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AMO wrote:
> "Jeff Holinski" <nospam_Holinski@shaw.ca> wrote in message
> news:clt7m1lcldrpepa6l458atntnidkvg16lh@4ax.com...
> > I've only been playing long enough to get about half way through it so
> > I'm no expert. There are a few features that I prefer to the first
> > game though. First is that your capital ships have a limited number of
> > production/module/sensor slots. This means you need to be a bit more
> > selective on what you research and build. It also means you can
> > cripple enemy ships before destroying them.
> > Of course the ships also look better than the ones in the original HW
> > and when you complet all the objectives of a mission it automaticly
> > collects all of the remaining resources on the map.
> >
> > In my opinion, the reason it get's lower review scores isn't that it's
> > a worse game, it's that Homeworld was the first of it's kind and it
> > had a good story.
> >
> > As for the other space based RTS, the only others I'm aware of are
> > Hegemonia (not a bad game, but I prefer HW2), Nexus (that one I just
> > can't figure out), and O.R.B. (haven't tried that one yet)
> >
> > All in all, I'd say Homeworld 2 is worthwhile at a budget price. (I'm
> > not really enough of a RTS fan to pay full price for any of them)
> >
> > By the way, if you've got a broadband connection, there are demos for
> > HW2 and all the other space based RTS games I mentioned.
> > Jeff H........
>
> Thanx for that.  I might well give Homeworld 2 a try then.
>
> Thanx.
>
> AMO


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