Posted on: June 24, 2022
Bravo1138
Verified ownerGames: 81 Reviews: 2
A great prequel
Definitely has that Homeworld feel.
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Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak
Description
A ground-based RTS prequel to the classic Homeworld games. Assemble your fleet and lead them to victory on the shifting sands of Kharak in this compelling strategy game. Crafted by Blackbird Interactive, a studio founded by veterans of Homeworld and Company of Heroes, Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak takes players to the deserts of Kharak where danger lurks over every dune.
EXPERIENCE AN ORIGIN STORY
In Deserts of Kharak’s campaign, an anomaly is discovered deep in the southern desert. An expedition is sent, but the story is not that simple. Discover the story of Rachel S'jet as she leads her people on a quest to find their destiny in an exciting campaign.
HEAVY DUTY HARDWARE
Take control of fleets of land and air vehicles – from nimble light attack vehicles to massive heavyweight cruisers – built to conquer the desert.
MASSIVE ENVIRONMENTS
Fight your way across massive dune seas, deep craters, and hostile canyons in sprawling maps – all in unprecedented fidelity and scale.
TACTICAL COMBAT
Position your fleet to take advantage of the high ground or create ambushes across dune lines in terrestrial combat. Attack your enemies’ resource operations, or assault their military head-on.
STRATEGIC DECISIONS
Meaningful choices in resource management, fleet composition, and technology research directly impact your chances of survival.
ONLINE MULTIPLAYER
Compete online solo or with friends in a variety of game modes, including ranked play, to rise through the ranks and become the most powerful Fleet Captain on Kharak.
Before you can find your Homeworld, you must first unlock the secrets of the desert.
EXPERIENCE AN ORIGIN STORY
In Deserts of Kharak’s campaign, an anomaly is discovered deep in the southern desert. An expedition is sent, but the story is not that simple. Discover the story of Rachel S'jet as she leads her people on a quest to find their destiny in an exciting campaign.
HEAVY DUTY HARDWARE
Take control of fleets of land and air vehicles – from nimble light attack vehicles to massive heavyweight cruisers – built to conquer the desert.
MASSIVE ENVIRONMENTS
Fight your way across massive dune seas, deep craters, and hostile canyons in sprawling maps – all in unprecedented fidelity and scale.
TACTICAL COMBAT
Position your fleet to take advantage of the high ground or create ambushes across dune lines in terrestrial combat. Attack your enemies’ resource operations, or assault their military head-on.
STRATEGIC DECISIONS
Meaningful choices in resource management, fleet composition, and technology research directly impact your chances of survival.
ONLINE MULTIPLAYER
Compete online solo or with friends in a variety of game modes, including ranked play, to rise through the ranks and become the most powerful Fleet Captain on Kharak.
Before you can find your Homeworld, you must first unlock the secrets of the desert.
© 2016 Battlestar, LLC. Published and distributed by Gearbox Software. Homeworld, Gearbox and the Gearbox Software logos are registered trademarks, and Deserts of Kharak and the Homeworld logo are trademarks, all used courtesy of Gearbox Software, LLC.
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Multiplayer Notice: Please note that GOG GALAXY is required to access Multiplayer.
Multiplayer is available only between GOG users.
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10 hMain
11.5 h Main + Sides
14 h Completionist
10.5 h All Styles
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A great tactical RTS with all the gorgeous aesthetics and atmosphere of the original series.
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8.8/10
Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak is a deep, exciting, varied RTS with all the right tools.
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8/10
This is the definition of a real-time strategy game for real-time strategy game fans, and will satisfy those looking for a solid single-player RTS experience
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Posted on: June 27, 2019
kertislagg
Verified ownerGames: 35 Reviews: 1
I love this game so much
Great gameplay, great atmosphere, cool characters, interesting story - skirmish AI keeps kicking my ass but one day hopefully I WILL GET GUD - can only recommend this game if you love the RTS genre. :)
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Posted on: May 26, 2018
Twister11
Verified ownerGames: 63 Reviews: 2
Missed opportunity.
The game is poorly designed which results is poor fps and very low usage of both GPU and CPU resources even on high end PCs. No improvements will be made to this since it would require a revamp from the ground up so, it will never happen. Apart from that there is no 1.3 patch on GoG so you'd be playing an older version in comparison to the Steam version, which has a few fixes to bugs and other annoyances. Tha game also has no in-game option to remap hotkeys, which is unforgivable in a RTS. The cinematics use a pretty strange style, sometime they look ok, sometimes it looks cheap, to each their own on this one. There is no way to savegame on the Skirmish option, I don't know what were they thinking to be honest. Other than that the campaign is pretty fun, overall it's a pity to be honest and definedly not worth the asking price.
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Posted on: August 17, 2021
DenTroge
Verified ownerGames: 67 Reviews: 1
Great game, bad dlc deal
I really like the game, engaging story, very good voce acting and audio in general. Interesting combat. Multiplayer factions as paid dlc is a bit stingy, but i guess the devs gotta eat too :)
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Posted on: June 25, 2018
BennabusKahn
Verified ownerGames: 346 Reviews: 6
Beautiful and Fun
It's a decent game, well put together and a lot of fun to play, but the campaign is just too easy, and looks like it's going to be awfully short ( I haven't finished it yet). I love having more lore behind the HW games, I really enjoyed the story behind those games and ate up every little bit of lore they gave me, it's cool to get more of it.
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