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Title: New Homeworld-esque games out in 2022
Post by: lostllama on February 20, 2022, 09:32:49 am
NEBULOUS: Fleet Command (https://store.steampowered.com/app/887570/NEBULOUS_Fleet_Command/) (available now on Steam, early access).

Considering trying this out. Looks like The Expanse meets Homeworld, with a lot of tactical depth. Modding support is planned for the final release.



Two other ones I'm anticipating this year:

Terra Invicta (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1176470/Terra_Invicta/)

Homeworld meets XCOM.



Fragile Existence (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1672320/Fragile_Existence/)

Homeworld meets Planetary Annihilation.

Title: Re: New Homeworld-esque games out in 2022
Post by: Scourge of Ages on February 20, 2022, 11:13:17 am
hhhhhhhh

I restarted Homeworld Remastered last night, so this is VERY relevant to my interests
Title: Re: New Homeworld-esque games out in 2022
Post by: Colonol Dekker on February 20, 2022, 03:07:16 pm
hhhhhhhh

I restarted Homeworld Remastered last night, so this is VERY relevant to my interests

Funnily enough (terrifying when I first played Cataclysm) I re-started Emergence recently too  :yes:

First game looks like i'd get a nosebleed trying to intercept all the inbound ordnance   :shaking:

Second one.....those explosions........they lost me.

Third one........Ooh baby.  The B5 inspiration is evident in the ship design, not a bad thing.  But i like the look of it,

Title: Re: New Homeworld-esque games out in 2022
Post by: Scourge of Ages on February 20, 2022, 03:38:43 pm
First game looks like i'd get a nosebleed trying to intercept all the inbound ordnance   :shaking:
They know how to make a trailer though! Hopefully they put some of that skill into the UI design though...

Second one.....those explosions........they lost me.
Me: I don't know what you're talking about, the game looks pretty neat to me.
Exploding ship: *piff*
Me: Ah
Title: Re: New Homeworld-esque games out in 2022
Post by: lostllama on February 21, 2022, 02:04:12 pm
First game looks like i'd get a nosebleed trying to intercept all the inbound ordnance   :shaking:
They know how to make a trailer though! Hopefully they put some of that skill into the UI design though...

According to the reviews, the UI is streamlined/polished even though it may not look so, the dev is actually a naval officer so I think they chose this style based on what they're familiar with. I think if you know how to play Children of a Dead Earth then you'd likely already have a good grip on what's involved.

Second one.....those explosions........they lost me.
Me: I don't know what you're talking about, the game looks pretty neat to me.
Exploding ship: *piff*
Me: Ah

From what I gather the behaviour of objects exploding in a vacuum would be somewhat different to that of those exploding inside an atmosphere, in particular there wouldn't be a shockwave due to the lack of an external gas medium (obviously stars are an exception as they have an atmosphere), so it'd be more of a flash than an expanding fireball.

But, Rule of Cool, right?

Third one........Ooh baby.  The B5 inspiration is evident in the ship design, not a bad thing.  But i like the look of it,

I'm looking forward to how it turns out. It's a single dev working on this one too. There's been no news on it since October, hope he can resume updates soon.