The Rail Gun units, in turn, have a hard time contending with LAV’s lightweight dune buggies that would otherwise only be useful for some quick reconnaissance. Immediately after their introduction however, you’re also given Rail Gun units which can pummel them from afar. AAV’s (Armored Assault Vehicles), for instance, are the backbone of your forces. The combat relies heavily on a sort of rock-paper-scissors system where each unit can be countered by another unit. For all of its similarities to other games though, it has enough unique and Homeworld-ish that it still stands out from the crowd. There’s no lack for real-time strategy games centered around ground battles and, in some ways, Deserts of Kharak doesn’t feel that different from other titles in the genre. I’d be lying if I said that the game doesn’t lose something from this shift. The biggest change, of course, is the focus on ground combat as opposed to the any-direction 3D space combat that made the series famous. ![]() Grounded as it is in existing lore however, the game is also probably the most wildly different entry the series has ever had. And wouldn’t you know it, it’s actually pretty good.ĭeveloped by Blackbird Interactive, Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak follows the events leading up to the discovery of the artifact that launched the plot in the original Homeworld. Now Homeworld fans have received something even more inconceivable: a prequel to the original game. One of those aforementioned fans, Pitchford used the demise of THQ to scoop up the rights to Homeworld, Gearbox then released Homeworld Remastered Collection in 2015 and, in that one fell swoop, revitalized the franchise as something that people pay attention to. Then Gearbox’s Randy Pitchford got involved and everything changed. The gaming world at large seemed content to let it fade into obscurity. Save for the series’ fans there was no scramble for it to continue. With more than a decade separating us from the franchise’s last major release in 2003, it was one of those franchises that I’d just kind of accepted as being done. ![]() If you’d told me even just a few years ago that Homeworld would be seeing a revival I probably wouldn’t have believed you. Available on PC, Press review code provided by publisher.
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