Summary
Dune: Awakeningofficially launched as of yesterday, and players are learning just how hostile the deserts of Arrakis can be. If the head, dehydration and constant clan battles aren’t enough to get you killed, there’s also the massive sandworms thateat anything and everything in their path.
No matter what you’re doing, you’ll have to drop everything and jump out of the way when Shai-Hulud comes rolling through. With the Fremen nowhere to be found in this alternate-history setting of Frank Herbert’s classic, there’s no one to tame these gods of the desert. However, that hasn’t stopped players from channeling their inner Lisan al Gaib.
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In the absence of the Fremen and Lisan al Gaib, Dune: Awakening doesn’t allow you to ride the sandworms like in the books and movies. But what didn’t deter one player from figuring out a way to do so. It’s actually quite simple – all you need to do is bait the sandworm towards you and jump boost over its head to land on its body.
You won’t perfectly land on it, but might glitch through and get stuck somewhere in its body. Still, though, you get to ride the massive sandworm as it makes its way across Arrakis. You can’t control it, so there’s no saying where you’ll eventually end up. Who knows? Maybe the people will recognise you as their prophet.
Some fans were disappointed to learn that Dune: Awakening wouldn’t let you ride the sandworms. While there’s a gameplay reason for this, it’s one of the best parts of the entire series, and perhaps a major missed opportunity.Perhaps the devs will add the feature into the game at some point. Until then, you can use this method to practice.
Shai-Hulud went on sabbatical for a brief periodahead of the game’s full launch. It seems besides everything else, the sandworms were breaking the game as well. Funcom was forced to deactivate the sandworms for a bit as the issues were resolved, but for a breif amount of time, Arrakis was without any sandworms.
