Dune: Spice Wars

Dune: Spice Wars

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DeadSpace47 Sep 12, 2024 @ 10:39am
More games like this with a campaign mode that affects future battles.
Are they any more games like this? Any game, even the old ones or even games that isn't strategy like Spice wars.
l adore such games that make every decision you make influence something, even if it is tiny. You don't just fight a battle, you fight a war. Very few games manage that well. The battle as well the strategic part(outside of battle) can influence the outcome of the war.

Also, what does the type of this campaign is named? "Grand strategy"? I want a name so l can know where to look and what to type.
Thank God, l found this game through looking Jesper's Kyd Music collection. l know just him being there, that is going to be a good game
Last edited by DeadSpace47; Sep 12, 2024 @ 10:53am
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Mick Savage Sep 12, 2024 @ 11:13am 
Age of Mythology might be what you're looking for
DeadSpace47 Sep 12, 2024 @ 11:16am 
Originally posted by Mick Salvage:
Age of Mythology might be what you're looking for
l know that game, like Age of empires. But does it have a conquest mode like in this one? Don't want just single battles, want battles that affect the war.
Soho Sep 12, 2024 @ 11:46am 
Originally posted by DeadSpace47:
does it have a conquest mode like in this one?
It does not-

The campaigns in Age of Empires/Age of Mythology are linear (if you've played them one time, they will be exactly the same the next times you play them) and you do not have any option say to upgrade something after the first battle, and have that upgrade for all the subsequent battles

A game that does have a Conquest mode like Dune: Spice Wars is Shiro's previous title, Northgard (where in Conquest mode for that game, you play a series of 6-10 themed maps as a faction you choose, and you choose a reward for each map that affects your faction for all subsequent maps during that Conquest)... Northgard *also* has two linear campaigns (separate from Conquest mode... one of them is a DLC) however I think the Conquest mode in that game became so much more popular than the linear campaigns, that they decided to bring it to Dune: Spice Wars too (a good decision imho)

The only other game I can think of like this which has incremental persistent rewards from map to map in their campaigns is Starcraft II... Depending on the things you choose, it plays quite different if you replay the campaign with different choices

I would be really interested in hearing of any other ones as well though, I imagine there are some other ones out there
DeadSpace47 Sep 12, 2024 @ 11:56am 
Originally posted by Soho:
Originally posted by DeadSpace47:
does it have a conquest mode like in this one?
It does not-

The campaigns in Age of Empires/Age of Mythology are linear (if you've played them one time, they will be exactly the same the next times you play them) and you do not have any option say to upgrade something after the first battle, and have that upgrade for all the subsequent battles

A game that does have a Conquest mode like Dune: Spice Wars is Shiro's previous title, Northgard (where in Conquest mode for that game, you play a series of 6-10 themed maps as a faction you choose, and you choose a reward for each map that affects your faction for all subsequent maps during that Conquest)... Northgard *also* has two linear campaigns (separate from Conquest mode... one of them is a DLC) however I think the Conquest mode in that game became so much more popular than the linear campaigns, that they decided to bring it to Dune: Spice Wars too (a good decision imho)

The only other game I can think of like this which has incremental persistent rewards from map to map in their campaigns is Starcraft II... Depending on the things you choose, it plays quite different if you replay the campaign with different choices

I would be really interested in hearing of any other ones as well though, I imagine there are some other ones out there
Thank you for Starcraft, thank God it is free too. i do know Star wars Battlefront 2(original) did have a conquest mode. A game unlike any other. Also the first one also had it. But l love SPice wars mode here because it has more than 1 enemy to fight. It is a free for all
Spectergenic Sep 22, 2024 @ 5:36pm 
Northgard has a similar mode, made by the same developers. Also, Battle for Middle Earth 2 has an Age of the Ring campaign mode where you continuously battle with troops you've assembled from other maps. Possibly check out Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII.
Rise of Nations, Rise of Legends, Star Wars: Empire at War, Dawn of War: Dark Crusade/Soulstorm.
DeadSpace47 Sep 24, 2024 @ 3:46am 
Originally posted by Narcissistic Cannibal:
Rise of Nations, Rise of Legends, Star Wars: Empire at War, Dawn of War: Dark Crusade/Soulstorm.
Could you explain each one that you have played or know well?
Mick Savage Sep 24, 2024 @ 3:48am 
Crusader Kings might be the game for you, all your decisions matter and effect the game later on.
DeadSpace47 Sep 24, 2024 @ 3:50am 
Originally posted by Mick Salvage:
Crusader Kings might be the game for you, all your decisions matter and effect the game later on.
l disagree and l really do not like Paradox's games design.
Last edited by DeadSpace47; Sep 24, 2024 @ 3:50am
Originally posted by DeadSpace47:
Originally posted by Narcissistic Cannibal:
Rise of Nations, Rise of Legends, Star Wars: Empire at War, Dawn of War: Dark Crusade/Soulstorm.
Could you explain each one that you have played or know well?
All of them have a campaign with a separate global map divided into regions, where you move your forces. Then it switches to a classic RTS mode with base building, resource gathering (except Empire at War) and controlling units. If you win the battle, the region is yours and provides additional units/resources/upgrades/global bonuses.
DarkGlam Oct 8, 2024 @ 7:44am 
RTS are much worse strategy games than turn based. Gladius Relics of War in Planetary Conquest has a mod for MASSIVE map with over 16 rival armies.

Age of Wonders 4 is also cool.

And from rts side theres a game called Sands of Salzaar wich have what you are looking for.
DeadSpace47 Oct 8, 2024 @ 8:56am 
Originally posted by DarkGlam:
RTS are much worse strategy games than turn based. Gladius Relics of War in Planetary Conquest has a mod for MASSIVE map with over 16 rival armies.

Age of Wonders 4 is also cool.

And from rts side theres a game called Sands of Salzaar wich have what you are looking for.
What does this have to do? It's different genres
Soho Oct 8, 2024 @ 9:16pm 
Apples are much worse fruits than oranges
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