Dune: Awakening Review Finds Arrakis Trying to Kill You at Every Turn
- Dune: Awakening is set in its own timeline, where Paul Atreides' mother gives birth to a daughter, so House Atreides never falls.
- That altered timeline starts a War of Assassins between House Harkonnen and House Atreides, leaving the Fremen all but dead.
- Almost everything on Arrakis is trying to kill the player, and the sun's rays are one of the constant threats.
- The game takes time to explain its systems, and the reviewer says learning to survive is a necessary sequence rather than a chore.
- Reviewed by Luis Gutierrez on Xbox Series X/S, the game is also available on PlayStation 5 and PC from publisher and developer Funcom.