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Author:  lafe [ Sat May 08, 2010 8:45 pm ]
Post subject:  Homeworld
I grew up on this game

''Beneath the scorching sands of Kharak, the Kushan people have discovered the remains of a long-forgotten titanic spaceship. Buried within the ancient remains, the secret of their lost homeworld.

For thousands of years, the Kushan have survived on the arid planet Kharak, corralled into the temperate geographical poles by a vast, unforgiving desert. Scarcity of arable land and natural resources has coloured Kushan history with near constant inter-clan (or Kiith) warfare.

As new technologies emerged, religious and political conflict partially gave way to unified scientific exploration. DNA sequencing of Kharak's native life revealed no genetic resemblance to the Kushan, giving rise to their "XenoGenesis Theory" - which stated they were not native to Kharak at all.

The first space flights reinforced this idea. Small metallic debris, the largest no bigger than a hand, were retrieved from low orbit and analyzed to be made of materials totally unknown to them. In addition to helping accelerate their space technology research, the debris confirmed that a large advanced spacecraft had once been in orbit. It was an ironic twist of fate occurring later in their history that boosted them even further along their development.

A high-powered satellite designed to scan the planetary system had malfunctioned upon deployment, and was scanning the Great Desert around Kharak's equator instead. It strangely found something beneath the sands: a derelict city with a massive central metallic structure. An expedition discovered that the central structure was the spacecraft of which they had earlier found traces in orbit. It carried advanced spaceflight technologies including a Hyperspace Core, one of a few ancient machines that were the Homeworld setting's foundation for all faster-than-light technology.

More importantly however, a stone with a galactic map bearing two coordinates was found. One was recognized as Kharak. The other bore a name so ancient it was common across all their languages and dialects: Hiigara. "Home". The stone would become known as the Guidestone, and confirmed the XenoGenesis Theory. Kharak's people united in building a megalithic "Mothership" that would bear 600,000 of them to their destination, made rugged and self-sufficient in order to survive possible problems during the long trip. It is during the Mothership's final testing phase that the single-player game begins.''
from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeworld
what do you guys think of it.
Author:  caekdaemon [ Mon May 10, 2010 7:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Homeworld
Ive never played the 1st one, but I own 3 of the 2nd... I still think they should make it into a movie.
Author:  Dr. Evil [ Mon May 10, 2010 10:28 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Homeworld
Ah, Homeworld.
The first owned, and the second was... decent, I suppose.
Author:  alphagamer774 [ Tue May 11, 2010 9:26 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Homeworld
We got some fudging epic LAN games going in the second one at lunch at school, only problem was the 50 min time limit we had. That is, after we got bored of HL1 Opposing Forces LAN wars.
Author:  caekdaemon [ Tue May 11, 2010 11:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Homeworld
alphagamer774 wrote:
We got some fudging epic LAN games going in the second one at lunch at school, only problem was the 50 min time limit we had. That is, after we got bored of HL1 Opposing Forces LAN wars.


My school dont have the power, and people dont have enough space either.
Author:  Kallemort [ Wed May 12, 2010 11:03 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Homeworld
My favorite RTS story. Gameplay still goes to Men of War, however.
Author:  Gotcha! [ Wed May 12, 2010 12:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Homeworld
A definite top 10 game in my list. An awesome experience. :)
I wasn't too happy about HW2 though.
Author:  lafe [ Thu May 13, 2010 1:43 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Homeworld
yeah i always loved this game, its a shame i lost my cd code thingy.
btw, you get to play lan games in your school. :0
you lucky bastered, my schools computers probably couldn't even handle hw, there so terrible.
and they'd give us detentions. and last month 70 percent of the 11nth grade was ♥♥♥♥ FAILING.
last week my principle asked my sister if the animal rubberbands http://www.brainchildproducts.com/sillybandz.php
that her and her freinds wear were gang symbols.
O YEAH im in the giraffe gang, and ima so fly i bustA-Cappuppa-you ass.
totally
Author:  alphagamer774 [ Fri May 14, 2010 5:50 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Homeworld
Lol, lafe, you have the most ♥♥♥♥ up school I've ever seen.

Just started to play HW2 again, it's fun to jump cloaked carriers full of fully-upgraded bombers into people's bases.

Most of our LAN games happened before I got any good at the game, so I would be just about at Corvettes and my friend would have like four Battlecruisers :P. I have hypertorp'd him before, though. Next game he spammed Higaran destroyers. I Heart 5v5 LAN games :P.
Author:  Duh102 [ Fri May 14, 2010 5:59 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Homeworld
Homeworld 2, how much I loved thee. I even made a somewhat complicated mod of it back when I was motivated.

I still love the plasma cannon ship, I worked hard on that.
Oh god the supercannon. That thing was the ♥♥♥♥.
Author:  FuzzyMelon [ Fri May 14, 2010 6:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Homeworld
Oh yea, homeworld was excellent man. I've never looked into user-made content but I'll check that out once my supercomputer is birthed. Built.

My favorite was sending a big squadron to attack some dudes, and go into first person mode (Cataclysm I think) and then launch all our missiles! So many blue trails of death! That game is amazing.
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