Dune: Awakening
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Critic Reviews for Dune: Awakening
Dune: Awakening thrives in atmosphere, worldbuilding, and survival depth, even if its combat and grind somewhat drag behind its setting and systems.
Dune: Awakening is a harsh survival game, an intriguing RPG, and a fierce open world PvP game all in one. Somehow, it pulls it off.
Dune: Awakening is an excellent survival MMO that brilliantly captures life on Arrakis, usually to its benefit.
If you are a huge fan of Dune, it's going to be easy for you to overlook those issues. If you're not, or just have a passing interest in the lore, you may find it's just too difficult to get into. It's a game that is capable of fantastic moments, marred by irritations and a feeling of bloat that ultimately holds it back from being truly great.
Dune: Awakening has impressed me at every turn. Stunning cinematics showcase an immersive story inspired by Dune's award-winning lore and set the scene for a thrilling adventure, focused on exploration, survival, base-building, and politics. In a time full of unfinished, bug-ridden game launches, Dune: Awakening is setting the bar higher for what the release of video games should be.
Dune: Awakening's gorgeous environment is full of danger, mystery, and lore to uncover. Although its combat leaves much to be desired, its other aspects make for a fantastic experience that, with some polish, easily sets it apart from the crowd.
Dune Awakening is an impressive MMO adaptation, but its combat gets lost in translation.
For fans of the franchise, there’s nothing else quite like it. For MMO players tired of formulaic grinds and empty worlds, this is something richer, even if it comes at a cost. But be warned: if you’re looking for fast progress, you’re going to have a bad time. On Arrakis, everything fights back.
Industry Coverage
Dune: Awakening Players Are Tired Of All The "No Life Campers" In PvP, But They Have A Solution: PvE Exclusive Servers
"I had my taste of the Deep Desert yesterday and I am happy to NOT RETURN for Tier 6 materials."
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“It’s Like We Regressed Ten Years”: One Dune: Awakening Area Is Hated By The Game’s Community
"They Managed To Take Something Described As A Lifeless Desert And Truly Deliver On That."
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Dune: Awakening Dev Responds to PvP Problems
Funcom, the developer of Dune: Awakening, responds to player complaints about the state of adversarial PvP in the online survival game.
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Dune: Awakening Dev Reveals That They're Working To Fix The Most Annoying PvP Tactic "ASAP"
Orni-stomping may soon be a thing of the past in Dune: Awakening.
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