Homeworld 3

[MrSquished]

New trailer out.

I remember playing the first one ages ago and it was a lot of fun. Anyone looking forward to this one? Comes out in February

https://videogames.si.com/news/homeworld-3-story-characters

 

[GodisanAtheist]

I absolutely adore Homeworld 1.

I didn't like Cataclysm and 2 nearly as much.

The pacing of the first game was pitch perfect and worked with the sort of clunky deliberate control scheme. I loved how many levels were more like puzzles than APM challenges.

Cat and 2 felt more like horror/action movies and the control scheme couldn't keep up for me.

As such, the series has largely lost me, but I am open to a more deliberately paced HW3 but I think we're getting something much more in the vein of HW2 than 1.

 

[JTsyo]

Already have it on my Steam wishlist.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

Unfortunately after Dawn of War 3 and Company of Heroes 3 it looks like Relic is the anti-Valve and intent on torpedoing it's IPs with a 3rd installment.

 

[Ranulf]

Relic isn't making the game. Blackbird is, made up of devs who worked on HW if I remember right.

 

[burninatortech4]

Blackbird did a fantastic job with Deserts of Kharak. I'm irrationally excited about HW3.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Blackbird did a fantastic job with Deserts of Kharak. I'm irrationally excited about HW3.

i really enjoyed DoK. It was a little simple, but enjoyable.

 

[burninatortech4]

i really enjoyed DoK. It was a little simple, but enjoyable.

Simple is sometimes good. They focused on the core components of an RTS and executed extremely well. It would have been ripe for additional DLC and more maps but I guess they wanted to move on.

 

[JTsyo]

Blackbird did a fantastic job with Deserts of Kharak. I'm irrationally excited about HW3.

Deserts of Kharak on sale for $5 at GOG. going to give it a shot.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Simple is sometimes good. They focused on the core components of an RTS and executed extremely well. It would have been ripe for additional DLC and more maps but I guess they wanted to move on.

For sure. Better to make a simple, tight game that hits the right notes than aim for something grand only to have a game that tries to do everything and fails.

DoK definitely hit the "homeworld, but on land" feel. I really enjoyed the narrative, and damn if the music weren't 100% on point. Absolutely fantastic

 

[Ranulf]

DoK is pretty good if you're a big HW fan. Strategy wise it is mostly a hard counter system that gets annoying at times.

 

[burninatortech4]

Deserts of Kharak on sale for $5 at GOG. going to give it a shot.

Definitely worth it at that price. PM me if you want to try multiplayer.

 

[Ranulf]

Demo is out on Steam Fest for this week. Looks to be a tutorial and mp only.