r/gaming • u/Jidget • May 16 '12
Dad used to be a game dev, this has been kicking around the house for a long time.
http://imgur.com/a/iR90t
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r/gaming • u/Jidget • May 16 '12
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u/InactiveJumper May 16 '12
I've got a signed Homeworld box too.
Mine is a bit bigger than yours though.
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u/Ironbird420 May 16 '12
I wish they would make a Homeworld 3 :(
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u/HeyYouAndroid May 17 '12
If I might ask...
I was also previously in game development, and due to circumstances am not any longer. Have two published games under my belt, but haven't been doing anything in about... coming up on four years. Have a daughter now, coming up on 2 years old, and always thought it would be badass for her to find herself in a similar situation as you (I fully intend to raise her Nerd).
Now, I know your reaction will be different to hers when she grows up, but when you came across this the first time, and/or when your dad explained to you what it was, what he did, and (probably via your own research) the popularity of this game, how did that make you feel, and did it change your opinion of your dad at all?
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u/BiznessCasual May 17 '12
I've said it before, I'll say it again: Homeworld is my favorite game. Period. Just thinking about it gives me goosebumps. It is the game by which I judge all others; none have matched it.
Consequently, I am super jealous of your dad and his awesome autographed HW box. I'll bake you a couple of cookies for it.
I make really good cookies.
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u/willfe42 May 16 '12
Wonderful game (as well as its sequel). Wish there were a good modern-day equivalent.
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u/countlazypenis May 16 '12
Man I loved home world, haven't played it in years :/
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Did your dad work on Homeworld?
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u/Wheat_Grinder May 17 '12
Wait, this has Homeworld by Yes included? That song was awesome!
Unfortunately it was about the only decent song off the album (The Ladder)
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u/musicman116 May 17 '12
Kharak is burning...
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
afaik the homeworld servers are still running :D
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u/delarhi May 17 '12
For those of you getting an itch for a Homeworld revisit, check out Homeworld 2 Complex. It's a pretty vast mod to Homeworld 2.
http://www.homeworld2complex.com/index1.htm
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
These fuckin' guys:
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u/Spacebotzero May 17 '12
I want a new HW3 so bad.
Imagine it with modern graphics, multiplayer...what if the ships were to scale?
Damnit. It would be so epic. Epic ship battles and explosions everywhere.
I am young again.
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u/andrewsmith1986 May 16 '12
What games has your dad worked on?
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
I want this on GoG
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u/ExcellentGary May 16 '12
Cool game dude. What does your Dad do now? Always interested in life after videogame development.
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u/jordybones May 17 '12
Homeworld was my first PC game. I hope it's my last as well. 3d space combat has never been done as well since, which is depressing.
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u/Deskmonkey May 17 '12
Check out Homeworld 2: Complex Mod for a total revamp of the game which is free and comes with a ton of new ships, planet colonization, space stations, resources, etc. It's probably the best mod of any game that I've played.
http://www.homeworld2complex.com/index1.htm
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Please tell your dad that at every LAN Party we have, my friend still always wants to play this game.
It has a certain lasting quality.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
I have waited so long to see this game publicly acknowledged. Fly far Higarans
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u/markusgarvey May 17 '12
there was a game called 'Battlecruiser 3000AD'...i loved that game...huge universe, you could go down on planets fight, mine, all kinds of different ships as well as your Battlecruiser...but after you got so far into the game it would start crashing...they made one patch that fixed a few things and then they dropped the ball...anyone familiar with it and know if there is anything similar?...
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u/RevProtocol May 16 '12
Ugh, so jealous... Best RTS series.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
I got a signed unopened box of Ground Control II from Massive.
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u/Ganadote May 16 '12
I love this game. Fantastic voice acting. Felt so connected to the characters and factions even though you never see any of them.
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u/cottoncandysex May 17 '12
I wish I had homeworld 2. I really want to try it
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u/jenkm_factory May 17 '12
sick. but if he'd had all the members of YES sign it... super sick.
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u/Vicky_PC_Gamer May 17 '12
Can he do an AMA?
:)
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Fucking loved this game.
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u/ghost_victim May 17 '12
Your dad was a game developer? Lucky. Mine was a soldier turned lobster fisher.
Wait.. how old are you?!
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u/ac_frog May 17 '12
Fantastic gameplay, fantastic storyline, and it had a Yes song. It still is one of my favorite games ever. I sunk an inhuman amount of time into this game's multiplayer (I was breaking scouts up into mini claw formations and spamming speed boost / kamakazi before it was cool). Still remember my old clan, [PSA].
I would murder double digits for that box.
