I bought this game when it first came out, on a whim. I didn't know anything of the series, but needed something new and different to play. As soon as I saw this on GOG, I bought it. This game sucked me in from the start, I was the commander of a vessel, not a military one, just a day-to-day mining vessel. As the story progressed, at certain points I felt real peril. There are only a few games that have made me feel that my choices affected the story... I made some bad ones on this game and had to restart levels. This game can be challenging at points, but highly enjoyable, I definitely recommend it. As for the change to "Emergence" this was out long before blizzard released WoW(which I also play), so there shouldn't have been any need to change it from "Cataclysm" and the "Homeworld" defines which series its from... but Blizzard are money grabbers at the best of times. Once again, I highly recommend it... As you can probably tell I don't write reviews, but I felt I had to say something about this game. I have nothing but good memories and can't wait to finish this game again.