Even though set in Frank Herbert's famous Dune universe, the game is only loosely connected to the plot of any of the books or the films based on them. The planet itself is also hostile, with dangerous sandworms inhabiting the spice fields.ĭune II is often considered the first mainstream modern real-time strategy game and established many conventions of the genre. Competition among these houses begins peacefully but soon turns ugly as they battle each other with armed troops, advanced weaponry, and spies. To increase productivity, The Padishah Emperor has invited three powerful Houses (Harkonnen, Atreides, and Ordos) to compete against one another economically and bring up spice production. The Spice is the basis of interstellar travel and thus the standard of the Imperial economy. Refineries can now be upgraded with up to two extra pads for Harvesters, and each Harvester is assigned a free Carryall when received from the Refinery or one of its extra pads.The planet Arrakis (also known as Dune for its sandy landscape) is the only place in the known universe where Melange (more commonly known as the Spice) can be found. Natural events like tornadoes are introduced, which can often shift the balance on the map. New to Emperor: Battle for Dune is the subhouse system, which has every player choose up to two of five subhouses (Fremen, The Guild, Ix, Sardaukar, and Tleilaxu), each giving a unique building and two units to be used alongside the core house arsenals.
The three houses seen previously (Atreides, Ordos, and Harkonnen) are back, and are now both functionally and stylistically more distinct. Although it was done in a proprietary engine by Intelligent Games, it was the first Westwood-branded real-time strategy in 3D for the PC. The development was once again done by Intelligent Games. Instead of being a remake, it follows on from the Ordos victory in both of the two previous games. Developer Intelligent Games, Westwood Studios Publisher Electronic Arts Platforms Windows Release Date (US) | (EU) Current Version 1.09 DRM SafeDisc v2 + serial key Unavailable for purchase What is Emperor: Battle for Dune?Įmperor: Battle for Dune is the true sequel to both Dune II and Dune 2000.
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