Homeworld 3 Full Gameplay Movie

Cutscenes and Ending 2k 60fps. It's a bit different than previous titles. This one plays more like Starcraft 2 with pretty chaotic unit management. I had to teach myself camera movement to avoid the obsolete sensor array which hasn't improved since the original HW. However, scenario design is superb with new additions of overpowered turrets.
Really hope they will turn the next co-op mode into global events like in Helldivers 2, instead of fighting meaningless waves.
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[@hexPixelStarships]

Due to the weight of the situation, the fleet command's communications should always be calm, clear and consise. Even in those "emotional" moments, HW1 and 2 provided good examples: "Khark is consumed by a firestorm. All orbital facilities destroyed. Receiving no communications from anywhere in the system." "The Bentusi is collapsing their quantum wave field to consume the Keepers in its blast. They will not survive. Hyperspace initiated." Those calm dialogs creates even more shocking to the audiences' mind. While in HW3: "You foolish girl. You VICOUS GIRL! YOU RUINED EVERYTHING!!!" They made the story from a space saga straight into a Hollywood B movie. For someone who can lead a faction, posessing the power to destroy the entire galaxy, their leader shouldn't look like that.

[@debbiebernhardt5406]

There was an original quote that took the lessons learned from Karack battle to hyperspace core, and the beast incident. "Sunrise on Karak" protocol was initiated as both refrence and to state that they could return to higgara destroyed because of their actions due to what originally happened in hw1. The changes were from modules and the addition of reusing designs from hw1 and hw2.

[@tkopp10976]

You are so right. One of HW distinct features was that you never saw people, except for very few silhouettes. You saw the fleet, and listened to the comms. Cataclysm had phenomenal voice acting and transmitted their feelings without ever showing a single face. "At least the Beast doesn't pretend to be righteous!" was made even better when the cutscene just showed the ships in space, and you didn't know if the cutscene would end and you'd have to fight the Bentusi again. I never liked the story and the absurd focus about hyperspace cores they started in HW2, it contradicted the world building HW1 and Cataclysm set up. This just keeps going down the drain. After such a long wait, a disappointment.

[@ettan5812]

Game looks like any other crap media today with girlpower full of emotions. Sigh. Reminds me of Star Trek Discovery lol.

[@hexPixelStarships]

​@@ettan5812 Karen in HW1 and HW2 is the real girlpower. That crazy bt1ch "queen" in HW3? Nah HW3 is like the StarWars sequel. It's more beautiful than the original, but somehow lost the soul

[@TheKnightOfSmite]

"Haha, know that this ship and its crew will back you up, fleet command!" said Intel with gritted teeth after being led around like a puppy for the last 3 hours and stranded in the middle of literal deep space nowhere surrounded by suspect ships that could turn on them at any second

[@stephenrider6107]

yeah, I see some future DLC conflict there.

[@osta.t.8905]

We really let Gearbox tank a prestigious legacy over 20 years.... for this. We can't settle for this one guys.

[@silent0089]

Feels this budget focused on visuals than anything

[@SkyHandOneTen]

Poorly filmed visuals.

[@taylorminton1056]

@@SkyHandOneTen Some of these animations look older than last gen console in regards to the rigging and movement. Facial animation is just awful. They should have matched the original sketch style art. The voice acting isn't bad...even if the story is.

[@gutenacht9431]

Thanks for saving me a lot of time, I'd have been so frustrated had I bought the game. The first 5 or so cutscenes solidified my doubts about the story. I wanted "The Expanse", and got "Star Wars" instead.

[@Amoth_oth_ras_shash]

aye , since the original game state the core was just a replica all the 'chosen one of many aint new' just kills the ambiance , contrived 'ancient' stuff is not cool its just 'get on with it'' :/ personally i'd would just have spun the story of the original game and combined it with the 'beast' aka 'flood foe entity/swarm' expansion why the trans galaxy network was offline and the trans galacitc travle ship was in pieces aka , supposed to go establish new gate to new galaxy but bad luck encountered a 'beast' spore in deep space thought it hade it under control started set up a gate to dial to the nearest hub and say they beaten the beast to a new galaxy but where in a dire state only for the beast/flood to surge up exposing its intent to leet them call home and give it a backdoor to a tactical asset thus forcing the giant ark/dreadnought ship to self destruct and leave the gate un-activated so any forced activation at least have the hub military forces not get blind sided by subverted id codes and the infested progenitor ship itself in the 'beast expansion' being a 'life boat' the creature infested that where jeted at deep space and drifted in it would allow to keep all the hard 'fact' details of the first game and the expansion ,and the 'big' one of hw2 even making the strangely eager to accept orders from strangers dormant progenitor hardware the 'bad guys' used in it partly excused for it due to being locked in basic ''purge'' mode after command network self destroying while still allowing for hw3 to have something to fight , such as take the start of it but instead of any 'oh no current bad guys' its the day of first probe sent through the trans galatic gate recording savage battle on the other side with multiple super structure wreckage of progenitor design and disturbing massive amounts of half dead infestation things constantly eating chunks of disabled progenitor hardware or itself to reform into new combat forms ergho , cue player being rushed to deploy with armed forces to aid progenitor forces be it A.I controlled or actual progenitor command on site as a 'sign of good intentions' while the home galaxy more or lees is put into rapid production to establish more mothership supported fleets and scour all its edges to ensure no 'beast' remnants or worse.. new silent 'seeding' spore from another galaxy started eating its edges while sending all spare ships to reinforce the player or fortify the gate entrance further as the savage battle to deny the 'beast' access to the hubs other locked down gates and the potential multiple galaxies worth of resources in them story still leet the player have a 'impact' and crap but it avoid the obnoxious 'chosen ones' and fix the massive plothole the idiots created when they started the whole 'special cores' crap :(

[@Hellfox777]

And that is a bad thing. How?

[@Amoth_oth_ras_shash]

@@Hellfox777 because the strength of the first game was its scale and that it lacked the 'scifi opera railroad' syndrome , now its buried under those things , not to mention the giant plothole the story become as they keep harping the 'chosen one of many aint new'' crap over and over agen despite how the first game almost was a showcase of how to tell a story without that

[@gutenacht9431]

@@Hellfox777 because i dont like Star Wars. It's fantasy wearing a SciFi jacket. I wanted actual SciFi. Like HW1 or deserts.

[@haydennoble9253]

@@Amoth_oth_ras_shashHalo is that you?

[@stevens9625]

Such ham-fisted story. Religious zealotry was done in HW2 and in Deserts of Kharak and now we are again faced with a sat morning cartoon villain with dreams of godhood based on the three space-magic macguffins.

[@safety_doggo2]

Yeah, they're missing out on what made the original so great. No protagonist, no first person cutscenes, Homeworld 1 and Cataclysm was the peak. At least the visuals and sound design is nice.

[@spaceengineeringempire4086]

Wasn’t that’s the point of all the major villains on the original game and HW2. In the OG HW your world gets glasses by an emperor who thinks they can controls life and death. (Like a god) who can with a single word destroy worlds. In HW2 we are faced with another one who think getting an all 3 Hyper Drive Cores of the ancients they can unlock a godly super weapon. Ie the dreadnaught. And in this it happens again. A new foe who thinks that because they hold an important site and old knowledge they can act like a god.

