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Emperor: Battle for Dune
Released On: Jun 12, 2001
79
8.4
All Platforms
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
79
79% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
21% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
79
79% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
21% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
It is with out a doubt the best real-time strategy game on the market today. The multifaceted game play and shear volume of missions should keep you battling for spice until your eyes turn blue.
The interface and environment are familiar, the locations interesting, the controls easy to learn, and the challenge good.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 81 User Ratings
8.4
83% Positive
67 Ratings
67 Ratings
12% Mixed
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
5% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 81 User Ratings
8.4
83% Positive
67 Ratings
67 Ratings
12% Mixed
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
5% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
I still listen to Frank Klepacki's masterwork of a soundtrack on Emperor Battle for dune to this very day. It's really awesome. The world was excellent, the gameplay, intense, the worm attacks were scary and I enjoyed choosing the Tleilaxu or Sardaukar as Allies. It was wicked to the core and I enjoyed how merciless you felt after playing the Harkonnen Campaign. The FMV cutscenes were so immersive for the time. As others here have mentioned, this game is probably the most underrated Westwood game around. Unfortunately, unlike Command and Conquer, Dune would never get another sequel after this. It's such a shame, because this game earned it. EA should burn for killing off Westwood.
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The good old times of DUNE. The first time I saw this game was in Red Alert 2 in extras section or something like that, It has 3 factions and the story is entertaining such a great RTS
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In borrowing conventions from earlier games, Westwood managed to make its latest project interesting enough and enjoyable enough to be worthwhile for virtually anyone who's ever liked another game of its type.
It’s solid and balanced, visually spectacular, offers a fairly easy though engaging single player campaign and skirmish mode, and is true (perhaps too true) to the common conventions of the genre.
Overall I enjoyed the game, though the campaign is a bit lackluster and the game doesn't offer anything new to the RTS scene.
For those looking to move beyond standard RTS gameplay, this is not the place to look. While E: BD has no glaring problems, it also has no standout features to separate it from every other RTS game out there.
Good points aside, E:BD is a tired game based on a limited concept that was beaten to death in 1998.
A very underrated game. It has fantastic balancing, an excellent story and high re-playability. I still pop this masterpiece in the driver after 10 years of playing, and I never get tired of it.
It's truly sad that multiplayer is no longer available.
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I consider this one to be THE RTS game. Apart from the fact that the story and cutscenes are very nice, particularly for a person, who's a fan of the Dune universe, the gameplay experience is top-notch. The unit balance is fantastic, particularly due to the fact that it allows for differenc strategies (for example you never attack the Harkonnen with infantry units, while it is perfectly possible to win a mid-game level only with selected infantry and air support against another house). This does not mean that you just have to rush the enemy base with a massive army, as this issue has also been very well balanced out. Moreover, Emperor has some additional elements, that are not that common, as the possibility of choosing allies, which gives you some pretty good unique units later on.
The sound is very good, and the music is good enough for me to own a soundtrack. It is true that the graphics aged a bit, but that's not a problem with such top quality gameplay as this title offers.
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Still great fun after almost a decade. The graphics are a little dated now, but still perfectly acceptable. Gameplay is amazing - the balance between the three factions is perfect - an example to all other RTS games. I still listen to the soundtrack while doing other stuff, because it's so good.
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This game was more like Dune 2:the battle for arrackis then that other imposter dune 2000. I enjoyed playing Emperor:Battle for dune especially the skirmish games against computers. The only negative i have for this game was the multiplayer aspect of the game was no where near as god as some earlier games like Starcraft.
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Emperor was a much better sequel to Dune II (the originator of most RTS mechanics) than Dune 2000 was, but still flawed. Generally I'd recommend Dune II over Emperor to people interested in the history of videogames, and Emperor to people who loved Dune II as well as the books and who are looking for another window into that world.
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Summary Based on the universe created in the Frank Herbert novels and in David Lynch's 1984 movie, this long-awaited sequel to the early '90s game "Dune II" -- the granddaddy of the real-time strategy genre -- puts you in command of a military faction fighting for control of the desert planet Arrakis and its critical resources.
Rated T
for Teen
Platforms:
- PC
Initial Release Date: Jun 12, 2001
Developer:
- Westwood Studios
Publisher: EA Games
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