Dune: Awakening Takes Place in Alternate Timeline, Devs 'Sort of Sidestep Religion' | Push Square
Hot on the heels of yesterday's gameplay reveal, we've learned more about Funcom's upcoming MMO, Dune: Awakening, which remains shrouded in mystery. Crucially, we knew the story would take place in an alternate universe set a few years before the events of the Frank Herbert books or Dennis Villeneuve films and would ignore one of the most critical aspects of its universe, religion, for undisclosed spoiler reasons. Now you've got our attention!
Speaking to Eurogamer, creative director Joel Bylos had some pretty exciting things to say about the game, explaining where Awakening fits into the larger Duniverse. His statement already has the community speculating what the ramifications of such a move might mean, as religion is intrinsically tied to the story itself:
«Things are slightly different in our universe. Many events are still the same, so it's not like we've gone all 'thousands of years ago, a rock slid in the wrong place and changed everything'. It's just a few years back. But the significant thing — it's really close to spoiler territory, which I can't really go through — but let's just say that for the large part, we sort of sidestep religion.»
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Are you up enough on Dune lore to understand the implications of such a situation? What does this mean for Paul Atreides or Duncan Idaho, for that matter? Try to leave religion out of it in the comments section below.
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I know they mean they want to avoid following the plot of the book, but religion is a vital element of Dune. Without religious commentary and subtext, it’s not Dune. I hope they don’t fully remove it.
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