[@rawrmcsaurs6052]

​@@spaceengineeringempire4086 1 actually was the taidan upholding a treaty that prevented the kushans from space travel. There was no god, it was simply business

[@taiidaniblues7792]

The 3 cores were always macguffins. They just dragged amazing stories behind them in HW1 and 2. For me, in the earlier HWs, I always felt like just another crew member experiencing this huge tragedy and genocide. That is what made it feel so grand and personal at the same time.

[@rawrmcsaurs6052]

@@taiidaniblues7792 yeah i get that they are mucmuffins, but in HW3 then suddenly were able to make clones of the cores even though you dont need the cores to hyperspace, so why even bring that up? yeah HW1 and 2 was able to subtly clue us on the emotions of the cast while shit happens. there is no need for "omg im so sad" or "i cant take the stress of killing my crew", it just makes imogen sound incompetent

[@shift8769]

Thank you for creating this video, good editing job! Had enough gameplay to make it interesting and not too much to make it boring. I enjoyed watching it and thanks for adding the end credits kudos to you :)

[@Servellion]

Tiama'a or whatever her name is is a damn let down after Makaan and his Vaygr, the Taiidan, and of course, The Beast!

[@alankulwicki0_0]

yeah, the Beast was something terrifying, it felt like "The Thing" in space opera setting and this 'queen' is a joke compared to previous enemies

[@protato911]

even the Gaalsien is way better written, hell the Kaarneph is better written despite barely anything is written about the at all.

[@Servellion]

@@protato911 Sometimes less is more

[@taylorminton1056]

@@protato911 Yeah, I actually kind of liked the Gaalsien. A "cult" of people who had turned into religious zealots as their method to preserve the true history of their people and the ultimate, dire warning that they could NOT as a people, leave the planet ever. At risk of bringing down exterminating fires down...you know, like exactly what happened. Twisted sure, but I thought it was a good twist linking back to the story the Bentusi told us in HW1. This mess? Unrecognizable IMO as a homeworld story...just a story with homeworld words and names.

[@neroatlas9121]

The fucking turanic raiders wouldve been a better villain. Actually, are they even in this?

[@HaHaBIah]

Imogen and Tiama playing games with each other across the universe by sacrificing countless lives. Just for that ending

[@tuurderom2017]

Killing the enemy leader and stopping the destruction of the hyperspace network? How is that not a good ending

[@tenou213]

@@tuurderom2017 the sympathy they seemed to present for the interplanetary genocider was extremely unsettling.

[@ryanf4106]

"people were mean to me so now I'm going to take over the galaxy" that's it. that's the story.

[@Joel280zt]

Its like watching Mr Bean paint a room.

[@danielmulhern5959]

Did Disney produce this game?

[@GrasshopperKelly]

My i7-5500U finally cooked itself in January (after someone damaged a lot of stuff in my apartment). The replacement i7-6500U board was meant to come with a GT940M (I know that's old and "weak" but better than integrated). The "New old stock" board was refurbished and a scam... no GPU. The second board was sent to the wrong address, I recieved the other customer's chromebook board. The last board available on the internet is finally on the way, but still not here 5 months later. I was excited and mentally ready to play this 3 days ago... This was what I needed to just relax mid exams, enjoy some nostalgia and the story. Long winded way of expressing why I appreciate the lads making full playthroughs within hours of a release.

[@Valdore1000]

Mate, sounds like ghetto gaming story from the mid 2010's haha

[@salamander4668]

Too bad the story of homeworld 3 is such a fucking shitshow

[@chrishamilton7516]

How it could have been made IMMEDIATELY better. Scrap the Incarnate Queen entirely (not losing much) and replace her with a Karen corrupted by the United Hyper Cores. Tadaa. Just like that I have better sense than an entire writing board. (Not much of an accomplishment)

[@riesstiu2khunning]

I'd say an ancient, genocidal AI, could've taken her place without any issue as well (despite its prevalence in media lately). Something left by a non-human biological intelligence, long before the Progenitors entered this galaxy, but also something lacking its own hyperspace technology. Establishing the Gate Network allowed it to move about, explaining why the Progenitors have shut down the Gates, and left the galaxy altogether, after scattering all the Network keys across it. Or we could've gotten a faction related to HW2 Planet Killers, and solve their mystery. Maybe the T-Mat that was planned so long ago, instead of wasting the faction's name on such an antagonist now.

[@RoadWarden]

So nice to see base runners still in use. They truly are work horses of the series lol.

[@crash6674]

They should have been a rts mmo called shipbreakers, completely unrelated to homeworld

[@beetlekight4501]

I understand the point of view from people who are hating on this game because it's way different from 1 in 2 but personally, I think 3 is really good. As I see, it wasn't as heavy. Hitting as 1 or 2 I still really enjoyed it or watching it at least.

[@KnowNoLimit001]

Man bring back Karen Sj'et's voice... or the monotone she has.. this new fleet command is no beno, too much emotion.

[@rawrmcsaurs6052]

I dont think she was monotone? but rather then she was able to convey emotion without weakness, unlike the new characters here

[@alternative915]

@@rawrmcsaurs6052 Yeah and she's fleet command of all people, -im surprised the fleet moral hasnt drop to zero-

[@armorclasshero2103]

Jesus Christ you have a terrible memory

[@Kasirkin29]

Its a good thing that the Higarians didnt have access to a Progenitor Dreadnaught or Sajuuk to deal with the these new enemies. hmmmm

[@goen5601]

It just Bad, the event from HW2 to HW3 is like 20-30 Years apart or more. And the technology is almost the same as HW2. With no progress at all but they can build HyperSpace core now.

[@tuurderom2017]

@@goen5601that’s what the r&d of a galactic empire can do. They have basically unlimited resources and some of the smartest scientists to do it.

[@scipher99]

Lord Farquad played the role of Imogen well, but the story was lacking.

[@tboyz1]

Wow Awesome! Thanks for uploading this excellent game play 👍💯

[@darthbane3937]

The beginning was fine. It was when the queen was introduced that it started to go down, I thought the queen would be Karen since she had united the cores and it was established in Homeworld 2 that possessing the cores can cause you to mad with power. It happened to us and in HW2 and Karen had all 3.

[@salamander4668]

I don't think even begining was good. In previous games we haven't been shown any people in cutscenes, everything was on the shoulders of great voice actors. It should have stayed that way.

[@Servellion]

And they never explained whatever happened to Sajuuk. You know, the monster of a Progenitor warship that decimated Makaan's hail mary destruction of Hiigera from the grave. Yeah. No explaination as what happened to that.

