Howdy Folks and welcome! Thanks for stopping by, even though it is a "Directive..." This was an okay game, filled with amazing live action cutscenes and some solid gameplay. I love Westwood's vision of DUNE. It would be great to hear from you, if you ever played this game or heard about it? Or your thoughts on the video. Again thanks so much, and I hope this finds you well! All the best, Dog Dad Studios
Very good video! I hope the youtube algorithms favor you :). House Ordos was a Westwood Studio special first introduced in Dune 2. They are now part of the Dune Encyclopedia, but never the books. Whereas Atreides were the good guys (air power, ability to tap into the Fremen alliance), and Harkonnen (Nukes and heavy/strong weapons) were the bad guys, the Ordos were a weaker mercantile faction that focused on mercenaries and subterfuge. They have always been the 'hardest' faction to play IMO because they were the least conventional. I liked them most in Dune 2 simply because they were green :).
Thank you so much for taking the time to write all of this and for your words to mean so much, I cannot express how much it means to me. Thank you again for feeling comfortable sharing this and explaining the lore; as a person that got into the story because of the newer Movies, it's always insane to hear about the wider universe, just like in LOTR. I hope this finds you well. All the best, Dog Dad Studios
Westwood's last hurrah, my first westwood game, my introduction to the dune universe. For me it was The goody two shoes atredies The shady ordos The metal harkonnen. The soundtrack is probably the best of any rts game, and significantly better than many other games. I most like the harkonnen brothers showdown level. It's amazing Also if you like dune lore a youtuber 'Quinn's Ideas' makes great videos on it and other science fiction universes.
Howdy and thanks for taking the time to write this! I'm so glad you loved the soundtrack, so did I! Thank you for this suggestion, I will check it out later today, much appreciated! Hope this finds you well.
To be more specific this is a direct sequal to the events of Dune 2000 (where the emporer is killed by his concubine). The art and lore of Dune 2000 & Emporer is heavily inspired by the David Lynch film (i.e. heart plugs, still suits, etc.) While House Ordos is an in lore faction they dont feature much if at all in the books. The Tekaxu on the other hand....
Thank you so much for taking the time to explain the events/prequels, I greatly appreciate that! Did you play any of those games before emperor? I hope this finds you well! Thanks again for stopping by!
@@Dog.Dad.Studios yeah, played them growing up. Amazing games for their time, but Dune 2 is somewhat tedious going back to it now. No group select (that appeared with WarCraft), so you would move your units one at a time. I think the original Dune has aged better being primarily an adventure game with a strategy element.
@@Dog.Dad.Studios i play harkonen all the time because it was my favorite faction, and the cutscene are the westwood style level they did in red alert 2, some of the cutscene are they try to emulate the dune movies like atreides and harkonen.
I’m so glad! What was your favorite faction to play as? Did you play the games before it? Thanks for taking the time to comment and stop by. Hope you’re doing well!
I was 11 in the year 2000 and Dune 2000 was HUGE for me. When Emperor came out, whenever I was home alone, I'd blast our speakers and rock out to the Harkonnen music. I've now despised EA for over 20 years
Thank you so much for sharing this! I truly appreciate you taking the time to write this out. That's awesome and I'm sure back then those speakers would be worth a million bucks for the feelings you'd get out of them. That's awesome and oh boy do I despise EA as well, what a great word! So many great franchises left abandoned and for what? Random cash grabs? Very sad.
Absolutely! I was more thinking about Frank Herbert’s Dune on PS2 😭 there’s a great video on UA-cam about it. Thanks for stopping by! Hope you’re well!
*...Finally, after all these years... I stumbled on the review of favorite Dune games, the one just above Dune 2000!* . . . Thanks for reviewing this RTS! So many memories with it! Especially how it and it's predecessor, Dune 2000 (My Beloved), introduced me to Dune universe! . . . *These games are still my main knowledge and preffered view of the Dune-verse itself.* Also, what is your favorite "faction-addition" (Fremen, Sardukar and ect.)?
