{"id":302888,"date":"2025-05-13T00:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T07:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=354692"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:39:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:39:48","slug":"the-beta-of-dune-awakening-is-a-tremendous-success-among-players-but-it-has-a-big-problem-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-beta-of-dune-awakening-is-a-tremendous-success-among-players-but-it-has-a-big-problem-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"The beta of Dune: Awakening is a tremendous success among players, but it has a big problem ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last weekend, Dune: Awakening held a large-scale beta that allowed nearly 40,000 players to experience the first 20 hours of the game, covering most of Act 1 of the story. <strong>This event turned out to be an ideal opportunity to immerse oneself in the world of Arrakis, while those who could not gain access to the beta were able to follow the experience through various live streams<\/strong>. The streaming restrictions that had previously limited the visibility of the game were lifted, allowing prominent streamers to enjoy and share their adventures, revealing comedic situations generated by bugs and game mechanics in this beta stage.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The knife is an iconic weapon&#8230; and it is surprisingly broken<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the most discussed aspects during the beta was the imbalance surrounding the Crysknives, an iconic weapon from the Dune series. Many players reported feeling unable to defend themselves due to the excessive power of these weapons, which has raised concerns about the game&#8217;s mechanics. <strong>In a notable stream, the streamer summit1g became a victim of an unrelenting attack and could not escape the stunlock caused by a rival armed with a knife, being completely at the mercy of his attacker<\/strong>. These types of experiences, while fun to watch, have shown that a balance adjustment in the game is necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dune: Awakening - Official Story Trailer\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ocMIndtODi4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The developers at Funcom have acknowledged these issues and confirmed that they already have an internal version of the game that addresses some of these situations, including the stunlock mechanics.<strong> In recent statements, they stated that these problems will be fixed in the final version of the title<\/strong>. For those looking to avoid falling into problematic situations, it is recommended to review lists of helpful tips available that assist in navigating the complexities of combat in Arrakis.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The announcement that the game mechanics will be adjusted before the launch has generated optimism in the community<\/strong>, although viewers can still enjoy the quirks and bugs of the game during this testing phase. 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The streaming restrictions that had previously limited the visibility of the game were lifted, allowing prominent streamers to enjoy and share their adventures, revealing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9318,"featured_media":302889,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1018,2518],"tags":[3859,11343,11344,4015,9759,5187,5709,5527,11345,11346],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-302888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-guides","tag-beta","tag-crysknives","tag-cuchillo","tag-dune","tag-dune-awakening-2","tag-funcom","tag-mmo","tag-streamer","tag-stunlocks","tag-summit1g","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302888"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":307054,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302888\/revisions\/307054"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302888"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=302888"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=302888"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=302888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}