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- From: pat@chinet.chi.il.us (Patrick Louis Sugent)
- Subject: Re: Dune : the building of a dynasty - why no reviews
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- References: <C09nI3.Kzw@chinet.chi.il.us> <1993Jan3.143031.28349@nuscc.nus.sg>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 07:28:31 GMT
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- law40003@nusunix1.nus.sg (TAN YEW KEONG) writes:
- >Patrick Louis Sugent (pat@chinet.chi.il.us) wrote:
- >: Is it just me, or is this game REALLY tough? I'm only on the fifth
- >: mission and I'm already getting slaughtered. I'm normally pretty good
- >: at these sorts of games. Then again, maybe I just haven't figured out
- >: a strategy yet. Either that, or I need to keep better track of my units.
- >: I don't know how many times I've left an important piece in the middle
- >: of the desert as (accidental) worm bait.
- >:
- >Strategy is to attack them from behind. If you're Atreides, use sonic
- >tanks at maximum distance - the whole screen. Incidentally, sonic tanks
- >work best at Fastest mode, at slow mode, the range of the sonic blast is
- >reduced to 1/5 of the Fastest mode range. This is strange - is it a bug?
- >If so is there a patch for it?
- >
- >At fastest mode, the sonic tank has the best range. It is the ideal
- >rocket turret killer, and since the sonics can pass thru everything, it
- >kills everything real fast.
-
- This has got to be a bug and an annoying one. However, this tip
- probably allowed me to win the game. I don't think I would have realized
- that sonic tanks were of any value when, in fact, they are of great value.
- Playing in top speed makes _me_ hyper though. :-)
-
- >> [my comments comments about not liking real-time combat with
- >> "a billion" different pieces deleted.]
-
- >I initially did not like the real time, but with practice, I found that
- >the real time added a helluva lotta stress to the game, making it so ...
- >so orgasmic at times. The way to keep track of the pieces is to do one
- >thing at a time, and not be too ambitious and embark on multiple
- >offensives - we're only human!
-
- Now that I finished, I agree. :-) It was a tough game though (for me
- at least). Does anyone care to comment on House Harkonen (sp?) and Ordos?
- Having only played Atreides, I'd be interested in hearing what the others
- are like, but I don't think my stress levels can take replaying another
- House just now.
-
- >It's difficult, but I finished just 2 hours ago. Seems that the Freemen
- >made life a little easier for me.
-
- How? I was never able to really utilize my Fremen. I don't know why
- I bothered to build a Palace. As far as I could tell, the Fremen button
- produced tough infantry units, but not really anything all that special
- (like a missle of death headed for the other guys base. :-) )
-
- I'm glad the creators made it easy to save/reload. Without
- that feature, the final battle would be impossible (methinks).
-
- Anyway, thanks for your comments and tips. They were very helpful.
-
- Pat
-
-
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- Patrick Sugent
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- pat@chinet.chi.il.us
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