Frank Herbert's Dune
In the year 10191, the Houses Atreides and Harkonnen are fighting a bloody battle for control of the sand planet Arrakis (Dune). It's only resource: Spice, giving those who possess it a very long life and…
Frank Herbert's Dune is an adventure developed by Widescreen Games, released 14 December 2001 on PlayStation 2 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Frank Herbert's Dune is
Frank Herbert's Dune is an adventure game developed by Widescreen Games and released in 2001. It was published by Cryo Interactive. It is available on PlayStation 2 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on RenderWare.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In the year 10191, the Houses Atreides and Harkonnen are fighting a bloody battle for control of the sand planet Arrakis (Dune). It's only resource: Spice, giving those who possess it a very long life and greater powers. Two Atreides will survive the all-out massacre organised by Baron Harkonnen with the help of the Emperor: Jessica, the Duke's concubine and Paul, his son and heir to the throne. Dreamcatcher Games is putting you into the world of Frank Herbert's Dune.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Frank Herbert's Dune series
Frank Herbert's Dune is the seventh of 15 entries we hold in the Frank Herbert's Dune series. It arrived 6 months after Emperor: Battle for Dune. The next entry was Dune: Spice Wars in 2023. Its critic score of 50 is 22 points below the series average of 72. The highest-rated entry is Dune: Awakening at 89.
How it was received
Frank Herbert's Dune holds a critic score of 50 out of 100. That places it above 7% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2001 averaged 72, so it scored 22 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Frank Herbert's Dune launched on 14 December 2001, within three weeks of Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams and Ikaruga. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams, Ikaruga.
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