Dune: Awakening

Dune: Awakening is an excellent survival MMO that brilliantly captures life on Arrakis, usually to its benefit.

Funcom's survival MMO delivers on the fantasy of the Dune universe but stumbles in the endgame.

Dune: Awakening is a harsh survival game, an intriguing RPG, and a fierce open world PvP game all in one. Somehow, it pulls it off.

An engrossing survival and crafting game with flawed but engaging endgame systems.

If you are a huge fan of Dune, it's going to be easy for you to overlook those issues. If you're not, or just have a passing interest in the lore, you may find it's just too difficult to get into. It's a game that is capable of fantastic moments, marred by irritations and a feeling of bloat that ultimately holds it back from being truly great.

Dune: Awakening's gorgeous environment is full of danger, mystery, and lore to uncover. Although its combat leaves much to be desired, its other aspects make for a fantastic experience that, with some polish, easily sets it apart from the crowd.

Dune: Awakening is a big game. Its wide array of content to explore makes the game a perfect one to boot up with a group, but it’s also entirely playable solo as long as you’re prepared for a slow grind.

Dune Awakening is an impressive MMO adaptation, but its combat gets lost in translation.

Dune: Awakening thrives in atmosphere, worldbuilding, and survival depth, even if its combat and grind somewhat drag behind its setting and systems.

All in all, I really enjoy Dune Awakening. This game introduced me to—and made me love—the survival genre, which is both new and refreshing for me. The quests are varied and engaging, the universe is visually stunning, and the well-thought-out story makes you want to keep going further and further.