The Dune MMO Looks Way Better Than Expected

We got some new updates for Dune Awakening, the upcoming Survival Sandbox MMO, and the game is looking pretty good. Let's check it out.

[@syko188]

Funcom always has ideas. implementing them has been a challenge from my experience (AoC+TSW player).

[@MichaelSplatkins]

This! TSW looked SO good on paper! But... Dear, lord. How do you make combat that boring? 🤦

[@OneKillQuota]

@@MichaelSplatkins I played TSW when it first came out and loved SO much of that game. The combat mechanisms were SO fun...but the combat feel...you are exactly right. The combat was SO damn clunky despite the mechanics.

[@Linus1871]

I dont know man. My "crapy game sensors" are going wild on this one too.

[@balintszollar]

I was there at the start of SWG. The devs referring to it as an inspiration is just music to my ears.

[@pythonxz]

I doubt they will take the right lessons from it though. The crafting system in SWG is still one of the best ever made.

[@Darth0308]

I would pay many amounts of dollars for a SWG game again. There has just been nothing like it since and it did not deserve the death it suffered.

[@pythonxz]

It is sad that crowfall was shut down. It had a crafting system that was very similar to Star wars galaxies.

[@MrGibbonici]

Ahh, that makes sense. I only watched the recent stream and what they were saying about this reminded me of SWG. Didn't know they'd explicitly referred to SWG as an inspiration. Hopefuly they get it right. SWG could have and should have been the future of MMOs, but the tech wasn't really there for it at the time and then WoW came out and that was that.

[@blainem2258]

There’s a swg emu of pre-CU game state, people still play .

[@BoundlessBoredom]

Still not convinced this is actually an MMO

[@ashleygray1632]

I think it will be shared areas. By the sounds of it the core PvP area will host up to 500 people and the other areas around 40 each. But those shards will be joined.

[@williamwyn]

Servers of up to 64 people...

[@noctoi]

Same. It sounds like a multiplayer PVP survival game. The term MMO is grossly over used these days - Online Multiplayer is *not* always the same as "massively" multiplayer. It still does my head in that MOBA style games and survival games that are procedurally generated with limited group options (looking at you Valheim and No Man's Sky) get referred to as MMO's. I hope it really is an MMO and I hope it works for them. There's a space in the MMO genre for a game like this... it's definitely not for me, I *hate* PVP... but there is a space for it and a lot of people would love it.

[@iEATW0RLDS]

​@noctoi Truth...I've literally argued with people that think CoD is an MMO.

[@thegray0]

they're paid to hype it. force gaming, Asmongold and few others. how you can tell it's a good game based on 40 second gameplay video

[@anabolicc3123]

You know you're getting old when you remember being addicted to a game as old as Anarchy Online

[@anthonyclaughan5620]

I still play SO today lol

[@anabolicc3123]

@anthonyclaughan5620 wow that's incredible. It was one of the best MMOs ever made imo. There is nothing comparable to the transplant system.

[@0xNobody]

you know you're old when you remember playing RF online or Metin..@@anabolicc3123

[@RaethFennec]

MUDs were my childhood gaming addiction and I still think some of them did things right that graphical MMORPGs haven't topped yet. Oh, excuse me. I think they're preparing to read my eulogy. Remember meeeeeeeeeeee... :P

[@JamieR]

Still farming inf hecklers and missions in my dreams 😆

[@acebeck2000]

😂 You are overencumbered, you start walking and then hear the dune wurm coming. 😂

[@joshrodrigues3566]

Oh God I'd shit my pants. 🤣

[@dementedp]

I really hope they implement a system for solo players so they can be useful to their faction. Aside from scouting, it would be cool if solo players could become scavengers and bring back resources to their faction’s base in exchange for spice or some type of currency.

[@Ragefire91]

Bro Holy Congrats to 1 Mill!!!! Lets get the 2 Million

[@rct6518]

The showcase gave me a bad feeling. They showed very little gameplay, combat, multiplayer, monetization plans, or game systems. They talked (for over 20 minutes) about how cool Unreal 5 and the dune lore is (we already know that). The ~2 minute cinematic at the end did not impress me. This feels like a starfield situation. They are looking to cash in on the hype machine for launch and players will realize (after purchase) that the game is not good or even finished. Then customers get the old "Future development blah blah blah". I wouldn't touch this with a 100 foot pole until they actually showcase the actual game. I love the whole Dune world and such but I am going into this hoping for the best while expecting the worst. Reg flags all over this for me.

[@maboilaurence8227]

This, stop hyping MMOs up until we get more info on the monetization, endgame and gear systems.

