[Play report] Fastest experience of MMORPG "Dune: Awakening" where you survive in the world of "sand planet" [gamescom]

Funcom will exhibit a 1-hour playable demo of the "Sand Planet" survival MMORPG "Dune: Awakening" (PC / PS5 / Xbox Series X|S) to the general public for the first time at gamescom 2024. was.

The movie ``Dune,'' which is based on Frank Herbert's sci-fi epic novel ``The Sands of the Planet,'' recorded box office revenue of 430 million dollars for Part 1 and 710 million dollars for Part 2. Many readers may be aware that it became a huge hit despite being said to be impossible to film due to its epic scale and otherworldly feel. Dune: Awakening is an MMORPG developed by licensing such an IP from Legendary. Speaking of developer Funcom, it is a Norwegian developer that has been particular about developing MMORPGs such as "Conan Exiles" and "Secret World Legends", but among these works,

"Dune: Awakening" has received the most attention. I made it
. In fact, the latest trailer released in conjunction with Gamescom 2024 received over 3 million views in three days (YouTube), making it the most popular of the hundreds of works exhibited at the event.



On top of that, this time I didn't touch on character makeup and proceeded with a customized player character. The author was controlling a ``Mentat'' class that belongs to the aristocratic alliance ``Na-Familia,'' whose home is Caladan, the hometown of Atreides.

The demo version is the same as the content seen in the developer's presentation at Game Developer Conference 2024, which we exclusively covered, so you can read more about it here.

At first I didn't know what to do, but during the day on this planet strong light weakens the physical strength and kills most life

It is likely that he was flying Arrakis with an ornithopter after receiving instructions from Revenant Mother after character creation, but play in this demo started after the ornithopter crash-landed.

, so I went to the rocky mountain in front of me that seemed to have some shade. I decided to run towards it.

The parameter in the center of the screen indicating heatstroke damage caused by sunlight will not disappear unless you go into the shade. As I sprinted further, two changes occurred. The first is that the moisture parameter at the bottom left of the screen, which decreases over time, has suddenly decreased, and the second is that the dashed line on the interface is pulsating. The latter is thought to represent a wavelength that can be heard by sandworms, and as the race continues to run, an event occurs, and the remains of the ornithopter that were left behind are swallowed up by a giant sandworm.

　ともかく，岩陰に到着すると，そこに生えている低木を食んで水分を補給できた。一定量の保湿能力がある植物らしいが補給量には限界があり，水分パラメータの3分の1を満たす程度の効果であった。

　原作通り，水分をより効果的に補給するには倒した敵や動物の血を特殊なデバイスで蒸留しなければならないが，ゲーム開始時点ではそうした機器を持っておらず，作るためのノウハウも備えていなかった。そのため，当面は水筒を作って常に水を草木から採ったり，倒した相手の水筒から奪ったりしなければならないようだった。

　当初は花崗岩やスクラップメタルといった，大地に散らばっている簡単な資源を集めて，ナイフのような簡単なアイテムを生産していくが，やがてはカッターレイ（Cutteray）というデバイスを獲得できる。
　これは，レーザーによって大きな岩や鉄製オブジェクトを切り刻んで資源にしてしまうというもので，メタル製のアーマーを装着した敵（序盤は盗賊）と戦う場合にも有効なようだった。

　こうして盗賊のアウトポストを一掃したところでデモは終了したが，ブーススタッフにチートコードでサンドバイクやオーニソプターを出してもらって世界を旅したところ，敵の拠点を示す松明の光がさまざまな地点の岩山で目に入ってきて，その広大さを見せつけられた。


　「Dune: Awakening」は，自分の基地作りもできるなどクラフティング機能も充実しているが，根本的には過酷な砂の惑星におけるサバイバルであるために，ミッションをこなしていくプレイヤーのモチベーションをどれだけキープさせられるかが大きなポイントとなりそうだ。

　デモにはチュートリアルがなかったために，クラフティングやインベントリ，スキルツリーなどのメニューページの多さに戸惑ってしまったが，上記したような“デューン人気”も相まって，Funcomらしい美しい世界での入念なサバイバルMMOを体験したい人にはうってつけだ。
　Steamでもページが公開済みで，Discord公式チャンネルも存在するので，2025年のリリース前に情報を追っておくといいだろう。

The above is the detailed content of [Play report] Fastest experience of MMORPG "Dune: Awakening" where you survive in the world of "sand planet" [gamescom]. For more information, please follow other related articles on the PHP Chinese website!