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Okay, there's a lot of griefing in some of these reviews about Homeworld 2 being 2 hard. Wah wah wah.
I'm more of a RPG, turn based fan. I don't like Diablo style games, first person shooters and real time games are usually a little too fast twitch for my fingers. But I got Homeworld 2 anyway--I've got an older machine, so I cast around for games that will still run on it--and have enjoyed it immensely. It is hard, there's no doubt about that. You can't possibly hope to just zerg the computer into submission by building waves of ships to overwhelm the AI. You've got limited resources, first of all, and the AI puts up a good fight.
The graphics in this game still hold up even years after its release. Unlike most 2 dimensional space-based games (Starfleet Command, many of the Star Wars games) you've got to think in 3 dimensions. There's nothing so satisfying as sending a squadren of fighters swooping down (or up) on a fleet of unsuspecting frigates. Due to some of the limitations on firing arcs on ships, this does become an important strategy.
No level is unbeatable, but you'll sweat it out trying to get through them. I've had to take a step back and try a different approach a couple of times, but eventually I got through. You will spend hours on each mission, but whose in a rush to play through such an enjoyable game?
My only complaint is that my ships sometimes get minds of their own. I'll give them an order to engage a particular enemy, and sometimes they'll see something shiny rolling across the floor and get distracted. It's annoying, but if you stay on them, they'll do what they are supposed to eventually.
For others who might be put off by the hectic pace of a real time game, be advised there is a pause button that allows you to stop action, issue orders and continue when you are good and ready.
So grab yourself a copy of Homeword 2 and give it a whirl. It's well worth the price, which is considerably lower than the initial release. I think you'll enjoy it.
JCT
March 2008
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Excellent upgrade for the best graphic game ever created. Homeworld has outstanding game play and Homeworld 2 made that even better with the added scrolling camera views. Gives you the real feeling of the vastness of space and the effects of not being limited to the basic 2D battlefields. Hope the developers expand and make it a triology. Greatly written storyline to keep up with the homeworld tradition.
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Any real PC gamer has played or at least heard of the original Homeworld and what a fantastic RTS it is. Well Homeworld2 is basically the original Homeworld with better graphics, a new online gameplay and better AI. The story is basically identical to the original Homeworld so you will not really be getting much story wise assuming you have played the original. However the gameplay is so great that it can easily be overlooked, I highly recommend this game to anyone who is a PC game collector like myself or to anyone who is looking for a good RTS and loves space sim type games.
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This is a great game, especially since it was released 5 years ago. It still holds it's own as one of the best space games ever. (By the way, I noticed a few reviews mentioning technical difficulties. Be sure to download the game software update from the Homeworld 2 website on the support page.) If you want a game centered around space based combat and commanding fleets of ships without a bunch of cartoonish junk, this is your game.
For those who already have this, or have been searching for a newer, more advanced and complex game of this type, check out EVE-Online. That game is so elaborate you could literally step into another life in a vast universe with everything from different professions, economies, wars, corporations, politics, commerce, governments, and a vast universe of over 5,000 systems, each with planets, space stations, and more to visit. It's the ultimate evolution of sci-fi space games.
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My son bought this game because he enjoyed the previous Homeworld. Thanks to undisclosed -- or at least poorly documented -- system requirements we cannot run the game on our machine. Sending it back would cost more in shipping costs than it is worth, so he is stuck with the game hoping that our next computer meets the secret requirements. Vivendi support is not helpful. After this experience we won't be buying any more games for PCs. Only games for consoles and Macs, which have standardized hardware platforms.
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