I only played for around about an hour and finished the first two missions. That was about all I could take.

I loved Homeworld, Cataclysm and Homeworld 2. I own them all so I thought getting the remaster would be a nice idea...especially with the summer sale and the contents of my Steam Wallet making it cost me less than a tenner.

But I deeply regret the decision already. The game sucked me in with it's improved visuals and effects but the good stuff pretty much stopped there.

The UI is horrible, the amount of times I focused on a unit to have the mouse drag me off it was incredibly annoying. I know Homeworld 2 had this feature but it belonged there, not in Homeworld 1. But the real icing on the turd sandwich that this game is, is the AI with formations. It's absolutely abysmal. Putting a squad of Heavy Corvettes in a Wall formation to take down incoming fighters quickly was a surefire strategy in the original game. At least for the early missions.

So I built up my Corvettes and attempted to put them in a wall formation, they went into a Diamond formation no matter what number of them I used. But the real kicker was when combat started, even mucking about with Tactics to change the AI behaviour still made them split off into bunches of two and threes and let the enemy fighters past. They would then attempt to chase said fighters even though they are slower.

I swear I had 12 Heavy Corvettes defending the Salvage Corvette in the second mission and it almost died to a small squad of Turanic fighters that the AI in my Corvettes refused to kill.

I think it's a given that I'm going to refund this utter turd. Feel so let down!

If you like Homeworld, DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!

I only played for around about an hour and finished the first two missions. That was about all I could take. I loved Homeworld, Cataclysm and Homeworld 2. I own them all so I thought getting the remaster would be a nice idea...especially with the summer sale and the contents of my Steam Wallet making it cost me less than a tenner. But I deeply regret the decision already. The game sucked me in with it's improved visuals and effects but the good stuff pretty much stopped there. The UI is horrible, the amount of times I focused on a unit to have the mouse drag me off it was incredibly annoying. I know Homeworld 2 had this feature but it belonged there, not in Homeworld 1. But the real icing on the turd sandwich that this game is, is the AI with formations. It's absolutely abysmal. Putting a squad of Heavy Corvettes in a Wall formation to take down incoming fighters quickly was a surefire strategy in the original game. At least for the early missions. So I built up my Corvettes and attempted to put them in a wall formation, they went into a Diamond formation no matter what number of them I used. But the real kicker was when combat started, even mucking about with Tactics to change the AI behaviour still made them split off into bunches of two and threes and let the enemy fighters past. They would then attempt to chase said fighters even though they are slower. I swear I had 12 Heavy Corvettes defending the Salvage Corvette in the second mission and it almost died to a small squad of Turanic fighters that the AI in my Corvettes refused to kill. I think it's a given that I'm going to refund this utter turd. Feel so let down! If you like Homeworld, DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!