The Dune Games

[bob_fox]

Which PC Dune game is your favourite? Here they are:

Dune

Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty (I think it's also known by another name)

Dune 2000

Emperor: Battle for Dune

Frank Herbert's Dune

Before everyone exclaims, "Emperor, of course!" let me explain further. I want you to tell me which game you had the most fun playing when it came out.

I would have to answer my own question with Dune II. When that game came out, it was the only computer game my elder brother and I played for months (of course, I was quite young then).

[Andrew]

Dune II as I played it the most.

[ExSPlug]

Dune II...my very first computer game :)

[exatreide]

Dune.

[IxianMace]

The game I had the most fun playing when it came out eh? :)

Dune 2000. Hands down. ;)

That kept me occupied for years. I'd grab 5-6 Ordos Combat Tanks and go hunting enemy infantry to crush. :D

[Khan]

Dune 2, also my first computer game.

[Dunenewt]

I tried to make Gob make this into a poll before maybe he will now.

Frank Herbert's Dune

[Vanguard3000]

I found Dune the most interesting, but overall, I'd say I got the most fun out of Dune2.

[ilexatrei]

Emperor Battle For Dune

Although annoying it is fun to see a reality portion of running out of spice during the campaign when trying to take over thee ENTIRE planet of Arrakis.

[lowzeewee]

empy

[bob_fox]

I must say, Emperor has really good cutscenes, don't you think? It really brings the books to life.

[Dunenewt]

It wasnt based on the books

[Vanguard3000]

He means the concepts (imagery of the planets, etc).

[GhostHunter]

Emperor hands down.

Unfortunaly for me, I got into Dune from Emperor. So I could never experience the joys of the other Dunes because I need high graphics for me to play any games. So I bought some of the other Dunes, but as stated I need the graphics and I just threw'em out.

[Dunenewt]

Does anyone else agree with me? :-[

[nemafakei]

Dune II. Though I enjoyed Dune I a lot later on, when I'd got it to stop crashing.

[Guest LtTitan]

My favorite Dune game was Dune: The Battle for Arrakis. I've not heard it anywhere since the last time I played it, and I havent even read about it on the internet, only Dune II. It was an old game for Sega Genesis, claimed to be the first Real Time Strategy. I kept at that game for years, even though it was probably the most horrible RTS ever. No drag box (had to click each unit and order it) only 10 missions for each house that didnt change much. No skirmish, it was total ariel 2D. But it was the most fun I ever had.

The biggest mistake I ever made in games was selling that game... Regretted it ever since.

[bob_fox]

Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty (I think it's also known by another name)

I think I was wrong. The PC version isn't known by another name (it's known only as The Building of a Dynasty). I was probably getting the PC version mixed up with the Sega Genesis version.

Even though I enjoyed Dune II the most, Dune (the first PC Dune game (by Cryo)) was on the right track. It mixed strategy and adventure, and that is the right mixture for Dune games.