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.
A rather slow paced, fully three dimensional space RTS. It reminded me of Dune a little bit because the protagonists live in a desert planet that sounds like "Arrakis", but that's it. That's more like a reference than inspiration.
The Homeworld 1 remaster doesn't have the same ridiculously well crafted mechanics for dog fighting and collisions, opting instead for the probability based system of Homeworld 2. Obviously this has some advantages, but not enough of the game was changed to accommodate for this and it shows. Many elements such as formations are rendered redundant. It's still good though, only a bit disappointing.
The Homeworld 2 remaster in the other hand is much more truthful to the original and I enjoyed it a lot more. It's truly an excellent game and it accomplishes a lot with comparatively little exposition. I love the music too.
I totally recommend this game to anyone who likes RTS. This remaster (which is more like a remake to be honest) also comes with the originals.
The Homeworld 1 remaster doesn't have the same ridiculously well crafted mechanics for dog fighting and collisions, opting instead for the probability based system of Homeworld 2. Obviously this has some advantages, but not enough of the game was changed to accommodate for this and it shows. Many elements such as formations are rendered redundant. It's still good though, only a bit disappointing.
The Homeworld 2 remaster in the other hand is much more truthful to the original and I enjoyed it a lot more. It's truly an excellent game and it accomplishes a lot with comparatively little exposition. I love the music too.
I totally recommend this game to anyone who likes RTS. This remaster (which is more like a remake to be honest) also comes with the originals.
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.
6/10