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Homeworld: Game of the Year Edition

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

As one of the oldest windows video games I had always enjoyed the complexity of this game, and the strategy aspects of it. The navigation controls of the game were some of the most original I had seen.

If there was one thing I have to say against it would be that it is difficult to get running under operating systems like Windows XP and Vista since these systems compatibility with older games has always been lacking.

Other than that I have always enjoyed the experience playing it.

Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I saw my dad playing this game and i thought it looked good, so i went out, bought the game and started playing.

Although at first it was hard to "Get into" it made up for that with the amazing graphics and stunning performance.

The only thing that set me back was on the "Kharos Graveyard" when that "Graveyard Cog" kept stealing my Capital ships and Carriers.

But yeah, it was a great game .. i've played HW2 .. so i just need to track down a cheap copy of Catacalysm.

The best 3D Strategy game I've played, bar none

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I'm not too much into gaming, but Homeworld is one I keep wanting to play, over and over again. Because the Game of the Year Edition comes with the cheat book, I know all the strategies to beat the game, and I've finished it at least 5 times already. Because of the freedom this game provides, unlike its 2 sequels that tend to limit your fleet size, I really believe this is the best of the 3.

Great game.. but..

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: July 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is definitely one of the best games I've ever played. The story line is fantastic, the cut scenes are wonderful with their hand drawn look, gameplay and control is unmatched except by the sequel, the graphics are amazing, and the sound -music, characters' voices and sound effects - are absolutely amazing. If you're looking for a great, challenging game, Homeworld is just what you're looking for. However... if you're looking for the sound track that comes with the game, the sound track that the picture on the item for sale's box clearly says "Soundtrack included!", don't buy this. I just received it in the mail, opened the packaging and felt slightly tricked as I saw a different box with no "Soundtack included!"... The music in this game really is that good. Even though I already own the game, I really wanted this soundtrack, and would gladly pay twenty dollars for it. So this review is mainly to Amazon and eShopUSA: don't trick your customers by selling more to people than they are getting, it's bad business as this is the last time I'm buying from you.

One of the BEST games ever. Period.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: December 31, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Before I got this game, I was not really into real-time-strategy (RTS). However I was looking for a good space sim and so I got this game. All I can say is, WOW.

The standard by which I measure games more than anything is the story and content. Homeworld delivered both of them beyond my wildest expectations. And while the graphics may be somewhat dated by today's standards, looks really do not matter compared to the content that the game delivers.

The story is about a 4,000 year-old derlict ship discovered in the desert of a backwater planet called Kharak, which contains an artifact known as the 'guide stone' and information that the inhabitants of Khrak (you can choose from two races to play) are not native to planet but from a world known as Hiigaria. This united Kharak's clans as never before in a massive project to return in their homeworld. Over a period of 60 earth-standard years, a gigantic colony ship is built. Deep inside the mothership is the hyperspace core from the derilect, which was rebuilt for use in the mothership. The ship's tests largely go as planned until the test-run of the hyperspace core. While the jump itself went flawlessly, a science ship sent to the systems edge to receive them has gone missing. Scout ships and probes discover a burned out hulk of what was once the science vessel and a distress call that they came under fire from mysterious hostiles. The mothership and its defending forces are ambushed by these same hostiles but manage to return to Kharak, only to find the planet engulfed in a planet-wide firestorm. All that is left of the Hiigarian race is the mothership crew and some six hundred thousand people in cryogenic suspension who survived the destruction of the mothership's scaffold. The msterious attackers attack the cryo trays, doing their best to make the Hiigarians extinct, but the cryo trays are saved and the crew of an enemy frigate are captured. The enemy crew reveals that the Hiigarians violated a 4,000-year old treaty that they knew nothing about, a treaty not to develop hyperspace technology, which is punishable by extinction of their race. With nothing left, the Hiigarians have no choice but to make it to their homeworld. I will not spoil anything, but the journey is filled with with new discoveries and new perils along the way. The hunt for the mothership and the Hiigarian's fight against the enemy empire to retake Hiigaria would become known as "The Homeworld War."

The gameplay has a steep lurning curve, and taking the training course before beginning the camapaign or skirmish is ESSENTIAL. Even if you have played RTS games, the gameplay system in here is unique enough to require it. You also need a very three-dimensional mind to play this game: learning to defend yourself, think and fight along all three axis is the only way you will win this game. You will also need a lot of patience. Many missions are very long and you will be going back and retrying. From the sixth mission and onward, the game gets VERY hard.

