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Better than the original.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 31, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Graphics, sound and story line are all great. Looks realisitc and always keeps you guessing as to what will happen next. Great game and a great buy. Strategy is a must for this game.

Once it was the best

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: September 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Well, this game was pretty good at the time it was released.. But AI is just to stupid to play single player, and multiplayer is poor. I would say, if you like real time strategies, Generels: Zero Hour is far better choice +this game is definitely not worth its current price.. Although 2 years ago it was fun.

Be atredies(i know im a bad speller)

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: July 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

well, another game from westwood, another very unfair game from westwood. This game graphics r pretty bad(good for the time though) so im not going to complain about that. The one thing that made my rating for it so low was because the ONLY tactic the computers use is mass rushing, which ive noticed the atredies are by far best at. They have the best unit in the game by the way, which has best attack force,and best defence Its speed is preety terrible, but if you try to run out in the open to try to kill it, the other computers attack you before you can as much as weaken it. I wouldn't reccommend this game to any new real time strategy players; however i would reccommend it to people who enjoy rushing games.

Emperor: Battle For Dune

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

What a great update to Dune 2000. The sounds and graphics are great and it works fine on my Windows XP Pro Laptop. No freeze ups and the only minor quirks that I noticed is that sometimes the rendering of a unit (most often the harvestor) shows "cloaked" when it's not really cloaked. Also, telling the harvestors to mine spice in a certain area sometimes doesn't "stick" to the orders given. This game has given me many hours (days/weeks) worth of single player real time strategy fun without getting into the complication like Age of Mythology. I only wish we could team up the computer AI to fight against you as the computer AIs will fight one another and you if you select more than one player in the skirmish battle. I haven't played the game online (who knows if people play this game anymore with Age Of Mythology and Age of Empires out there). This is a cult classic that is very enjoyable. If you liked DUNE 2000 then get Emperor: Battle For Dune. You won't regret it.

By far the best RTS game around!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: September 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I picked up this game when I saw it on sale. I liked Dune 2000, though it wasn't that great. This gamer however, broke the mold. I have never seen a cooler real time strategy then this game. The graphics are incredible, the story is cool, the units are sweet, and the videos rock.

Dune Junkie approves!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: May 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Ever since I bought Dune: The Machine Crusade at a book sale for three bucks, I've been absolutely obssessed with everything Dune. I found Emperor on a Wal-Mart shelf and decided to give the game a go. I expected another lousy 3D generic RTS. I was DEAD wrong! I found myself addicted to Emperor: Battle for Dune. I spent hours upon hours, coordinating raid on spice harvesters, sending out patrols, fortifying my bases, annihilating enemy forces, bulging the front line on Dune, oh I could go on for hours. Setting up attacks also have to involve avoiding sandworms which appear at random and can easily destroy half an army in one attack. Sandworms can really turn the tide for either side of battle. Another thing, I really L00VE that you managing your economy is super simple. Just build a refinery, add a few docking pads, and replace spice harvesters occasionally if one gets destroyed by and sandworm. The sheer destruction one could inflict was mouth-watering. I loved setting infantry on fire with the Harkonnen flame tank and hearing there screams. It really made me feel like a true Harkonnen. I usually build bunch of turrets around my base for an automated defense so I don't have too much about small raid and so I can focus on building overwhelming forces. The graphics cannot be praised in futile words. Enough said. I DID have a few beefs with Emperor: Battle for Dune. The AI is just plain dumb. I managed to destroy an entire base with just a flame tank and an assault tank. However, I really only play my friends on LAN or online. So its not a big deal. The acting in the cutscenes was a bit cheesy but to be expected in all Westwood games. The sketchy story was understandable because it was hard to place in the Dune timeline.

Overall, this game makes it to my top 5 best games ever! I wish they make another one but stupid EA bought Westwood and now they are only focusing on C&C which needs to seriously be put down peacefully.

One of the best RTS's I have ever played,

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: March 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is stunning with its 3D graphics. I have an old piece of junk called a computer that can run this game pretty well considering the system requierments. The units are very well done from Harkonnen Missle tanks to Ordos Chemical troopers.

The campaigns are presented on a map which is equally divided into thirds. Depending on the house you choose you must attack,hold,and attack from enemy territories to reach their capitol.

The game is also littered with entertaining cut-scenes between missions.
The building and producing mechanics are very easy----no running around collecting units of food and wood like AOE-----------just build a refinery and the game collects the money for you. You may have to replace a harvester every so often ,but other than that it runs itself.


The game is alot quicker and action oriented than other games like AOE(Age of Empires I or II). Instead of building up a town and collecting a ton of resources. Emperor is able to do that faster. The game's missions are shorter, though much more fun.

Overall this game definately deserves 5 stars and will keep you playing for a long while.

WESTWOOD GOES OUT WITH A BANG!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: August 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

THE SPICE MUST FLOW! I loved the original story (even though NOT the franchised series been ghostwritten as you are reading this). However, one needs not be a DUNE fan to enjoy this wonderful game!

The graphics are only slightly dated today, almost at par with GENERALS. And as an extra bonus, they will truly shine even on currently low-end machines. The units are well designed and clearly visible in any zoom-level - something surprisingly rare even in new games (such as SUPREME COMMANDER) in which one can either zoom-in or play. Plus, the battlefield view is rotatable, another feature I miss in many new RTS games. I especially enjoy the way the buildings come up and the targeting-lasers of the snipers as they move around.

If this is not the the best strategy game, it is definitely well within the Top-5 all-time RTS! Well balanced gameplay (at par with C&C-TIBERIUM WARS), good story-line, interesting videos and random environmental events (sand-storms, worm-attacks) to keep the field level in the name of Shai-Hulud.

Sad but true, lawyers and stockbrokers have taken over the business. True game-designers are pushed around - if not entirely out of the picture.
I bought the game some years back but still take it out once in a while. They don't make them like this anymore...

The Emperor of RTS games

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: March 31, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is a truly awesome game! I have been playing this game since it came out and I wrote this review in 2004! There is so much replayability you can't count how many hours you can play it. Be warned though, this game has the potential to take over your life with it's beautiful graphics, truly awesome music, and great balance between the three houses. The music is good enough for you to buy the game alone, the music is even better than Starcraft music and the game is better than it too! If you enjoy a game that lets you choose where to attack and defend you will love this game. Also, there are several different kinds of missions like defending a subhouse defend against another subhouse or attacking an enemy convoy heading out of the map. Although the difficulty level is very high during the end of the game with the computer opponents simply pouring out high level infantry and heavy artillery and such it is still beatable and you really feel as if you accomplished something. Overall, this is a really good game that any gamer SHOULD NOT MISS!! That is the directive!(I have spent over 500 hours playing this game and am still going!)

Not the best Dune game out there, but still not the worst

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Emperor Battle For Dune is a mixed bag of a game. As a RTS its formula has been oftenly used and abused many times in other titles (especially the Dune II or Dune 2000 series), and the leap to 3D isn't entirely that spectacular.

But considering the production value, this game is quite worth mentioning. There's a top actor Michael Dorn (of Star Trek's Lt Worf fame) playing the Atreides duke, and the costumes and props are all used from the 1984 David Lynch movie.

Of course the storyline is a bit absurd... supposely to take place centuries before the main Dune storyline during the 'War of the Assassins'... serious Dune fans might have difficulty understanding it.

The dynamics aren't too heavy... and most missions are pre-scripted and the campaign unfolds the same ways no matter what.

But this game is quite worth playing (if you can find the hours the spare for it).

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