Dune: Awakening

Das Spiel ist wirklich hervorragend gestaltet. Die Landschaft lässt einen sofort in die Welt eintauchen – atmosphärisch und detailverliebt. Leider sind die Kämpfe im Spiel extrem schwierig. Auch ist es eine besondere Herausforderung, vernünftige Ausrüstung zu erhalten und instand zu halten – hier kann man wirklich verzweifeln. Das Generieren von Geld im Spiel gestaltet sich zudem als äußerst langwierig. Besonders negativ fällt auf, dass die Preisunterschiede zwischen Einkauf und Verkauf bei Händlern riesig sind – man hat fast das Gefühl, über den Tisch gezogen zu werden. Ich würde mir dieses Spiel kein zweites Mal kaufen.

COOL GAME FOR A DUNE FUNs!

Stupid bugs, lost so many resources. Can't farm them all again, it's too boring.

I'm going to review the end game content and recent updates since: I've recently returned to the game after seeing multiple updates. They apparently were focused around "listening to the community" and it seems like the opposite has happened. These changes have taken away any reward for PvP and made the grind loop even more tedious. It is funny because when this game was initially released, they tried to market the Deep Desert as unforgiving with a PvP focus. What have they done? Made a PvE instance so now everyone uses that to safely farm. The PvP instance is completely dead and it makes sense. Why would the average player risk it when they can choose the instance that keeps them from any real danger? On top of that, the latest updates they pumped out have made sure the PvP is optional with no real reward if you participate. Even the Landstraad missions are no longer about fighting for territory. You can essentially play this game as a single player experience and enjoy the benefits. I'm not opposed to PvE and PvP being separate, but there should be some type of reward for the PvP side to entice players to participate. Unfortunately, there is not and most of the PvP community have left. Without any conflict. the end game has become a tedious and boring grind loop. We have nothing to do other than run the same stations. To top it off, they added specializations and augmentations that has introduced more RNG to the grind. You want that grade 4 augmentation? Run that station 10x with each lvl being more difficult than the last. You still may not get it and then when you do craft it, you might not get the desired stats. It wouldn't be so bad if the insane resource requirement were reduced, but for the average player, that grind is going to take multiple play sessions. This game doesn't do well with respecting your time and the end game consists of only a tedious grind loop. Even if you decide to grind it out, there is nothing to do after. You have all that new gear just to smack the same NPCs because everyone left.

I bought this game 4 days ago and I already spent 27 hours playing, safe to say I am head over heels for this game. This is my first real MMORPG survival game, and while it is challenging getting used to the combat styles and resource efficiency those have not deterred me from having very long sessions in my off-time. The graphics looks fantastic, and it's extremely well optimized to the point where I barely get frame drops during heavy combat, the movement is fluid (especially the trooper grappling hook), the sound design of each combat element like the guns and holtzman shield is just amazing, and the soundtrack is so good this is the only game where I have avoided turning the master audio down just because of how much I love it. I do still have criticisms, but some of them can be chalked up to my inexperience with the MMORPG genre. - Having it be a live game all the time can lead to some pretty nasty desync, I understand why they went in this direction but having an offline PvE mode would be nice for story focused players - The combat can be funky at times, especially the parry mechanic or trying to pre-switch weapons while you're being attacked. - Some weird one-off bugs like the crafting menu being inaccessible, unable to see the items you equipped, rock-face physics freaking out, etc... Overall I love this game. As a massive Dune nerd, this is exactly what I imagined when it came to wanting to "be" in the Dune universe.

Mein Fazit nach über 600h. Dune: Awakening bietet eine beeindruckende und atmosphärische Spielerfahrung, die die Welt von Arrakis auf faszinierende Weise zum Leben erweckt. Die riesige Wüstenwelt, die gefährlichen Sandwürmer und das Überleben unter extremen Bedingungen sorgen dafür, dass man sich wirklich wie ein Teil des Dune-Universums fühlt. Besonders positiv ist die spannende Mischung aus Erkundung, Survival und Basebau wo man hunderte Stunden investieren kann. Natürlich gibt es noch viele Punkte, die verbessert werden könnten. Manche Spielmechaniken können sich mit der Zeit etwas wiederholen, und an einigen Stellen wäre mehr Abwechslung wünschenswert, Zb. Bei denn Landrats Missionen.Das Endgame hat auch noch viel Luft nach oben trotzdem sind das Aspekte, die das große Potenzial des Spiels nicht schmälern. Im Gegenteil: Dune: Awakening bietet bereits jetzt eine starke Grundlage und hat die Möglichkeit, sich durch zukünftige Updates und Verbesserungen noch weiterzuentwickeln. Insgesamt ist Dune: Awakening ein gelungenes Open World Survival Spiel für Fans die große Online-Welten und Survival-Spiele mögen. Die positive Atmosphäre und das besondere Setting machen das Spiel zu einem spannenden Erlebnis mit viel Potenzial für die Zukunft. Für mich hat es eine klare Kaufempfehlung.