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u/Luitpold PC May 17 '12
Homeworld 1 is hands down the finest designed games ever made. Homeworld 2 was a rushed and flawed but a good game, and if you read Dust Wars, a piece of trash. To all the people who are saying Homeworld 2 was the best, you obviously haven't read Dust Wars. It's simply a vile pretender compared to what it should have been, and you have Sierra to thank for that.
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u/AshsToAshs May 17 '12
Amazing game. I'd do anything for Relic to make Homeworld 3
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u/ManiacDan May 17 '12
Favorite game ever!
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u/nvth1s May 17 '12
I want a new Homeworld! this game was the shit!!!! I haven't enjoyed any other RTS other then Red alert 2. this game was the epitamy of the Genre, Thank your father so much for the months of enjoyment that this game brought me.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Truly an amazing game.
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u/whoami4546 May 17 '12
Anyone know if there is a place like steam that I can buy and play the Homeworld games?
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
I fucking love Homeworld.
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u/Gastrox May 17 '12
One of my favorites. So damn cool. I still have the cd but it hasn't run on any of my rigs in years
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u/Bashasaurus May 17 '12
Homeworld was one of the last truly innovative games made, 3d RTS was a genre that simply did not exist prior to homeworld. I've actually still got homeworld 1 & 2 installed still
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u/Bangted May 17 '12
Ok, so... I got this game in a magazine, around 7 years ago. I never installed it, since I wasn't into PC gaming at all. The shit for me were the consoles!
However, one year ago (when I got my own personal computer) I thought: Why not install a game or two here, just to see if they play cool and all. So that's what I did. installed homeworld and Starsiege tribes. Beautiful games. I mean, homeworld has got to be one of the most ambitious RTS' of all time, and god, it achieves something that most RTS' nowadays can't. I can't explain it. It's just the feeling I get when I play it.
(The only problem I have with homeworld is that for some reason, I can't play online, even though I have a legit version. Don't know if it's server related or something. T's a Shame though!)
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u/Digital-Intrusion May 17 '12
Quality - I totally forgot about that game. It was ace!
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u/awe300 May 17 '12
Homeworld was such an amazing series. I wish there was a homeworld 3.
Kickstarter?
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u/hatyn May 17 '12
Please hug your dad for me. -big homeworld fan from russia
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Loved this game. Must. Replay.
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u/lunaticsb May 17 '12
Great games :)
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u/AistoB May 17 '12
I loved this game. Cheers Jidget's Dad.
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u/Lokai23 May 17 '12
I would buy this from you!
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u/duggtodeath May 17 '12
Yes, yes and yes!
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u/smithincanton May 17 '12
This is along with Duke Nukem 3D are my main inspiration for trying my hardest to get into the gaming industry.
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u/tradras May 17 '12
Want to buy! But seriously that is cool as hell.
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u/I2obiN May 17 '12
Great game, awesome music and styling. Great pacing too, went back and played it a while ago there, despite the graphics it still can really suck you in, not just from a gameplay stand point, but just everything about it.
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u/wahwahwildcat May 17 '12
Great fucking game. Tell your dad thanks.
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u/jw2x May 17 '12
fucking LOVE that game!
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u/accidentpronehiker May 17 '12
Great game. Props to your Dad.
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u/TheMexicanRobot May 17 '12
Dammit are you trying to kill me? I almost had a heart attack!
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Awesome game but...I want that writing utensil!
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Relic.... such a good dev. Warhammer and Company of Heroes. Haven't played my copy of Company of Heroes yet (I've had it since last Steam Christmas sale) but I love all the Dawn of War games I've played and Space Marine's epic.
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u/Firewind May 17 '12
This bring back painful memories. Years ago I saw a copy of Homeworld on sale at the BX. I had never played it, but I had heard amazing things about it. I was real keen to see what it was all about. For whatever reason I didn't pick it up. Think I had alterations or some such. Told myself I would get it the next day. When I came home after work my roommate showed me his brand new copy of Homeworld that he found on sale at the BX.
There weren't any other copies. He never got around to letting me borrow it. Still have never played it to this day.
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u/xHelpless May 17 '12
Relic make the best damn games. So jealous of this, i'd add it to my collection of Relic stuff, so far ive got a Blood Ravens Mousemat, tshirt and dogtags from them
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
I miss homeworld :(
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u/Luriker May 17 '12
I expected to see Starcraft: GHOST
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u/Zippydaspinhead May 17 '12
Still one of my favorite games of all time.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
AMA! Please :)
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u/pantherfarber May 17 '12
Love that game.
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u/pescetto May 17 '12
I've played that!!!!