[@coryv5679]

People keep forgetting this is made by a company who has a pretty bad track record with games. It's shocking that they keep getting companies to have them make games. They faild hard with Secret world so much they brought it back after it died and it died again.

[@Mxlch999]

​@@coryv5679conan exiles great !!

[@elitedoller4958]

The game is nowhere near being ready. That’s why.

[@henrythegreatamerican8136]

Yea, beginning to think Force Gaming is just another propaganda outlet for games they are paid to promote. Look how they proudly promoted Quinfall before the rest of the internet discussed the truth about the game. It wasn't until the truth was revealed that Force Gaming came out with a negative video towards Quinfall.

[@rmhtexas5982]

As an old school MMO player - and just a player that's old - my concern for this kind of thing is ALWAYS the 'griefing' element. When required-for-progression elements (base building, contested resources that are lootable from players, destructible environments, etc) mix with PVP the game space becomes almost entirely owned by the hardcore grinders. It'll be a shame for the studio and the game if it goes that way; because Dune and MMOs have an enormous audience.

[@dimitardobrev3296]

maybe they will filter it and pool all the grinders together and all the noobs together

[@nathandi_maggio8297]

Absolutely congrats to over a Million subs

[@simongervais9302]

This looks awesome! I hope they eventually implement Tleilax, Giedi Prime, Caladan, Salusa Secundus etc. or at least some plots involving those factions. Especially the face dancers. Also, it would be incredible to have some expansion with God Emperor content down the line, which would make the game totally different

[@sergiohenrique2411]

oh boy are you up for a surprise, im even subscribing just to be sure I will see your rant video on this later on :D

[@shanielson]

This sounds a lot like things they have planned but won't be released for literally years after the release of the game if ever at all. I'll believe it when I see it.

[@limerency5834]

I agree, though it is refreshing that they’re being clear about what isn’t in the game. Like in their discord when stuff comes up they’re surprisingly responsive about what isn’t planned I think their team, at least the social media team is rightfully wary of over hype so they’re setting boundaries

[@Nomad454]

This is my second comment on this video, but I have to say this. Force, you are largely responsible for hyping up things before we know much about them. This kind of media drives people to believe the hype and then they ultimately end up getting burned by the whole thing. This has happened several times by this point. Maybe we should break the cycle of the hype-inducing thumbnails and titles that lead us down this path. You play a large role in that stuff.

[@limerency5834]

im not really defending clickbait or this guy (I didn't know he existed before like two weeks ago) but that's not content creators fault unless they're actively lying. This guy showed clips and quoted the devs, if it ends up being wrong its the devs who lied not him. IDK anything about this guy but I have been following dune awaking since the beginning and he hasn't said anything the devs aren't saying. Maybe in the past hes lied and added hype over nothing but with this its just that he seems to believe the devs. This game may be a disappointment but I don't think we can expect influencers to do more than report what the devs are saying

[@peeperpawsmcgee]

They don't really use guns though in Dune, due to personal shields being so common. Its a pretty major part of dune lore. A slow dagger is more effective than a fast projectile.

[@robertlocock5636]

Personal shields aren't usable outside of Arrakeen as the shield's harmonics attract worms.

[@peeperpawsmcgee]

oh yeah I forgot about that tidbit!@@robertlocock5636

[@dreadtrain2846]

The game doesn't make sense with the lore at all. This is just a run of the mill trashy game with the word "Dune" plastered on it.

[@williampalmer8052]

@@dreadtrain2846 Yep, just a cheap cash-in on the name. Dune deserves better than this.

[@mechavos4066]

@@dreadtrain2846Agreed. It seems like they removed fremen completely and the players will be "outsiders", which is ironic bc of the political message of Dune. Nothing prevented them from creating a completely new world and do whatever they wanted with it, except for the money of course

[@Spyro_76]

I just saw you reached 1mil subs! Well done bro 👊

[@seanboyize]

If I can’t become the god emperor I don’t want it. Full worm mechanics.

[@deaconx]

Enshrouded deserves far more success

[@Justicek02nd]

NO

[@Ninja-qi5td]

Man its much better than palworld​@@Justicek02nd

[@KEEPOURSANITY]

​@@Justicek02nd why?

[@YoshihitoBLM]

@@Justicek02nd Yes. Sorry, but you're are woefully outnumbered with that sad opinion, lol.

[@yous2244]

No, it's current success is what it deserves

[@phaedrus12134]

Lasers and shields better work like they should... Melee is the primary form of on foot combat in dune because of shields and lasers.

