Theres only so much sand you might run across before it grows boring.
Find out which are the best.
The sort of stuff has been the staple of this genre for years now.
However, theres still a repetitiveness to general tasks that cant be ignored.
Thankfully, Awakenings Arrakis itself is great fun to explore.
Being in the sun dehydrates you faster than standing in the shade, and water supplies are finite.
Then theres the constant threat of sandworms to think about.
Always roaming the desert, they offer an intense threat at all times.
Youre torn between a desire to see what its found and also avoiding near-certain death.
Get eaten by a sandworm, though, and your gear is gone forever.
Its a constant treat thats much more literal than the hunger and thirst meters survival games normally rely on.
I only saw a fraction of the world, too.
Ill Fly Everywhere I Can
As the world opens up, traversal also gets easier.
Itll keep me safe from patrolling sandworms too.
However, staying on the ground gives you the chance to fight NPCs and other players.
Fights arent simple either, so you oughta be prepared for each one.
Unlike water, ammunition is plentiful and youre introduced to weapon-crafting early on.
Rather than using pickaxes to farm copper ore, you use a lore-certified laser cutter.
While Im far from a Dune expert, nothing that Awakening introduces feels out of place in this universe.
One-sided conversations are always awkward in games like this and Awakening could have bucked this trend.
I just hope that continues as you progress and slowly but surely follow in the footsteps of Lisan al-Gaib.
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