German Developer NUKKLEAR Is Partnering With Funcom On Upcoming Dune MMO | MMORPG.com

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German Developer NUKKLEAR Is Partnering With Funcom On Upcoming Dune MMO | MMORPG.com

Remember Dune? No, not the HBO one, but the one being made by Funcom? Looks like they are getting some help in the form of German developer NUKKLEAR to work on the upcoming Dune survival MMO.

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Tiller

This was asked for years ago, we've all moved on.








j/k good news I guess?

emperorhades1

Great, you are only going to be allowed 40 people per zone. We will have pvp, but you are either in the guild with 34 online or you are toast.

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IceAge

Survival and MMO in the same sentence?

Please ...

XAleX360

Sadly won't be a full-fleged MMO.

Malathoos

Welp looking at Nukklear's site. I am much more interested in Neocron 3 than dune. I mean if they are going with the same plan as Conan, i am not interested. Now if they are moving towards a Anarchy online feel, I would be all in. Just have a feeling its going to be a conan reskin. With so many factions and plan within plans (hehe) in the dune world, I don't think they will be able to nail it.

Darkpigeon

Funcom? Aww nuts.

Aeander

Lost me at "survival." My patience meter ran out trying to manage my hunger, thirst, sleep, sexual frustration, mental health, and stamina meters.

Iosevus

I mean, I'm interested, but I'm not holding my breath.
If they make a carbon copy survival game in the Dune universe, I'll pass.. but I'm not sure how you could actually do that unless it's not set on Arakkis, at which point why bother. So if they make something really new to the genre with a Dune setting, I'm in.
Either way, all these companies need to freaking stop labelling everything with a hint of multiplayer an MMO.

OldKingLog

Oooh, I've always wanted a survival MMO where my character soils himself in his very own stillsuit ....

Valdheim

Malathoos said:

Welp looking at Nukklear's site. I am much more interested in Neocron 3 than dune. I mean if they are going with the same plan as Conan, i am not interested. Now if they are moving towards a Anarchy online feel, I would be all in. Just have a feeling its going to be a conan reskin. With so many factions and plan within plans (hehe) in the dune world, I don't think they will be able to nail it.

I was kinda confused when you mentioned Neocron 3 (which I'd also love to be a thing!), visited Nukklears website and only then realized that is basically the only Reakktor Media rebranded.

At least they have some MMO experience so this might be a good thing for this Dune game.

Scot

Ahh well maybe in ten years something will launch other than another survival MMO.

Drewg

Will there be bar fights and sex buffs?

olepi

Two comments, the first "M" in MMO means 1,000. Will there be 1,000 people in the same zone at the same time?

"Survival" is code for "no content".

laserit

Looks like many people’s wish is coming to fruition.

 I have deep reservations on the quality of the product, I’m sure the artwork will be spectacular.

eoloe

Dune is a great boardgame.

As a MMO, I don't know how they are going to recreate the atmosphere of intrigues that makes this franchise so great.

If it is just vehicle combat over a spice spot until the worm comes, I'll pass.

If the setting is only Arrakis... Well, I love desert settings IRL, but in-game it sounds really boring... The great thing about Exile was the various available biomes.

Even Skyrim managed to implement good variations in their mountainy geography.

kjempff

Tiller said:

This was asked for years ago, we've all moved on.

j/k good news I guess?

Hehe well I think they did start years ago. I remember a bunch of job posting at FunCom for "an unanounced mmo".. This was as far as I remember back in 18.

rosepetal870

Long list of funcom failures .i have stopped looking at their games

Adokaum

Why does it have to be funcom? Can they stop ruining good franchises with their complete incompetence and mediocrity?

It must be nice existing solely on the subsidies of the Norwegian government and recycling "content" for a stable pay check... Please, just put them out of our misery.

Akulas

Only ever played Dune 3 from Westwood Studios in 2001. People were wanting an MMORPG of it back then too. Nothing ever came from it. Now the next generation can want an MMORPG of it too.

Mensur

I am so tired of the word Survival in mmos...

saker

I don't really see how this would work and actually be fun. I remember talk of a Dune MMO loooooong years ago, don't think it ever got further then then concept artwork, something about the player as one of the "houses" and there would be the houses in conflict over the Empire and presumably Arrakis as the most important planet? Doubt it was a at-all serious effort though.

XAleX360

saker said:

I don't really see how this would work and actually be fun. I remember talk of a Dune MMO loooooong years ago, don't think it ever got further then then concept artwork, something about the player as one of the "houses" and there would be the houses in conflict over the Empire and presumably Arrakis as the most important planet? Doubt it was a at-all serious effort though.

You don't see how a survival game could be made with Arrakis as the setting?

The_Korrigan

blueturtle13 said:

This is honestly thrilling in idea but I have serious reservations on their ability to pull it off and make it great.
I really wish Funcom did not land the Conan and the Dune franchises

That, and I don't really see how this can end well while staying true to the lore.

I mean, any Fremen villager is as good at combat as a Ginaz school sword master... how are they going to deal with that ? Or will the game be only about random Fremen surviving on Arrakis ? Sounds boring to me.

We'll see, but I have serious doubt about this game ending to really be a "Dune" game. And it's Funcom...

Let's wait and see !

Aeander

olepi said:

Two comments, the first "M" in MMO means 1,000. Will there be 1,000 people in the same zone at the same time?

An outdated and oft debated definition made by people who have long ceased to be relevant in the MMO sphere.