

To complete the objectives, you build buildings, units and gather a single resource - Spice.

Most missions have secondary objectives, which are optional to complete but offer rewards - such as an alliance with a sub-faction or reinforcements.

The mission objectives vary from resource gathering to destroying a specific enemy structure or the enemy itself, though the latter is most common. The game puts you in the role of a new commander of whichever faction you choose to play for. The game is full 3D, but unlike the previous games is not viewed from an isometric perspective, as it is possible to zoom and rotate the camera. Who controls Arrakis controls the Spice, and who controls the Spice, controls the universe. Emperor: Battle for Dune continues the story of Dune 2000, as the three Great Houses - Harkonnen, Atreides and Ordos - fight the War of Assassins.
