Originally Posted by
Alexander Iulianus Verus
Hello,
I can see a few reasons as well why Dune may not be the best fit, such as the fact that we have energy technology and machinery at levels not seen in any total war game, perhaps except warhammer.
That said, can we agree that the attached screenshot by the OP easily looks like it could be modded, skin wise, formation wise, and scale wise into Attila? I do actually think so, and the idea of using the desert maps of Attila as the basis for Dune would make a lot of sense. Whenever I played in Africa, I noticed a desolation and desperation to the play there, and reflecting back it could really work to give a Dune mod that sense of intrepid intensity that it would require to immerse me.
I also think that the shield effects could be implemented with some sprite or graphical effect. The emperoristic aspects and the grand imperialism of the book could be captured by the fact that Attila's foundation is based on a world famous empire.