@@Dog.Dad.Studios Fan fiction of Dune? If that's what you asking me, then sorry, I have *very* little on that front. The thing is... I never thought of these games as "fan-fiction", I just thought they are a part of the Dune universe. Come to think of it, I really don't know much of Dune universe, let alone it's Canon; My sources for Dune knowledge are these games, films, and random Dune discussion and lore videos I sometimes stumble upon. Also, I think my last question in the previos content was either misunderstood or unanswered, so let me rephrase it: What is your favourite "addition-faction" *in the Emperor: Battle for Dune game* (Fremen, Sardukar, Race X, Navigators, Tleilaxu [Take in mind, that I'm writing their names as they sound in Russian, since I don't know how they are written in English correctly] )?
@@Taron_HaiTar sorry I misread what you typed, my apologies. I would love to see more of the traders and know about their lore. They have a specific name that I’m blanking on. Thank you so much for taking the time to write all of this! I truly appreciate it! What other RTS games do you like?
@@Dog.Dad.Studios ...could you please clarify what or who traders are? Maybe they go under the different name or (most likely) I already forgot their mention in the video. And maybe you are talking about either the Smugglers, the Navigator Guild, or Race X. About RTS I like and can remember now: . Commamd & Conquer Generals (I consider base game & Zero Hour expansion one game, like Starcraft 1 & Brood War). . Starcraft 1 & 2, Mass Recall + some good mods of them (not Starcraft 1 thou). Warcraft III (Frozen Throne included). . Lamda Wars ("Half-Life, but RTS" the mod; haven't played yet). . Dawn of War 1, and it's *myriad* of expansions (haven't played yet). . C&C 3 and it's expansion? . Emperor: Battle for Dune and Dune 2000 (already mentioned). . Stormgate (haven't played because of the obvios - *it isn't out yet).* Tempest Rising *(presumed by me,* same as Stormgate). . Age of Mythology *(I RECOMMEND HEAVILY to play it,* espetially with it's remaster [named *Retold]* coming out VERY soon! Also watch Giant Grant Games video about it *after* you played it, it's absolutly worth it! But don't play Chinese campaign, *it's not up to par with the rest of the game, since it's expansion was made by a different studio).* Age of Empires 2 & 3 (I like the 3rd WAY more, especially with expansions; not played the anniversary edition of both yet). . That's it for the time being... maybe will add more in the future. I'm off to whatever I will be doing in a minute, and watching your other videos (all Starcraft related)!
Wait til you see Ripper, it’s going to be my magnum opus /s ( but also it’s a detective sci fi game with Christopher walken, so who knows) hope all is well! As always exe, wishing you the best!
You seem to be missing some context here, the Westwood games are heavily inspired by David Lynch’s Dune, which were way more trippy and fanciful than Denis’ interpretation. The Emperor Worm with tiny hands was also taken from God Emperor Leto Atreides (son of Paul) from the original books.
@@Dog.Dad.Studios well certainly the cutscenes, but also been a long time fan of the dune universe, be it books, games, movies/series, though I must say, and I know I might be alone in that I am a bit disatisfied with what I have seen of the second of the new film, among other things 1. The Harkonen familly/Giedi Prime people being so very similar to each other, I mean they kinda seem like the Non engenier people of the planet in Alien . Prometheus, not that it did not look cool, it did, but I think they look as I believe I have heard it described the Tleilaxu should look like,by another dune entusiast lore-videos.
If sort of shocked me that with the dune films coming out normally people review related media. The first two dune games get covered but this and dune 2000 don't and they are both cool childhood games and both have the awesome fmvs that as a child I thought was so amazing.
Howdy! Thank you so much for taking the time to comment! I completely agree with you and still am at a loss for why the games haven’t been brought back to the spotlight? I mean it’s C&C but with Dune units, and the cut scenes are fantastic. Maybe one day they’ll get the time they deserve. Hope all is well!
@@Dog.Dad.Studios for me UA-cam is about finding videos about subjects like this by small channels. I am always surprised by what cult things get really big and what don't. But I like videos like this cos I want to experience the game again but not spend the time playing it.
