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I've played them all

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: May 29, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Once the game began, I knew I picked the right game. I've played C&C, TA, Red Alert, and other RTS-type game, but this takes the prize. The graphics is unbelieveable. Trust me on this one. I've never scene anything like this. The game itself is great too. The tutorial in this game should be utilized by many other games, so that one can simply press 'Play' and then just play. It's that easy. But then again, it will provide the enthusiast with a lot of challenges. Overall, this game is the best I've seen in years. Yes, it's better than all the RTS game I've played in the past. Forget Sims, forget Who Wants To Be a Millionaire, forget Quake III, stuff your pockets with $40 and go out and get this game.....NOW!

My dream has come true!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 20 / 22
Date: June 11, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I've always wanted to play a really engrossing space sim, something like a movie / game. Well, after playing a lot of games without any engrossing gameplay, I decided to try out Homeworld. I'm glad I did! Homeworld is the BEST space RTS / Sim / Movie I've ever played! I feel like I'm taking part in a movie with the great music, voice overs, and cut scenes. The engine graphics are just amazing! I'm finally seeing the true power my of pc!

With that said, I do believe I will be playing Homeworld for quite some time. There's so much to do and explore, it really is a great game. If your one to try new games without all the hype, give Homeworld a try. It will change your whole attitude towards RTS games. Starcraft just doesn't seem to have any feel now after playing Homeworld.

Game of the Year bundle: The music CD is great! As for the Prima guide, it's as bad as all their other guides. Large print, lack of pages, and lack of rich content. Oh well, it's free anyway :)

Wow this is cool!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: June 14, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game really does have what it takes to make it! It's full 3D and the graphics are just plain old cool! Sound gameplay it's all here, and this version comes with the soundtrack and game guide!

Ive seen attack ships on fire off the shoulder of orion.....

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 12 / 12
Date: June 28, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I have been playing this game 6 hours a day for the last 3 days. Its all I do when I get home from work. The game, visually, is intense. Watching your squadrons of strike craft in sphere formation engaging enemy fighters while your capital ships pound your enemies frigates, destroyers and cruisers into debris is awesome. My personal favorite is watching the ion beams erupt through an exploding ship. The mechanics of combat are set up better than anything I have seen before. You have a true sense of scale, the fighters are tiny and motherships are huge. You could never pull something cheap like destroying a heavy cruiser with 2 scouts, the ion cannons have it rough targeting fighters etc.. Strategy is very important in this game. You can get stomped if you deploy your fleet the wrong way. Conversly if you execute your manuevers correctly you can smash your opponent with minimal losses. Combat is easy to manage. Definitely not a click-fest. Its enough to keep you on the edge of your seat but not enough to be overwhelming. Once orders are given you can sit back and watch for a few seconds, and its worth watching. Target selection is very easy, there are several different ways to select either you own or your opponents craft. On top of that when it gets hairy you can turn on a tactical overlay that identifies each ship as yours or theirs and what class of ship it is. The interface is pretty tight, you cant get lost, scrolling around in empty space and its very easy to manipulate the camera with the mouse and give orders at the same time. 3D movement which is tricky no matter how you implement it is done as easily as posible, you have to use it to understand it. Its hard to explain without at least a picture. There are flaws to everything and Homeworld is then just like everything else. There are two different clans of ships but only one campaign. On top of that there is only a minimal difference between the two clans. It would have been nice to see a substanial difference between the two clans ships and tactics like you do in Starcraft. The research and technology implementation is only mediocre. You get the chance to research new technologies after certain events in the game. But the research costs you nothing and you have as much time as you need at the end of each mission so the developers might as well have simply given it to you. The one major complaint that I have is that when I jump to hyperspace some of my ships tend to get left behind..... The bottom line is that this game delivers where it counts. The engine is solid and the gameplay is fluid. The missions are diverse and interesting. Homeworld 2 will only be better I imagine, with more diverse units and clans, and better animation. Homeworld does not feel like a finished project to me but the developers have made the right choices in focusing on the engine and gameplay. It lacks the glitz and lensflares, but if you have ever been burned by a hyped up game that fell flat then you know that its whats under the hood that counts. With the revenues and feedback from Homeworld I believe that further efforts by this team will be more refined and even more enjoyable.

Highly Immersive Gameplay!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 13
Date: July 04, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Homeworld's best features-graphics engine, scripting, control mechanics, narrative flow, and mission structure, are so fluid, so highly immersive, that it makes the experience far more than the sum of its parts. The combination of large scale fleet actions and cinematic perspectives creates the most impressive space combat ever made for a strategy game. Its like being in the middle of, and in cotrol of, a Star Wars battle. 16 single player missions can make for some short gaming time but most people go through the campaign at least twice-its that good. In single player, you'll encounter 2 races, aside from the main one that your trying to decimate. There are 26 units to choose from on each side, with 3 main classes of ships-from the paltry fire of the scout, to the amazing might of the heavy cruiser. The excellent use of 3D makes for some interesting strategies, putting much imphasis on the element of surprise...

To sum it up, buy Homeworld for its engrossing real-time-strategy matched to a vital and visually intense story, making this a gaming experience like none other.

P.S. You may want to check the Relic and Sierra message boards to see what other people think of the game-plus it could help you along in learning the basic components of the game

Homeworld an epic game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 09, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is a game that as far as I know no other game equals. I have been playing this game for around two months now and is the only one that I still find myself inserting in my computer. The graphics are superb and if you have a four speaker sustem with a quality sound card the game really excells. This is a great game that has terrific single player campaign and also the single senarios are excellent as well. The multiplayer is quite entertaining if you can get past the junvenile chatter among your fellow gamers while the game is going on. This game is best also with a quality accelerator card such as a ge force because with literally 100s of ships in space at one time it can tax your system. Now a hundred ships in space seems that it may be hard to control your fleet but with the easy hotkeys and drag sweeping enabled in the game it is not, but it is difficult to achiee victory though. I have played to date 43 different titles and this is by far the best I have come across.Enjoy it is worth the $40 also by the deluxe edition of the game you receive a players guide and a nice cd of the music and a trailer for their soon to be released follow-up Cataclysm (I think the spelling is correct).

Succeeds in style

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: July 31, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Ok, the storyline is your standard "Battlestar Galactica" - fare - but the execution is great! I bought this game because I was impressed with the graphics on the cover and found that they looked beautiful even on my humble 8meg card. The game is incredibly stylish and very easy to comprehend.

Basically this is Age of Empires in Spaces with the added feature of a 3D Space, which is a big advantage, but makes live more complicated. Instead of just clicking where the units have to go, you always have to add the 3rd vector (not only left/right, but above/below) too, which can become frustating.

Difficulty level is not bad, giving you an even chance to win, but certainly not the first time around.

As said, graphics and sound are impressive. Storyline is ok and realtimestrategy in space is fun. Controls could be better, though.

hell yes

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 04, 2000
Author: Amazon User

this game may be one of the most addictive games i have ever experianced. i really enjoy the grafics as well as the ability to interact with the components of the game that only a real time stratagy game can give you. a must by

Homeworld

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 09, 2000
Author: Amazon User

WOW, homeworld is the best strategy game i have played in a long time. the graphics are awsome and it has the best campaign engine i have ever encountered.

amazing....and a glimpse of the future of gaming

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 31, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game literally blew me off my feet (and everyone who I have shown it too has had a similiar experience). The graphics are stunning and the sheer scope of the whole thing is mind boggling. The people who made this are truely ahead of the pack and I cannot wait to see the forthcoming follow up game.

If you do not have it...get it.

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