Dune 2000

See also: Dune (homonymy)

Dune 2000 is a Video game of strategy in real-time left in 1998 by Westwood Studios, based on the universe of Dune of Frank Herbert.

It is about a remake of the play Dune II with some improvements. The history of the play is similar to Dune II and continues in Emperor: Battle for Dune .

The history is now told by kinematics putting in scene truths actors such as John Rhys-Davies. The play was criticized by certain because of the little of innovations brought like for an graphical interface technically lower than its competitors of the time like Total Annihilation. The just play of graphics 16 bits and grows rich later by a patch with new units for the multijoueurs.

Houses in the play

Atréides house

See also: House Atréides

Originating in Caladan, the Maison Atréides is not famous for its richness but for the honesty of its troops and the great will of its Duke. Living on a pleasant world, covered by immense oceans, the Atréides are people privileging the co-operation and the diplomacy. However, they become frightening adversaries when the combat becomes inevitable.

Harkonnen house

See also: House Harkonnen

Established on dark the Giedi Precedes, the Maison Harkonnen is known for its brutal methods and the bloody inclinations of the Baron. The Harkonnen reign by terror, crushing their opponents under their boot. Their strategy is with the image of their Maison: direct and destroying.

Ordos house

Little information circulates about the Ordos House. It does not seem to belong to the noble families and would be directed by a group of influential characters having joined their richnesses to acquire technologies passing very close to the illégalité.

Corrino house

See also: House Corrino

Based on Kaitan, capital of the Empire, the Maison Corrino is that of the Emperor in person. It is it which organizes the competition between the three major Maisons for the conquest of Dune. It has an immense influence.

Units of the play

Infantry

  • Infantryman: The unit of basic infantry, little armed and equipped with a weak armor. Weak against vehicles with heavy shielding.

  • Soldier of Elite: The unit of infantry anti-tank devices. Their rockets are not effective against the other units of infantries.

  • Engineer: A not armed unit used to capture the enemy structures.

  • Marteleur : Only available in the multijoueurs parts. He creates a rhythmic pulsation which attracts the towards.

Vehicles

  • Trike : The 3 houses can now build this unit early in the part. The trike is usually used as scout due to his great speed like as a guard of the reaping-machines to eliminate the troops from the enemy.

  • Quad : The player must now make an update to be able to build this unit. The quad lance of the rockets. Weak against the units of infantries, it is more useful against the other vehicles.

  • Tank: This vehicle has an average shielding and is armed with a heavy gun which powerful against the buildings and the infantry but is made much less damage with the other vehicles.

  • Tank of seat: A machine with the long gun drawing from powerful shells. It is more useful against the infantry and the light vehicles that against the strongly armor-plated units.

  • Tank missile launcher: It with the longest range of shooting of all the units and structures in the play, exceeding even the rocket turret.

  • Reaping-machine: Unit used for the harvest of the spice converted into money in the refinery. A complete spice loading is approximately 700 units.

  • VCM (Mobile Vehicle of Contruction): Unit used to deploy a building site.

Special units

Atréides house

  • Ornithoptère : Only and single offensive air unit of all the play. It cannot be produced but a sophisticated Advanced Factory regularly offers the possibility of an air attack.

  • sonic Tank: A very powerful vehicle while being difficult to handle because the sonic waves do not make absolutely the difference between an enemy and an ally, being propagated in straight line to inflict very heavy damage.

  • Fremen : The unit provided by the Palate Atréides (by 2) can be melted in its environment. Furtive and powerful, this unit is very useful to organize a discrete defense of the base or to tighten a ambush.

  • Pomegranate: A unit of infantry armed with grenades, only available as a multijoueurs mode.

Harkonnen house

  • Devastator : The ultimate Tank. In spite of its slowness, it can inflict an impressive quantity of damage while boxing the very many ones attacks. It should be noted that it also can autodétruire and to damage all that surrounds it.

  • Hand of the Dead one: This tactical missile makes rain death on the enemy in the form of a multitude of nuclear warheads. Its single weak point is its lack of precision.

  • Sardaukar : Powerful and dreaded the soldier of elites of the Emperor are available for the Harkonnen, only as a multijoueurs mode.

At the time of the final mission, the capture of the Palate of the Emperor makes it possible to produce Sardaukar, whatever the house).

Ordos house

  • Petty thief: This vehicle replaces Trike for the Ordos house. More powerful, faster but expensive than Trike.

  • Deviative: This Tank lance-missile with the frightening air but its only function is to make use of a gas to force the unfavourable mechanical units to change allegiance temporarily.

  • Saboteur: The unit provided by the Ordos Palate cannot be defended but, thanks to a generator of furtivity, it can slip into the enemy base to destroy any building there… if it is not located!

  • furtive Petty thief: A version improved by a generator of furtivity, only available as a multijoueurs mode.

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