The gameplay itself hasn’t changed much, and nor should it. The music has been enhanced as well and reminds us how well suited it was to space battles and the deadly cosmic dance of starships.īattles in all 4 dimensions can be intimidating, but rewarding

Homeworld’s strength was the story it was telling as we went about commanding our fleet and so to have the narrative that Relic weaved over 15 years ago brought back with such clarity is a beautiful thing. Audio has come a long way from the crackling and popping late 90s, to fancy digital optical surround sound set ups. The audio in the game is another leap as they’ve gone over all of the sounds to clean them up, to the point where you could almost swear they weren’t the original audio files, but they are. Even the original Homeworld 1 & 2 UIs have been stripped out in favour of the direction the sequel was going in with better management for building and research, alleviating a frustration of being taken away from the action. Gearbox has injected much of today’s advancements in visual fidelity into both games, and it’s only when you actively see the original next to its remaster can you truly appreciate just how far the studio has gone.

This isn’t a quick reskin of textures and a tweak of a menu item or two but a full overhaul, particularly for the original Homeworld. Make no bones about it: this Remastered Collection has set a new bar and brings justice to the term ‘remastered’, which often gets abused or misaligned with ‘HD Edition’.

The real draw is going to be Gearbox’s contribution. It’s also here you can select to play the RTS duo as original developer Relic intended – warts and all. The 1990s couldn’t even dream of these fancy worded settingsĮxactly what is being held to account here? Is it the essence of the two original games, or the leap to the Remastered versions? In truth it’s both, and something you can actually see for yourself as not only have Gearbox reworked the original two Homeworlds, but they’ve included them as well.įull mod support is available right from the start with a button right on the game launcher, so there’s no excuse for the passionate community out there not to bring their talent to these remastered games.

Homeworld remastered collection