One of my Favorite RTS games of all time
Homeworld 1 is great with the Players Patch.
Homeworld, the game you want to love because spaceships are cool, but it kicked your ass on the 3rd mission and you can't really do anything about it since there aren't any difficulty settings. ~sigh~
It's a pretty bad port, but as my first time playing Homeworld at all, I absolutely loved it! Completed the first game in 15.2 hours, and throwing it on my backlog for now to return to Homeworld 2 later this year.
Simple story with great gameplay. If you love strategy games then get this one, if you don't then you might want to pass. Has incredible graphics and is fun to play.
One of the all time RTS classics - banger music. It's difficult to get into, and some missions require a lot of tactical and unique solutions that makes it hard to recommend to everyone. Once it clicks though, it feels really good - when it clicks...
Also the "Classic" portion of original ports doesn't run well on modern hardware.
Also the "Classic" portion of original ports doesn't run well on modern hardware.
High potential, but the first game ports the second game's mechanics in an ill-fitting manner. You're always fighting against nigh-insurmountable odds in this case unless you deliberately scrap all your ships.
I've heard that this is a botched remake, so I'll probably just play the original. I didn't get very far in the remake of Homeworld 1.
I would like to clarify that I only beat HW1 (with the players patch). I love the first game a lot, it was hard but very rewarding. The story and soundtrack are also great.
Both are great games with an amazing atmosphere and they have among the coolest looking space battles in gaming. They are hard and take some getting used to, specially the camera system and 3D movement. However, I do think Homeworld is a superior game than its sequel, mainly because its difficulty is a bit better and the story just feels more intriguing.
Homeworld 2 seems like an afterthought, with a story that is just a rehash of the original with a different baddie, and a difficulty system that is totally unfair and broken. Some of the QoL changes are appreciated (others not), but overall that's not enough to make it better than the original.
Homeworld 2 seems like an afterthought, with a story that is just a rehash of the original with a different baddie, and a difficulty system that is totally unfair and broken. Some of the QoL changes are appreciated (others not), but overall that's not enough to make it better than the original.