[@riesstiu2khunning]

The beginning was just as ludicrous. The background: A spacial anomaly or unknown enemy emerges, causing trade ships to disappear around certain Gates. What does Hiigaran Command do? They send the national hero Karan S'jet (with 200 years of experience as Fleet Command) in a brand new class of Mothership and an ESCORT FLEET to investigate. Looking good so far. The Hiigarans are a galactic superpower and the only polity with access to Long Jumps. Fair enough to imagine the rest of the galaxy expects them to act in a time of crisis. Except... they put all three friggin Hyperspace Cores in Khar-Sajuuk. All the eggs in one basket, despite the Three was needed together only to activate the Eye for the first time (since other vessels are using the Gates on their own now). Next -- apparently -- they did nothing. They didn't mobilize their entire sand-cursed navy to search for the Cores (to hell with the ships and staff) -- the very devices Hiigara's influence depended on. Well, this actually makes sense, since they no longer had ANY Cores. The entire galaxy was left with Short Jumps (just a few light years of range). And you can't search the Outer Rim on Short Jumps, because stars can be too far apart for them! Hence why the Outer Rim Trade Routes were established by the Bentusi AFTER they found the First Core. 20 years later, Imogen Sue designs three synthetic cores. What does Hiigaran Command do? They put all the three cores in one basket again... And send them into the anomaly, with Imogen Sue as Fleet Command (0 experience this time). IN THE SAME Mothership class. Oh, but there's a difference! Khar-Kushan has no escort fleet this time... Only a handful of fighters. Martyrs of Kharak, the brains on those dozen writers! Someone might think Long Jumps could be helpful in evacuating the systems affected by the anomaly. Heck, Homeworld defense strategy should incorporate their use. But nah. That's just the bare beginning, excluding the idiotic fact a Hiigaran Navy station, holding vital production module for the Mothership had no defensive garrison to even fend off some pirate fighters. So tell me, how is this "fine"?

[@darthbane3937]

@@riesstiu2khunning Probably not the smartest thing. Command probably thought about ending the threat rather than evacuating everybody though you wouldn't need all 3 cores. Karen did fine during most of HW2 with one core so others could have been given to military vessels or a smaller version of a mother ship created.

[@TheElMuffin]

HW1 was about Hiigarans reclaiming their place in the stars. HW2 was about defending their victory from the Taidans regrouped under a religious fanatic. HW3 should have been about the final resolution and why it all happened in the first place, and the opponent should have been truly staggering, like a rogue AI or Progenitors coming back to "restore order" and absolutely destroying all Hiigarans have built with ease but Hiigarans coming back like "no, we've earned this peace with blood"

[@taerkasten5090]

It's me or they leave the door open for campaign dlc, in some of the cutscenes they mention about the taiiidan vassal state, that's means than the taiidan imperialist it's still there, would be good idea than since khar kushan fleet is unable to return, hiigara is being attacked by a renovated taiidan empire than have an opportunity to attack an enemy without a major defenses, and if we take in count what happen with hwm, vaygr still there just without a leader (Son of makaan lives so he can take the command of the far reaches warriors), Incarnate units works like a hive mind, they with do again with a new leader. since hiigarans as lost their advantage than offered the progenitors drives and no major race have a far jumper anymore, there chances than if the devs and a good will add an renovated taiidan and vaygr would be a good addition for the game. everything it's possible if the devs want it.

[@OnlyEatingMeat]

There is a video where one guy is ranting about “do not buy homeworld 3”. He mentioned there was going to be no campaign dlcs for reasons I can’t readily recall. Search his video and watch it and maybe that will help you.

[@Mazhura_13B]

Just the fact that we ended up stranded in the Nimbus galaxy alone opens up the door to many possibilities. I feel like this story was made just to give us an excuse to go to the nimbus galaxy to find Karan then go from there. There's still multiple empires from Homeworld mobile they can bring in

[@TurboBMRProjectLove]

Command got that GYATTTTTTTT. Devs were deff men of culture

[@entropybear5847]

Thank you for saving me having to buy this enshitified dross myself.

[@armorclasshero2103]

"Vertical orientation" when there is no down in space makes zero sense

[@alternative915]

the weaponized hyperspace felt like the answer to the plot holes from Deserts of Kharak where random ships just hyperspace into Kharak underground. edit: then again im just speculating

[@rawrmcsaurs6052]

i think the DoK explaination of the "hyperspace core causing a anomaly" is sufficient enough for it to not be a plothole

[@toastergaming7783]

​@@rawrmcsaurs6052 that's a poor explanation too. It felt like the easiest answer the writers could come up with: it's all because of ✨Space Magic✨

[@rawrmcsaurs6052]

@@toastergaming7783 yeah the HW3 hyper space magic is insanely "pulled out of ass"-ish, especially when there was no history of moving objects being hyperspaced

[@niyonmor786]

Not at all if you remember those ships got teleported inside of the planet and didn't add any momentum of any kind remember hyperspace does not impart any momentum into real space and does this idea of weaponizing hyperspace as a sort of projectile attack is nonsense

[@niyonmor786]

The only theoretically unique ways and weaponize hyperspace is by turning off the gravitational Fail-Safe sensor to allow you to get past gravitational well generators

[@arifuddinburhanuddin554]

what is the background music at the start of the video?

[@nomadinsider5935]

Adagio for Strings - Platoon. This is not in current HW3 OST but can be found in prior HW OSTs.

[@Dragooncore]

Damn, I speak for myself, but I didn't enjoy the story. It lacked the grandeur and mystic of HWII that I grew to love, having played the campaign a few times over. And, it seemed like there were fewer ships also, but it was hard to tell cause we weren't able to get a close look at them. They didn't seem interesting. Ah, well. I was waiting to buy this on GoG and not Steam cause of the Kernel level anti cheat that's in it. Might not buy it all-together now. Thank you for the upload, sir.

[@Jeff55369]

imo, it started out strong, but took a weird mystical turn. The sidelining of Karen for this new character is a bit of an odd choice as well. Almost feels like a self insert, which takes away from the story.

[@goen5601]

It just got woke tainted all over. Start from Galactic crisis and end up as a rejected woman being lonely? This is not Home World.

[@davfree9732]

Is it me or is the voice acting poorer than the previous HW's. HW3's use of 3D character models seems to have resulted in the scripts and VA's phoning in a performance. Even Deserts of Kharak had that oil paint filter that messed up the visuals enough that when you do see a character model, they are not emoting but rather focused on their work. ... And now when I see this new S'Jet I cannot unsee the horse face they modelled for what I presume to be a women... Grud I hope the new S'Jet isn't based on someone who allowed their likeness to be used and then had her avatar altered to avoid having to pay her residuals.

[@tuurderom2017]

@@goen5601how is any of that woke, also they don’t want us to feel sympathy for her in the end or they would have made her cry

[@armorclasshero2103]

​@@davfree9732 incel garbage detected

[@LemonGingerHoney]

Oh my god, they are slapping that Adagio for Strings.

[@Lavthefox]

Sands and sinners has to be the worst frustrated catchphrase ever made for a video game LOL

[@UpcycleShoesKai]

1:39:30 oly Kaow! That's some bad CGI, not scaryyyyy. Would of been more scary as a faceless Ai. Just seeing her as human...and DEI. eughhhh

[@Arcgateway]

Such a beautiful game, and to spoil all this work with a tone deaf sketchy cutscenes, what a shame.

[@chrishamilton7516]

Wow! This sucks!

[@kiaser21]

How you don't follow up HW1 & HW2 with either the Progenitors or the Progenitors enemies invading the Higaran empire is beyond me.

[@moltencarnage]

Wow. So glad I didn't fall for the hype. So much to criticize for obvious reasons, all of it would be censored by KZbin of course. These game developers still haven't learned that they really should listen to their customer base. Checking their boxes seems more important than providing a product people would actually want it seams.

