Thank God.
I hope there's a mod where you can get back the minimal interface of the original, though. It allowed you to really get enveloped in the gigantic space of... well, space. Especially at higher resolutions, the UI took up almost no space.
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Homeworld Remastered Collection pre-order up on Steam. Feb 25 release, $30 (15% off)
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Thank God.
I hope there's a mod where you can get back the minimal interface of the original, though. It allowed you to really get enveloped in the gigantic space of... well, space. Especially at higher resolutions, the UI took up almost no space.
Still have elements on all corners, though. IIRC, Homeworld just had a single bar at the bottom. I can't remember if you could do a Windows taskbar-type thing and have it slide away when you're not focused.
Stevey
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Want to get excited for this, but...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADqIh9_zAp4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADqIh9_zAp4
Well yes. I already own hw and cataylsm. Grey goo just launched and that is an RTS at 29.99. Only £8 difference yet one is extremely old. I just don't think this game is worth £22/30 dollars. We are talking about PC only where it should be cheaper than the console equivalent.
I'd buy if it were £15.
Skyball Paint
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I hope multiplayer gets active enough for some regular streams to start up, I want to spend my evenings chilling out and watching things blow up in space.
Apparently there was enough of an outcry about the VA switch back in the day for Relic to include an easter egg just to fuck with one particularly vocal critic in the community, who went by the name of Arioch online.
If you play a skirmish with the name "Arioch" and lose, you get this message:
"Arioch, my voice is sexier"
I know that if I was that guy, I would have crapped my pants hearing that.
Also It'd be hilarious if they'd get the original VA to re-record that as well.
Apparently there was enough of an outcry about the VA switch back in the day for Relic to include an easter egg just to fuck with one particularly vocal critic in the community, who went by the name of Arioch online.
If you play a skirmish with the name "Arioch" and lose, you get this message:
"Arioch, my voice is sexier"
I know that if I was that guy, I would have crapped my pants hearing that.
Also It'd be hilarious if they'd get the original VA to re-record that as well.
What other remasters that have received a complete visual upgrade launched at less than $30?
In fact, how many other remastered games received a complete visual upgrade at all? Only other game I can think of is Majora's Mask on 3DS.
br0ken_shad0w
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Nothing when I went to the panel, only that it still exists.
The gameplay video mentioned it and it is indeed now a prequel to Homeworld 1, I don't know if that was already confirmed though.
Grim Fandango and REmake's recent recently saw them upgrading all the models in the game, but the backgrounds were locked for the most part.
The majority of remasters you see these days are just the PC version from last generation packaged up to sell on current-gen consoles.
That's a really great video.
I was tuned into the development process for the remaster, but I'm still shocked by the number of original talents contributing to the project. Original dev leads, artists, actors, composers, and more all submitting remastered work for the game. It's a pretty amazing to see them getting the band back together so thoroughly some 15 years later. Also really nice to hear that they're not going all George Lucas with the games, instead sticking with the original source material and vision.
This remaster screams, labor of love.
Oh that's right, I forgot REmake on Gamecube.
A shame the backgrounds in Grim Fandango weren't redone I was hoping for HD backgrounds in 16:9, but at least they didn't crop and apply an aggressive sharpening filter to the original backgrounds like in the PC version of REmake.
Yup, no matter what else Gearbox has done I'll always respect them for reviving Homeworld like this.
I can imagine a slow pan back.
The camera keeps pulling back.
It pulls back into the bridge of the mother ship.
It keeps pulling back across the crew manning their stations.
It pulls into the core then all the walls disappear.
You are seeing through Karan's eyes.
'Fleet Command Online'
Then the music.
I liked it, a biological virus that is trapped in hyper space for millions of years gets released and you the Somtaaw has to fight it. And for the Bentusi it's the end of all life and they fear it
Amazon UK just emailed me to say my collectors edition has moved date. It originally had a place holder date but is now 26th February, i'm abit disappointed its coming a whole day later than the digital release but i'm hoping it will be worth it. That 37min video got me excited for the art book and i really want the ship for my desk 
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.Which was one of the most refreshing aspects of the game imo, really can't wait to dive back into this game.
