not to be a downer but

[Raiden - In Flames 🎵]

okay first off i am clearly not the audience this game is marked for(including movies and books)

but... "spice wars"
is so weird to me.
i can't get over the fact that they are fighting over "spices" i know it's drug related but the terminology is just weird.

i had to get this off my chest.
game is probably fine.

this was mostly a lore related issue that just weirds me out! xD

let's be civil, i just wanted to share an outsiders perspective on the silly name "spice".

[Maj. Crimes]

Uuuh okay.
They are not fighting over "spices."
They substance is literally called spice.

What would you call it instead? Dune: Space Mushroom Wars?

[ULTRA]

Dune: Poopy Wars

[FallDown7StandUp8]

I mean "Dune: Worm Excrement Wars" propably wouldnt sell quite as well.

[Fraggoth]

You think THAT'S out there, you should go read up on what was going on in the 1500's-1700s, particularly with regards to the British and Dutch East India Companies and their ilk.

[Dustwake]

Dune: Wormshit Snorter Rampage

[VoiD]

tl;dr it's a super rare substance related to certain "magic" powers, and required for the survival of an intergalactic empire, and it can only be found on a single planet.

[IonizedMercury]

It's like complaining that Lord of the Rings is about some pimp-daddy bragging with his jewelry.

The straws at which the trolls grasp to enforce drama are amazing.

[Cheyenesku]

Dune: War for space psychedelics

[Cheyenesku]

Nguyên văn bởi Dustwake:

Dune: Wormshit Snorter Rampage

Spice is not worm ♥♥♥♥ :D

[Buntkreuz]

The universe is pretty stupid and not as mindblowingly creative as some want to make you believe.
Its basically a Medieval Crusader Setting gone Sci Fi. They are exploiting the desert for the Dune variant of Opium, to transport it back to their empire.
So its pretty much the colonial age and the "Houses" are basically your variants of England, Spain, Portugal, France, Germany etc. just more medieval.
And on top, come some worms and the "free men" (the desert natives, pick your equivalent people of the crusader era in the middle east) being exploited and riding their camels - i mean worms.

Thats it.

[IonizedMercury]

Nguyên văn bởi Buntkreuz:

The universe is pretty stupid and not as mindblowingly creative as some want to make you believe.
Its basically a Medieval Crusader Setting gone Sci Fi. They are exploiting the desert for the Dune variant of Opium, to transport it back to their empire.
So its pretty much the colonial age and the "Houses" are basically your variants of England, Spain, Portugal, France, Germany etc. just more medieval.
And on top, come some worms and the "free men" (the desert natives, pick your equivalent people of the crusader era in the middle east) being exploited and riding their camels - i mean worms.

Thats it.

LoL, opium, really?

Spice enables safe faster-than-light travel and so allows the entire interstellar human community to function in the first place. Opium is at most a painkiller and at worst can ruin the health of an entire nation.

Also, none of the noble Houses resemble any nations in particular. They resemble...noble families as they have functioned in human feudal societies throughout time.

Also, the last bit just shows your hand, you are just another fascist troll who wants to force drama where there is none.

Sod off.

[Demiurge]

"The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital for space travel."

There, I hope that explains why....

[Buntkreuz]

Nguyên văn bởi IonizedMercury:

Nguyên văn bởi Buntkreuz:

The universe is pretty stupid and not as mindblowingly creative as some want to make you believe.
Its basically a Medieval Crusader Setting gone Sci Fi. They are exploiting the desert for the Dune variant of Opium, to transport it back to their empire.
So its pretty much the colonial age and the "Houses" are basically your variants of England, Spain, Portugal, France, Germany etc. just more medieval.
And on top, come some worms and the "free men" (the desert natives, pick your equivalent people of the crusader era in the middle east) being exploited and riding their camels - i mean worms.

Thats it.

LoL, opium, really?

Spice enables safe faster-than-light travel and so allows the entire interstellar human community to function in the first place. Opium is at most a painkiller and at worst can ruin the health of an entire nation.

Also, none of the noble Houses resemble any nations in particular. They resemble...noble families as they have functioned in human feudal societies throughout time.

Also, the last bit just shows your hand, you are just another fascist troll who wants to force drama where there is none.

Sod off.

Yeah, its a drug, oh dear.

I like Dune, but lets not pretend its more it really is. And the one being dramatic about that, is you.

[Sunsetter]

it's not spice, it's spice melange:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEQREIDUJ88

[IonizedMercury]

Nguyên văn bởi Buntkreuz:

Nguyên văn bởi IonizedMercury:

LoL, opium, really?

Spice enables safe faster-than-light travel and so allows the entire interstellar human community to function in the first place. Opium is at most a painkiller and at worst can ruin the health of an entire nation.

Also, none of the noble Houses resemble any nations in particular. They resemble...noble families as they have functioned in human feudal societies throughout time.

Also, the last bit just shows your hand, you are just another fascist troll who wants to force drama where there is none.

Sod off.

Yeah, its a drug, oh dear.

I like Dune, but lets not pretend its more it really is. And the one being dramatic about that, is you.

I don't need to pretend anything, i'm just putting down another trolling attempt with casual ease.