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>>5335885
Even its adherence to Dune lore is pretty loose. The Ordos especially feel just like a generic sci-fi faction.

The Dune games were never close to the books, though. That's especially obvious with all the contemporary-style weaponry your troops are fighting with. They were based primarily on the movie (although it's not too faithful to that, either), with the Ordos being taken from a couple houses mentioned in the Dune Encyclopedia. Then, after Westwood lost the Dune license, they decided to create a spiritual successor to the Dune 2 with their own original IP. That's where the harvesters and Tiberian Sun's carryalls came from.

I can't say I'm that big of a fan of Emperor, but David Arkenstone's Harkonnen music was great:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWtG3EkvSJg