit. The engine does have its own peculiar limitations, like the inability to give buildings rally points or train more than one unit at a time. There is no patrol feature or scout option, or any waypoint system at all. The AI is eerily similar to that of Dune II, which is to say it’s dumb, and the environments get stale fast. All of the action takes place on the same planet, so it’s only sand and sand.

Other problems with the game have filtered down through the years. Infantry are worthless in the face of tanks; tracked units drive over them effortlessly. The artillery is powerful, but so lightly-armored and short-ranged it gets demolished by tanks. Airpower exists, but in practice does not play a significant role. The effect of all this is that he who builds nothing but tanks will usually do quite well in the game; the bane of the tank rush is still alive and well in Dune 2000.

Outside of the aforementioned unit balancing problems and sense of sameness, Dune II is still pretty playable. It’s got an impressive cast under its wing (a trademark of Westwood in offering live-action cutscenes), and the gameplay might rub you the right way if you’re a huge fan of the C&C mold. But in the end we’ve played this type of game a hundred times, and originality is something Dune 2000 is lacking.

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