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James Francis's avatar

Nice roundup! The Dune Awakening demo finally gave me a chance to play the game. Sadly, I found it was not for me.

Arthur Kurbedzis's avatar

I have tried to download it on Steam whole weekend, but somehow it did not worked out. 😶 So, you are saying it is not worth even trying?

James Francis's avatar

It depends. I thought the gameplay loop was very shallow, similar to games like Once Human and Soulmask. It's a lot like the Conan survival game by the same studio, though Conan's world felt bigger and gave a greater sense of accomplishment.

The resource gathering, crafting, and combat have little variety and the tech tree is a bit dull too.

I played Dune coop with a friend and we were bored after a few hours.

But some people love it. The game is pretty polished. There's just not a lot to it.

For reference, I consider games like Grounded, Raft, Moria, and Enshrouded to be much better.

Dusty Gamer's avatar

To be honest, MMOs are not my thing. I have heard of the games you mention, but I never had the chance to play them. From what you say, maybe Dune is for those with less experience in the genre?

I opted to download and play some other demos over the weekend, and now I don't feel like I missed out.