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The House's fleets of ornithopters ensure their superior air power backed by Sonic Tanks to humanely destroy enemies.

The Duke's famous Mentat, Noree Moneo ( John Rhys-Davies), advises and resides over the Duke's forces on Arrakis.

House Atreides Hailing from the water-planet of Caladan, the Atreides have a strict loyalty to their Duke and follow him with zeal. There are also four non-playable subfactions: House Corrino, the Fremen, the Mercenaries and the Smugglers. According to Elara, they saw many visions of the commander dying -and only in one vision does the commander live and even rise to control massive armies and bring peace to Arrakis.Īs in Dune II, the three main playable factions are House Atreides, House Harkonnen and House Ordos. Meanwhile, Lady Elara ( Musetta Vander) of the Bene Gesserit and bound concubine to the Emperor, secretly takes the commander - the player - into one of the Heighliners, a person whose bloodline and future the Sisterhood had checked. After patch 1.06, the Harkonnen can eventually train the Sardaukar, which are soldier-fanatics loyal to the Corrino Emperor.Įmperor Corrino ( Adrian Sparks) has issued a challenge that the House which can produce the most spice will control its source, the desert planet Dune, with no rules as to how the Houses can achieve the goal. House Ordos can obtain the Missile Tank by ordering it from the Starport when it would otherwise be inaccessible. Like many games of the Westwood franchise, a player can gain access to other Houses' special units by capturing an enemy building that can manufacture the desired units. Houses Harkonnen and Atreides share the Trike, while House Ordos has an upgraded version, the Raider. However, in Dune 2000, the buildings do not deteriorate over time when built in their entirety on concrete.Īlthough each house has many common units, such as infantry, Wind Traps, and Mobile Construction Vehicles, each House also has its own set of units, such as the Atreides Sonic Tank, the Ordos Deviator and the Harkonnen Devastator. In Dune II, all buildings would deteriorate regardless, but the concrete foundations slowed the process. Like Dune II, the player may construct concrete before placing buildings. As the units explore the map, the fog is removed for the duration of the mission, allowing the player to observe activity in those regions even if they do not have any units with line of sight to them. Like most real-time strategy games, the game map initially starts with a black fog of war covering the entire map, with an exception to units' line of sight. Building on the success of Dune II the critically acclaimed Command & Conquer followed leading to a RTS franchise which dominated the next decade.In-game screenshot the player's base with units is visible. This game would mark the beginning of a gaming dynasty for Westwood.

Over the course of a multi-mission campaign you must first establish a base before attempting to overthrow the rival houses and take control of Arrakis and its Spice reserves, leading to one of three endings depending on the house you chose. The final house, Ordos, favours stealth, saboteurs and chemical weapons. House Atreides favours guerrilla warfare and allies itself with the Freman, natives of Arrakis, while House Harkonnen uses its wealth to field armies of huge battle tanks. These are then spent on building units to aid you in your conquest, and “he who controls the spice controls the universe”.Įach of the houses has a distinct personality which is reflected by the units under their command. Harvesting spice from the sand dunes allows it to be refined and converted into credits. Although Herzog Zwei predated it by several years, Dune II set a benchmark for RTS games that would become the norm for decades.Īs a player you get to choose one of three houses and battle for control of the planet Arrakis, the only place in the universe where the mystical substance called spice is to be found. Noticeably different from the adventure-strategy format of rival game Dune, (also released by publisher Virgin Games in the same year), Westwood’s Dune II is widely considered the father of real-time strategy games.