My only problem with narrative games is that the story has to be powerful and snappy enough to get my attention. Many times I find it difficult to get into the plot, it seems heavy and I end up losing interest. Maybe that’s why I was especially surprised by this one. Dune: Secrets of the Houses.
Without being a big fan of the franchise, neither in book nor in cinema, my hopes of enjoying Dune: Secrets of the Houses they were rather rare. Remarkably, several hours later, this new twist to his collection of video games and board games now sits in a special place on my bookshelf.
Dune from another point of view
From the hand of the Detective spirit, a saga in which I entered for the first time a few weeks ago with Batman: Everybody Liesthe idea behind this Dune: Secrets of the Houses It is practically the same at the execution level.
In each of the three available chapters, plus a prologue that comes in handy to situate characters and settings among those who don’t know the story or have given the old or the new film version a try, the game will present different cases. .
Hand in hand with considerable weight in reading and using a Web Application which will serve to go a little further when it comes to gathering evidence, our objective is to reach the end of each chapter with a clear idea of what is happening, try to complete the proposed objective and move forward in one way or another depending on whether we have bet on the narrative mode or aim to complete the game perfectly.
The first way, the most interesting of all, will allow us improve the character with which we start for the following chapters and, in addition, our decisions will affect to a greater or lesser extent what will happen next.
how to play Dune: Secrets of the Houses
Because of going a little further than reading a story and trying to guess what is happening, the concept behind Dune: Secrets of the Houses part of a series of resources, a time counter and a series of cards that, in the purest choose-your-own-adventure style, will mark the course of history.
Whether alone or in cooperative mode, we will have to manage the resources obtained to, for example, travel to another region in search of more clues or choose to pursue someone suspicious who was passing through there. Roughly speaking, if you do this, pick up this card, and if you do this, pick up this card.
Following a certain logic, finding the right clues before the timer reaches the end – it progresses after each decision – is relatively easy, but convincing your team to decide the final verdict is another matter.
Despite being incredibly easy when it comes to explaining the rules and starting to play, it is one of those games that requires special attention and willingness from the rest of the players to make it dynamic and entertaining. If you find the right group, I highly doubt you won’t end up enjoying this Dune: Secrets of the Houses.
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