Rating: 
Summary: A bargain (and then some)
Review: Dune 2000 is essentially Command & Conquer with units (and plot) inspired by the Dune novels by Frank Herbert. This will either disappoint you or excite you. Personally, I was a huge fan of the original Command & Conquer series, even buying the much-maligned Tiberian Sun. So when I saw Dune 2000 for a mere $..., I was more than happy to part with my spare change.The game is not about blockbuster visual effects or mind-bending strategy, but rather old-school RTS graphics with pure build `em up and blow `em away fun! Some of the missions require some out of the box thinking, but overall your main objective is to take out the enemy. You have the option to fight for the Atreides, the Harkonnen, or the Orods, and the story changes accordingly depending upon your choice. The types of units at your disposal are unique to each House, and require you to alter your battle tactics to work with what you've got. The Atreides units generally are middle of the range - their armour and firepower is solid but not outstanding. The Harkonnen units are designed for sheer force, but suffer from a lack of speed and precision. The Ordos units don't have the mightiest weapons, but their armour compensates for this fact. The most outstanding unit from any House would have to be the famed Ornithopters - sure you have to use your imagination a little, but what fun it is to fantasise being Paul Atreides, if only for the briefest of seconds. The terrain of the maps is fairly consistent with the C & C series, but it's not quite as vivid as Herbert's description of Arrakis. Given the games graphical limitations, it's hard to get a sense of the living and breathing planet that is Dune. Guess we can't have it all. However the dreaded sandworms make an appearance every so often to spice up (pardon the pun) the action, so keep an eye on those harvesters! The story of the game isn't highly memorable, a disappointment given the source material the developers had to work with, but having fine actors such as John-Rhys Davies (now most famous for his role of Gimli in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings films) briefing you on your duties is a fine treat indeed. Overall for the price, the concept, the game play, and nostalgic-RTS graphics, you can't go wrong with Dune 2000.
Rating:
Summary: A bargain (and then some)
Review: Dune 2000 is essentially Command & Conquer with units (and plot) inspired by the Dune novels by Frank Herbert. This will either disappoint you or excite you. Personally, I was a huge fan of the original Command & Conquer series, even buying the much-maligned Tiberian Sun. So when I saw Dune 2000 for a mere $..., I was more than happy to part with my spare change. The game is not about blockbuster visual effects or mind-bending strategy, but rather old-school RTS graphics with pure build 'em up and blow 'em away fun! Some of the missions require some out of the box thinking, but overall your main objective is to take out the enemy. You have the option to fight for the Atreides, the Harkonnen, or the Orods, and the story changes accordingly depending upon your choice. The types of units at your disposal are unique to each House, and require you to alter your battle tactics to work with what you've got. The Atreides units generally are middle of the range - their armour and firepower is solid but not outstanding. The Harkonnen units are designed for sheer force, but suffer from a lack of speed and precision. The Ordos units don't have the mightiest weapons, but their armour compensates for this fact. The most outstanding unit from any House would have to be the famed Ornithopters - sure you have to use your imagination a little, but what fun it is to fantasise being Paul Atreides, if only for the briefest of seconds. The terrain of the maps is fairly consistent with the C & C series, but it's not quite as vivid as Herbert's description of Arrakis. Given the games graphical limitations, it's hard to get a sense of the living and breathing planet that is Dune. Guess we can't have it all. However the dreaded sandworms make an appearance every so often to spice up (pardon the pun) the action, so keep an eye on those harvesters! The story of the game isn't highly memorable, a disappointment given the source material the developers had to work with, but having fine actors such as John-Rhys Davies (now most famous for his role of Gimli in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings films) briefing you on your duties is a fine treat indeed. Overall for the price, the concept, the game play, and nostalgic-RTS graphics, you can't go wrong with Dune 2000.
Rating: 
Summary: Ludicrously not Dune, nor a good RTS
Review: First off, I'd like to say this is NOT Dune. Second off, there are so many better RTS's worth more than this game. The story has already been done, in Dune 2. Also, since this game calls itself DUNE 2000, it should at least have the aspects of the story Dune. It does not. This game seems more like another piece of Command & Conquer. The graphics are terrible 2D. The overall speed of the game is also disappointingly slow, making me wish I could just hurry up my men a few seconds faster. While playing the game, I got the feeling that it was nothing more than a slightly prettier version of Dune 2. If you are really that desperate for an RTS, get StarCraft. But if you want a GOOD RTS, than get something like Age of Empires II, or Red Alert 2, or something along those lines. You should not waste YOUR hard earned money on something like this.
Rating: 
Summary: Great Game!
Review: I got Dune 2000 two summer's ago for my birthday and I totally spaced on it until I found it on a shelf. I opened it, installed it and I was blown away at it. It was similar to Command and Conqour which I liked, I liked how you could play the Atreides, Harkonnen or Ordos, and the great movies in between the missions. I prefer the Atreides over all the houses; sort of mirror's who I am. One problem I had was that some of the missions where very hard and took a long time to beat. The vehicles where sort of slow; and expensive but those two where the only problems I had with the game. But it was fun.
