Hello and greetings from Eastern Europe, my name is ColdBeer and look what I have found...
If you were following my channel, you probably noticed that I’m making a lot of videos
about game remakes and remasters recently.
So, while searching for an old classic game remakes with new engines or better graphics,
I’ve stumbled on one of the best classic RTS games ever created - Dune 2000.
You can play this game absolutely for free on your newest Windows and... just look at
the graphics.
Game was released in a year 1998.
Could you tell?
It looks way better than many indie games nowadays.
Do you wonder how it looked like back then?
There you go.
How could we play it like this?
There is barely any field of view in there.
Anyway, the project is called OpenRA, yes the one in which we can play remakes of Red
Alert and Tiberian Dawn, but apparently Dune 2000 is also included.
If you downloaded OpenRA in the past, of course you already know that, but for me this was
a nice surprise, because obviously it is not a very well know fact.
I like science fiction, I have read the Dune’s book written by Frank Herbert, so this setting
of desert planet of Arrakis is very appealing to me.
Although I cannot say that I like the book very much.
I have read it when I was a kid, like 9 years old and I was like this is the best book I
know, and then I read it again, 20 years later and...
I understood why I liked it so much when I was a kid.
It is written for teenagers, so when you read it again as an adult, it doesn’t do the
trick anymore.
At least for me.
So, apart of the resolution upgrade, what else is here?
Emm... almost everything.
You can play skirmish games with AI or dive into an epic campaign.
You can play from the very beginning or you may choose the mission you like - every map
is already unlocked for you.
One of the best parts is working multiplayer.
Like really, a game made in 1998 still has a huge player base, so you can just play the
game and be crushed by much stronger opponent any time.
Look at this, there are games ready with people waiting, you just have to click on them and
be humiliated.
Yeah, when you think about it, you may realize that somewhere in the world definitely lives
some dude who has played the game for 22 years non stop.
And like, where else do you think this guy is?
Of course he’s here, lurking in multiplayer, thinking who be my next victim.
The thing you will lack here is music.
So, I just found Dune’s soundtrack on Youtube and played it in a background.
Worked just fine.
Cinematics are also not available, that is a sad thing, because they helped with the
immersion back then, but hey, you can watch those in Youtube as well if you have an urge.
I think i’ve said enough, you can go to openra.net and just download the game for
free along with Red Alert and Tiberian Dawn.
It is somehow legal thing to do.
Also keep in mind that they are remastering Tiberian Sun as well - a second generation
Command & Conquer game.
Works are in progress, keep an eye on the project and one day you’ll be up for a treat.
I will definitely keep you updated on this matter, don’t you worry.
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Bye.