@@Dog.Dad.Studios a big problem with games now is lack of niche mid budget games. Stuff that is different or just looking to a small audience but with a decent budget. Now games are either AAA or made by one guy. My favourite game is Warhammer shadow of the horned rat and that game is out there it would never be made even without the licence.
It’s crazy to think Ecclestone’s doctor was 2 years after this? I think a lot of people took from these older sci fi games. I’d love to see a doctor who/dune episode ahaha, hope you’re well and thanks for stopping by!
Apparently so and adds to the “Shakespearen” aspect of these live action scenes. I’m surprised no one has talked about this. As a former teacher, these FMV videos are probably equivalent to modern day video and up there with acting in Shakespearean scripts. Thanks for commenting!
I like Emperor a lot but I'm not sure if I prefer it to Dune II/Dune 2000. House Ordo is my preferred house followed by Atriedes. Ordos is my favorite because they don't feel obligated to follow the absurd limits on technology the Imperium imposed. While some restrictions are logical given that humanity had just won a war where most human worlds had been long ruled by machines IMO the level of restriction went far beyond reason. I've read, watched, or played a lot of stories involving humanity fighting wars against machines and I'm having trouble thinking of any where the post war government took the tech limits as far as Dune did for good reason. Besides I have a soft spot for Techie type characters and factions. In a game setting where such groups are very hard to find I'll take what I can and this is one of the rare Westwood strategy games where a faction I like or at least don't hate due to lore, and the faction with my preferred units and tactical style match.
Thank you so much for taking the time to write all of this, I cannot express my gratitude fully over text, I do hope you know sharing this means a lot to me! So thank you! Yeah I was wondering when Ordos would say, “we developed windows 11” and the emporium to shutter and cry ahaha. What a great book/lore, hope all is well!
@@Dog.Dad.Studios The big question if memory serves is could even the Imperium claim Windows 11 works like a human mind.. And and its been a long time since I read the books but I that's the main limit. Machines that function like a human mind are forbidden. Of course what kind of capabilities are considered too human, and the lengths they go to in order to create humans capable of matching the abilities of computer systems for things like information storage and calculation show they are out of touch with reality. Still I have a hard time imagining how anyone could consider Windows 11 human like.
Played Dune 2000, never knew about this one, now still looking for a way to get it running. Spice wars weren't that great imo, very different type of game.
I won't recommend any websites because I don't want to lead someone to the wrong site, but I just had to google it and pray there were no viruses on the zip file ahah. Hope you're doing well and thanks for stopping by!
It's a great game but the missions get very repetitive in the late game and all the 'political intrigue' and faction wooing goes out of the window in the final mission, so it's totally pointless in the end. That's a real shame. and the over-acting from the Ordos mentant is horrible!
I agree with you 100% on the missions and ending. I liked that campy over the top acting, but compared to the other actors, understand as well. Thanks for stopping by! Hope you're well!
Howdy Folks and welcome! Thanks for stopping by, even though it is a "Directive..." This was an okay game, filled with amazing live action cutscenes and some solid gameplay. I love Westwood's vision of DUNE. It would be great to hear from you, if you ever played this game or heard about it? Or your thoughts on the video. Again thanks so much, and I hope this finds you well!
All the best,
Dog Dad Studios
Very good video! I hope the youtube algorithms favor you :).
House Ordos was a Westwood Studio special first introduced in Dune 2. They are now part of the Dune Encyclopedia, but never the books. Whereas Atreides were the good guys (air power, ability to tap into the Fremen alliance), and Harkonnen (Nukes and heavy/strong weapons) were the bad guys, the Ordos were a weaker mercantile faction that focused on mercenaries and subterfuge. They have always been the 'hardest' faction to play IMO because they were the least conventional. I liked them most in Dune 2 simply because they were green :).
Thank you so much for taking the time to write all of this and for your words to mean so much, I cannot express how much it means to me. Thank you again for feeling comfortable sharing this and explaining the lore; as a person that got into the story because of the newer Movies, it's always insane to hear about the wider universe, just like in LOTR. I hope this finds you well.
