Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 794 EAN: 9780761525929 ISBN: 0761525920 Label: Prima Games Manufacturer: Prima Games Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 304 Publication Date: 2000-08 Publisher: Prima Games Release Date: August 30, 2000 Sales Rank: 1190962 Studio: Prima Games
Product Description: Defeat the beast . . . or face annihilation.
Homeworld Cataclysm is the follow-up to the hottest PC title of 1999. This 3-D game takes place in the far reaches of the universe. Players must build and manage a self-sustaining society and protect it from peril. With Homeworld Cataclysm: Prima's Official Strategy Guide, you'll have everything you need to build a thriving society. Inside, you'll find extensive combat tactics, tips on resource management, fleet building and control, and more, including:
• Complete walkthroughs for all new missions • Stellar tactics for every ship in the Homeworld fleet • Tips on building balanced and invincible battle groups • Strategies for multiplayer battle • Tactics for research and spaceship upgrades
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - A very good sequel worthy of the original
Rather than follow the same formula as the original, the developers have struck out in a tangent while keeping the same basic graphics engine and look and feel of the earlier universe. This time you command a single underdog spacecraft, but with a serious amount of ongoing customization to the ship possible through continued research. The individual missions are more challenging than before as well, since the underdog status forces you to employ the "right" strategy or else. You can't just slug it out toe to toe using a superior force in most of the missions. It can be a bit frustrating from this standpoint if you get stuck for a solution. Hints would have been nice as an option for those times.
Rating: - Stunning enhancement upon a stunning original
Frankly, a sequel to a fantastic game tends to completely screw up the concepts of the original in the search for a quick buck.
The design team of Homeworld: Cataclysm, however, earned every last buck that anyone has spent on this game.
Stunning graphics (my non-gamer fiancee even likes to watch)! Outstanding sound! Even better gameplay!
Everything the original has, Cataclysm has more of. The only thing that annoyed me was the voice acting of the female voice aboard the command ship; it was a bit wooden. Otherwise, it was feature film quality. I bought it a long while ago, and sometimes I like to play through it again, just for kicks.
Rating: - Good for help with single player, but nothing more.
I bought this guide because I felt that it would help hone my skills for playing against others online. It arrived at my doorstep, and I eagerly opened it and read through it. I must say I was very dissapointed. It's really just an extension of the manual. Everything you will read in this book, you either already know, or is irrelevant. I had already beaten the single player of HW: Cataclysm, so that section wasn't much use to me. I did; however, skim through that section, and saw that it was very well writtne and offered good advice.
So, buy this guide if your having trouble with the single player campaign, but if you feel that you can make it through without help, this book will be worthless to you.
- Stunning enhancement upon a stunning original
- Good for help with single player, but nothing more.