Rodney McKay
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Stranger's Wrath HD got a full visual upgrade and I think it was only $15 I think (PC version of the original got the update for free eventually).
j_k_redtail
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If you've read Homeworld's backstory, you'll recall that the key individual responsible for the discovery of the Guidestone was a female archaeologist.
http://homeworld.wikia.com/wiki/Mevath_Sagald
I wonder if she'll be a major character in Shipbreakers.
So that's one game that received a complete visual upgrade that launched at less than $30. A few PC games from the '90s(Wing Commander, X-Wing, Tie Fighter, Myst) received complete makeovers although I'm not sure what price they launched at.
exmachina64
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I remember the sense of wonder I had tethering the camera to my fighters (iirc) back in the day.
I was just going to post in the OT volunteer thread asking about this and figured I'd check here before I did. I would be willing to volunteer myself if someone else hasn't already but what worries me is my lack of graphics/formatting skills. I would just be able to come up with a nice text based OT. If someone else is working on it I'd like to volunteer to help with the write-up for the sections/details etc.
I have a ton of concept art and stuff I would love to provide and make for the OP. Please PM me and I'll get back to you asap.
Heh, I can envision the OT with a link to the soundtrack (for ambience) and then a note of "comfy chair is required". Then the manual and game technical details and done. Great, now I want to read the manual again and I just put the boxes up over a month ago after having them out.
Will do. I guess I need to go stake a claim in the |OT| Volunteer thread for this.
Edit: OT thread has been claimed!
bonesmccoy
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I'm looking forward to this. Homeworld was a game I remember reading about in the early 00s but never getting a chance to play.
Yeah but the Beast and the ships getting 'infected', I dunno, it felt all a bit Event Horizon to Homeworld's Dune.
Calavera520
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Oh man, I loved that mission. Spent hours just picking apart that sphere and getting those frigates to break off so I could salvage them.
Yeah, you were the person that posted the concepts in some other Homeworld thread correct? Yes. Not the thread I was thinking of, but the same collection I believe.
There's some fantastic stuff in there.
When I played through the original again last fall I was amazed at how aggressive the enemies were with the salvage corvettes. It made me question the memory of my original play through but I probably abused the heck out of the save system back then. I had the idea for some wild tactics too using salvage corvettes as bait on some of the larger ships although I doubt it's worth the losses just to make eliminating a threat easier.
Dude, that was one of my favorite things to do. It wasn't even an advertised feature, you had to put in a command in the shortcut, I think. Being there in formation with all the fighter ships was so fucking awesome.
Even cooler was following a single missle to its target. It was the sole reason I even made missile frigates.
Ragnorok64
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Hopefully I can pick them up in a future Steam sale. I really don't want to drop $30 on this.
One issue I do recall running into was that since you carry your fleet from mission t mission I once was so beat up at the end of one that I could not survive the next. It made Homeworld 2 uncompletable for me.
One issue I do recall running into was that since you carry your fleet from mission t mission I once was so beat up at the end of one that I could not survive the next. It made Homeworld 2 uncompletable for me.
Was that actually confirmed? Still watching the PAX South panel, but my impression before was that it was a matter of the source code being missing, but that Gearbox owned everything about the Homeworld franchise otherwise.
EDIT: Someone had to do it. Here are the graphics options from the IGN video:
You CAN turn the depth of field effects off, in case that bothered anyone. You can also set it to do DOF during cinematics only, if you were worried about it getting in the way of battle.
Excellent.
Lets hope these remasters break the trend of Gearbox and their third party games...
AzureSkies
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To be fair, Homeworld (The Ladder) was only two years after Keys to Ascension 2, which had the classic line-up and featured the outstanding 18 minute long Mind Drive
In a perfect world, Keys to Ascension 2 would have been as success, and not be the sequel to a live album.
Even cooler was Probe Golf.
TheFNEffecT
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Holy shit, I never saw or heard of this.....that sounds incredibly awesome haha.
Still have my GOTY copy of this game with the soundtrack, definitely got my pre-order in as well!
j_k_redtail
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Grabbed at Reddit. Credit for this image goes to u/SobanSa over there:
It's neat because seeing the higher detailed ones makes me realize that there were small details on the original models but I never noticed. It's neat to see the original in a new light but I hope it doesn't make me get spoiled by the new graphics.
HalfwayOrb
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Too bad CE isn't available to preorder anymore (for Canadians). I would preorder it instantly.
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