Uploaded November 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This 1993 detective / mystery solving adventure game by Microprose is based on Phantom of the Opera. I really like the soundtrack, sets up the atmosphere nicely, but only to be decimated by awful voice actors. Animation is good and graphics look OK in few places, but progressively more blurry and confusing as details increase. The script is boring and told boringly. There's an option to speed walk the character, but it's not always possible.
This 1993 detective / mystery solving adventure game by Microprose is based on Phantom of the Opera. I really like the soundtrack, sets up the atmosphere nicely, but only to be decimated by awful voice actors. Animation is good and graphics look OK in few places, but progressively more blurry and confusing as details increase. The script is boring and told boringly. There's an option to speed walk the character, but it's not always possible.
![Dune II - Harkonnen mission 8 speedrun 31:09 (PC DOS) [Obsolete]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XSewR1fMIK0/mqdefault.jpg "Dune II - Harkonnen mission 8 speedrun 31:09 (PC DOS) [Obsolete]
I decided to retry Harkonnen mission 8. My old video was probably the worst played mission of the campaign. Previous time was improved by over 7 minutes and no saves were used during the mission. This video demonstrates the repair facility strategy pointed out to me earlier and not used on my previous videos. By blocking access to repair facility Carryalls come to pick up repaired units and return those to battlefield.
Best strategy I found for this mission is to maneuver behind Atreides base from the left, where its least fortified. Taking out structures from behind, deploying an MCV, second repair facility and second heavy factory near the Ordos base before final assault. Different houses begin assaulting only after discovered by player units. This is why its necessary to be careful not to scout near the Ordos base until Atreides has been disabled. This mission is rather difficult to finish fast, because Construction Yards are at hard to reach locations and enemy keeps rebuilding turrets and buildings. Sniping CYs with missiles or figuring out a better strategy would probably allow time save. Got extremely unlucky with missile accuracy as well in this play.")
