Homeworld Remastered sharpens up the hand-drawn cinematics between missions, but these thankfully retain the unique style of the originals and still tell the story perfectly.

The original was blast of fresh air into a slightly stale RTS room when it was released back in 1997, and also delivered a great sci-fi story about a stranded race on a voyage of discovery through the vastness of space. Starting out again in the original Homeworld was exciting. As it’s been so long since I played the originals I’d actually forgotten about most of these game mechanics and didn’t think twice about them when playing Remastered, but ardent fans will notice the changes. This means that you effectively have features and game mechanics blended together to make a more cohesive experience, with a bit of give and take from both games.įor example, fuel is no longer something players need to watch (as it initially was in the first Homeworld) and selectable unit formations are available in the new engine for both games. When Gearbox got their hands on the IP and decided the games needed some spit and polish to bring them up to 2015 standards, they opted to move Homeworld into the Homeworld 2 engine and then begin on reworking both the games at the same time. The real juice of the collection, however, are the Remastered versions of both games. So, what’s inside this Homeworld Remastered Collection? Both the original Homeworld 1 and Homeworld 2 are present in their unaltered forms, which may not be of huge interest to most unless you’re a fan whose lost the original CDs (thankfully I haven’t) but they are a nice, preservation-conscious inclusion. I tend to agree with this sentiment, because Homeworld stood out as a unique RTS compared to everything else in the genre between the mid 90s and 2000. When Gearbox picked up the Homeworld IP from THQ and announced that the series would be receiving a full makeover, fans of the the series were overjoyed at the prospect of a revitalised version of the game. On the other hand, there are games which should probably just be left alone and nostalgically remembered for how good they were. Happily, Homeworld is very much in the genuine classic category. There are probably lots of games from the 90s that deserve a “remaster,” to use the term of choice these days.

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