[@armorclasshero2103]

Because their real customers are investors, not us.

[@salamander4668]

​@@armorclasshero2103exactly. Gotta get dem blackrock investment bux.

[@osmanpasha96]

Too much dialog is dropped in this video, even the climax. There are more complete videos.

[@rawrmcsaurs6052]

honestly i dont think more dialogue would make this game any better, in fact its the dialogue that people criticise the most about

[@osmanpasha96]

@@rawrmcsaurs6052 well, the plot is weak, I agree

[@rawrmcsaurs6052]

@@osmanpasha96 yeah they lost the plot

[@moistmike4150]

Ya'd think that with such amazing graphics, they could've picked a better lookin' chicck to be the main character.

[@crash6674]

Uggo was 100% intentional, prob designed by sweet baby committee

[@Skipper20009]

Arrrggg "REPEAT" .... MY EARS VERY ARE BLEEDING!! Clearly, no consultant from military comms had their say

[@taerkasten5090]

¿So the game has been star craftized? depend of the context it's bad or not, i'll mean ill played the first, cataclysm and homeworld 2, and the units dont dies as fast, am guess than times changes and the devs also changed certain aspects to appeal an wider audience, the game is not so bad based in reviews, but in the seek to appeal an wider audience the game as lost some of his magic comparing with their predecessors. mixed thoughts, i'll bought it once released for the fact than having it, and also ill have hope than the devs dont abandon it and they should and must patch it for get more closer to the original games or at least get more closer of feeling of the originals.

[@GrasshopperKelly]

The devs promised over 12 months of content and DLC's they've promising more than that a few weeks ago due to good sales, based on pre-orders alone. So, there's good chance it'll be under further developement for a couple of years.

[@goen5601]

@@GrasshopperKelly You need season pass for those content.

[@Shofoxy]

Its fairer to say its been Mobilised. It feels like a mobile game, but the official homeworld mobile game is better.

[@niyonmor786]

What are you talking about reviews for the game have been getting worse and worse every day it started at 65% when it first released and now it's at 42% it was at 45% yesterday

[@armorclasshero2103]

​@@niyonmor786sales matter, ratings don't

[@SkyHandOneTen]

My question is why would the studio use wide angle lens to film their characters, It produces bad close up perspectives. The hair cards used are way to dampened as if gravity doesn't exist for Imogen. It's like the 3D Artist convinced they're AD that they're first pass was the best pass.

[@alankulwicki0_0]

For a 60$ it is a incredible short game, black and white cutscenes from the original games were somewhat iconic to Homeworld franchise, now with this colourful animations it looks like just another star wars game, huge let down for me. Main antagonist is just a joke.

[@-SashaAlex-]

I honestly hope this will be a success. Hardly see any good sequels these days. Especially of such a great old game.

[@niyonmor786]

Homeworld 3 is an awful sequel to The Homeworld series and we're basically doomed to have more awful sequels if we support this game or to have no Homeworld sequels if we don't😢

[@bingusshlingus1442]

considering how dogshit this game is, I doubt we'll get another. But I hope they course correct.

[@-SashaAlex-]

@@bingusshlingus1442 Yea i saw what they did. And im glad how the reception turned out. They deserve the hate.

[@ardoronro6677]

Why is this game so subdued compared to its previous entries? It really lacks that Homeworld soul.

[@Akideoni]

Guess this is a smaller flagship compared to the prior mothership given its planet launched. That or these Kushan managed to build a quasi moon with atmosphere. Oh hyperspace within planet that’s new.

[@ishiddddd4783]

same size, battlecruisers are just a bit over 1km long, and the motherships dwarf them in comparison

[@tuurderom2017]

Hyperspace within planet is one of the mayor thing from deserts of karak, of course they reuse it

[@Akideoni]

Still they seem to contradict, both HW1 and DOK hyperspace references actually states the danger of doing so… oddly even the game itself nods to it in the mission so it’s likely it is launched off an atmospheric catered for “space station”.

[@williambock1821]

I think they used Cate Blanchet as a model for Imogen ŚJet.

[@Teimur1]

Homeworld 3, a lesbian love story.

[@Fr0st1989]

this is like those cheap chinese knockoffs of high end clothing brands that said i did like that kiith somtaaw with their beast slayer emblem was present in the tutorial mission

[@cetaepsilon]

Thanks for playing. The plot is cringe fest though. Literally a bunch of melodramatic space karens.

[@aelithmackinnon8656]

Clearly, you lack experience with women. Are you... Maidenless?

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

It’s 2024. All SciFi is now about space-Karens.

[@armorclasshero2103]

You clearly don't know what a Karen is

[@dharmasanjaya4398]

I am in awe, how HW3 feels so unHW... no sense of survival (HW1), urgency (HW2) nor emergency to fix your mistake (HW:C). Units and gameplay are uninspiring, only the graphic and sound. HW classic still stand way superior than this abomination called HW3. BBI shouldn't be so dare to put HW3 onto this mess. Great job Rob C, you've killed HW universe.

[@5678sothourn]

Calm down

[@davfree9732]

Naw, he's onto something, and it's clear his passion for HW is allowing his statements to be supported by his interest. ... "Calm down" in this case is asking a fan to not act like a fan... and that's wrong.

[@5678sothourn]

@@davfree9732 He's more blinded by nostalgia and rose tinted glasses on what he thinks homeworld is rather than what homeworld actually is. Raving isn't passion, it's derangement. Speak clearly with problems and providing solutions if they want to be taken seriously

[@dharmasanjaya4398]

Well, i do apologize for this blindness and derangement statement i've made. I've spent half of my life playing three homeworld classic (and by then, even i have a strong opinion against HW2 mechanics), and i expected nothing less than those experience in HW3. Isn't BBI promises that? That an avid fan like me could expect HW1 experience? Pardon me, but in my very opinionated statement: HW3 is not what Homeworld actually is. Thanks @davfree9732 for standing up for me... i appreciate that.

[@5678sothourn]

@@dharmasanjaya4398 that you think your “credentials” of your history of playing the games gives you any more of an educated or valid opinion is deranged.

[@mrmurdock6994]

I have a bad feeling about this and I watched 15 mins

[@catsndogs98]

Baserunners!

[@fr33ko]

No Bentusi? This is a bit of a swerve I was not expecting since they were so integral to the first game. I guess the Bentusi did somewhat ruin things at the end of Homeworld Cataclysm, but at the end of the day I was expecting at least some level of interaction with the Bentusi in this game. All in all, I quite like how the story played out and I thankfully can go back to playing the original Homeworld again.

[@riesstiu2khunning]

They're gone since HW2. Haven't you played it?

[@axelblack1799]

The last of the Bentusi died in Homeworld 2, though in Cataclysm some escaped to another galaxy

[@rawrmcsaurs6052]

@@riesstiu2khunning honestly it seemed like a "oh yeah they are ded now lmao" since there was no clear explanation why they are suddenly extinct

[@riesstiu2khunning]

@@rawrmcsaurs6052 If the original makers didn't sulk over Cataclysm story being so good, to the point of making its canon-dubious, we'd have a clear explanation why there's suddenly less Bentusi in the galaxy.

