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Sandworm-riding isn’t a part of Dune: Awakening, at launch, anyway. As artistic director Joel Bylos advised Eurogamer final 12 months, Funcom regarded into it but determined the technical price was too steep and “it wants a goal.” Within the films, sandworms are ridden by way of the in any other case impassable southern sandstorms and used to assault Arrakeen. You do not do both of these issues in Dune: Awakening, no less than not but.
So sandworm-riding isn’t an official feature—but some very courageous Dune: Awakening players are doing it anyway. Simply take a take a look at this wonderful clip SgtDolphin posted to reddit:
Lisan al-Gaib! As written! SgtDolpin lures Shai-Hulud over to a dune after which leaps onto its again and takes a journey. This alt-history model of Dune might haven’t any Paul Atreides, but who wants him? We have SgtDolphin.
If you have not performed Dune: Awakening, you is likely to be questioning: what’s with the super-sprint and lengthy leap? Properly, SgtDolphin seems to be utilizing a mixture of expertise and kit to leap safely over the sandworm’s gaping maw and onto its again.
There’s a Bene Gerrerit capacity referred to as Bindu Dash that permits you to go zipping round at excessive speeds like The Flash, nice for crossing harmful desert zones rapidly and escaping from fight conditions once they go flawed. Additionally good for rapidly getting over to a stampeding sandworm.
The wormrider additionally has some suspensor gear geared up, which permits them to levitate: leap modules or a gadget referred to as Emperor’s Wings will allow you to glide slowly by way of the air—or zoom round like a rocket in case you’ve used a grappling hook or a Bindu Dash first.
Here is another wormriding video by the identical courageous participant:
Clearly you may’t steer the worm the way in which Paul and the Fremen riders do in the film, but it positive reveals the probabilities in a sport the place it’s not really a feature.
To not brag, but I did a tiny little bit of wormriding myself. Unintentionally. I used to be driving throughout the desert not paying shut consideration and a worm crossed proper in entrance of me, and my sandbike’s treads briefly touched the sandworm’s again—at which level I squealed in concern, rotated as quick as I may, and hit the boosters till I used to be again on secure floor once more.
That is as shut as I care to get. I will depart the precise worm driving to the professionals.