Homeworld: Remastered

So yeah, this is coming out tomorrow.

I'm actually a huge fan of the homeworld series.

For those who don't know, homeworld is a space RTS with planar movement. It's really one of a kind, and it has sexy beam weaponry.

And sexy ship designs. The art style actually keeps up to this day. And then they went and upped the textures n' stuff.



I actually want to get into the multiplayer for this. I grew up with these games and they rocked.

The soundtrack is awesome too.

 

I played the original like 7 years ago and sucked at it but from what i can remember is that it was great. I ma looking forward to this one

 

Totalbiscuit made a 30 minute impressions video. It combines aspects of the original homeworld 1 and 2 (I think both campaigns might be included). So the races of both games are playable. It also uses the UI from the second game as it is easier to use and more functional.

For the campaign they cleaned up all the audio from the voice actors and re-did all the textures from the smallest ships to the biggest. I'm not a RTS fan but it looked impressive and a lot of work went into it and can be seen.

 

i mostly remember it being extremely hard

 

I will be getting this. I live going against the AI and I hope the guys that made the SW: Warlords mod remake it for this! That mod is EPIC!

For the lazy:

 

has any one played it yet

 

I have. Graphically still holds up and I'm loving the gameplay as well. There was just a game-breaking bug with the kamikaze option for Vaygr that's making me not do multiplayer, on top of other people crashing.

 

I've heard that unfortunately HW1 was completely rebuilt in the HW2 engine, something about HW1 not being able to be upgraded as easily or something. So a lot of what was in HW1 is missing, weapons are RNG now instead of being Ballistic like they were in HW1. Formations don't work, the stances don't exist. It was enough to make me not want to get it, and I'm a huge fan of the series. HW1 and HWC were my favorite games growing up.

 

so its no good?

 

Well from what I've seen and heard HW2 is the same, but HW1 has been changed a lot. The tactical options aren't what they used to be. They removed fuel because the HW2 engine doesn't support it. Same with the ballistics and formations. That was half the strategy of HW1 was what formations and stances to use when. Because with the ballistic model it made a significant difference.