Homeworld: Remastered Collection
Homeworld Remastered Collection updates and introduces the landmark space strategy games to modern audiences. The collection includes Homeworld and Homeworld 2, painstakingly remastered by Gearbox in…
Homeworld: Remastered Collection is an adventure developed by Gearbox Software, released 25 February 2015 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $4.54 at Fanatical.
What Homeworld: Remastered Collection is
Homeworld: Remastered Collection is an adventure game developed by Gearbox Software and released in 2015. It was published by Gearbox Publishing. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Homeworld is a real-time strategy video game developed by Relic Entertainment and published by Sierra Studios on September 28, 1999, for Windows. Set in space, the science fiction game follows the Kushan exiles of the planet Kharak after their home planet is destroyed by the Taiidan Empire in retaliation for developing hyperspace jump technology. The survivors journey with their spacecraft-constructing mothership to reclaim their ancient homeworld of Hiigara from the Taiidan, encountering a variety of pirates, mercenaries, traders, and rebels along the way. In each of the game's levels, the player gathers resources, builds a fleet, and uses it to destroy enemy ships and accomplish mission…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are science fiction and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 34 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Homeworld: Remastered Collection holds a critic score of 88 out of 100. That places it above 90% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 19 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 90, across 68 votes.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.2GHz Dual Core Processor, 1 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS (512MB) / ATI Radeon HD4800 (512MB). At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 20GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $4.54 at Fanatical, 87% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Homeworld: Remastered Collection launched on 25 February 2015, within three weeks of Ori and the Blind Forest, Yakuza 0, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D and Cities: Skylines. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Ori and the Blind Forest, Yakuza 0, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D, Cities: Skylines.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Homeworld: Remastered Collection yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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