![]() There is no greater joy than to zoom in your camera up close and watch the ship slowly burn itself out from the inside. In the original, when you went all-out on an enemy carrier, mothership or shipyard, small fires would begin to break out across the surface. I don't know if there were technical reasons behind this, but the graphics upgrade doesn't stretch to improving the capital ship explosions. It's sufficiently notable that even game walkthroughs mention it to avoid you making the same mistake and yet it remains there, 16 years later. For instance, in Return to Kharak, there's a bug that prevents you from jumping to the next level if you capture two attack frigates or manage to save all six cryotrays. You see, Gearbox's hands-off approach to the game has meant that some of the original bugs and flaws remain. In the same way you can never watch a VHS tape after you've seen your first DVD, the original games now almost offend the eye. Looking at these games now on a HD screen and with the benefit of hindsight, you'll realize that your memory was playing tricks on you when you remembered the game being beautiful. The package also comes with the "classic" versions of both games, which I'm sure you'll take a look at once, recoil in horror, and never open again. Screenshot from the original for comparison ![]() ![]() The other change is to unify the multiplayer module and break it out into its own game, although you can still play skirmishes against the game's AI inside each game. It semi-transparently floats over the action, rather than the solid-color frame that fans will remember. The most notable change is the re-built UI, which now behaves the same way in both titles. Homeworld: Remastered isn't just prettied up visuals, though. That's mostly a good thing: fans might have resisted any major change to the game they already know and love. Wisely, Gearbox resisted the urge to tamper with the game beyond the much-trumpeted graphical refresh. After all, the studio had taken plenty of heat for high-profile flops Aliens: Colonial Marines and Duke Nukem Forever. When it was announced that Gearbox Software had taken on the job, there was some nervousness on behalf of the fans. The fragile hulls of your fighters, corvettes and frigates now gleam in the light of distant stars, while the hulking crescent of your Mothership always looms in the background, glittering with thousands of tiny lights.You can disable notifications at any time in your settings menu. More specifically, Homeworld Remastered's available resolutions and new textures accommodate all the way up to glorious 4K, while the added lighting and post-process effects lend a softer, sharper edge to the game's planets and spaceships. Nevertheless the overhaul is extensive enough so that Homeworld Remastered looks like a modern release. They haven't rebuilt the game in a whole new engine, for example. Gearbox don't go quite so far as Just Add Water did with Abe. As remasters go, Gearbox's effort is up there with Abe's Oddysee in terms of the work put in and the difference in final quality. Already this is a substantial chunk of game for your cash, although depending on the quality of the Remaster it could be money for old space-rope.
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