[@Scyths1]

I have zero expectation out of this game lmao. They are basically selling dreams. They advertise so many different mechanics and gameplay that I'd be highly surprised if they managed to land like a third of them right ... Thousands of people in a single server ? Suuuure .... Tension mechanics with sandworms ? I can already it not working at all in all but name. Endgame is basically PVP aka "there is no endgame but let's advertise one anyway". I've played Conan exiles for a really long time when it was released and also during its first big expansion and they'd need to really step up from that if they hope to accomplish something worth playing that's not already available in the market and has been for years. They advertised so many different things that I basically lost any hope for it. A little bit more and I'd have wondered if they hadn't recruited the guys from "The Day Before" ...

[@Mysterion12]

Star citizen am i right.

[@ciocki]

exactly how i felt looking at that stuff lol

[@Lance_Knight]

@@Mysterion12 well star citizen is a ponzi scheme lol

[@Antonyt13]

You literally just described Ashes or Creation. Man, MMOs are dead.

[@celphalonred1999]

​@@Mysterion12star citizen is actually delivering true. Swear to god the sheep deniers won't wake up xD

[@Teytheprophet]

Been watching since you had like 20k followers. What a grind! Congrats

[@scotmcpherson]

I feel like this game was presented to us by the Duke Leto Atreides himself

[@homeblue7667]

7:23 that first ue5 tech demo sneak though lol

[@supersaiyanjohn3012]

Since I don’t own a PC and primarily game through console this has been my highlighted game for quite some time, I’m not even buying new games at the moment, just playing ESO still until this game drops

[@ErMarietto]

Giant worms chasing you would be funny as f, and also reminds me of the film Tremors 🤣

[@Mk-qv9ie]

Only for the first few encounters it’s going to be funny. Long term it’s going to be bad for game play if it’s implemented the way my brain is imagining it.

[@Tyler40k]

So it's an MMOSARPG? How many acronyms will we have in the year 2040?

[@Dan-Simms]

Looking good, hope they can pull it all off well!

[@VoiceULove]

Depending on how much of the game is locked behind the PvP aspects, could determine the game's overall popularity. While PvP does have a fairly large following, keeping the PvE and PvP aspects separate did make several games in the past very popular, such as Elder Scrolls Online, Guild Wars 2, Warhammer Online and of course the grandfather of this genre, Dark Age of Camelot.

[@Glowbox3D]

The Shai-Hulud were slightly glossed over--I really hope all the mechanics attached to the worms are solid. I don't ask we can ride them (for now), but I ask that they invoke the same respect as in the books and films.

[@Rex_Smashington]

Oh baby. Been wishlisted since 2022 and it's starting to take shape. People like to talk trash about Conan Exiles but it's easily the best survival game on Steam. It has issues with hackers and whatnot but as far as mechanics and game design. It's the best of the best.

[@votequian]

As someone who was OBSESSED with Anarchy Online when I was young this gives me the warm and fuzzies

[@BFlynn5577]

new meaning to SANDbox

[@abduktedtemplar]

It was awesome to see Soe (of Overwatch League fame) back in action.

[@thetankgarage]

20 year old memory unlocked. About the point they made about how MMO's split into MOBAs and Survival games. First time I heard the name DOTA was on a Totalbiscuit podcast in 2005 sometime, it was called "Blue PLZ!". Funny thing is he was talking about it with someone else who called themselves Leto. Wonder where he got that name from. Such an obscure memory I even had to google some information to make sure it was a real and not something I made up, turns out it was real.

[@vladslavtsisyk9459]

planetside was all i needed to hear im sold

[@Fedaygin]

True that 🙂 - Long Live the Fighters - 🗡 [Arrakis fan since -92, bought my first Arrakis books -95 & naturally more since then] 📚

[@WesFurtive]

thanks for posting dude

[@CrosswaIk]

Also Medieval Dynasty got a multiplayer update. This is the year of the survival game. Although I can't imagine a worse universe to build an mmo around. There literally isn't a scrap of customization to be had in Dune.

[@jhartigan82]

its a yes for me your going to hollywood!

[@Wozzmatic]

If modelled on SWG it has real potential to be an epic experience!

[@OneMeanArtist]

It looks good so far, but I foresee a lot of griefing if they don't implement some option to turn off pvp/crossfire mode.

[@MrDraehl]

Curious to see how the markets will work. I've always loved games that have both buy and sell orders + regional markets with unique resources so there is an actual trade economy. IE put some buy orders in >> check in the next day to see your order fills > transport to another market with less of that item. Sell some, craft with the rest, etc. I'm looking at a less hardcore take of Eve/Albion Online TBH.

[@RhondaFizzleflint]

I loved The Secret World... Funcom always surprises with some fresh ideas.

