Dune: Awakening will pair survival and crafting mechanics with the social interplay of a massively multiplayer on-line recreation, letting gamers fulfill the hellish fantasy of surviving life on Arrakis. Sure, you’ll be able to fly an ornithopter. Sure, you should use the Voice to bend the desire of your enemies. And sure, you’ll be able to drink the blood of your enemies in an effort to remain hydrated on Dune’s lethal desert planet.
On Monday, in the course of the Dune: Awakening Direct livestream, Funcom chief inventive officer Joel Bylos walked potential gamers by means of the scope of the survival MMO, detailing what they’ll (and might’t) do in recreation. You may’t kill a sandworm, and it doesn’t sound such as you’ll be capable of journey one — at launch, anyway.
Survival and crafting are unsurprisingly a significant part of Dune: Awakening. Gamers should be conscious of risks, like sandstorms, sandworms, publicity to Arrakis’ intense daylight, and dehydration. To fight the latter, gamers will be capable of discover Arrakis’ dew fields or eat plant fibers that comprise hint quantities of water. In additional determined conditions, gamers can shoot enemies and take their blood as a supply of water.
Gamers will even scavenge for assets to craft their private arsenal. They’ll make their very own stillsuit, forge metal, construct bases, and assemble machines as they advance by means of Dune: Awakening’s know-how tree. Gamers will get entry to ornithopters, sand bikes, and thumpers — all useful gadgets when attempting to keep away from the sandworms of Arrakis, a always looming risk.
One other risk? Different gamers. Dune: Awakening will take a combined-arms method, letting gamers use melee, ranged weapons, particular skills, and automobiles to wage warfare in opposition to their opponents.
Dune: Awakening additionally guarantees “political survival,” as gamers can align themselves with home Atreides or Harkonnen and rise by means of the ranks to realize positions of energy. “The universe of Dune is an ideal place with these politics and intrigue,” Bylos mentioned, noting that Funcom’s method was “let’s get gamers hooked on the survival [gameplay] after which deliver them into the political survival of the Dune universe.” Gamers will begin their journey in Dune: Awakening as a survivor misplaced within the desert, however by means of mentorship and in-game contracts, might wind up as a high-ranking baron.
It seems like there are much less politically motivated profession choices as effectively. Gamers who wish to dwell their life on Arrakis as a crafter or architect, promoting blueprints of their elaborate customized bases can do this too.
Dune: Awakening is coming to PlayStation 5, Home windows PC, and Xbox Collection X, however Funcom has not revealed a launch window for the sport.