All the best,
Dog Dad Studios
4:21 big mood
Westwood's last hurrah, my first westwood game, my introduction to the dune universe.
For me it was
The goody two shoes atredies
The shady ordos
The metal harkonnen.
The soundtrack is probably the best of any rts game, and significantly better than many other games.
I most like the harkonnen brothers showdown level. It's amazing
Also if you like dune lore a youtuber 'Quinn's Ideas' makes great videos on it and other science fiction universes.
Howdy and thanks for taking the time to write this! I'm so glad you loved the soundtrack, so did I! Thank you for this suggestion, I will check it out later today, much appreciated! Hope this finds you well.
To be more specific this is a direct sequal to the events of Dune 2000 (where the emporer is killed by his concubine).
The art and lore of Dune 2000 & Emporer is heavily inspired by the David Lynch film (i.e. heart plugs, still suits, etc.)
While House Ordos is an in lore faction they dont feature much if at all in the books.
The Tekaxu on the other hand....
Thank you so much for taking the time to explain the events/prequels, I greatly appreciate that! Did you play any of those games before emperor? I hope this finds you well! Thanks again for stopping by!
@@Dog.Dad.Studios yeah, played them growing up. Amazing games for their time, but Dune 2 is somewhat tedious going back to it now. No group select (that appeared with WarCraft), so you would move your units one at a time.
I think the original Dune has aged better being primarily an adventure game with a strategy element.
I used to play this alot when I was a kid, fun times
That's fantastic! Do you remember which faction you played? What were your thoughts on the cutscenes? Thanks so much for taking the time to comment!
@@Dog.Dad.Studios i play harkonen all the time because it was my favorite faction, and the cutscene are the westwood style level they did in red alert 2, some of the cutscene are they try to emulate the dune movies like atreides and harkonen.
@@brandonvortex995 I love that! Thank you so much for sharing!
Me too! I even played it using TV after our monitor broke.
Emperor: Battle for Dune.... Now that brings me back 😊
I’m so glad! What was your favorite faction to play as? Did you play the games before it? Thanks for taking the time to comment and stop by. Hope you’re doing well!
I was 11 in the year 2000 and Dune 2000 was HUGE for me. When Emperor came out, whenever I was home alone, I'd blast our speakers and rock out to the Harkonnen music. I've now despised EA for over 20 years
Thank you so much for sharing this! I truly appreciate you taking the time to write this out. That's awesome and I'm sure back then those speakers would be worth a million bucks for the feelings you'd get out of them. That's awesome and oh boy do I despise EA as well, what a great word! So many great franchises left abandoned and for what? Random cash grabs? Very sad.
@@Dog.Dad.Studios Facts my guy
Chalamet riding the worm didn’t seem right without Klepacki’s Riding the Worm theme.
Funnily enough in the books, God Emperor Leto wiped out the Bene Theilax and kept the face dancing tech for himself I think.
dune 1 is totally different game by a different developer.
and dune 1 and 2 were developed almost simultaneously.
Greatly appreciated!
they are all good, dune 2, dune 2000, Emperor, the ones by Westwood are all good.
Absolutely! I was more thinking about Frank Herbert’s Dune on PS2 😭 there’s a great video on UA-cam about it. Thanks for stopping by! Hope you’re well!
*...Finally, after all these years... I stumbled on the review of favorite Dune games, the one just above Dune 2000!*
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Thanks for reviewing this RTS! So many memories with it! Especially how it and it's predecessor, Dune 2000 (My Beloved), introduced me to Dune universe!
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*These games are still my main knowledge and preffered view of the Dune-verse itself.*
Also, what is your favorite "faction-addition" (Fremen, Sardukar and ect.)?
Howdy! Thank you so much for writing this! I don’t have a favorite fan fiction currently, which would you recommend? Hope all is well!
@@Dog.Dad.Studios Fan fiction of Dune? If that's what you asking me, then sorry, I have *very* little on that front.