[@nickbruno1363]

I had a great time playing AoC back in the day sounds interesting 🤔

[@jdjin291]

im still hoping i get closed access to play this as this is my most anticipated game in a very logn time as i love dune the books and the OG movie and new ones

[@DocX1000]

This looks pretty amazing! ...I'm just always concerned when devs add survival elements to a game that's this complicated. Sometimes those elements just end up dragging it down.

[@Stryker-K]

'Sometimes' is an understatement

[@ThatRandomGuy787]

Thumpers....ahhhh I can already feel all the base griefing😌 love it

[@johnmagus6341]

I loved Conan exiles for quite a while and definitely registered on their website after watching that launch trailer thingy

[@ImaITman]

Funcom is one of the best gaming companies that's made niche games that guys like me have played for 20 years or more at this point

[@Queen-dl5ju]

i hope they do the "voice" power really well

[@4Skyrim]

Looks good sounds good hope it is

[@selctat115]

Man watching this has made me want a Planetside 3

[@synthetadyne]

Are they harkoning back or Harkonnen back? In all seriousness this looks pretty fun.

[@sarcasm-83]

Lol exactly what I thought at that part 😄

[@MortenWill]

As someone who have beta tested every Funcom MMO, I will be signing up. However, that also sets a bar for my expectations

[@slakjawnotsayin5451]

The fact that they are using SWG as their inspiration is awesome! That old game, but with action combat instead of tab targeting, was something so many people have wanted for over 20 years, and hasn't been done yet. Conan Exiles was fantastic, other than the map layout, where you start at the bottom and work your way to the top, then the game feels finished, and it's not that much fun to replay again after. SWG was massive maps, and multiple planets of them, which had a mixture of levels of creatures all over the place, and resources all over the place that you would plunk down resource gatherers, so the whole area of the maps and planets were useful, with no finishing type of feeling for the entire game... Which means you would go back to it.

[@traestorm]

If they add the features of SWG, I'll be very happy. I still miss the OG SWG gameplay. That was the last time you had a game where you created a community in-game as part of the game loop itself.

[@coolaechardonnae7830]

Eventually if they made it more like Dune: Spice War except first person and randomized Settlers that contribute to advancing Technology. Even a chemical table so your settlers can develop and fuse stronger Alloys but probly alot to think about but a Destiny Variation would be cool as well, very much like Engrams/Daily rewards. Perhaps tax/trade Networks investing in other players Crafting, Munitions, Alloys but to make those should be challenging.

[@JakeP95]

It looks and sounds good , I’ll keep my eye on it I guess

[@ashleejones586]

What’s the story gonna be?? Are we going to pick one of the Great Houses to be a part of? Will we be part of the Fremen? Or able to join them? Who are we, and why are we on Arrakis? I just have a lot of questions, hopefully it will be good. I love the Dune universe

[@JustPaladinNow]

somethign i really hope is they make factions starkly different like the universe shows the great houses and isolate jobs skills and such to set factions so you have to really thinka bout what you want to do who you want to serve and why

[@henzoko5946]

Age of Conan was amazing. Hell yea cant wait

[@billy_cross5580]

Yeah, I’m sure thumpers will be one of the expendable resources like heel potions, that everybody carries you know a dozen bumpers with them or how many ever weight wise you can afford to carry so that at any moment, if you need to, you can drop a thumper and move away, and the war will go for the thumperor let’s say you wanna go in and farm an area and there’s a warm around so you drop a thumper over here to draw it away and then you go to town farm in that area

[@liveletlive0regrets]

Sand storms in Conan Exiles were thrilling first time I played. Mount riding was to ridged though. They really need fix mounts in CE to move more fluidly. Even Palworld mounts feel more natural than Conan that's saying a lot.

[@timreeper1295]

i play conan the crafting survival game then when i seen the same company is making this dune mmo i knew it should be decent im pumped for this !!!

[@malachiashley528]

I want this so badly

[@JasonSturgess]

Hoping this is good because loved the Dune movies !

[@cougarfly1]

Bro, i can´t tell you how much im looking forward to This Game. I loved Conan Exiles, especially the building system. But this stuff look so much better.

[@DoYouLikeBaileys]

So Funcom wrote a dream list of game features they're not capable of delivering. No one should be surprised about this.

[@phoboskittym8500]

The levitation ISN'T MAGIC, its SUSPENSOR technology, like what the Baron Vladimir Harkonen uses... Like you see the Sadukar use in the movie. I bet its a peice of gear you can craft...

[@McHobotheBobo]

I believe he means the tech/abilities fulfill the same role in the game as magic did in Conan Exiles

[@aiden.7ch]

looks good. do you know if there will be private server availability?