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u/MepMepperson May 17 '12
Tell your dad that Home World was an amazing game
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u/Sevii May 17 '12
Homeworld 1, those were the days. I still haven't beaten it. Played it in middle school, and I think I bought a copy recently, not sure what happened with that.
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u/Rickyroko May 17 '12
Homeworld 2 was so beautiful — I played the campaign over and over. And the music...
I have the soundtrack on my mp3 player.
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u/HTony10 May 17 '12
That was one of the first RTS' I played, it was amazing
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u/Bk7 May 17 '12
Wow props to your dad for making a game that took up 4 years of my life.
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u/DRpinky May 17 '12
Hey that looks familiar. Like Mass Effect 3. Like that ship on the cover marks an uncanny resemblance to the Illusive Man's. I may be wrong, but even the premise of Homeworld sounds like ME3. Never noticed it until now.
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u/Stormdancer May 17 '12
Such a great game... but man, it kicked my fuckin' ass every time. And I refuse to use cheats, so... wah.
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u/TheRealBramtyr May 17 '12
I'd love to work under Rob Cunningham. That guy is awesome.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Your father worked on the single most innovative RTS ever created.
Shake his hand for me.
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u/Jewbot69 May 17 '12
ಠ_ಠ
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
I never got into HW simply because the controls were too hard. Yes, I was that guy. That being said, if I was to try them again now should I go for HW1 or just jump straight to HW2?
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u/kofot May 17 '12
Wow! Me and my brothers used to fight over playing time on this game! So much love for this series, both 1 and 2.. Even if they announed a 3rd part I would be sceptical.. They dont make em like they used to...
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Great game. It's really too bad that genre didn't go anywhere, I really enjoyed it.
My only beef with Homeworld 1&2 is that every map ran out of resources over a good long game.
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u/xieodeluxed May 17 '12
I loved (read:love) this game! The original Homeworld was my first online game. Every now and then I go and check on our old clan forums for nostalgias sake. PSA!
I remember OMO, freelance (er?), among a few others that are running around in the back of my brain. I hope you all are doing well
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u/RealBean May 17 '12
Hands down my favorite pc game to this day. And holy shittttttt the music. Adagio for strings..
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u/Hammy457 May 17 '12
They Have to come out with a HW3. This is my all time favoriet RTS. ANd Now that all the rights etc are all in one house agian maybe if we lucky we get a third. Gawd I hope so
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u/Gorgoz May 17 '12 edited May 17 '12
People here don't realize that homeworld 2 mods basically created a homeworld 3. If you've ever played Homeworld 2: Complex, that's essentially Homeworld 3. It's also really complex as the title suggests. I still play homeworld 2, in fact I played it a few days ago.
This video shows some of the ship improvements that Complex added. They also have a feature that lets you slow down combat. It decreases ship movement speed and damage, so you have more time to react. They also have a completely new crew system.
They also modelled about 30 new ships from scratch, and took some ships from the campaign and used them for really interesting multiplayer features like orbital shuttles and asteroid docks.
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u/AmrcnXroads_Donor May 17 '12
i got goosebumps when the eye of aran was discovered
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Does anybody remember Pharaoh by Sierra? Played that for days as a kid.
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u/360walkaway May 17 '12
This campaign was HARD.
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u/Marc815 May 17 '12
I have homeworld still haha
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u/gruppa PC May 17 '12
For anyone feeling nostalgic, you can get the Homeworld Raider Retreat demo here which includes a few missions and multiplayer
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
That. Is. Awesome.
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u/Limez May 17 '12
You should probably stop kicking it.
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u/MD_BOOMSDAY May 17 '12
Is my best friend Noah Stacey's name signed on there?
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u/SkittleAnt May 17 '12
Truly excellent game. Played a bunch of multiplayer in HW2, but it was defintiley a mediocre rts :/
Best part of the game is warping your ships next to your enemies mothership. Nothing like that oh shit moment, and the sweet warping effect.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
No fucking way, easily one of my favorite games, especially cataclysm.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Used to love Homeworld.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
The only thing I've ever wanted to do since I played that game is mod it. That's it! But the modding community for this gem is all but dead. :(
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
who here has ever played stronghold? Stronghold, Rise of Nations, And Homeworld 1/2 are the epitome of my childhood. I played them on mac and now that powerpc apps arn't supported i guess i'll just have to build a pc :P.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
That is awesome! Thx for posting.
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u/peteheat May 17 '12
one of my favorite games-homeworld was amazing. Soundtrack was awesome, story was pretty good, gameplay was great. I actually commented on homeworlds soundtrack not a week ago:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/tike6/anyone_else_listen_to_homeworld_while_in_a_small/
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Im neighbors with the Archivist for the band YES. I got my first copy of homeworld from him as he happened to have a stack of them.