[@salamander4668]

​@@riesstiu2khunningcataclysm should have been an actual homeworld 2.

[@chaosdragon5160]

Wait, is the queen of the incarnate from dessert of Kharak if so damn! How did she live? The planet burned?

[@aioshan653]

i think she may be far older than that may be a hint that she is from before the higarians first exile and desimation and discrace from the tidan as a reprisal due to higarans being shamed and forced to take it from them before they higarians found the 2nd core and cuased the issues that lead to there exile.

[@taerkasten5090]

@@aioshan653 There's a theory at homeworld reddit than tells than Tiaa'ma (Incarnate queen sounds like Tiamat (Unfinished race in original homeworld) is the antithesis of karan beyond and before exiles time (When older hiigarans build sajuuk wrath and fight against bentusi and their harborship and their defeat was the start of their demise against the taiidan empire, remember than older hiigarans bombardment of taiidan imperial palace of their planet caused the hatred of young riesttu than become emperor, also than she is a (Possible progenitor), is what most of the kiithid feared about karan can become (Ruthless, narcicist egotistical, tyrant) their kind trap her in that hs dimension, so in revenge she simple wanted to see the stars and galaxy burn to the ashes (taking quote of alfred from batman, there persons than simple want to see the world to burn).

[@aioshan653]

@@taerkasten5090 was just preluding to a source of similar but yeas many possible beginings would be nice if they went and fleshed the history out a bit more but it is what it is

[@toastergaming7783]

"Somehow, Tiaa'ma returned"

[@riesstiu2khunning]

@@taerkasten5090 It's a reference to T-Mat. A race they planned for, but couldn't include in prior games. Their ships were supposed to look like starfish, and part of that concept got implemented in the planet killers of HW2. Well, good riddance to the name -- wasted on such a shallow antagonist.

[@Mazhura_13B]

Enjoyed the game. Alot of small things that were like "ok...lol". Mainly with the story cutscenes. I feel like they were trying to show them off a bit especially with the island ones and with the queen. I get what they were going for but it was kinda weird for this game. Also, the queen herself was eh.....but towards the end I felt for her so I give it a pass. Better then HW 2's "My name is Makan, I'm new emperor now. Btw gonna attack higara now" lol. In general, I give the game a 7. If the game was further optimized, an 8. Gameplay def. felt HW but also felt faster paced. OST is good ofc. Story was just weird but not a "shitshow" as many claim. HW 3 was never gonna be as good as HW 1 and cata. Yalls expectations were too high lol

[@Snake.12]

1:32:01 EPIC TRAILER

[@random9q]

That was beautiful, thanks for putting that together. Appreciating the chance to see a good gaming movie while I’m rebuilding my desktop. … [Not sure why all the hostility to what is clearly a coming of age story structure for a young woman scientist in a science fiction setting, but… Oh, wait, yes I am, never mind. 🙃]

[@Jajalaatmaar]

Because the story is ridiculous. It hinges on someone singing a lullaby they from when they were a kid. That's so goddamn stupid.

[@garrettl8247]

3 hours? that's it for how much it is selling for

[@spaceengineeringempire4086]

This is the cinematic cut.

[@garrettl8247]

@@spaceengineeringempire4086 yes but the game is based around its story mostly. The gameplay and story intermingle

[@rawrmcsaurs6052]

@@spaceengineeringempire4086 still feels shorter than the other games tho

[@toastergaming7783]

You just gotta wait for the Snyder Cut with extra 3 hour long Karan S'jet and Bentusi hardcore sex cutscene

[@alankulwicki0_0]

@@spaceengineeringempire4086 a without this cut it makes what? 5? 6 hours? it's a joke

[@xiaowen6876]

I never thought this series would be destroyed to this extent. A truly legendary epic is now worthless by a bad soap opera plot.

[@tuurderom2017]

What’s so bad about the plot?

[@niyonmor786]

​@tuurderom2017 in simple terms it's in no reasonable way connected to the Homeworld series and its own internal logic is inconsistent

[@shauntempley9757]

@@niyonmor786 It is not. It answers such questions, as how the Emperor knew Karan's name, and attacked Karan in hyperspace to Higara in the first game, why the Bentusi were terrified of the Beast in Emergence, and how Karan knew Makaan had a Dreadnought in the 2nd Homeworld. This concept of mental scape is a cool way to show how Navigators are capable of real destruction if they are not trained to handle it all. It is quite cool, actually. Considering Tia Maa, that is a really great hint at Tiamat. The Sumerian dragon goddess that was a real danger in myth.

[@Mazhura_13B]

@@shauntempley9757 Good points. I was kinda confused during the island cutscenes when imogen was communicating via the Hyperspace Dimension. I merely forgot that from the previous games lol. It was portayed in an odd way in this game

[@riesstiu2khunning]

@@shauntempley9757 Except it doesn't answer those questions. The Emperor's attack was physical in nature, blasting the machinery linking Karan to the Mothership. Nothing of such scope was shown in HW3. Karan and Imogen remained unaffected during the final battle. Instead, the queen can stabilize quantum wave fronts to make them act like gates. That's all. Bentusi feared the Beast because they've encountered it before (probably during tests on the First Core in the First Time era), and they knew getting infected would make them "slaves within their own bodies; eternally". In Cataclysm, Bentusi have also described what it means to be Unbound: "The solar winds blow across our skin. Hyperspace sings in our ears. The Universe unfolds around our thoughts.” Neither them nor Fleet Command experiences these things through hyperspace, but as described in the original manual, through the neural interface connecting to ship systems. The ships are their bodies. Karan was said to lose all sensory connection to her own body. Hyperspace is clearly not a medium through which Unbound "see" things. It's the ship sensor arrays that give them new senses. And Tiaa'ma is likely just another easter egg pointing to T-Mat, as Planet Killers were in HW2. Just another loose end in the saga's story. The T-Mat race name was surely inspired by Tiamat, but now nothing remains of its grand concept.

[@davidsirmons]

Interesting they utilize hyperspace as a conveyance for attacks. In the 3rd of my 3 novels written years ago, an outside force does the same thing, growing by orders of magnitude with each attack. Very cool to see at least some kind of visual representation of what that might have looked like.

[@simvlacrvm]

i waited 20 years for a continuation and all i got was just another female power fantasy. thanks for nothing.

[@LonSard]

ну и бредятина унылая, 1 и 2 homeworld был гораздо лучше

[@nothing3065]

То же самое говорили про 2 когда он вышел И про ремастер, который якобы испортил хв1 И про Пустыни Кхарака которые вообще не про космос

[@rawrmcsaurs6052]

@@nothing3065 yeah 2 was kinda a let down when compared to the coherent story of 1, but Kharak was really cool for a top down rts. I really liked Kharak

[@salamander4668]

​@@nothing3065сравни средненькую история второго хом ворлда с этой дриснёй. Даже она намного более вменяемая. Кстати, я не помню визгов про то, как ремастер испортил хв1.

[@szewc0svd]

I instantly hate idea of long free floating hair inside a tank. It's awful, unpractical, potentially dangerous to singular person fleet command.