[@Beyond_Gonaz]

Hopefully yes...

[@joebond545]

Dune is popping right now. The second movie was way more accessible for casual audience. Which i think will take it to 1 billion or close

[@coolbrotherf127]

This sounds mostly like Planetside 2 with some survival and maybe some JRPG elements? I'll take a look if it comes out actually decent, but there's so many other games to play that it's kind of just something I might play.

[@seanivey9013]

100% PVP + Thumpers + Invulnerable Sandworm = greffer paradise. Y'all have fun.

[@MrDankDro]

A survival AO style mmo in the Dune universe with a somewhat Planetside PVP aspect sounds amazing. Probably wont be exactly like that, but no doubt it will be good because FunCom kicks ass. And if it falls short they jave a good track record of doing a good job at salvaging a game to be at least fun and entertaining.

[@skalapunk]

Anarchy Online is still one of the greatest MMOs ever made.

[@Tenzordk]

So sand vampire game with lasers and planes, got it!

[@breach-clips1767]

I wonder they also have the phase shields

[@Orchal86]

Love that they mention Star Wars Galaxies, which was so good and special before the mentionted "let's all copy WoW" started.

[@jarrodedson5441]

2 questions 1. Where in the dune timeline does this game take place in? And 2. Will u be able to create ur own custom character?

[@dreadtrain2846]

Is there a timeline where all the races just live on Arrakis and they all have no technology so they build it all from whatever they find on Arrakis? Because that's what they described.

[@Gills420]

brooooooo this is better then what conan 2 could have been. wow 17:42

[@LordMaul4925]

For the years I’ve been watching this game, I still hope large guilds aren’t too big

[@cimerea]

It looks great conceptually. But in practice it will end up as any other "free roam clan based pvp server type mmo" - one guild dominating per server and everyone either joining them or switching servers.

[@NoOnezZup]

I loved planetside2 I would totally play this, if they can pull it off.

[@celphalonred1999]

Looks amazing.

[@billy_cross5580]

Those areas may produce granting ingredients that allow you to create special shit that can’t be got through drops or any farming except you know when they get unveiled, everything has a marketplace, a global marketplace where you can make a special item and put it on for the price that you think it’s worth that’s a win But if they also make it, so that basic items like thumpers right if you can craft bumpers, but it takes a little bit of a time investment, you gotta go out and gather resources to do it then thumpers will be a sellable item. Specially, if you have to find and learn a blueprint or whatever, and if there are different levels of bumpers, you know the basic dumper that may or may not entice a worm away from the area you want to enter and fight in or the high-level thumper that will call one of giant worms into the middle of a battlefield, I think a lot of developers. Don’t know how to do crafting very well.

[@TheFrancoBona]

Extraction games for me are actually the experience of going to a dungeon on an open world PVP MMO with item drops on death stripped from the rest of the MMO elements.

[@leomaestri6464]

My mmo hope meter is at an all time low but I do want to get excited

[@RasNasty]

cant wait

[@Baraz_Red]

Conan Exiles : it took years for the combat (PvP) to become better and more fun, and even now PvE feels clunky and odd. My hopes are not super high, but that developer did make excellent base building systems, crafting, survival aspects.

[@PuggiTheGreat]

If they can pull this off, amazing!😁

[@exodus2oo]

I wonder if we'll have to shift walk in the desert for hours at a time to avoid the worm.

[@korniestpatch]

They have confirmed you cannot avoid the worm. It is inevitable.

[@aguspuig6615]

@@korniestpatch unintentionally eldrich comment

[@ZAD3N0]

This and Star Citizen will be huge and take alot of my free time up haha XD

[@unhingedcrouton]

Sounds like many of the fundamentals are inspired in eve online which could be good, alas niche experience.

[@JON3SS]

So basically Conan Exiles, In space ? IM ALL IN!

[@doubledigital_]

if they make it like conan so i can run my own server localy ill be happy.. And im so glad they mentioned SWG , that shit was dope.. :(

[@Skurny69]

Dont forget funcom just "partnered" with the makers of Empyrion galactic survival. I think they are going to acquiring their planet tech

[@Erumyr]

Star wars galaxies was The best sci fi MMO ever made.

[@majinbooch3787]

Starwars galaxies was something special

[@haroldbecker81]

Heck yeah! I still reminisce over that game and the cool skill trees/progression, before they jacked it all up. Last i heard, there's an independent version of that original edition out there, that someone is hosting.

[@papapvp3996]

last oasis vives ! will to blueballs but will maybe be fun for some time !