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What is Dune?

you are wrong on RTS thing... the game that did that was starcraft. But i will agree that dune is awsome...

No, Dune came before Starcraft, Warcraft I came out not TOO long after and I think that Warcraft came before Starcraft. Though I'm just playing by memory and not by research.

Dune was a good read, and I think the Sci-Fi miniseries did it very well. Though I've never gotten around to reading the sequels.

Dune was out long before starcraft, but starcraft revolutionized RTS, though warcraft came out first it didn't make nearly as much of an impact. As for Dune, it was a fair read, but I prefer Asimov.

As far as Fantasy: TheWheel of Time, The Sword of Truth, The Belgariad/Melorion, Xanth, Disc World.
Sci-fi: Dune, Dragon Riders of Pern, Ringworld, anything by Herbert, The Tripods, Foundation..
and to many other series to name.

(Edited by Mr. Dakarius 3/10/2007 3:08:45 AM)

Hey I read all the Dune books and sequels(there are like 5 or am I wrong?).They are pretty cool,i really liked how that guy turned into a huge worm,or how cool Baron Harkonnen was (he really did like little boys <3).Frank Herbert's books are for sure the best SF writing I came across
Yea also read 15 or so books from Asimov's Robot-Empire-Foundation series...what can I say,come to think of it i used to do a lot of reading...before playing vu that is... :(

Dune is definitely the best and first RTS game.

Revolutionary indeed.

Harkonnen FOREVER!

Best dune game around :D

Harkonnen and Atreides were easy. Harkkonnen had brute firepower (I just didn't put too much faith in the slow Devastators, it totally took away from its self destruct ability.) and later in the game if you Zerk rush with Sonic tanks you win.

In Ordos, all you had was your Sabetour that towers could see, and blow up, requiring you to take them out first and then the Deviator which TEMPORARILY confuse an enemy letting you order it around. The thing was barely armored and all around just stunk.

If I remember correctly, at the very last mission the only way I won the thing with Ordos (because the spice had run out) is because I had taken over an atreides tech center (and/or heavy machine factory) and had a sonic tank and was able to 'snipe' the towers.

I'm rereading Dune. I read the series once in Middle School, and now again in High School! YAY! And, just to go along with that, I'm playing the only Dune game that was released after 1992 (my birthday), Battle for Dune.

*Note, it is not the fault of the writer if any of his above statements involving the release dates of certain games related to the Dune series are untrue.

Ya deviators did really all around suck, I just like to put my faith in the good old reliable Combat Tank!

Hey....deviators don't stink. They rock if you use them right. All you have to do is get a devastator or minotaur or sonic tank before the deviator is killed and you really mess up the enemy. Especially like to get devastators and make them blow themselves up.

Then, around my seemingly helpless deviator, 100's of fremen fedakyn would appear and slaughter your pathetic tanks. During the tiny length of this minor engagement my ordos weapons (lasertanks, apcs, and deviators) would have hovered past right at your base.

By the way, what's quads? Oh, and I'm basing what I say on Emperor: Battle for Dune by the way, that was the only Dune game made recently enough for me to get by the time I knew what Dune was....

Oh man, I think I'm taking it way back into old school. In the game that I played only the Atreides had access to the Fremen. And I would've wished for lasertanks and apcs.

Quads and Trikes were the lighter attack vehicles on wheels.

Yea, infanrty other than Fremen or sadukar are completely useless in Battle for Dune. They are fodder, can't do anything. But, they are useful early in the game.

lol, I was actually thinking of going to that book next era after doing Ender last era...I was thinking Sardukar tho, they were more nuts xD

"Oh, and I'm basing what I say on Emperor: Battle for Dune by the way"

Awesome multiplayer game :D

Harkonnen FTW!!!

"By the way, what's quads? Oh, and I'm basing what I say on Emperor: Battle for Dune by the way, that was the only Dune game made recently enough for me to get by the time I knew what Dune was...."

Lol, how can you even call yourself a Dune fan without playing Dune 1 or 2? Dune 1 was of an epicness unmatched and Dune 2 was what Starcraft only hopes to be, the first true RTS game.

Quads were 4 wheeled cars with twin machine guns on the front, basically an only good for trooper killing and scouting, you could also zerg rush with them.

"I had taken over an atreides tech center (and/or heavy machine factory) and had a sonic tank and was able to 'snipe' the towers."

You couldn't  take over Ix research facility in Dune 2, nor could you build Devastators/Sonic tanks as Ordos, not could you build missile launchers but you could buy them from the Starport.

The Deviators were quite useful, even more so since units under its effects suffered from a bug, the AI wouldn't change the last command you gave the unit untill it was finished, as such you could make the unit attack one of the enemies units/buildings or in case of Devastetors to autodestruct in the middle of the enemy base.

As for Battle for Dune, that game is so easy it's not even funny, only strategy you ever need is zerg rush with Freemen and you won.

Dune 1 was a trail blazer, and Dune 2 rocked...I actually still have it on my PC =)  It was so revolutionary at the time...I also enjoy the Starcraft and C & C series, but Dune 2 was the first true RTS that I know of...

the stories in Dune are fantastic=D

loved the pc game "battle for dune" to, it was awsome=)

Good call, Messiah - Martin is an excellent storyteller.  The only downside to reading his books at the moment is that we have to wait a year for the next one, blargh!

Blood Frenzy, sand is freaking cool!  Dune FTW!

yup, the first one was like:  wow, this is complicated, and awesome
second:  still pretty sweet, basically continuation of the first
third: ok, this is not quite as awesome
fourth: wtf is this guy smoking?
fifth:  .... ?


     Anyways, blood frenzy, I would say you're younger and don't have the attention span to follow the politics and plot line behind the "spice" trade in the Dune books, try again in five years.