[@davfree9732]

That would be true if she wasn't floating in a vat of hair gel... Because her hair never moves. Looking at the early gameplay first look trailer they changed the character model as well from clearly feminine to 'not so much'

[@tuurderom2017]

@@davfree9732be happy we got anything, they could have given us another cancer patient

[@tuurderom2017]

@@davfree9732the hair does move around though? Also how does it matter if they made her look les feminine?

[@riesstiu2khunning]

If floating is the problem, what do you say about the connecting sequence in the intro? The cable goes into the head socket THROUGH HAIR. Ludicrous. She should've been assisted in connecting by some medical officers, and enter zero-g after they leave.

[@Jorjgasm]

The story looks like shit but I am happy they made the game modder friendly, because it is truly stunning. I wish this game as much success as possible because it would be awesome if they remastered Deserts of Kharak with full mod support (and some extra SP content).

[@tuurderom2017]

I think that with the mod support the community might be able to craft a proper story within this framework

[@user-st5xd8ih7f]

По этой игре можно неплохой фильм снять.

[@fernandesh.m.5504]

What was that? They really screwed the story. I really like the story of HW1, HWC, and DoK. Heck even the weak HW2 story is more interesting than this. I'll only buy this one on discount.

[@jpcordovae]

and she has to have the haircut of a teenager with emotional issues.

[@brokengamer9675]

Weakest story in the franchise which is really easy to take but this is just shit. Years of us waiting for it, to only end in literally nothing beneficial for the overall story arc. Smh thought I'd get more. At least I have some sick multiplayer that gets boring after the first 12 hours of play time.

[@davfree9732]

Check out the gameplay first look trailer. They've clearly made some adjustments since that time.

[@brokengamer9675]

@@davfree9732 unless they added an extra hours worth of storyline missions, then my comment holds the same power.

[@davfree9732]

@@brokengamer9675 Oh no, I agree with you. To clarify... it seems between what they started to make and what they actually made... designs were altered and imho look worse. Based on the stories and common threads between adapting games to 'The modern audience' it seems the story was a victim of appealing to the stakeholder audience. Many of those designs appear in the credits background and Imogen looks to have taken the brunt of it by having her face slapped with an clothes iron.

[@rohenthar8449]

@@davfree9732 Agree. There are some videos there that are showing "leeks" of entirely different cinematic's and story line, which were scraped afterwards by one person tending to, as you say, shareholders... worldview. Btw; it also looks like that person has self inserted as Imogen.

[@salamander4668]

​@@rohenthar8449it's not just shareholders, it's investment firms like black rock gearbox gonna get more money through increasing their ESG score even if the game fails in the process.

[@MrTony1995]

The cinematics are great, I just want to pinpoint something regarding the very first image. These people are an interplanetary empire, why would they build a ship so incredibly big on the surface? Its would be so freaking energy expensive the lift off, if we not consider that gravity would very likely shred it to pieces.

[@crash6674]

Does Kathleen Kennedy work at BBI? 😂

[@internetomatic]

oh my god this is awful

[@joevanreyb.bacuyag8300]

we need homeworld 4 with this i hope it will not take long like 20years again.

[@spaceengineeringempire4086]

Well then buy the game. With enough money gear box will see to it. Because the exsecutives will see the money and say “THIS IS LIKE PRINTING MONEY MAKE A NEW ONE TAKE YOJR TIME”(hopefully)

[@riesstiu2khunning]

If 4 is made like this, they may as well shelf it or sell the rights to someone else. I play the series for the story, not multiplayer. To me, this was a piss on the saga's legacy.

[@jorgemorando380]

No Thank you.

[@markusv.3519]

Home World beautiful Story and Beautiful Game. Thank you.

[@niyonmor786]

This game is Homeworld in name only, It's continuity is completely separated from the Homeworld series

[@taylorminton1056]

"What would Karan S'jet be if Kharak had not burned?" She would still be Fleet Command...what the hell is this story? Did none of the writers and devs play the original games? I mean seriously....what the hell did they do to the Homeworld story? This can't be canon IMO. This is C-tier Netflix garbage for a story.

[@billparker244]

White guys are conspicuously absent from this entire game lol

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

What a surprise 😆😂🤣

[@armorclasshero2103]

Always have been, dedass

[@salamander4668]

​@@armorclasshero2103no shit, but thats because there was no people shown in the previous games, except for one person. Two, if we include desert of Karak. Tbh, things should have stayed that way. But now they are showing actual people, yet there is no white males anywhere. Reason? Gearbox wants some sweet blackrock investment money, so no white males allowed to be seen. This is also why the story is so horrible.

[@berserkerpride]

Was better when you couldn't see the people at all. It made it more personal to the player.

[@armorclasshero2103]

@@berserkerpride there have always been depictions of people in homeworld

[@DarrenMalin]

no male PC , only female ?

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

Males are not allowed in 2024.

[@armorclasshero2103]

Always been female

[@danielefabbro822]

A real masterpiece. Maybe not complex or dramatic as the past ones, but definitely impressive. I regret the fact that there are yet no explanations about the Progenitors whatshoever and this makes this game basically a sort of "Homeworld 2 bis" but... it's not bad.

[@salamander4668]

Not bad? Are you out of your mind? How is it not bad?! From the story to gameplay - everything is just horrible.

[@danielefabbro822]

@@salamander4668 to me, just the story is lacking. Gameplay could be better but it's fine. I remember that both Homeworld 1 and Cataclysm had the same gameplay. So it changes nothing to me. But the story in these games are all, so if the 3 precedent games had a vote of 10/10, this one last chapter vote drops to a 8/7 out of 10.

[@Amoth_oth_ras_shash]

ffs , not the core crap agen sorry ,but anyone that wants to know why that crap is just a giant 'chosen one of many aint new' ..cheek out a detail in the original game , yep the core was not any 'hero sword' and the first mothership used a REPLICA they not yet fully understood thus why the 'empire' could pull them out of warp travle etc for an ambush once in the campaign scenarios

[@Amoth_oth_ras_shash]

not to mention if this campaign scales of assets etc is to judge by.. the current gen of games sunk down from ''command fleets'' to ''here is your strike squad ,no carry on with the cookie cutter silver plate delivered railroad tasks and feel special'' :/ so ..skirmish being as fun as hw1 ? unlikely

[@silent0089]

the story feels weak but the game and its mechanic is really good almost feels like Borderlands 3

[@jessicamayola8423]

qweroja qrtulombnxdvtAvfibDQoP

[@ARGHouse504]

Cinematics are amazing and the storyline is pretty good, if not a bit vague at times in regards to the world-building, I chalk it down to the campaign format. I liked the setting of Homeworld 2 but the story was a bit mid, this is much better, the characters have presence and background like in DoK. It's funny to think that if Karan had any more presence in the other 2 games, that some players would have had a fit of rage because apparently it's too much to have a woman, let alone a handful of them have personality and emotion in a story.

[@bingusshlingus1442]

No, it's because this new nav and honestly this whole story feels too generic. It basically looked at all the ominous mystical elements of the previous games, and tossed it aside. Plus, homeworld has NEVER been a very character driven story. "characters" are usually stand ins for their whole species. It evelates the story tenfold because when someone like the kith somtaaw captain, or the beast, or the vaygr, or the garden of Kadesh speak, they represent their whole species, their culture, their entire existence. You can infure so much just from how two ships interactiing. In this, there's none of that. The incarnate are just mindless, pointless thralls. There's nothing else out in the unknown region. It's just a slap feast featuring Mr.Military and the floating giantess stand in as they fight lady space hitler. It's so drab.

