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the re-branding of shipbreakers jas lead to it being done as a prequel to HW 1 (the fight over limited resources, leading upto the discovery of the guide stone & hyperdrive)

Arioch wrote:Cataclysm was junk anyway.

Cataclysm was the only one worth replaying. HW1 was a Battlestar Galactica ripoff - not a bad one, but a very obvious one, and basically the entire second half of the story is totally disjointed - it completely loses the flow of the story that was present going from Kharak through to Kadesh. They needed about 3 times as many scenarios covering the rest of the voyage to maintain the level of quality set in the early fights, and clearly just didn't have the resources for it. Cataclysm's set-piece battles are far more memorable (most notably the very first and very last ones - in HW1 the last battle is just a generic beat-em-up, and the frigate sphere one is grind grind grind), and it also fixes the extremely silly salvaging mechanic.

HW2 was mind-bendingly stupid.

Cataclysm is the only one I'd pay for again.

CptWinters wrote:Bioshock: Infinite wasn't enough for you?

Don't get me wrong, I like the Bioshock series, but it's not the same. I need me some SHODAN man.

Ill grant you the HW1 salvage issue, but it could have been remedied by the module/location damage introduced in 2. Take out engines and fire control, send out salvage corvette/frigate. By that I mean, you can take the gameplay in 1 and add to it rather than building something different. Speaking of building, much prefer the HW1 system. I'd love if they built in better/easier modding to the remake so the community could streamline the UI and what have you.

fredgiblet wrote:

CptWinters wrote:Bioshock: Infinite wasn't enough for you?

Don't get me wrong, I like the Bioshock series, but it's not the same. I need me some SHODAN man.

before my time, I started with bioshock 1 and 2 ( love both of them despite 2 being less successful).

as for homeworld: I'm a techy, so I loved the back story, the technical/historical details of the ships and races ( and the reason I found Outsider, HW shipyards thxs Arioch:) )

@ nemo: I agree it could have work out. and I yes I likes the multiple ships building option.

I haven't played the first one yet, but System Shock 2 is awesome, it's also available on Steam and GOG.

fredgiblet wrote:I'm kind of excited by this because combined with the HD versions of Baldur's Gate I'm hoping this will signify a re-birth of some older franchises. I want my Freespace 3 and System Shock 3 damn it.

actually am waiting for X:rebirth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRwj_Vu80m0

It's already out.

http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/x-rebirth

nomad: try the Complex mod for HW2, it's silly complex....and awesome.
http://www.moddb.com/mods/homeworld-2-complex

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holy shit? shields? 9.1? damn, they reawesomified it.

fredgiblet wrote:It's already out.

http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/x-rebirth

*facepalm* never trust those auto-alert

but that actually a good thing since it seem that the game is a bugged as an EA/Dice game on it launch date

33%. Ouch.

Yeah, not a single "mixed" even from the pros.

Arioch wrote:33%. Ouch.

not understanding the 33% reference

Karst45 wrote:

Arioch wrote:33%. Ouch.

not understanding the 33% reference

The Metacritic rating, it's a 33 out of 100. One of the worst I've seen. Not THE worst, but up (down?) there.

The X series' flight system has always felt... off. Wonky. Wasn't really looking forward to the new one since it seemed they were intent on "fixing" a lot of what set them apart instead of what held them back. I'd like to be a fly on the wall at corporate as they handle the fallout from this one.

Edit: I just compared and... how did SotS 2 manage to beat Rebirth (44%)? It wasn't even playable at release.

discord wrote:nomad: try the Complex mod for HW2, it's silly complex....and awesome.
http://www.moddb.com/mods/homeworld-2-complex

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holy shit? shields? 9.1? damn, they reawesomified it.

Im curious but what is the mod about, I read the webpage but it didn't give me too much info ?

and ouch 33% oh why so bad other than being unplayable

nomad: total rework of homeworld 2, making it more....well complex, new ships, new resources, rebalanced, new....everything.
only for skirmish games though, try it, it's awesome.

well does it work on windows seven ?

nomad: well, it worked for me, the question is more does HW2 work, which it does to my knowledge(since i am running a win7, not gonna move to 8 any time soon.), and this is a mod for HW2.

ok Discord, I'll try it and see. I hope it work though