Posted on: July 16, 2019
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Verified ownerGames: 313 Reviews: 4
This ain't Starcraft 2
Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak is a mediocre title. It feels a bit like Homeworld on ground, you can tell they tried to replicate that. Also, it has a bit of a Supreme Commander vibe with it's map zoom which replaces units with icons. The campaign takes about 6-7 hours to finish on medium difficulty. The storyline is forgettable, the cinematics try to be emotional but overall fall flat. The objectives are simple. In most missions it's either "defend this position for x minutes" or "remove all enemy units". Since your units carry on from one mission to another, as soon as you amass a max supply army, subsequent missions usually revolve around A-moving to the objective. The graphics are nice. Particle effects look great, projectiles and railgun lasers light up the battlefield nicely, I have no complaints in this area. The gameplay is lacking. The main issue is that units are hard to control. They are very slow and the bigger units are very slow to maneuver, which while feels more realistic, feels very clumsy. Another thing is that to play the game properly you need to zoom out to see the battlefield, but from the distance it's very hard to tell units apart (is it a battlecruiser? or artillery cruiser?). Most units have active abilities, but they're not very engaging to use and you'll ignore them for the most part. I wish developers took some hints from Starcraft 2 on how to have recognizable units on the battlefield and snappy controls. Also, the way you have to collect resources is confusing. Homeworld gave you a choice, do you want to hyperspace now or stay (and mine more resources). Here you don't have that choice. Every time you have to guess - should I destroy this group of enemies to stop reinforcements from coming, or should I wait until I mine neverything and then destroy them? I'd have loved the song by Yes or Adagio for Strings to have played during the end credits as a tie-in to the original. Pity they didn't do that.
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