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Homeworld Cataclysm
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Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: Vivendi Universal
EAN: 0020626710961
ESRB Age Rating: Everyone
Format: CD-ROM
Item Dimensions: 200950116800
Label: Vivendi Universal
Manufacturer: Vivendi Universal
Model: 71096
Platform: Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 95
Publisher: Vivendi Universal
Release Date: September 02, 2000
Studio: Vivendi Universal
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Editorial Review:
Homeworld took real-time strategy into the third dimension, and the latest installment takes the series to exciting new levels. Set 15 years after the events in the original, Homeworld: Cataclysm comes with new ships (some of which are upgradeable), enhanced gameplay, and a load of new tactical challenges. Once again, it's your job to lead a fleet of spacecraft through a campaign that involves past threats, a civil war, and eventually a frighteningly powerful menace that eclipses everything that came before it.
The basics are still the same, but now players can't see anything outside of the range of their ships' sensors. This makes defense tougher, because it's hard to predict where attacks will materialize; also, it requires the effective use of a small screening force to avoid nasty ambushes. Your new mothership is a lowly mining scow, so it isn't possible to build anything but the most basic ship until a captured vessel is towed in and researched. There's also a new limit on the number of ships that you can have in your fleet at any time, which means that it's important to build the right ship and make it count. There are a lot of new things to learn in Cataclysm, and all of them add to the game's fun.
One of the best things about Cataclysm is that you don't need a copy of Homeworld to run it, and the story line is completely self-contained. An excellent tutorial is included that will help players come to grips with moving their ships in a fully 3-D environment. The graphics haven't been upgraded much (but they didn't need to be), and the game runs smoothly on even low-end PCs, as long as you have a capable video card. This is a must-buy for fans of the original, although newcomers might want to start with the original (or wait for the inevitable Homeworld/Cataclysm combo pack), so that they can feel the full effect of this polished series. Then again, no real-time strategy fan will want to miss the multiplayer mode. --T. Byrl Baker
Pros: - More challenging and deep than the original game
- Doesn't require Homeworld
- Absolutely beautiful, especially at high resolutions
Cons: - Missions are large, but you only get 17
- The cutscenes can be somewhat lame, but this doesn't affect gameplay
Homeworld Cataclysm takes over where the original Homeworld left off. Fifteen years after finding their homeworld, the Hiigaran's face an unfathomable horror. Now it is up to you to take command of the Kuun-Lan, a Somtaaw mining vessel forced into battle. Harvest resources, research technologies, build ships, and strategize your way through space.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - even better than the first.
home world cataclysm takes place some years after the completion of the first home world which means you now have your home planet back and your people are no longer on the run and everything about it is even better than the first truly awsome.
Rating: - Best of the series!
At first look this game really only adds a few ships, gives some new technology and improves the graphics slightly, but once you play into the single player you'll see how truly amazing it is.
The single player storyline is certainly the highlight and reason this game is so magnificent. It retains the general 3d feel of the first Homeworld game and it's nice to see a few of the original vessels in there, while it also adds a good few new technologies which are very fun to use. The storyline ... Read More
Rating: - Awesome
This is seriously one of the best computer games that I have ever played. The game takes a lot of startegy and takes awhile to learn but once you get going it's terrific. You are given a mission or multiple missions to complete during a progress campaign to stop the Beast enemy from wiping out all who stand in their way. Playing the game at harder and harder difficulty levels makes every mission all the more challenging to complete. The graphics are incredible, especially considering that this is hardly ... Read More
Rating:  - Fun?
I just have one thing to say: this game is as fun as you can throw it underwater with your wrists chained to some wall. Also, the interface and mere gameplay feels like an act of congress (looking up how to do things in the manual!) To be frank, don't by this game even if they would give you money in return!
Rating: - Yuck!!
Having just played Homeworld and not really enjoying it, I tried this one, the second game in the series (I bought all 3 at the same time. Shouldn't have done that.)
And so far, I can't even get the game to play. I installed and uninstalled twice. I have downloaded updated drivers for NVIDIA GEFORCE FX 5200 128meg video card. I have changed all of the settings over and over again. And still can't play. I see the beginning story in the aftermath that follows the end of Homeworld, of them rebuilding. But ... Read More
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