«After the accidents discoveries of the end of Act 3, now you must continue with your trip,» says Funcom on chapter 2 of Dune: Awakening. «You will find new and known characters, you will explore new locations, you will investigate ruthless murders and delve into the past while you will unravel a network that extends to the darkest corners of the empire.» In addition to the continuation of the main campaign, chapter 2 introduces new contracts with stories, new dynamic meetings and five new archetype armor adapted for large schools.
Among the novelty of the update we also find the option to change the appearance of the character. To do so you have to visit Arrakeen or the Harko village and there in addition to being able to modify the physical appearance of the character it is possible to choose a hairstyle or tattoo. On the other hand, improvements are introduced such as the possibility of alternating the automatic race by clicking a button, shooting rockets from an ornithopter should be a better experience, the borders of the deep desert have been eliminated so that they can cross on foot and in terrestrial vehicles or increased the capacity of the assault ornitopter.
Regarding the payment content, the lost harvest, introduces an independent story that begins when someone knocks down a hauling wing that transported a spice collector of the miners' guild. The mission of the players is to find it. This downloadable content also adds the Birrueda, an alternative to the sand motorcycle, decorative elements for the base, two aspects of armor and four aspects of weapon among other aesthetic elements.
«We really want you to try this first great batch of changes in Dune: Awakening. This is just the beginning,» says Func. «We have committed ourselves to get Arrakis to really seem great and give the impression of constantly changing. We are very much in mind and we are very grateful for all your comments. And we will continue to respond to them with more improvements and adjustments, while we will offer you new features, stories, locations and much more in other update chapters and downloadable content.»