The thing is... I never thought of these games as "fan-fiction", I just thought they are a part of the Dune universe.
Come to think of it, I really don't know much of Dune universe, let alone it's Canon; My sources for Dune knowledge are these games, films, and random Dune discussion and lore videos I sometimes stumble upon.
Also, I think my last question in the previos content was either misunderstood or unanswered, so let me rephrase it:
What is your favourite "addition-faction" *in the Emperor: Battle for Dune game* (Fremen, Sardukar, Race X, Navigators, Tleilaxu [Take in mind, that I'm writing their names as they sound in Russian, since I don't know how they are written in English correctly] )?
@@Taron_HaiTar sorry I misread what you typed, my apologies. I would love to see more of the traders and know about their lore. They have a specific name that I’m blanking on.
Thank you so much for taking the time to write all of this! I truly appreciate it! What other RTS games do you like?
@@Dog.Dad.Studios ...could you please clarify what or who traders are? Maybe they go under the different name or (most likely) I already forgot their mention in the video. And maybe you are talking about either the Smugglers, the Navigator Guild, or Race X.
About RTS I like and can remember now:
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Commamd & Conquer Generals (I consider base game & Zero Hour expansion one game, like Starcraft 1 & Brood War).
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Starcraft 1 & 2, Mass Recall + some good mods of them (not Starcraft 1 thou).
Warcraft III (Frozen Throne included).
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Lamda Wars ("Half-Life, but RTS" the mod; haven't played yet).
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Dawn of War 1, and it's *myriad* of expansions (haven't played yet).
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C&C 3 and it's expansion?
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Emperor: Battle for Dune and Dune 2000 (already mentioned).
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Stormgate (haven't played because of the obvios - *it isn't out yet).*
Tempest Rising *(presumed by me,* same as Stormgate).
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Age of Mythology *(I RECOMMEND HEAVILY to play it,* espetially with it's remaster [named *Retold]* coming out VERY soon! Also watch Giant Grant Games video about it *after* you played it, it's absolutly worth it! But don't play Chinese campaign, *it's not up to par with the rest of the game, since it's expansion was made by a different studio).*
Age of Empires 2 & 3 (I like the 3rd WAY more, especially with expansions; not played the anniversary edition of both yet).
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That's it for the time being... maybe will add more in the future.
I'm off to whatever I will be doing in a minute, and watching your other videos (all Starcraft related)!
Shit, this sounds like a better dune sequel than Dune: Messiah ever was.
It was really cool, the developers and actors had a lot of fun with this! Thanks for stopping by!
Gotta love those style of cinematics
Wait til you see Ripper, it’s going to be my magnum opus /s ( but also it’s a detective sci fi game with Christopher walken, so who knows) hope all is well! As always exe, wishing you the best!
@@Dog.Dad.Studios that one sounds unique ngl , looking foward to it , and thanks , same hope all is well
@@Dog.Dad.Studios Christopher ??? oh i am in
You seem to be missing some context here, the Westwood games are heavily inspired by David Lynch’s Dune, which were way more trippy and fanciful than Denis’ interpretation. The Emperor Worm with tiny hands was also taken from God Emperor Leto Atreides (son of Paul) from the original books.
13:37 That is Michael Dorn! Lt. Cmdr. Worf!
No way! I thought he looked familiar! Now they’re doing voice acting? He reminds me of a Shakespearean actor. Thanks for stopping by!
I have this game, as well as the game dune 2000, really like it, but been some time since I last played them.
What did you like about them? Hope all is well!
@@Dog.Dad.Studios well certainly the cutscenes, but also been a long time fan of the dune universe, be it books, games, movies/series, though I must say, and I know I might be alone in that I am a bit disatisfied with what I have seen of the second of the new film, among other things 1. The Harkonen familly/Giedi Prime people being so very similar to each other, I mean they kinda seem like the Non engenier people of the planet in Alien . Prometheus, not that it did not look cool, it did, but I think they look as I believe I have heard it described the Tleilaxu should look like,by another dune entusiast lore-videos.