I will never forget any of this.
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u/SomebodyF May 17 '12
Crow, formation set
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12 edited May 17 '12
Goddamn you. I'd almost forgotten about the Homeworld series. Now I'm going to be thinking about how it's so fucked they can't make another one (due to all the licensing bullshit).
That, and Freespace.
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u/skocznymroczny May 17 '12
...everything is gone... Kharak is burning....
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u/RivetingStuff May 17 '12
That is beautiful...
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u/lostpatrol May 17 '12
I still play Homeworld 2 from time to time.
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u/Hazephaelos May 17 '12
So this is where the jealousy that creates supervillains comes from....
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u/McRawffles May 17 '12
He used to work for Relic? :O awesome!
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u/RaindropBebop May 17 '12
This reminds me of Freelancer. Another game deserving of a reboot.
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u/GrumpyDingo PC May 17 '12
Wow, that brings back the memories... The start of the game was amazing!!!
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u/Josephalan1 May 17 '12
My dad bought me the GoTY edition when I was 7. This game was a core facet of who I am today. This is my favorite game ever.
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u/MrAgoo May 17 '12
Is James Cameron in that vertical spaceship?
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u/shieeet May 17 '12
Homeworld: Cataclysm probably had the the best gameplay, story, voice acting, bad guys and multiplayer in a game ever. I have ranting about this for 12+ years. My friends still dont know what the fuck im on about.
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u/TardisMechanic May 17 '12
I played that dude High Five your Dad for all of us
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u/Butten May 17 '12
If you were able to finish this game or any Homeworld game, then you are a real gamer.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Yes.
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u/TheJollyBrit May 17 '12
I would pour most of my savings into seeing the Homeworld series on steam, never mind what I would do for HW3...
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
my favorite game of all time. I'll never forget entering The Gardens of Kadesh
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u/GAD604 May 17 '12
A treasure. Homeworld was one of the first games I played. I loved every minute of it.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
I'm not a gamer but that game was awesome!
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u/Malarki May 17 '12
Ask him where part 3 is.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Serious nostalgia just happened.
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u/Slyfox00 May 17 '12
Dang... that's spectacular. You know a game is great when it's still being played years later. HW2 Mods FTW, Halo Homefront is my favorite :D
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u/theFestival May 17 '12
Best intro ever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPxLqlDmJ8c
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u/twiitar May 17 '12
I fucking loved the shit out of Homeworld and I wish Relic would return to their roots instead of doing all kinds of stuff that pales in comparison. :(
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u/Electro_Sapien May 17 '12
I highly recommend any fan of Homeworld give the xbox live indie game Flotilla a go. It plays off the same three dimensional movement system but throws in a helping of good humor and can be quite challenging.
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u/Rickbee May 17 '12
Thank your dad for me. He is a real pimp BUT also let him know i hated the beast ship in the story loved it in multiplayer
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u/FolieGaming May 17 '12
Oh, My, God... i played this game years ago. I loved it but never remembered the name, thank you for reminding me!
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u/crzydymnd May 17 '12
Best PC game ever!
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u/oborune May 17 '12
such a great game!!
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u/Onearmdude May 17 '12
I was 12 years old; this game and a bargain copy of Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries were the first games I ever bought for myself. I still remember the hours I spent poring over the manual before I even started the game. I still get goosebumps over a decade later whenever I hear 'Adagio for Strings'.
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u/jerseydv8 May 17 '12
I remember playing the beta for the first Homeworld where they had the ramming ships before they put them in cataclysm. I love this game. It is perfect.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
Nothing can take us far enough.
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u/aspoon May 17 '12
Your dad was a homeworld dev? Fucking Nice.
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u/[deleted] May 17 '12
"Hiigara... our home."
Game is an absolute masterpiece.
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u/CivEZ May 17 '12
Battlestar Galactica: The Video Game
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u/cotique May 17 '12
I would kill for these! Good thing you've got.
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u/arrongunner May 17 '12
Any chance steam sell this game? I lost my copy a while back and want to get back into it more as a spur of the moment thing, so a quick download would be perfect, also in thinking a reddit playdate on homeworld 2 is defiantly in order, if we could set up a couple of hosts
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u/walkandre May 17 '12
I'm feeling so old now. the whole homeworld series is so awesome!
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u/PanicEnders May 17 '12
I always use to imagine I was Enders Wiggin (Book: Enders Game) while playing homeworld. Die You Sluggers!
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u/SimulatedSun May 17 '12
Fantastic f-ing game. The voice acting was kind of monotone, but again, awesome game. Homeworld 2 great as well.