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Home World: Game Of The Year Edition | 
 enlarge | From: Sierra On Line
Category: Video Games
Buy New: $69.94
New (3) Used (6) from $21.21
Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 12451
Format: Cd-rom
Platform: Windows Xp
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Game of the Year
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
UPC: 020626716796
EAN: 0020626716796
ASIN: B00008Z4FZ
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: NEXT DAY FIRST CLASS SHIPPING! BRAND NEW SEALED CD! Case may have some wear or cracking from storage, but is sealed and brand new! Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back!
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| Features:
| • | Since the discovery of the Guide Stone 100 years ago deep in the equatorial sand of our planet, Kharak, our very origins have come into question | | • | Now, after years of technological advancement and careful study, there is one inescapable revelation - We do not belong here | | • | From that moment of discovery on, we have dedicated ourselves to one goal - returning home | | • | Engage in 16 single-player missions or play on-line with up to seven others | | • | Choose unit types, fleet formations and flight tactics for each combat group |
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Product Description
Relic Entertainment and Sierra Studios' Homeworld forced gamers to view real-time strategy games in a completely different way. Homeworld's events take place in 3-D space complemented by stunning graphics and magnificent sound effects. While it does adhere to real-time strategy games' traditional balance of resource gathering and unit creation, Homeworld feels unique; Relic has created a vast and interesting universe that's worth visiting time and time again. Having won numerous industry awards (including Game of the Year and Strategy Game of the Year) in 1999, Relic and Sierra have repackaged the original Homeworld into a Game of the Year Edition The imaginative plot competes with the graphics as the game's best feature. Upon the discovery of an ancient galactic map inscribed with the words "our home," the people of Kharak began construction of a massive mother ship and fleet to traverse the galaxy and reach their true home world. Players construct, maintain, and control the Kharak fleet through 16 challenging single-player missions or against fellow humans on Sierra's WON.net online gaming service. During the solo campaign, you'll face literally hundreds of enemy vessels. All friendly and enemy ships--ranging from small yet dangerously quick interceptors to the powerful and expensive destroyers and heavy cruisers--are rendered with exquisite detail. If you already own Homeworld, there's not enough here to justify the purchase; however, if you haven't enjoyed one of the freshest games of all time, Homeworld: Game of the Year Edition offers an experience that shouldn't be missed.
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| Customer Reviews:
The best space strategy game since Master of Orion June 10, 2005
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
In simple terms, THIS GAME ROCKS!
This game has well executed graphics, balanced forces, a competent AI and multiplayer capability.
Like most strategy games, Homeworld has the traditional Harvest,Research,Build & Fight scheme, but unlike most, it has a very competent storyline which is engrossing enough to drag you emotionally into game.
The controls are easy to use and easy to learn thanks to a built in tutorial level that you can run at any time.
The games music was composed by super group YES and is truely a work on its own.
Game play is fantastic. The spacecraft you control are not just lifeless sprites....engines leave trails, turrets turn and track targets and the pilots chatter during battle (which serves to help tell what thier condition is or their chances against a particular foe). You can zoom out until the ships look like ants,zoom in until you can see the rivets on the hull or stop anywhere in between.
The diffrent levels are not boring repeats of the last one. Each level has diffrent objectives and requires diffrent tactics and strategy to win.
Multiplayer looses none of the charm of the single player game and the ability to set starting resources or turn off the need for harvesting makes for a fun game to play with your friends. Challenge each other or team up against the AI. Its your choice.
If you are a fan of space art by artists such as Chris Foss, you will not be disapointed. This games has been heavily influenced by that art style and it shows.
The price for this game on Amazon is a steal...get it now.
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