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Dune: Awakening proves MMOs can still be interesting and try new things

In making a survival MMO, Funcom has welded two concepts together in a way we rarely see. We've survived on worlds with…

Then I'm forced forward by unseen magic onto my knees, to thrust my hand inside a box of truth and eventually pledge to perform a mission that will set me free: find the elusive Fremen hiding in the desert of Arrakis. This enforced sparsity feels authentic to the atmosphere of Dune, and while there's a lot of running around early on, it's important for establishing the dangers of the land - the jeopardy of the sandworms, the debilitating effects of the sun, and the searchlights beaming from Emperor ships patrolling at night. You can live out your Dune fantasy in the most faithful recreation of Arrakis we've yet seen in a game, pausing as the ground shudders from a nearby sandworm, ducking for cover as a sandstorm blows in, and searching crevices for the secrets of the world hidden within.

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