Homeworld & Homeworld 2 HD remakes in the works

GDL · 6 Mar 2015 at 16:52

While I loved the original release, this 'remastered' version is just a pain with so many obvious issues.

I'll come back to it in a few months when the issues have been corrected but I won't be buying another Gearbox release.

TheVoice · 6 Mar 2015 at 17:48

GDL said:
While I loved the original release, this 'remastered' version is just a pain with so many obvious issues.

I'll come back to it in a few months when the issues have been corrected but I won't be buying another Gearbox release.

I'm quite disappointed too, after all the talk of it being "a labour of love" to them I really didn't expect it to be released in this sort of state. After tomorrow I'm off for two weeks until I start my new job so I was really looking forward to spending some real time with it but I'm just not sure it's worth it yet.

Vanilla · 7 Mar 2015 at 11:43

I seem to remember shipyards warping in and bigger ships...or am I thinking of a mod?

b0rn2sk8 · 7 Mar 2015 at 12:54

Shipyards warp in and builds the battle cruisers

Vanilla · 7 Mar 2015 at 13:03

b0rn2sk8 said:
Shipyards warp in and builds the battle cruisers

Maybe it's been a while since I played but how do I get the shipyards to show up?

modo77 · 7 Mar 2015 at 14:38

You need a hyperspace module and cap ship production on your mothership or carrier.

atpbx · 7 Mar 2015 at 15:48

I suppose I really should have bought the originals at the time as I think you had to be there to get what the fuss was about.

Either I am a great tactician, or these are two of the easiest games ever released.

I'm going to see if I can sit through playing the original versions to see if they are any more challenging.

modo77 · 7 Mar 2015 at 15:55

They are a lot easier than I remember the originals tbh.

atpbx · 7 Mar 2015 at 17:26

modo77 said:
They are a lot easier than I remember the originals tbh.

Yeah, as soon as you unlock the destroyers it's simply max your destroyer population, surround them with ion cannon and assault frigates, then buy as many multi gun corvettes/pulse corvettes and bombers as you can set wall formation and move towards the enemy.

The second game is extremely easy, even with the artificial difficulty spikes such as indestructible fighters and frigates in a couple of missions.

The AI doesn't flank you, bait you, hit you with overwhelming odds or anything, you've always got plenty of resources, your ships are more powerful one on one than their opponents and apart from two missions you only need one tactic.

TheVoice · 7 Mar 2015 at 17:26

Anyone able to comment on whether the recent update(s) have fixed the game any?

tlrBeta · 8 Mar 2015 at 11:38

Hi All,

I didn't jump on board immediately with this game in the end but reading through the thread I see mixed reviews.

How are things looking?

Cheers,

mid_gen · 8 Mar 2015 at 11:41

Most of the 'issues' are things you won't notice if you haven't played the originals tbh. For the money it's still a great set of ganes.

WesleyBurns · 10 Mar 2015 at 13:11

Anyone else think that the ship strike formations don't really work in this remastered version?

I am very sure all those years ago ships used to stay nicely in their assigned strike formations.

The ships just break up and do what they want.

murah · 10 Mar 2015 at 13:51

^ yeah that's bugged at the moment, partly why I have not picked it up yet is I'm waiting for these things to be ironed out

WesleyBurns · 10 Mar 2015 at 13:58

I am also waiting. There was a patch the other day that fixed some other issues. I hope they do eventually fix it or it is not worth playing.

Wucked · 10 Mar 2015 at 14:34

I'm playing quite a bit of multiplayer, its great fun. Even if I am loosing most of the time at the moment. The formations thing is a bit annoying at times, but you can micro around some of it. And its not enough to stop me playing it or enjoying it. Gearbox have stated that its an ongoing project for them, with several more patches in the pipeline. So it'll probably all get fixed at some point.

Delta Charlie · 12 Mar 2015 at 13:21

Started HW1:R, on mission 12 and so far the game is far to easy and is becoming boring. I'm no more than an average gamer but this game had me looking for a difficulty setting after the first 6 missions to see if I had been playing on easy mode. I have never came close to running out of RU and I have only salvaged about 6 ships, with none of them being recycled.

Does the game get any harder or is the classic version any harder?

WesleyBurns · 16 Mar 2015 at 09:49

I remember the classic being fairly challenging late game. To me this remake feels watered down and faux.

Shamrock · 16 Mar 2015 at 10:36

Has anybody just ignored the remaster and played the classics bundled with it? I can live with the lower resolution graphics if the gameplay is as it should be.

Chris [BEANS] · 16 Mar 2015 at 11:16

Shamrock said:
Has anybody just ignored the remaster and played the classics bundled with it? I can live with the lower resolution graphics if the gameplay is as it should be.

Exactly what I've done