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Homeworld 2 Demo Released

Posted by simoniker on from the space-shooty-strategy-goodness dept.

Thanks to Blue's News for the info that a PC demo of Homeworld 2 is now available, offering "a sample of Relic's now-gold space-based RTS sequel... [including] a tutorial, two solo missions and a pair of multiplayer maps." Mirrors of the 141mb demo include Gamer's Hell, IGN Downloads, Worthplaying, and a BitTorrent links via FileRush and GameTab.

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  1. Hope You Like the Dev Team by gmhowell · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Hope you like the dev team and their PR hacks. FWIW, if I didn't buy products and services from severe assholes, I'd probably wear a loin cloth and live in a cave. Sadly, assholes frequently turn out good product. Time to start downloading.

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  2. Re:Homeworld 2? by saden1 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I just tried the demo and aside from user interface changes, there is nothing new. I'm still waiting for the day when i can fly one of the damn ships myself on a mission and have one commander play the role of playing the game in RTS format.

    p.s. I am waiting to be formally impressed.

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  3. Oh, come on! by Derkec · · Score: 2, Interesting

    One of the things you'll here the guys from relic talk about is the challenges of making a game in space that is fun. Space itself is a pretty boring place. Not much there. If you want any variation from the challenges of blowing up the bad guys, you need to introduce some form of terrain, even if that's not perfectly realistic. Cut them some slack.

    That, and the level just wasn't that hard once you figured out that you weren't go to mine the high speed asteriods, you were going to blow them up.

    The previous poster was correct, the radiation one was a greater pain in the ass. But a good challenge nonetheless.

    What irritated me, was that I couldn't beat the last level without spending fricken forever on the second to last level, "the giant sphere o ion frigates", using salvage ships to capture ion frigate after ion frigate. That might just be a comment on my own lack of creativity, but maybe that's just how hard the game was. Personally, I like a game that's got a bit of challenge to it.