

Nevertheless, if you hanker for some old-school RTS action and prefer the sci-fi setting of the desert planet Arrakis to the battlefields in Command and Conquer, then then Emperor – Battle for Dune is unlikely to disappoint. The game was generally well received, but criticised by some for failing to innovate or move the genre forward in any meaningful way. Emperor – Battle for Dune is the sequel to the genre-defining Dune II.

It’s fair to say then, that most of the Dune computer games take some artistic license with the source material. Conventional warfare with guns, projectiles and explosives is obsolete due to the invention of impenetrable, wearable force-fields. Genre: Real Time Strategy Release Year: 2001 Developer: Westwood Studios Publisher: EA Games Age Rating: 12+ Playability Status: Perfect Tested On: Windows 10 圆4 Availability: Copyright retained - Out of print/unavailableįrank Herbert’s seminal sci-fi novel Dune is set in a science fiction universe where computers are religiously outlawed due to an artificial intelligence led rebellion.
