Subj : Re: Dune 2021
To   : Arelor
From : Boraxman
Date : Fri Dec 24 2021 22:10:00

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 Ar>   Re: Re: Dune 2021
 Ar>   By: Nightfox to Arelor on
 Ar> Thu Dec 02 2021 09:08 am

 >  Ar> I loved the Harkonen ending in which you walk into the Emperor's palace
 >  Ar> and shoot him in the face :-)
 >
 > I never did play Dune 2 through to the end.
 >
 > Nightfox
 >

 Ar> How much did you actually play?

 Ar> I think things got interesting when you got access to starports. You
 Ar> could order units in bulk as they became available. This means you
 Ar> could order 4 air units all of a sudden in a crucial moment, or rocket
 Ar> launchers, or some other strategic unit. It was very intense for such
 Ar> an old game.

 Ar> I also liked the Harkonen ultimate weapon: The Nuclear Weapon of
 Ar> Ultimate Destruction that Obliterates the Good Guys Left and RIght!
 Ar> (also known as The Hand of Death).

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The soundtrack to that game was awesome.  Multiplayer functionality would have
been fantastic.  I remember discussing how sorely this game needed multiplayer
like Warcraft back in the mid 90's.  I also think dune 2 had more strategy to
it than later real time strategy games.  Just swarming the base with enemies
wouldn't work, you had to use each units in a specific way to win.  In later
games, you could just flood the base and win by sheer numbers alone.

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