The music is top-notch, ranking up there along with the music from Deus Ex, Heavy Gear and Mechwarrior 2. The music is a combination of orchistral and middle-eastern.

All in all this game deserves five stars.

Awesome.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 10
Date: July 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Own the game, beat in 2 weeks. Pretty easy to learn the controls, hard last missions. Now, I change it around with mods, thats it.

Too hard for causal players

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: April 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

First off: I gave up on Homeworld about one-third though the campaign. Using a small bit of resources, building a few units and carrying those forward to the next mission sounds great but it's very hard in practice. You can't afford to lose many units and I lost them too frequently. After many reloads, I've wimped out. I just can't afford the many hours required to master this game.

That said, this game has a lot going for it. There's a good story and soundtrack. On top of the every-unit-is-precious strategic aspect is the pseudo 3-d playing field which does add tactical depth to the RTS genre although it's plagued by a poor camera scheme that locks the camera to any one of your units. The control scheme is also poor and relies on keyboard input too much.

This isn't a bad game, in fact, there's a lot of depth here. It does require a lot of patience/time to master.

user unfriendly

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 23
Date: December 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I found this game very difficult to play. After a few sessions of about 30 to 60 minutes each I put it back in the box and tried to return it to Best Buy. They wouldn't give me a refund or store credit or anything but sympathy. I could probably learn to play it ok with several more hours of practice but that seems more like work than fun.

Titobob

Very hard, to pick up but great anyways...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is about conquest, exporation and it's got ever thing you needed for a great RTS. But the game is so hard to pick up I stopped playing it the first day. But with age it become a echo in the back of my mind I could remember how hard it was to even figure how to play. But a year later I rediscovered it and now it is a lot easier, probably because I am older now, but we will never know.

3/5 For the tutorial: As for me, it was hard to pick up like I said, and it is still pretty hard, but hey.

5/5 For the music: I am, one of the few teenagers out there, who hates Rap music. But I think anyone even Rap lovers will love the music.

4/5 For the graphics: They looked cool I was breathless with the destuctation of there homeworld in the like 4th mission. But some of the weapons pulse could have looked better.

5/5 For the story: This is what I look for in a game storyline, if it didn't have one. sorry not paying for it, not even if it was a dollar.

My final reveiw of this game, it's got a great storyline, perfact voice overs. But as for the tutorial it was sucky as in not enough descipetion. But the battle action is very cool to watch, the movies are amazing. As for the last word, not the best game to go and pick it right up. But hey, you have to to buy it.

Your Comrade, and your Brother-In-Arms, Gen.Ratman.

GREAT GAME BUT WATCH OUT FOR MISLEADING SELLERS! (GAMESTOP)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: September 08, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Homeworld is one of the best games I've ever played. I first picked it up 3 years ago but was unable to finish it due to time constraints. I'd bought the Game of the Year edition and the soundtrack is great and the Strategy Guide is helpful. A year ago I sold the game and guide, (but not the OST). I've had a yearning to finally finish the game, as well as play the two sequels, (Cataclysm and Homeworld2), so I got online and started looking for a used edition.
Lo and behold I find that the Game of the Year edition is available from Gamestop through our favorite online store Amazon. I have visions of my freshman year playing HW with the guide and actually finshing the game this time, so I order it.
Imagine my dismay when the game I receive is not, in fact, the Game of the Year edition of my fond memories, but a cheaper, release version. Many game companies do this. They repackage their most popular games and send them out as "Classics" or "Best Sellers". In this particular instance, Sierra Entertainment has re-release the "Game of the Year Edition of Homeworld" as a "Sierra Best Seller Series" game. This version does NOT include the strategy guide. It does NOT include the OST. It doesn't even include the game's manual which, as I recall, was quite significant, containing much of the story line. No, my friends, this version of the game does not even include a jewel case for the CD-ROM. It's a box, with a CD in a sleeve, that's all.
The game is still great, and I'm ordering the strategy guide used, but I've given Gamestop bad feedback because they apparently didn't feel obligated to let potential customers know that they were being misled.
So if you're looking for the Game of the Year Edition of Homeworld, DO NOT look to GameStop for your answer. Find it somewhere else on Amazon, or online, or even in an EB Games or other "real world" store.
Good luck and Happy Gaming!

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