I am actually pretty psyched about this - now that there's a big community of cool NS players, I can find some good matches without having to play with some random fighter-rusher (please lord, let fighter-rushes be a thing of the past)...
<!--QuoteBegin--SBV+Aug 25 2003, 06:34 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (SBV @ Aug 25 2003, 06:34 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Is this game a RTS or a space sim? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> ARRAGGAaaaha! Go out and buy the original Homeworld right now! It's one of the greatest games ever, and you shouldn't live without having played it.
That's cool. I played the first one a little, and it was great because it was very different fromt other RTS's. The new one looks awesome graphics-wise.
muwhahahhhaa! the original rocked, but i got rid of it for some strange reason...
Cant wait for HW2, gonna get it, and Ya Rellix, ill take up ya offer of an MP game before i start SP, as i rarely do the singleplayer story lines anyway...
I liked Homeworld: Cataclyism. That was my first intro to the homeworld series, boy did I love it. Unfortionatly, I won't be able to try homeworld 2, my comp is shat, but oh well it's on my 'to buy' list.
<!--QuoteBegin--MonsieurEvil+Aug 25 2003, 04:34 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (MonsieurEvil @ Aug 25 2003, 04:34 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I am actually pretty psyched about this - now that there's a big community of cool NS players, I can find some good matches without having to play with some random fighter-rusher (please lord, let fighter-rushes be a thing of the past)... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I'd play with you Monse. I enjoy nice 30-40 minute games. Homeworld is a very good game. Sierra puts out some fine stuff.
Gotta finish the first one first. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> That said HW is the most beatiful game I've ever played. Here's an odd idea, NS-HW mix! The TSA fights the Corps/Kharaa in space!
I use to load up my Carriers with so many scout class ships that it would crash my computer when I unloaded them. That was my fav tactic on multiplayer maps. I would play SUPER DEFENSIVE, never attacking once, just building fleets of ships, then I would jump to his mothership with 3 carriers full of ships and kamakazi all the scouts into his stuff, while my coverts did the rest!
I want to get HW2 but my computer is a P3 866 with 512m pc 133 ram and its just TOOOOOOOO SLOW! It was hot **** 4 years ago when I got it, but now, its not!
To be ohnist i got stuck in the 3rd nebular mission <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo--> I guess I just had too many colective casualties to make it through. How far is that from the end anyway?
I bought a copy of Homeworld from Malaysia before.
The CD shattered in my friend's CD drive; let that be a lesson to you people: DON'T BUY PIRATED MERCHANDISE! <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif'><!--endemo-->
But for the few times I did play it, it looked like a great game.
Been looking forwards to homeworld 2 since 2001 <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> Glad to see it finally went gold <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin--343_guilty_spark+Aug 26 2003, 11:14 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (343_guilty_spark @ Aug 26 2003, 11:14 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> YEY HW2 ! Hope fully the ships will be way bigger, it bugged me how big the fighters were. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> The reason they looked so big is because of something Relic calls NLIPS, which stands for Non Linear Inverse Perspective Scaling. Essentially the farther from little ships you get the bigger than they actually are, so you can see them easier. This is disableable in HW2, but it can be difficult to see them.
On another note, the demo has multiplayer and is just awesome. The full game is gonna rock the foundations of RTS.
Enjoy <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> I'm gonna be gettin this game
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The ships seem a LOT bigger.
Homeworld 1 was seks...
<a href='http://download.divx.com/showcase/HomeWorld1024.avi' target='_blank'>http://download.divx.com/showcase/HomeWorld1024.avi</a>
Think of the newbishness.
ARRAGGAaaaha! Go out and buy the original Homeworld right now! It's one of the greatest games ever, and you shouldn't live without having played it.
It's a RTS.
Loved Homeworld! I also just recently purchased a machine to run this bad boy!
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!
Cant wait for HW2, gonna get it, and Ya Rellix, ill take up ya offer of an MP game before i start SP, as i rarely do the singleplayer story lines anyway...
Can't wait for 2. Woo!
--Scythe--
I'd play with you Monse. I enjoy nice 30-40 minute games. Homeworld is a very good game. Sierra puts out some fine stuff.
Edit- Heraship
That was my fav tactic on multiplayer maps.
I would play SUPER DEFENSIVE, never attacking once, just building fleets of ships, then I would jump to his mothership with 3 carriers full of ships and kamakazi all the scouts into his stuff, while my coverts did the rest!
I want to get HW2 but my computer is a P3 866 with 512m pc 133 ram and its just TOOOOOOOO SLOW!
It was hot **** 4 years ago when I got it, but now, its not!
go homeworld
May the Kushan burn the Taiidani homeworld.
I never beat the single-player, got to the one with the JumpGate and the circle of Ion Frigates around it. I was gonna salvage EVERY single Ion frig.
Hopefully MBF's will actually be useful in HW2...or we get to play with Kadeshi.
Whos up for a game (I suck tho)?
Maby I could finish it till my clans server gets sorted...
The CD shattered in my friend's CD drive; let that be a lesson to you people: DON'T BUY PIRATED MERCHANDISE! <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif'><!--endemo-->
But for the few times I did play it, it looked like a great game.
The reason they looked so big is because of something Relic calls NLIPS, which stands for Non Linear Inverse Perspective Scaling. Essentially the farther from little ships you get the bigger than they actually are, so you can see them easier. This is disableable in HW2, but it can be difficult to see them.
On another note, the demo has multiplayer and is just awesome. The full game is gonna rock the foundations of RTS.
^Homeworld2 Demo^
Enjoy <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> I'm gonna be gettin this game