![]() ![]() The player takes control of one of the three houses and must battle the other two for control of Dune. The storyline of Emperor: Battle for Dune is set in the year 10,191 AG (approximately 3,500 years after the events of the 1984 film Dune), a time when the Imperium is crumbling and the Great Houses are fighting for control of the spice-rich desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. The game is based on the Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 engine, and features three factions: the House Atreides, the House Harkonnen, and the House Ordos. It was released on June 5, 2001, by developer Westwood Studios and publisher Electronic Arts. The developers did a very good job, with their high sense for details.Emperor: Battle for Dune is a real-time strategy video game set in the fictional universe of Frank Herbert's Dune series. At first, you will conquer for one area, and as you progress, more territories will be unlocked. After you choose on what side you will play, you will be presented a map that is divided in territories. ![]() The campaign mode is similar to the one from the original Dune. In both single-player and multiplayer modes, you must lead your forces in planetary strategies and clever ground-level tactics. ![]() ![]() These Houses embark in solving a unique challenge: a war of assassins on the planet Arrakis. Those that played the previous versions are already familiar the story and the three Houses (also the same as those in the previous games: House Atreides, House Harkonnen and House Ordos). The factions remained the same as in the first Dune, each with their special skills and advantages. And now let's talk about the gameplay and about the players. Westwood, the developer of the Dune universe, also produced Emperor: Battle for Dune, that constituted a pleasant surprise for the fans of RTS games. For those that aren't familiar with this kind of games, Dune II was the first real-time strategy, the one that established the genre and influenced the future of Command&Conquer. It is usually said that Command&Conquer is the first and also the most important RTS game, but I have to contradict this fact. A more interesting experience, due to its implemented noveltiesĮmperor: Battle for Dune is a real-time strategy game released in 2001 by Electronic Arts. ![]()
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