Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak

Online requirement just to play Single Player. Screw EOS.

It's a good prequel to the main story. The game looks brilliant, gameplay and level design are good. No complains at all.

waiting to install epic store, no thanks

Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak surprised me. I enjoyed it much more than the previous Homeworld games, and the presentation is one of its strongest points. The campaign feels very cinematic, and the game does a good job of making the expedition feel important rather than simply moving the player from one mission to another. The problem is that the campaign starts repeating itself too much. After a strong beginning, the missions increasingly follow the same structure: move through the map, search the wreckage for resources, build more units and fight the same types of battles again. Even when the objectives change, the gameplay loop remains very similar, and the missions are also extremely long. I kept expecting the next mission to introduce something different, only to find myself doing almost exactly what I had just done before. I also had some problems with unit control and accessibility. Sometimes units would simply ignore enemies that were extremely close to them, forcing me to select them manually and order an attack. This becomes particularly annoying when trying to make an incursion or move a group of units through an enemy position, because the units do not always react…

pretty good storywise, connects well to the main games without spoiling much retains the "keep your fleet and money between missions" mechanic which does make the game a bit too easy at times if you know how to protect and repair your stuff even though it uses (almost) the same UI elements, the game is actually in 2.5D (only a few depth layers, and that's just a buff/debuff) - a minimap could help with immersion but the tactical view is a classic so its ok even though it is significantly newer compared to Starcraft 2, graphics-wise it is much worse than it (and that's before the graphics overhaul sc2 got). so that's one quip I have. buy it on sale obviously, it is old and pricey. don't bother with the DLCs

Now, this title in the HomeWorld franchise, was a bit short, but it still had a great storyline regardless