Dune 2000
Westwood Studios

Oh no, it’s that Phrase again:

Yup, it’s back, seeing as I didn’t like Red Alert very much (due to it being a commercial rip off) I pretty much avoided it, only returning to it after Aftershock came out, and even then I only played it at networks. Anyway due to this I managed to erase that certain phrase from memory, but now it’s back, and it’s worse then ever. “Silos Needed” is now said by 3 different people in game, constantly, I was suddenly reminded how easy it was to get a hell of alot of money in the original also.

Otherwise the sounds in this game are Westwoods best attempt yet, your little advisor differs depending on which side you choose and they inform you of everything, which I thought was very good, they even count down to the arrival of the Transport at the starport. The music is superb, now if there is one person at Westwood who deserves a raise it’s the musician there. I mean C&C had good tracks, so did Red Alert and now this.

The best bit is if you played the original you’ll recognise alot of the songs in their new improved version and probably start humming along with them. However there is a really annoying problem with the sounds, where the hell are the explosions. I have tried playing with music off just to see if it was a channel thing but they simply don’t seem to be there. All I get is a quick screen shake when something goes boom, no sound, Bummer.

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