For some odd reason I haven't played a game of Civilization IV for more than a few years. Even more shockingly Civ IV has never been installed on my latest PC, despite being one of the first games ever reviewed for Gnome's Lair. Happily and thanks to this most interesting Rock Paper Shotgun post, things are about to radically change; apparently a new version of an excellent free mod for the game has been made available and it's all about Frank Herbert's political, epic, eco sci-fi masterpiece that was Dune. The mod's name is none other than the rather apt Dune Wars and can be download in its spankin' new 1.8 version via modDB. It is of course free and apparently a total conversion of the original Civ IV, featuring a ton of new rules, buildings, graphics, units, models, sounds, factions, wonders, civ abilities and even AI, that should make this the best turn based strategy game in the Dune universe ever. The production values seem fantastic too, though nothing sounds as exciting as a worm eating up a unit or having the Guild transport units from other planets.
Here are the piccies that will whet your appetite (click for larger versions):
Shouldn't that be "WHET your appetite"?
ReplyDeleteAlso, I wonder if that Harkonnen is animated.
You are absolutely right. Ooops :)
ReplyDeleteGood find, Gnome!
ReplyDeleteThank you my dear Possum!
ReplyDeleteWhat do you think about this game ..?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZS7Ml_WojQ
Looks entertaining... Kinda want to play it myself..
Hmmm... seems very interesting, heard some good words about it but haven't tried it myself.
ReplyDeleteI think my last brief contact with Dune universe in computer form was Emperor: Battle for Dune, quite a good game (see the score on Metacritic: http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/emperorbattlefordune ).
ReplyDeleteHow does this one play? Is it fun?
D'oh, links on Blogger:
ReplyDeleteEmperor: Battle for Dune at Metacritic
Never tried Emperor, but always wanted to. Seems like a lovely little game, though lacking the absolute historical significance of Dune II. BTW, Dune Wars is a Civ mod, and thus plays quite a bit like Civ.
ReplyDeleteOne of the mod team here, so hardly unbiased...
ReplyDeleteThe core is a total conversion of Civ4 (with entirely new units, religions, civics, techs, promotions, etc), but there are several new mechanics that make the game play differently.
Check this recent review though to see if it sounds like you, or check out our forum on Civfanatics.
http://forums.civfanatics.com/forumdisplay.php?f=358
Congratulation on your amazing work dear Ahriman and thanks for your visit. That link was rather handy too...
ReplyDeleteCheers and keep up the great work!