Dune: Awakening will pair survival and crafting mechanics with the social interplay of a massively multiplayer on-line sport, letting gamers fulfill the hellish fantasy of surviving life on Arrakis. Sure, you possibly can fly an ornithopter. Sure, you need to use the Voice to bend the need of your enemies. And sure, you possibly can drink the blood of your enemies in an effort to remain hydrated on Dune’s lethal desert planet.
On Monday, throughout 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 will (and may’t) do in sport. You may’t kill a sandworm, and it doesn’t sound such as you’ll have the ability to experience 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 have the ability to 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 may also scavenge for sources 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 making an attempt to keep away from the sandworms of Arrakis, a always looming menace.
One other menace? Different gamers. Dune: Awakening will take a combined-arms strategy, letting gamers use melee, ranged weapons, particular skills, and automobiles to wage conflict towards 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 attain positions of energy. “The universe of Dune is an ideal place with these politics and intrigue,” Bylos mentioned, noting that Funcom’s strategy was “let’s get gamers hooked on the survival [gameplay] after which convey 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 reside their life on Arrakis as a crafter or architect, promoting blueprints of their elaborate customized bases can try 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.