Homeworld 3

I don’t see a good reason for all the hate this has received. I just finished the campaign and though I would have like it to be longer, I thought it was fun as-is. I’ve been a fan of the Homeworld series from the very beginning and this scratched that nostalgia itch I’ve had. Could the story have been better? Yes. But was it objectively bad? No. I regret not getting this sooner. I believed too much of the negative reviews and was afraid I’d hate it. When I saw it on sale for 50% off, I decided to give it a shot and I’m glad I did.

not the vibes from homeworld 1 or 2.. something is missing.. no replay value.. Played it, completed it.. my 13 hours playtime says it all.

I got this game for free, and I still paid too much.

Holy heck this was a let down. From the heights of HW1 and HW2 theres is this fking thing, from unskippable cutscene after unskippable cutscene, seriously seven minutes at the start of one mission, the majority showing that bad guys are flying ships and going to attack you. To re-writing the bad guys of HW2 into discriminated against minorities. You all know what sort of person worked on this and ruined this franchise. Its not what you want, shop elsewhere.

Лучше бы ремастер Cataclysm сделали...

This is less like a grand space opera with huge maps that emphasize the sheer vastness of space, and more like a teenage drama packed in to tiny, cramped maps. The space hulks are a decent idea, but they way they are orchestrated here just make the mothership feel small and make the game feel cramped. A swing and a miss on just about every front. The Engine is decent, so it could be salvaged, it just needs a complete redesign of the campaign. Bigger maps, and a grander feel. I don't even want to talk about the absolute garbage story. The homeworld story was never about individuals, but rather the survival of the entire people. This is another way the game became that much smaller.

If you liked homeworld 2 you will be able to enjoy this game. If you liked homeworld 1 and homeworld emergence then this game will feel like a pale shadow in many ways. Like all the homeworlds you are able to get the vibe of being alone out in space. The music is on theme. the comm chatter is not quite as good but still manages to captures the spirit of the other games. The voice acting is usually adequate but varies quite a bit. The AI is a lot weaker. Ships don't understand their formations and adapt their formations to their environment like they did in HW 1. Sometimes I would have ships flying off at an enemy after I had told them to attack a different enemy cluster or just turning around for no clear reason. You have to be very specific and it becomes tedious. The story has a couple of cool moments but fails to understand that homeworld became famous because it was a story of a people trying to make a better world for their children against all odds. This story tied itself to a cheesy theme of 'you are never alone'. It doesn't have the scale and maturity that HW 1 had and makes it feel juvenile by comparison. The art in-game I really enjoyed. The ships are all nicely detailed and designed. The VFX work was professional. The UI is AAA quality in appearance. The art in the cutscenes appears to have been outsourced and feels a bit cheap. The artists cut-corners on lots of dynamics and resolution so it ends up feeling like the characters are not quite human but rather stiff robots in disguise. They really should have just gone with a more comic book art style like we see in the art in the credits and worked out of stills. Give it a go if you love the series it was a cool game to see still but it does make me sad that we waited so long and theres been so much discussion about the problems with homeworld 2 only to see the same mistakes made.

This is abandonware and I wish I could get my money back