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[BruceVC]

I bought it, played it and gave up after maybe 3 hours. I loved Eye of the Beholder and Dungeon Master back in the day, but I feel computer games have evolved in a direction that I really appreciate and I see no need to go back to that type of game. It just didn't grip me at all anymore.

 

Its interesting you say that but in a way, even though I haven't played it,  thats how I feel. I am eventually going to play it but I do feel its step backward from what I know I like and enjoy

[Drowsy Emperor]

I treat it like a different genre altogether, not as a substitute. Like a flash game that can keep you entertained for a little while.

 

Drawing the map was the fun part.

[BruceVC]

I treat it like a different genre altogether, not as a substitute. Like a flash game that can keep you entertained for a little while.

 

Drawing the map was the fun part.

 

I hear you and the map part does sound fun, I suppose I also need to get out my comfort zone

[Drowsy Emperor]

I didn't finish it though. Got tired at some point close to the end and gave up.

[marelooke]

 

 (there are mechanics in EVE that have been known to be broken for over 7 years[!]).

 

Interesting. Like what?

 

 

I don't really want to turn this into an EVE discussion, especially since listing everything that needs work would give a pretty bad picture of what is actually a really good game (if you're into that sort of game, that is), but for example SOV (sovereignty) mechanics have been broken for a really long time.

[Drowsy Emperor]

This doesn't really belong here but I thought it was cute:

 

http://www.thediceshoponline.com/categories.asp

 

They have anything and everything.

[C2B]

So, Gearbox acquired Homeworld

 

Somehow we have a pairing that is worse than the worst case scenario imagined.

[Morgoth]

So, Gearbox acquired Homeworld

 

[mkreku]

What's wrong with Gearbox?

[C2B]

What's wrong with Gearbox?

 

Apart from everything they have done recently? And the whole Aliens: Colonial Marines incident?

 

Also having no history in strategy?

 

Well, nothing. Amazing condititions I say for making Homeworld.

Edited April 22, 2013 by C2B

[Calax]

Mkreku, you're a game reviewer, you should be able to look through their catalogue of games and realize that they don't make RTS's

 

At all.

 

Instead they make shooters that have been working to become more and more quirky in recent years, or absolute garbage. They have Duke Nukem, Borderlands, and Brothers in Arms as their only real games of the past 10 years. So expect the next Homeworld to be "marching through ship corridors shooting at aliens while outside the skybox shows a massive Bentusii ship slowly dying" rather than "command a fleet to save/return to home"

 

Unless they decide to hand it to another company, which is unlikely overall.

 

Only minorly good thing that could come out of this would be Homeworld turning up on Steam.

Edited April 22, 2013 by Calax

[Amentep]

Unless they decide to hand it to another company, which is unlikely overall.

And that strategy worked so well with Aliens: Colonial Marines...

Edited April 22, 2013 by Amentep

[Malcador]

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/190985/Gearbox_Software_has_acquired_the_Homeworld_franchise.php?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GamasutraNews+(Gamasutra+News)

 

"There are no concrete announcements for new games in the series, but Gearbox said its first priority is to bring Homeworld 1 and Homeworld 2 on "today's leading digital platforms."

 

So, great, Homeworld on phones and tablets. (Well maybe).

 

Hm, wonder how it would have gone if Paradox got it.

Edited April 22, 2013 by Malcador

[Rosbjerg]

Well, they published Sins of Solar Empire, so Paradox would probably be perfect.

[mkreku]

Mkreku, you're a game reviewer, you should be able to look through their catalogue of games and realize that they don't make RTS's

 

That's my point. They've never done a RTS before. Why dismiss them so easily when we don't know their skills yet?

 

All great RTS designers started with their first game. Give them a chance.

[BruceVC]

 

Mkreku, you're a game reviewer, you should be able to look through their catalogue of games and realize that they don't make RTS's

 

That's my point. They've never done a RTS before. Why dismiss them so easily when we don't know their skills yet?

 

All great RTS designers started with their first game. Give them a chance.

 

 

 

I never knew you did reviews, if you don't mind me asking who do you do  reviews for ?

[Malcador]

Well, they published Sins of Solar Empire, so Paradox would probably be perfect.

That was Stardock, though. I guess HW has a special place in people's hearts, so some FNG to the RTS area isn't inspiring. Like Obsidian getting the Freespace IP, or something

[Drowsy Emperor]

Homeworld 3 shouldn't be anyone's first RTS.

 

That way failure will come quicker than you can say banana mothership.

Edited April 22, 2013 by Drowsy Emperor

[Drowsy Emperor]

Even EA Sports has better games than Gearbox.

Edited April 22, 2013 by Drowsy Emperor

[Calax]

 

Mkreku, you're a game reviewer, you should be able to look through their catalogue of games and realize that they don't make RTS's

 

That's my point. They've never done a RTS before. Why dismiss them so easily when we don't know their skills yet?

 

All great RTS designers started with their first game. Give them a chance.

 

Yeah, but for the most part people don't start with a franchise that's got a cult following and a very specific aesthetic and scope. Gearbox hasn't done anything that'll make me think that they can catch the feeling of Homeworld and get it down enough to produce a proper sequel to the first two. Instead we'd probably get a Halo Wars level game.

[babaganoosh13]

Maybe they can call it: Borderlands Homeworlds, because those seem to be the only games they've made recently they don't screw up and don't suck.

Edited April 22, 2013 by babaganoosh13

[Zoraptor]

 

Well, they published Sins of Solar Empire, so Paradox would probably be perfect.

That was Stardock, though. I guess HW has a special place in people's hearts, so some FNG to the RTS area isn't inspiring. Like Obsidian getting the Freespace IP, or something

 

Probably meant SotS/2, as they're about the only space related thing Paradox have done.

[Rosbjerg]

No I did mean Sins, for a moment I thought Stardock and Paradox were the same - as they have kind of the same indie portfolio in each of their respective genre. But I could actually see both of them doing good or even Ironclad handling the IP pretty well.

 

Gearbox not so much, but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.

[alanschu]

The way I always look at things like this: "it'd be no different than if the IP remained buried."

 

Yeah, it's easy to look at what could have been if someone else had gotten it, but there's no guarantees that they'd actually put out anything good either, despite the best intentions.

[Calax]

The way I always look at things like this: "it'd be no different than if the IP remained buried."

 

Yeah, it's easy to look at what could have been if someone else had gotten it, but there's no guarantees that they'd actually put out anything good either, despite the best intentions.

There's a better chance of them tossing out something good (Stardock or Paradox) simply because of their work within the Genre. And honestly, I could see paradox making Homeworld into more of a theatre thing, and it working out really well