[@AB-ln2py]

What bullshit is this ? First time in Milenia another navigator appeared ? Da fuq ? And Bentusi were what ? Flies ? Karen didnt exist ? Who wrote this garbage story -_- An intern ?

[@goen5601]

Dunno, but this shit smell a bit woke.

[@tuurderom2017]

They might not have been able to feel eachother before the opening of the network, also they literally say karan is the first one but that she was to stubborn.

[@tuurderom2017]

@@goen5601how is this woke?

[@AB-ln2py]

​@@tuurderom2017 Any possible number of explanation can always be given, and still they would be better than this fanfic level of writing. Poorly written fanfic -_- Too bad we werent given the sory before DIE corrupted all

[@riesstiu2khunning]

​@@tuurderom2017 Special Thanks to "Diversity in Games" and their poor, poor lonely and misunderstood female of color villain, who did nothing wrong by slaughtering billions and mind-controlling her people. Karan S'jet taking her hand is a slap to the face. How do you even explain Tia-whatever allowed it at the end? Writers too afraid to show women can be evil too. There's a monster in every one of us, but that's not their narrative. The cherry on top was the cutscene after finding Karan, however. Isaac Paktu, the Fleet Intelligence officer saying "I assume you two geniouses have a plan." Geez. Not that it's your job, man. Those are supposed to be neuroscientists, not military strategists. Their purpose on the Motherships has always been to maintain control over its systems. But girls can do anything, and men just have to listen, right?

[@salamander4668]

I understand, that you are just some dude that posted this on youtube and has nothing to do with the development of this game, but I'm still gonna dislike this video because of how offensively bad this story is compared to homeworld, cataclysm, or even homeworld 2.

[@goen5601]

The story line is weak as fuck!! The hell!? The openning is so strong but then just derail sideway and end up as friendship story? What the fuck?

[@tuurderom2017]

I think that this would have worked if they actually put in some effort, the whole we have to convince her is logical if you think of the power she holds

[@auramdickerson112]

Used to make maps or alter existing ones in HW 1 and 1.5 on C++. I had open Homeworld back in the nineties and early 2000's. Time to get rid of the f'minism and fefail leadership, men are no longer interested in Boss f3minists leadership. Men now find f3male leaders absolutely revolting, especially in games. Was fine back in 99 and 2000 but not anymore. 😊 Should have gone with a strong male lead. A man to protect his family, the way it always has been. Males buy and play these games. Females nag us and tell us they could never understand something like HW. The makers don't understand their audience. It is males, our offspring remember us playing. Our sons want to play their long lost father that mom ran off. Figure it out already.😊

[@armorclasshero2103]

If you're too weak and fragile to handle women in power then go live under a rock, incel

[@armorclasshero2103]

If you're too weak and fragile to deal with powerful women, feel free to f-off

[@NeoCortex-xd3qo]

I heard that this game is a shit. Is that true...?

[@XerrolAvengerII]

stunning visuals ✅ fun gameplay ✅ average story ✅ convoluted controls ✅ everything I expected from a homeworld game

[@salamander4668]

Except gameplay isn't fun at all. It's just a "make a giant death ball" tier. As for the story - first homeworld and cataclysm had great story. Deserts of karak also had a good one. Only homeworld 2 had an "average story". As for this - it's not average, it's just horrible.

[@moistmike4150]

Girl Power is so friggin' 2010. Fyykin' W0KE TRIPE. Glad I didn't waste my money.

[@bingusshlingus1442]

Girl power? My friend this isn't girl power. It's laziness. They're basically trying to gradialized the concept of a "navigator" to the status of something like a jedi or super saiyan. The story's writing is less "woke" (whatever that even means) and more shobby. Hell, there's barely anything actually *new* in this game compared to even HW2 or DOK. Just a fault of having 14 writers and working for the grease man randy pitchford.

[@Laenthal]

Girly emotion BS. Such personalities has no place in commanding lives.

[@tuurderom2017]

This is barely emotional, most of this is logic or pure confusion at what is happening

[@armorclasshero2103]

Tell us more about your emotional fragility

[@salamander4668]

​@@tuurderom2017sure, buddy. Compare this piece of soap opera to literally any previous hw game.

[@muldie101]

Why did they hire Disney to write and animate the story? Guess the series ended with Desserts of Kharak 😢

[@aelithmackinnon8656]

So much complaining in the comments. It's so nice to have a peaceful ending at last, and a resolution to the story of the cores. Insanity from being left alone too long is very much a thing, as is the truth that absolute power corrupts absolutely. What seems to me to me the biggest complaints though, are the lack of white men for the basement dwellers to identify with. The Hiigarans escaped a desert world, they'll mostly be darker skinned. Karen S'jet was the first Fleet Command, a woman. A role where empathy and exploration would needed to guide the lost Hiigarans... Home. Imogen is the same. She makes the connections to find the solution to save her people. As for pacing, the pressure is always there, even if it isn't always, in your face. The decimation of the entire galaxy is at stake. Religious zealotry? Ah yes. Thats been in every game, underpinning each villain. Taidaani Emperor. The Beast. Sajuuk. A mad progenitor... All in line with what we expect. You lot need to relax and just enjoy the game. 🤭

[@rawrmcsaurs6052]

they also turned my boi sajuuk into a pancake, its so dumb

[@salamander4668]

>just le enjoy le game My xister, do you enjoy eating shit, by any chance?

[@Mazhura_13B]

For real. These reviews and opinions make no fucking sense at times lol. What I got from this is yes the queen is a threat but we are also trying to explore the nimbus galaxy so of course the story is gonna have a different vibe then going back to Hiigara, or fighting the beast, or living through the events of DOK before building the first mothership. The first game blew everyones minds back then so thats why we always compare it to other hw games but over the years games have out with great stories as well so now HW has more competition and even more comparisons. In general, this game does feel HW, although slightly faster paced. Ending I did not expect but approve. Story to me was "good enough" to keep the story moving while I enjoyed "ships shooting each other in space" 7/10 for me

[@rawrmcsaurs6052]

@@Mazhura_13B "the queen is a threat" makes no sense considering "hyperspace is being weaponised" doesnt make sense. The old games were great because it was a story about survival of a race, and failure meant extinction. HW3 not only made hyperspace a joke, but also introduced probably the weakest villian in history with the protagonist almost being a crying sobbing mess because "my people die". That is no way to be a "fleet command". Otherwise there are also older and less known 3d space rts that play better than HW3.

[@Hellfox777]

Most of you need to touch grass. Seriously.

[@crash6674]

Touching to much grass and not paying attention to established facts is why this sucks ass in the first place

[@JordenLeonard]

Meh. Looks like another DEI storyline made with low interest ESG loans. Pass.

