Homeworld & Homeworld 2 HD remakes in the works

pieman109 · 25 Feb 2015 at 00:36

4.7g

I thought it was gonna be about 20g, not complaining mind.

thebennyboy · 25 Feb 2015 at 00:36

Wucked said:
I just preloaded. I thought it'd be a larger download tbh.

There'll probably be more, it is just a pre-load atm.

mid_gen · 25 Feb 2015 at 07:51

My collector's edition still hasn't been dispatched

SkeeterUK · 25 Feb 2015 at 08:03

Should be out by 6pm.

SarGara · 25 Feb 2015 at 09:04

Who releases games at 6pm on their launch day, I thought midnight was the norm?

HeX · 25 Feb 2015 at 09:26

Gah, I'm so annoyed. My GPU died on the weekend and i'm dying to play this... just hoping this shoddy HD6570 I'm having to use can even attempt to run it at a half decent pace. But then part of me doesn't want to spoil the experience by not having max everything... *sigh*

pieman109 · 25 Feb 2015 at 09:54

I've just noticed that Steam says that the download is "preload to continue" and that theres a connection error, but at the bottom of the window it says
"3 of 3 items complete". Anyone know what this means?

iostream · 25 Feb 2015 at 10:10

I'm successfully pre-loading now

Only a 4.6GB download though.....thought the game was meant to be around 20GB? I can only assume it's a compressed installer.

SS-89 · 25 Feb 2015 at 10:15

iostream said:
I'm successfully pre-loading now Only a 4.6GB download though.....thought the game was meant to be around 20GB? I can only assume it's a compressed installer.

Compression is good but I doubt it's that good, probably another download to come later.

bakes0310 · 25 Feb 2015 at 10:24

Edit: nvm its appeared now.

iostream · 25 Feb 2015 at 10:24

bakes0310 said:
I haven't got the preload option, are you guys using vpn?

Nope, no VPN here. Up in Scotland if that makes a difference

benjii · 25 Feb 2015 at 10:37

SS-89 said:
Compression is good but I doubt it's that good, probably another download to come later.

The originals fit onto single CDs, so 4.7GB seems quite reasonable for a remaster.

Sleepery · 25 Feb 2015 at 11:11

Plus it's mostly space, there won't be a huge amount of textures regardless of how pretty it looks. Expectations need to be managed I think

SS-89 · 25 Feb 2015 at 11:45

benjii said:
The originals fit onto single CDs, so 4.7GB seems quite reasonable for a remaster.

Thats fair but steam states a 20gb install I'd be surprised if they'd compressed 20gb into 4.6gb. Anyway looking forward to playing later.

benjii · 25 Feb 2015 at 12:25

SS-89 said:
Thats fair but steam states a 20gb install I'd be surprised if they'd compressed 20gb into 4.6gb. Anyway looking forward to playing later.

20GB, really? I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Is it just new textures and sounds or have they modifed the engine too?

Jono8 · 25 Feb 2015 at 12:33

SS-89 said:
Thats fair but steam states a 20gb install I'd be surprised if they'd compressed 20gb into 4.6gb. Anyway looking forward to playing later.

No it doesn't. Why do people always get confused with this?

The "available space" part of the system specs does not pertain to the install size.

Jono8 · 25 Feb 2015 at 12:58

SAVE HUMANITY*

*Although humans aren't actually in the game and what you are actually saving is an alien race of humanoid like beings.

TheVoice · 25 Feb 2015 at 13:07

Jono8 said:
SAVE HUMANITY*

*Although humans aren't actually in the game and what you are actually saving is an alien race of humanoid like beings.

MAKE TRAILER WITHOUT KNOWING ANYTHING ABOUT THE GAME

Wucked · 25 Feb 2015 at 13:38

Well, it is sci-fi. As far as it pertains to the game they can call it humanity and have it be true within that setting. They could say SAVE DONKMANITY (bipedal donkeys) if they wanted, and it'd still be true.

FrenchTart · 25 Feb 2015 at 14:18

Sleepery said:
Plus it's mostly space, there won't be a huge amount of textures regardless of how pretty it looks. Expectations need to be managed I think

To be fair, it's perfectly reasonable for all that space to take up lots of space