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Homeworld Remastered Details + Voting on Mothership Replica for Collector's Edition
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Glad to hear that this is still happening, I was just thinking about this a few days ago and wondering when there would be an update on it.
As a big fan of the original (have the soundtrack disc and both versions of first game etc) I want the physical goodies (art book please!) and would love to see a vinyl release of the soundtrack (picture vinyl if you go for it Gearbox). As for the statues I'm torn on the price front. I like the idea of the die-cast one for $75 but at the same time I want the larger one with the lighting but it feels like it will be a drop in quality between the two with only $25 being the difference between them. Has anyone owned statues/figures with lighting and had any issues?
Either way I'm getting the collectors edition, just need to make my mind up.
As a big fan of the original (have the soundtrack disc and both versions of first game etc) I want the physical goodies (art book please!) and would love to see a vinyl release of the soundtrack (picture vinyl if you go for it Gearbox). As for the statues I'm torn on the price front. I like the idea of the die-cast one for $75 but at the same time I want the larger one with the lighting but it feels like it will be a drop in quality between the two with only $25 being the difference between them. Has anyone owned statues/figures with lighting and had any issues?
Either way I'm getting the collectors edition, just need to make my mind up.
Canis lupus
Member
Voted on the 12" replica, do your part.
Well, it's not as though as Gearbox has an SDK it can import the content into, even assuming it could faithfully extract the audio-visual assets.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Hey Gearbox, port this to iOS and I'll suck your dicks off. I used to looooooove Homeworld back in the day. It's time has arrived, we need more space games.
Specialmias
Member
My dreams have all come true.....
12 inch model please, it's the only thing that can satisfy me. Big and rigid.
12 inch model please, it's the only thing that can satisfy me. Big and rigid.
As have I. It's the right choice. The only choice.
Even though I'm not typically interested. I'm wondering if it was time I started.
Specialmias
Member
Ahem for those of you just joining us...
This is homeworld:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4w50Gs5jZ0
You're welcome.
The only game epic enough to possibly have influenced an Easter egg
in battlestar galactica:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bOy3RNyWME
Which is the same voice as
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLNHyvX4tD8
This is homeworld:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4w50Gs5jZ0
You're welcome.
The only game epic enough to possibly have influenced an Easter egg
(Hell major portions of the plot)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bOy3RNyWME
Which is the same voice as
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLNHyvX4tD8
afternoon delight
Member
THE DAY OF WONDER APPROACHES!!! Homeworld in digital distribution, 2014, the year that never was supposed to happen, let's do this.
Ultra.
Vigilant Walrus
Member
It's the resolution between 1080p and up to 4K.
No cataclysm? Crap.
I'm almost sure Battlestar Galactica did it first, I think it's even mentioned in the Homeworld credits in the "thanks" section.
WhiskeyKnight
Member
The 6" model looks way classier.
There's no way I would put the larger one on my shelf.
There's no way I would put the larger one on my shelf.
So is that part about the multiplayer suggesting we will be able to have Homeworld 1 fleets vs Homeworld 2 fleets? That seems crazy.
I'll be interested to check out the multiplayer because ever since Starcraft 2 my approach to RTS multiplayer has changed drastically, because I actually understand some really important base concepts of the genre now instead of just "build units ahhhhh I'm dead".
I'll be interested to check out the multiplayer because ever since Starcraft 2 my approach to RTS multiplayer has changed drastically, because I actually understand some really important base concepts of the genre now instead of just "build units ahhhhh I'm dead".
That's my equivalent to button mashing in fighters lol.
Never really played multiplayer in any
Homeworld is absolutely amazing in that regard. Many RTS end up being a race to get the most powerful units as quickly as possible and the first one to do so will win the match, in Homeworld, you cannot win with just one type of unit.
doctorcdcs
Member
well i set that image in the background as my desktop background. seeing that little mothership moving through the vastness of space brings back so many good memories. I'm glad I still have my original copies of the games.
WhiskeyKnight
Member
Yeah, that manual was a pure old-school PC-ass manual.
The amount of back story and lore written for the Homeworld universe was mind blowing.
j_k_redtail
Member
That is a great idea. Classy and discreet. I'm in for Collector's Edition even though the physical good aren't that important to me. Anyone who does right by that IP gets some money from me. I will pay an extra $10 if Ruskay just tells us what Sri Lankan chants were used in HW2's soundtrack.
Homeworld is heavily influenced by BSG. The reference might be about the actor though. That actor is also the voice of the Bentusi. However, he does get around on a lot of Canadian Sci-Fi so it could be a coincidence. I like the soundtrack parallels between some HW and BSG themes.
I thought HW was supposed to be a game that was going to license BSG, but was unable to obtain it, so they built their own mythology.
j_k_redtail
Member
Did. RIP.
That soundtrack reference.
I feel in love with that track the moment I heard it in Homeworld 2. Now that I think about it I'd like to have a complete soundtrack to both games since as far as I know there hasn't been one for the 2nd game and I'm not sure if the OST I have for the 1st game is complete or more of an overview of the score.
Also, I've thought about it and I'm going to put my vote in for the 12" model of the Mothership.
I hope they fix the AI in the single player campaign. It was highly annoying. Basically it would just apply "Dave's Double down" every mission. Oh, you built a nice fleet to finish the last mission? Guess what I DOUBLED IT! Oh you have a modest small fleet? Guess what I DOUBLED IT!
That was really the only flaw I could find in the game (though it was a pretty annoying one). Still to this day I think that homeworld had the best art design/mechanical design of any rts.
That was really the only flaw I could find in the game (though it was a pretty annoying one). Still to this day I think that homeworld had the best art design/mechanical design of any rts.
That was done in the second game to compensate for the players that built up their forces at the end of a mission before starting the next one in the original game.
It made the second one tougher but I feel that it accomplished what they were after with the idea of the Hiigarans being on the run from the Vaygr the entire time.
Marty Chinn
Member
What's the base price of the non collector's edition so I can gauge how much the extra stuff is costing?
Haven't seen anything official about the prices yet but I'm telling myself that they will be around $20 each. If they cost more then it makes the justification (for me) easier on the CE although I'll guess they'll be around the $20 mark since that would give them more profit for the CE stuff. Although this could be like the Sins Rebellion CE where Stardock made them in a small batch and the goodies cost more for specific stuff.
TransTrender
Gold Member
Any better pictures of the replicas?
I like the idea of the 6" model because I think there is a better chance it will be cleaner looking but I want to see the level of detail.
For the 12" I want to see the quality up close.
Of course these are just targets and not indicative of the final product but I want to see what their goal is.
I like the idea of the 6" model because I think there is a better chance it will be cleaner looking but I want to see the level of detail.
For the 12" I want to see the quality up close.
Of course these are just targets and not indicative of the final product but I want to see what their goal is.
Dunno if it is even a secret given all the people asking for it in this thread.
TransTrender
Gold Member
Hah. Secret to whom?
While these games are all great Cataclysm still floats to the top.
Freeza Under The Shower
Member
From what I remember playing, I think that's true for me as well.
edit: but I do actually want one of those.