Platform: PC
Total Playtime: 9 Hours
So after going back and looking at my previous entries, I realized I was treating this like a mini review blog. That was never my intent. So starting from this post on, I will be more focused on what stood out to me while playing the game and my thoughts on the memorable moments and systems. If you've never played the game I happen to be writing about you may be lost, but if you ever want to talk about it more, you know where to find me.
And now...on to the Homeworld post!
So a bit of backstory. My Dad's favorite band in the world is "Yes". Back in 1999 on a pretty standard trip to the computer game store with my Dad, he walks in and purchases Homeworld, solely for the fact that "Yes" has a song in the game. 14 year old Trevor watched his Dad play through the first few missions and was blown away. When my turn on the computer came up, I jumped in head first with no idea that I was about to play one of my favorite games ever.
My Dad ended up beating the game and moving on. I, however, jumped into the online multiplayer scene. This was my first real exposure to clans, ranked ladders, and a "meta game" though no one called it that at the time. I learned about clan drama, helped develop new strategies, hell I even reached rank #3 in the entire WORLD when I was still 14. I love this game.
Sixteen years later (holy fuck I'm getting old) and here I am again with the remaster. Honestly, I felt like someone took a sharpie and drew on my child. While the game looks absolutely BEAUTIFUL and the remastered audio brought me to tears the moment I heard it again, the game was littered with so many bugs that it felt like it was trying to make me not fall in love again. From minor issues like the loss of ctrl groups, shadow flickering, and pathing bugs to immersion breaking issues like a hard crash to desktop, 8 instances of a black screen, a mission that wouldn't complete, and some bad A.I. issues that were brand new to the remaster. This was an ordeal to finish, and I will probably be waiting to play through Homeworld 2 until a bug fix patch comes out.
Even on the credits, there was an image covering up most of one poor guy's name. Speaking of credits, they didn't bother paying for the license for the "Yes" song again. So I muted the game and played it on YouTube. Try as you might, Mr. Remaster, you can't stop me from loving Homeworld.
