Dune has introduced us to the noble House Atreides, sandworms, the desert planet of Arrakis, the psychotropic substance known as spice, and other unique elements, as well as concepts that are universally known across the universe: greed, betrayal, politics, intrigue. Dune: Awakening brings these to the fore in this survival multiplayer game from Funcom. Set in an alternate timeline of the Dune universe in which Paul Altreides was never born, the game depicts Arrakis as a volatile sandbox torn between Atreides and Harkonnen forces, with the Fremen mysteriously absent—and players must survive its deadly ecosystem.
(Source: BTR)
According to JPR’s sister site BabelTechReviews (BTR), the first 10 hours of play are a solid loop of crafting, exploration, and desperate scavenging—not very exciting.
In terms of performance, it was a different world. BTR put the PC version of the game through its paces, noting that out of the box, the game supports DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation, DLSS Super Resolution, and Nvidia Reflex. “On RTX 50-series GPUs, players can see up to a 4x boost in performance at 4K ultra settings, with the RTX 5090 pushing frame rates past 300 fps, making it one of the most fluid, high-fidelity experiences currently available in PC gaming,” the review states.
Read BTR’s review of the game here, including assessment on its environmental design, combat, UI and systems design, and sound/score/atmosphere.
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