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Title: Beast Slayers - a 'what if' Cataclysm 2 sketch
Post by: elorran on April 05, 2004, 05:33:01 pm: I recently was hit was an idea that I'm sure a good few Homeworld fans have had before now. What would a sequel to Homeworld: Cataclysm really be like?

After bouncing the idea back and forth and running a possible concept for a fiction or mod I decided to indulge my curiosity and run an audio sketch that might appear in a stylised game trailer.

The voice and it's effect need work, though for the most part it gets the impression across.

http://www.dryphed.com/archive/homeworld/cataclysm2.mp3 - 825kb
Title: Beast Slayers - a 'what if' Cataclysm 2 sketch
Post by: DragonClaw on April 05, 2004, 05:38:29 pm: Yay for Hans Zimmer ;)

I'd personally shoot myself if there was another sequel. I did not like Catacylsm in the least.
Title: Beast Slayers - a 'what if' Cataclysm 2 sketch
Post by: elorran on April 05, 2004, 05:42:15 pm: Quote
Originally posted by DragonClaw
Yay for Hans Zimmer ;)

Care to elaborate?
Title: Beast Slayers - a 'what if' Cataclysm 2 sketch
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on April 05, 2004, 05:43:25 pm: Quote
Originally posted by DragonClaw
I did not like Catacylsm in the least.

Infidel!
Title: Beast Slayers - a 'what if' Cataclysm 2 sketch
Post by: DragonClaw on April 05, 2004, 05:45:38 pm: Quote
Originally posted by elorran

Care to elaborate?

His music in the background of that clip. From The Last Samurai soundtrack IIRC.
Title: Beast Slayers - a 'what if' Cataclysm 2 sketch
Post by: elorran on April 05, 2004, 05:48:46 pm: Somehow I highly doubt that of this particular piece of music ;)
Title: Beast Slayers - a 'what if' Cataclysm 2 sketch
Post by: DragonClaw on April 05, 2004, 05:52:06 pm: Yeah it is, just verified it. Exact same as #9 on the track; Red Warrior by Hans Zimmer. Pwnt :p Check it yourself if you want.

Since you obviously didn't know that, where'd you get it from?
Title: Beast Slayers - a 'what if' Cataclysm 2 sketch
Post by: elorran on April 05, 2004, 06:01:57 pm: Just satisfy my curiousity and convert the part of the track that is apparently from this 'red warrior' (track 9) and fling it my way if you don't mind.
Title: Beast Slayers - a 'what if' Cataclysm 2 sketch
Post by: DragonClaw on April 05, 2004, 06:09:04 pm: here (http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/tap/dragonclaw/Redwarrior.mp3)
Title: Beast Slayers - a 'what if' Cataclysm 2 sketch
Post by: elorran on April 05, 2004, 06:17:17 pm: Very interesting indeed...

This does pose a few questions. I'll elaborate more once I've looked into something.
Title: Beast Slayers - a 'what if' Cataclysm 2 sketch
Post by: mikhael on April 05, 2004, 08:50:02 pm: Quote
Originally posted by DragonClaw
I'd personally shoot myself if there was another sequel. I did not like Catacylsm in the least.

If it helps, I couldn't stand HW1, myself, let alone Cataclysm. Or the demo to HW2. Good code in those games though. Very good code. :)
Title: Beast Slayers - a 'what if' Cataclysm 2 sketch
Post by: DragonClaw on April 08, 2004, 12:00:14 pm: Quote
Originally posted by mikhael

If it helps, I couldn't stand HW1, myself, let alone Cataclysm. Or the demo to HW2. Good code in those games though. Very good code. :)

Well, I thought HW1 and HW2 were great actually... I really sucked at them but that didn't take the enjoyment out. Cataclysm just seemed like a rushed game that had way too many problems with it. Not to mention the story was kind of lame.

btw, I'm still curious about the music thing...
Title: Beast Slayers - a 'what if' Cataclysm 2 sketch
Post by: Thorn on April 08, 2004, 12:08:52 pm: At least the voice actors in Cataclysm put a bit of emotion into their acting. Fleet Command seemed to be in a constand bad mood....
Title: Beast Slayers - a 'what if' Cataclysm 2 sketch
Post by: DragonClaw on April 08, 2004, 12:15:07 pm: That's true, but the ships were completely unoriginal :p
Title: Beast Slayers - a 'what if' Cataclysm 2 sketch
Post by: Flipside on April 08, 2004, 12:26:58 pm: Cataclysm had the right idea in a way, but went about it wrong. I quite liked the idea of the Kiths still struggling for power, and different ship-types emerging for different Kith, that could have put a whole new edge on Multiplayer and you played, for example, Kith S'Jet vs Kith Manaan or the like. S'jet would be high Tech, Manaan would be warriors.
However, the game didn't quite pull it off right. Homeworld 2 and the kind of Mega-Zen storyline looked great but was a wee bit esoterical :(

But then, I seem to recall the original promise of homeworld 2 was 8 different multiplayer races :/
Title: Beast Slayers - a 'what if' Cataclysm 2 sketch
Post by: redsniper on April 08, 2004, 05:02:46 pm: I liked Cataclysm. Especially because the Command Ship was actually useful, unlike the Mother Ship. And you got to fight the Bentusi :drevil: