Making a movie about Dune, is as pointless as trying to make GOT into a single movie. It is just too big, deep and layered, 1 to 2 hours is not going to cut it. The latest emo attempt is like watching Hayden Christensen try to play Hamlet. At least Lynch got that Dune was not about spectacle but instead language, dialog and politics.

Funcom, is a very bad joke now. I just hope Tencent thrashes them and the IP into shape.

Mr. Tact wrote on Dec 2, 2021, 21:50:

MoreLuckThanSkill wrote on Dec 2, 2021, 21:19:
I am rereading the Dune series now, currently on Book 6 (Chapterhouse Dune). I'm even going to read the son's books 7 and 8, which I skipped the last time.

Before you read 7 & 8, I would suggest reading the prequels, it will helps complete the picture....

Specifically:
The Butlerian Jihad
The Machine Crusade
The Battle of Corrin

Outside the original novel which may be the greatest sci-fi novel ever written, books 5 & 6 are the best in the series, followed closely by 4.

Yeah, I started reading that prequel trilogy, finished the Butlerian Jihad, and had to stop. The writing is mediocre at best, and it feels like they could have compressed those three novels into maybe 1 novel. I get it, the AIs and pseudo AIs were pretty genocide-y, let's wrap it up.

I have 6, 7 and 8 to read or reread still, and I'm in the middle of Neal Stephenson's new novel, Termination Shock. Book 9 (the last novel, Leviathan Falls) of the Expanse also showed up at my house the other day, and that'll probably have precedence over finishing the Dune prequels as well. I may be dragging my feet for awhile on those, honestly.

I'm not sure about these studios, but I was hoping someone would make an open world survival type game based on Dune. I can imagine playing either a Fremen or a House Atreides soldier that ended up in the desert. Of course, a sandworm would be a raid boss. Maybe they will time it to come out pretty close to the next Dune movie.

MoreLuckThanSkill wrote on Dec 2, 2021, 21:19:
I am rereading the Dune series now, currently on Book 6 (Chapterhouse Dune). I'm even going to read the son's books 7 and 8, which I skipped the last time.

Before you read 7 & 8, I would suggest reading the prequels, it will helps complete the picture....

Specifically:
The Butlerian Jihad
The Machine Crusade
The Battle of Corrin

Outside the original novel which may be the greatest sci-fi novel ever written, books 5 & 6 are the best in the series, followed closely by 4.

I am rereading the Dune series now, currently on Book 6 (Chapterhouse Dune). I'm even going to read the son's books 7 and 8, which I skipped the last time.

None of these novels leads me to think a MMO Survival game makes any sense for Dune, but good luck, I guess.

RTS honestly makes the most sense(shout out to old school pre-C&C Dune RTS), either land based or orbital to planetary based, followed by MAYBE a FPS, at a few points in the storyline.

But the movie did really emphasize blade combat, so who knows.

eRe4s3r wrote on Dec 2, 2021, 17:46:

Fion wrote on Dec 2, 2021, 17:36:
You realize the Dune movie is as close to the source material (the book) as the director could get.

Yeah, but Funcom making a survival MMO isn't gonna get even close. And if they tried to do that that'd be way worse still no?

Anarchy Online was fun back in the day.

eRe4s3r wrote on Dec 2, 2021, 17:46:

Fion wrote on Dec 2, 2021, 17:36:
You realize the Dune movie is as close to the source material (the book) as the director could get.

Yeah, but Funcom making a survival MMO isn't gonna get even close. And if they tried to do that that'd be way worse still no?

How would a survival MMO even work? There was only ever one house on Dune at a time and it was typically the strongest or the one that showed it could manage spice production. They typically didn't start from scratch. They assumed the infrastructure from the previous fief. Having a bunch of independent players running around doesn't make sense in the context of the story. Unless the game will be from the Fremen point of view. That might work. But it would only work if players had to work together as the Fremen were forced to survive the elements.

Fion wrote on Dec 2, 2021, 17:36:
You realize the Dune movie is as close to the source material (the book) as the director could get.

Yeah, but Funcom making a survival MMO isn't gonna get even close. And if they tried to do that that'd be way worse still no?

If you guys are looking to avoid games that Tencent has funded in some way you're going to be avoiding a LOT of games.
Tencent has invested in pretty much every major gaming company.

Here are just a few of them highlighted:
Riot Games
Epic Games
Activision Blizzard
Funcom
Ubisoft
Paradox Interactive
Remedy Entertainment
Bohemia Interactive
Discord

You realize the Dune movie is as close to the source material (the book) as the director could get.

This is the most hilarious combination of nope flags ever
#Tencent
#MMO
#Survival
#BasedOnTheNovels
#Funcom

Sorry, but any Dune game not based on the most recent movie in the form of a solo open world RPG alá Mass Effect is just such a huge fail.. mindblowing

the spice must flow

Dang, I need to restart my old game development company so I can try and get some juicy million dollar federal grants.

Instead of yet another pay-to-win MMO, I'd love to see a Dune RTS remake. I'm shocked something like that hasn't been announced yet.

Burrito of Peace wrote on Dec 2, 2021, 11:56:
"...online multiplayer survival game."

And that's when I lost interest.

Better stay logged in all the time or someone is going to steal all of the stuff you just wasted your life gathering.

Darks wrote on Dec 2, 2021, 13:10:
Excited up until Tencent was involved.

At first I thought "NUKKLEAR" was Blue trying to make some kind of Fallout reference.

Excited up until Tencent was involved.

"...online multiplayer survival game."

And that's when I lost interest.