If sort of shocked me that with the dune films coming out normally people review related media. The first two dune games get covered but this and dune 2000 don't and they are both cool childhood games and both have the awesome fmvs that as a child I thought was so amazing.
Howdy! Thank you so much for taking the time to comment! I completely agree with you and still am at a loss for why the games haven’t been brought back to the spotlight? I mean it’s C&C but with Dune units, and the cut scenes are fantastic.
Maybe one day they’ll get the time they deserve. Hope all is well!
@@Dog.Dad.Studios for me UA-cam is about finding videos about subjects like this by small channels. I am always surprised by what cult things get really big and what don't. But I like videos like this cos I want to experience the game again but not spend the time playing it.
@@ragsdale710 fantastic! What was your favorite part about the games back then?
@@Dog.Dad.Studios a big problem with games now is lack of niche mid budget games. Stuff that is different or just looking to a small audience but with a decent budget. Now games are either AAA or made by one guy. My favourite game is Warhammer shadow of the horned rat and that game is out there it would never be made even without the licence.
4:33 House Ordos are the DALEKS.
It’s crazy to think Ecclestone’s doctor was 2 years after this? I think a lot of people took from these older sci fi games. I’d love to see a doctor who/dune episode ahaha, hope you’re well and thanks for stopping by!
Is the Duke Atreides played by Michael Dorn??
Apparently so and adds to the “Shakespearen” aspect of these live action scenes. I’m surprised no one has talked about this. As a former teacher, these FMV videos are probably equivalent to modern day video and up there with acting in Shakespearean scripts. Thanks for commenting!
I like Emperor a lot but I'm not sure if I prefer it to Dune II/Dune 2000. House Ordo is my preferred house followed by Atriedes. Ordos is my favorite because they don't feel obligated to follow the absurd limits on technology the Imperium imposed. While some restrictions are logical given that humanity had just won a war where most human worlds had been long ruled by machines IMO the level of restriction went far beyond reason. I've read, watched, or played a lot of stories involving humanity fighting wars against machines and I'm having trouble thinking of any where the post war government took the tech limits as far as Dune did for good reason.
Besides I have a soft spot for Techie type characters and factions. In a game setting where such groups are very hard to find I'll take what I can and this is one of the rare Westwood strategy games where a faction I like or at least don't hate due to lore, and the faction with my preferred units and tactical style match.
Thank you so much for taking the time to write all of this, I cannot express my gratitude fully over text, I do hope you know sharing this means a lot to me! So thank you!
Yeah I was wondering when Ordos would say, “we developed windows 11” and the emporium to shutter and cry ahaha. What a great book/lore, hope all is well!
@@Dog.Dad.Studios The big question if memory serves is could even the Imperium claim Windows 11 works like a human mind.. And and its been a long time since I read the books but I that's the main limit. Machines that function like a human mind are forbidden. Of course what kind of capabilities are considered too human, and the lengths they go to in order to create humans capable of matching the abilities of computer systems for things like information storage and calculation show they are out of touch with reality. Still I have a hard time imagining how anyone could consider Windows 11 human like.
Played Dune 2000, never knew about this one, now still looking for a way to get it running. Spice wars weren't that great imo, very different type of game.
I won't recommend any websites because I don't want to lead someone to the wrong site, but I just had to google it and pray there were no viruses on the zip file ahah. Hope you're doing well and thanks for stopping by!
@@Dog.Dad.Studios thanks. My brother has the game. Will check around.
@@KrugerFS looking forward to hearing how you enjoy it!
It's a great game but the missions get very repetitive in the late game and all the 'political intrigue' and faction wooing goes out of the window in the final mission, so it's totally pointless in the end. That's a real shame.
and the over-acting from the Ordos mentant is horrible!
I agree with you 100% on the missions and ending. I liked that campy over the top acting, but compared to the other actors, understand as well. Thanks for stopping by! Hope you're well!
The screamy acting of the Bene Gesserit Mother was perfection.
Ok part of your background music is annoying