[@homeworld2evolution]

Unfortunately, the Homeworld franchise has deteriorated. If you do not take into account the graphics, then there is not a fraction of progress in it, there is only a terrible regression, with a sea of ​​nonsense. Now, in Homeworld space there are dunes and winds blow and every asteroid or piece of debris is motionless, and the mothership can take off from the surface of the planet on maneuvering engines, while the characters have turned into propaganda with black commanders and super strong women, it all looks stupid and not serious in the eyes of a normal person. The worst thing is that Homeworld now has no respect for its old fans who still played the first game in the 2000s, since the game has lost its original style of storytelling (no stylized black and white cutscenes). Absolutely everything in the game, its plot, characters, gameplay, game mechanics, ballistics, physics, AI - it all looks terribly primitive. All ideas, events or designs are copied from previous games and, as a result, implemented much worse than the originals. Some parts of the gameplay, such as the lack of subsystems on ships or the lack of hyperspace/inhibitors in multiplayer, are a real shame. Unfortunately, this kind of content looks like a piece of cr*p for dumb teenagers. My conclusion is that Homeworld3 is made significantly worse than any previous game in the Homeworld series. After 21 years of inactivity (when HW2 came out) this looks like an epic failure. This game shouldn't be called "Homeworld 3" - it's "Deserts Of Kharak V 2.0" because it looks just as flat and undeveloped.

[@Mish844]

if you believe that the essence of Homeworld is in color pallete and no black men, then frankly you are nowhere near being a Homeworld fan

[@homeworld2evolution]

@@Mish844 This is 1% of the rest of the crap I see. I'm getting tired of writing essays, here on KZbin. You will never understand what I said unless you played Classic Homeworld, Classic Homeworld2 and Homeworld Catalysm in 2000s

[@Mish844]

@@homeworld2evolution I sure hope it;' 1%, cuse there is plenty to hate here. For all the technological advancement, it looks awfully static, the older games sold the horrors of space much better and the story was more focuesd on Higaran ppl and their place in galaxy, which is much less generic than your typical doomsday with a cast of individual heroes. Yes, I played the classic homeworld, that's why this emphasis on black ppl and strong women and color pallete was so jarring. There was smth mysterious about journey through unknown galaxy to reclaim home, or even the conflict of 2. The horror of cataclysm was outstanding, considering it isn't technically a horror game. And 3 appears to have none of those qualities, instead giving us the most bland idea of RTS

[@homeworld2evolution]

​@@Mish844 Well if you played all the old games in the 2000s then you shouldn't like what happens in HW3. If we talk about the plot and its storytelling - it seems repetitive, stupid and out of place for the franchise. But I'm not criticizing just the campaign, I'm talking about the whole game. This game is technically poorly made, stupid, buggy, and has no tactical depth. It has dead AI, no good physics and no user-friendly interface... In short, I think this is an epic failure, at least for old fans of the series. And I don’t even doubt, that this game might appeal to stupid youngsters who are not familiar with this franchise. Perhaps children will become fans of this game...

[@xiaowen6876]

The original HW series makes the long journey itself the protagonist of the narrative because it abstracts the specific characters, no one will pay attention to skin color or gender.. The plot writer of HW3 obviously lacks such imagination to think about the universe and time on a large scale. ps: I am sure that the animation of the character's expression is copied from the material library of Disney Princess movies. The simple summary is: a disaster, and irreparable betrayal.

[@DiehardMechWarrior]

>everyone else: (screaming about how the series is “ROOWAHNED 5EVA!!!!!” because…the story ended in a way they didn’t expect and/or they are refusing to critically engage with the story on *it’s* terms) my unbothered ass: “Guys, chill. You can STILL play the Remastered Editions of HW1 and 2. Gearbox hasn’t delisted them from Steam. Plus there’s Deserts of Kharak. Y’all say you ‘love’ Homeworld, but I’m starting to think that you only ‘love’ a very specific version of it.”

[@dharmasanjaya4398]

And don't forget, the good ol majestic HW1 classic and the only horror RTS ever HW:C are still available and can be played in modern computer with some..., adjustment. We do really love homeworld but it seems BBI succumbed to pressure from their stakeholder, throwing many good and promising concept, and maybe an absolutely good story. One good thing remain: Paul Ruskay!

[@DiehardMechWarrior]

@@dharmasanjaya4398 Direct your anger towards the stakeholders, then, not BBI. Don’t aim for the lowest rung on the totem pole. Also HW:C is available ready to go on GOG without any futzing as far as I know (search for Homeworld: Emergence). My point still stands. This game’s story is FINE. It’s not great, but it has its moments. It has ruined NOTHING about what came before. Hell, y’all were adamant about HW*2* “ruining” the franchise back in the day.

[@nikkity5491]

This game simply never happened, its story is not canon to me. end of story.

[@niyonmor786]

But Homeworld 3 did ruin Homeworld series because there's only two courses of action that could happen from here on either this game succeeds and guarantees more bad Homeworld games or this game fails and guarantees no more homework games ever, It's a lose-lose for fans and that's why we are angry, And the meaning of very valid opinions is cruel and you should stop

[@armorclasshero2103]

​@@nikkity5491fragile coward

[@benji1901]

Is it just me or is anyone else getting kinda tired of female protagonists learning to believe in themselves. I mean like 98% of gamers are men. Do game developers even comprehend that anymore?

[@fmgee_]

Source

[@tuurderom2017]

The demographic is closer to 55% 45%, so it is quite logical. Also the story would have been as bad if they put a male in the same position. Furthermore it is a link to the previous games to keep the protagonist female, as they have been for every other game.

[@fmgee_]

@@tuurderom2017 Always funny when people's arguments are "I hate female characters" but they disguise it as "Girls don't play games." Two lazy arguments in one!

[@nothing3065]

>HW has always been about space babes >If you don't like space babes in tight latex suits, you're gay

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

@@fmgee_No one said they hate female characters, but when every leading character in every major SciFi franchise is female, and usual lame and unlikable to boot, it starts to get old.

[@jrs2071]

wow that was bad so glad i refunded this after the beta demo lolz not homeworld thats for sure totally misses the feel and art style of hw 1&2 and cheesy thanks gearbox for laying off the devs AT bbi and rushing this!, 6 hr campaign, easy bad story, missing features and fixed nothing from the demo.................. ANOTHER GREAT IP destroyed AND DUMBED DOWN for MODERN AUDANICES

[@tuurderom2017]

You seem to be confusing modern audience and developer greed

[@ScottMannion]

Ruined the game with woke influence. That's the end of Homeworld my dudes.

[@SithicusPL]

Yep.

[@Dragooncore]

What you mean, my dude? What happened?

[@Cord64_o7]

@@Dragooncore one of the devs defended sweet baby, then we get rid of the cool technical drawings like the 1st 4 games for bad cg faces of dei characters. with a mid star wars force rip off story. and here's the thing one is an instance, two is a coincidence, three is a pattern, five is forced. Its 100% dei mate.

[@5678sothourn]

DEI my ass. It’s a mid story but the graphics are fantastic

[@derianardor]

Jesus Christ the game deserves criticism but at least have VALID critique you mook

[@Daginni1]

All I see is "whining" in the comments for a really fun game. "Gamers" will never be satisfied.

[@Mazhura_13B]

yup. shame rly. People find one thing wrong and suddenly the whole game is garbage like jesus christ. Personally I find the game to be a 7/10 and I played the other homeworlds. This is basically the Mass Effect Andromeda of HW. Fun gameplay, OK story but nothing amazing