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[–]Sessine 3 points4 points ago

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Upvoted out of agreement. Homeworld was the most elegant, beautiful and brutal games I've ever played, and the series has a special place of honour that no other series could touch. First game that made me cry too, after hyperspacing back to Kharak and seeing what had happened.

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[–]Sessine 1 point2 points ago

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That, and the Agnus Dei chorus. The clincher was the voice-acting for Fleet Command/Fleet Intelligence. Up until then, their interaction with you had been business-like and efficient. There was this really hollow tone in their voice that spoke of an unspeakable desolation and grief. I don't know who did the voices, but they captured perfectly the essence of characters who had returned to cinders and ashes.

[–]RevProtocol 2 points3 points ago

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Totally agreed. Homeworld 1 and 2 are definitely my favorite games of all time. I suck at RTS games, and I'm mainly an FPS player, but I can pick up those games any day of the week and have a whole lot of fun.

[–]ouTPhaze 1 point2 points ago

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Hell yeah! Too bad it doesn't work in Win7 :C

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[–]ouTPhaze 0 points1 point ago

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Yep. The sequel doesn't work either. Out of my entire library, HW and HW2 are the only two games I can't get to work no matter how hard I try D:

[–]Twitcheh 0 points1 point ago

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Works fine for me! HW2, that is. Win7 Ultimate, 64-Bit. Have you tried enabling compatibility mode?

[–]ouTPhaze 0 points1 point ago

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I've tried everything I can find online :C Even the cmd edits. Nothing works on any computer I try it on D:

[–]Twitcheh 1 point2 points ago

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Ouch... That does suck. Such an amazing game. I'm playing the modded Warlords version right now. Star Wars with the Homeworld 2 engine.... Pure...sex..

[–]halofreak7777 0 points1 point ago

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I have played both of them on my computer... which is windows 7 64-bit... Also FUCK YAH HOMEWORLD!

[–]ouTPhaze 0 points1 point ago

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lucky D: How are you doing it without virtualization? (I can't get virtualization to work at all /= )

[–]halofreak7777 0 points1 point ago

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For HW2 all you have to do is install it. Then click play... I will have to reinstall HW1 later and let you know if I had to pull any tricks. It has been awhile since I've played it.

[–]ouTPhaze 0 points1 point ago

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You're very lucky. Look around online, it seems to not work for many many people :C

[–]halofreak7777 0 points1 point ago

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The only thing I can think of is get better ( or worse? ) graphics cards, and reinstall your OS. But I will make sure to test both games this weekend and report any fixes and or finds.

[–]ouTPhaze 0 points1 point ago

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I've tried it on 6 different computers, actually.

[–]halofreak7777 0 points1 point ago

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Wow... that really sucks for you =(

[–]Shabbering 1 point2 points ago

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I just wish Relic would give the Games Workshop thing a rest for a while and produce HW3. It's what a lot of people want, but i'm worried they'd lose the grand scale of the first two because of their squad based work since their creation.

I also enjoyed Cataclysm.

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[–]H4voC 0 points1 point ago

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They will eventually. No other reason for THQ buying rights for homeworld from Relic.

[–]MsgGodzilla 0 points1 point ago

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Don't assume they are going to follow in the footsteps of DoW2. They have already said DoW3 will be a large departure from DoW2 and will include much larger armies. Also Relic has consistently innovated with every title. Homeworld, DoW, CoH, and DoW2 all brought unique ideas to the table and helped (IMO) to advance the RTS genre into new territory.

[–]Shabbering 0 points1 point ago

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But looking at the trend in their games so far, its a fair assumption that their subsequent games would follow this (successful) pattern. But the proof shall be in the (space) pudding.

[–]kgherold 1 point2 points ago

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God I love homeworld mythos. Such a polished game with a unique take on the RTS genre. I wish there were more games besides HW2 and cataclysm... Both were still pretty damn awesome, but they didn't have the same level of polish as the the first.

[–]P8ntBal1551 1 point2 points ago

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My middle school teacher's brother worked on that game, doing the skins.

[–]Moonshinerunner 0 points1 point ago

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Where did it go?

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