Rating: 
Summary: borderline fun
Review: I have had this game for a while and I have to admit it is fun. It is much like Starcraft in that you have to gather resources, train units, and defend your base. It does however have a few differences, however, first of all since it is based on the world of Dune you must build concrete below your buildings or they will take constant damage from the weather. You also have to build silos to keep the spice that you mine that is a slight problem in that if you don't have enough the game doesn't tell you it just keeps mining and you get no more spice. The game is fun if you like challenging games it is defiantly a hard game. It takes a long time to beat each campaign, which require a lot of concentration and thinking. It is a good strategy game if you like a hard game. And it extends this by giving you 3 different races to control and lead to victory over the planet of Dune. The reason that I gave this game a 3 is for a couple reasons. One is that the graphics are very old looking they like a old DOS game. The storyline for the game is not all that great it is just pillage or be pillaged kind of game. The movies are another downer it has a mix of real-life and animation. The background is all animated but the characters are real actors, which I think make's a game look really cheesy it should either have all real life or all animation. It also looks like the game tries to make itself better by putting big actors in it. My final decision is that this game is good in all around strategy but if your looking for a game with a good plot and look to it this is not the game for you. .
Rating:
Summary: borderline fun
Review: I have had this game for a while and I have to admit it is fun. It is much like Starcraft in that you have to gather resources, train units, and defend your base. It does however have a few differences, however, first of all since it is based on the world of Dune you must build concrete below your buildings or they will take constant damage from the weather. You also have to build silos to keep the spice that you mine that is a slight problem in that if you don't have enough the game doesn't tell you it just keeps mining and you get no more spice. The game is fun if you like challenging games it is defiantly a hard game. It takes a long time to beat each campaign, which require a lot of concentration and thinking. It is a good strategy game if you like a hard game. And it extends this by giving you 3 different races to control and lead to victory over the planet of Dune. The reason that I gave this game a 3 is for a couple reasons. One is that the graphics are very old looking they like a old DOS game. The storyline for the game is not all that great it is just pillage or be pillaged kind of game. The movies are another downer it has a mix of real-life and animation. The background is all animated but the characters are real actors, which I think make's a game look really cheesy it should either have all real life or all animation. It also looks like the game tries to make itself better by putting big actors in it. My final decision is that this game is good in all around strategy but if your looking for a game with a good plot and look to it this is not the game for you. .
Rating: 
Summary: DO NOT BUY FOR MULTIPLAYER
Review: I just got this game in the mail. Had purchased two copies, one for me and One for a very good friend, so we could play online, just as the game says you can play. well, buyer beware. a WASTE of money. There is no way to play this game online. There is no way to connect using IP addresses. the only weay is to call your friends modem, a very outdated thing, in a world wher emost people use dial up ISPs. they Do have a way to connect using a battle.net type server, but after tlking to tech suppor tont he phone, i have found out they no longe rsupport this serve reither. the person on the phone told us, we were 'out of luck' if we wanted to play online and NOt on a network int he same room. if you want it for single player, then go for it. but if you wish to play head to head with anyone, go play Star wars: Galatic Battlegrounds
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Summary: Reborn dune 2 for new PC environment
Review: I liked original dune 2 very much. It was sensational to me when I played it about 10 years ago. I had played other RTS but I couldn't find any game like dune 2. I met dune 2000 a few years ago. It invoke me the emotion I got 10 years ago. It was new born Dune 2 with improved graphic and game engine. I have liked it much and played more than 5 times except for network play. I'm also looking forward that Emperor would invoke me another emotion by beautiful 3D graphic. Thank you for your reading.
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Summary: Fun war game.
Review: In Dune 2000 you choose 1 out of three houses to play as. In the game you must accomplish objectives while battling with the other two houses. Dune is the planet you are fighting on. The house that defeats the other two houses takes over Dune. In the game you get to build your own personal war base and start building up your army to fight in large battles to the death. The graphics of the game aren't all that great. It isn't very detailed, but you know why when you play it because Dune is nothing but sand and deserts. The sound in the game is okay. Mostly just simple noises. The control is excellent. It is very easy and responsive. The gameplay of this game is pretty fun, but I gave it 3 stars because of the sound and graphics. I recommend this game.
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Summary: Please don't rate this game compared to other modern games.
Review: OK, I need to clear some things up. #1. Nobody should every compare this to a modern strategy game. It wasn't made for that. It was made for the people who loved Dune 2 a long time ago. This shouldn't be viewed as a ultra-modern game, it should be rated as an upgrade to Dune 2. Thats why they called it Dune 2000! It uses the same story line, the same units (for the most part, there are some new ones) and the same fun that the old one once had. What are people hating about this game? It hasn't taken away anything from the game (unless you're a fan of Pong type graphics). What did the old one have? 5 pixels per infantry! Mouths moving and screenshots of poorly drawn troopers lying in the dust after each mission! The ability to select a whole 1 unit at a time! An amazing unit cap of 25 units!! A 5 minute wait in between spice deposits! A full 2 song soundtrack! And there's much, much more!! The new one has digital videos inbetween each mission, conveying the storyline MUCH better than the original. It has wonderful unit animations. NO unit cap (that I'm aware of). The ability to select ALL units at a time. Quick harvesting. A complete soundtrack. This game is great! I love it!
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