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Overall Critic Score:3.6839
Homeworld Critic Reviews
The Mothership -- an enormous structure representing the combined efforts of a planet's entire population over many years -- serves as the base of operations. Here, resources are processed, technologies are researched, and new ships are built to serve a...read the complete Homeworld review at AllGame
The graphics in Homeworld are amazingly gorgeous, especially if you kick it out of Software mode and turn it onto Direct 3D mode. No other RTS has ever portrayed the vastness of space like Homeworld does, with its nebula that encroaches and eventually...read the complete Homeworld review at Game Vortex
Beyond the confines of the single player is the best multiplayer strategy game since "Total Annihilation." ... If you buy a single game this fall -- make sure it's this...read the complete Homeworld review at Adrenaline Vault
The interface is nothing short of brilliant. The story is well-developed and engrossing. The gameplay is challenging but well-balanced. The graphics and sound are breathtaking. Finally, it is simply a heck of a lot of fun....read the complete Homeworld review at Game Revolution
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Not only has control of this environment been handled well, but the smoothness of overall presentation and gameplay seem to reflect an excellence from RTS titles that we should all be looking forward to in the future....read the complete Homeworld review at Gaming Age
The game is beautifully designed to be an addictive multiplayer extravaganza, as you pit yourself against swarms of enemy ships controlled by human opponents....read the complete Homeworld review at Just Adventure
Homeworld kind of snuck up on me. Most games I buy I thoroughly research before the purchase, but Homeworld was an impulse. Sure, I saw the screenshots, and thought they looked great, but I still didn't know what to expect. Boy was I...read the complete Homeworld review at Game Rankings
experience that has as much in common with Zelda as it does with Command & Conquer. This isn't just a reworking of an old genre, or even a fresh concept given to a stale genre. Saying that Homeworld is just a well-done strategy game is like saying that Bl...read the complete Homeworld review at IGN
Their plans advance well, but when the Kharakans launch the mothership they are attacked with incredible violence. The bad news is that launching the mothership violated an ancient treaty signed with the galactic empire. The treaty forbids the Kharakans...read the complete Homeworld review at Science Fiction Weekly
Where "C&C2" failed, Homeworld stuns. Where other games relied on contrived formula, Homeworld manages to shine above the crowd. Elements of strategy, space combat, and economics are combined perfectly in a fully 3D environment. A careful balance of...read the complete Homeworld review at Game Over Online
It begins with an epic discovery: An ancient starship, buried deep beneath the sands of your home planet Kharak, contains evidence indicating that your people descended from aliens who colonized the planet many centuries ago. Spurred on by...read the complete Homeworld review at GameSpot
The visuals are beautiful, the soundtrack atmospheric, the single player campaign (mostly) engaging, and the multiplayer is excellent. It's only really let down by suspect AI and a few tedious missions....read the complete Homeworld review at Eurogamer
people of Kharak have lived on that desert planet from their earliest memories, but, as their technology develops, they start to question whether their species is indigenous to the planet. The debate could have continued forever but for the discovery of a...read the complete Homeworld review at GamePro
It is hideously complicated---and woe to the foolhardy player who does not pay attention to the game’s tutorials and attack-formation options---but somehow it works, and provides not only a stark, beautiful treat for the eyes but a staggering change...read the complete Homeworld review at Electric Playground
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