In fact, the Iraqi Desolator unit remains one of my all time favorite units in any RTS. The Command and Conquer games are rife with them: Red Alert has them, as do Red Alert 2, C&C Generals, and C&C3: Kane's Wrath. Of course Emperor isn't the only game with sub-factions. Or otherwise would spice up a single player or skirmish match. This provided a little bit of customization that could provide important functional differences between two dueling Atreides players. Each boasted its own unique structure which was able to train (or at least unlock in the barracks/factory? my memory on that is a bit hazy) a unique infantry unit, and a vehicle.

In Emperor: Battle for Dune, there were 5 sub-factions that players could choose from: Tleilaxu, Ix, the Spacing Guild, the Sardaukar, and the Fremen. In any case, this brings me to the real focus of this article: sub-factions. Looking back on it, it was kind of an epic moment. But I, at least, didn't deal with them promptly in that mission and struggled with a tiny army against a swarm of units that could steal my units away from me to increase their own numbers.

If dealt with promptly, they weren't a problem. The Tleilaxu were one of the game's sub-factions or Minor Houses, and they had 2 units: their infantry unit (the Contaminator) would convert other infantry units into more of themselves, and the vehicle (the Leech) would do the same to other vehicles. There are a couple of fun moments - I retain a distinct memory of being attacked by a massive swarm of Tleilaxu units at one point and being unable to stem that tide. The campaign is decent, allowing the player to go through a series of skirmish matches with some light story sprinkled in, interspersed with a couple of commando missions and other story-advancing levels. Also, the game's UI was a somewhat baffling transparent rainbow sherbet color. Even for 2001 its graphics were a bit sub par. In some ways, it's not aged particularly well.

One of my all-time favorite games is the 2001 RTS Emperor: Battle for Dune.

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