Enough Content to justify a $60 game here?

[Kilo_60]

Someone said they beat the SP Campaign in under 12 hrs...

Is there enough content to justify the current price and release state?

Thanks!

[Topfuller]

No

[Mastermatta]

Originally posted by Kilo_60:

Someone said they beat the SP Campaign in under 12 hrs...

Is there enough content to justify the current price and release state?

Thanks!

It depends, if you set the campaign difficulty where it challenges you it will take more than 12 hours. If you are a homeworld vetern i recommend starting on hard and turning the difficulty down if it gets too tough.

[Dazven]

Depends how much value you place in 60 dollars. I like the game and decided I would keep it before I went over the 2 hour mark, but for those who have to ask I feel like the answer would be either no or play a few skirmish matches and refund if you don't like it. I beat the campaign in 6 hours and 20 minutes almost exact. You could do it sooner probably, but it isn't that long.

For those really on the fence, it may be best to wait until July (DLC) or August (Free update with some more content) to see what they may offer.

Essentially, not a whole lot of maps, short campaign, and two basic factions. It isn't too terrible if you really have that Homeworld itch, but it does lean more into the basics. First few DLCs will bring it to a much better place hopefully.

Edit: Just to add, my campaign was on Standard. I agree with Mastermatta on changing it to Hard for the campaign. It became extremely easy on Standard difficulty. Like the last mission just became a routine cleanup of turrets and ships, there wasn't anything that actually ever worried me or challenged me.

[Mythos]

No. The levels are too short, the campaign is only 13 missions at about 6-8 hours long. $40 sale imo.

[[EXDr] Slightly_OP]

Originally posted by Kilo_60:

Someone said they beat the SP Campaign in under 12 hrs...

Is there enough content to justify the current price and release state?

Thanks!

Tbh it feels more like an early access title atm.

Im new to Homeworld, but I was kinda surprised of the little ship variety and lack of factions.

[Mythos]

Originally posted by MrRober95:

Dude, buy Homeworld Remastered Collection instead.

Two games. Half price. Triple the fun.

Yup, pick up Cataclysm on gog while your at it and play that too.

[Foxrun]

Yes. The campaign is fun and we have skirmish and the rogue mode.

[Darth Glorious]

The last mission is really a joke, the only things you need are probes, torpedo frigates and bombers, the other ships are irrelevant...

[Flushing]

Originally posted by Kilo_60:

Someone said they beat the SP Campaign in under 12 hrs...

Is there enough content to justify the current price and release state?

Thanks!

Have you played any of the prior games?

[Axelay]

I am such a huge fan of Homeworld.

I violated my rule about pre-ordering. I also violated my boycott on Denuvo.
But, I have a $120 plastic mothership on my desk, and I found out 3 days early that the campaign is 6-10 hours long.

Still, I want to believe this is the beginning, and not the end. That the devs will add more story missions and maybe even re-do the old games in this engine. So I'm not seeking refund, even though I think technically the Steam rules about 2h don't apply to early access to unreleased games.

No, it's not worth $180, it's not even worth $60, but I'm such a fanboy, I'm choosing to believe it could be, despite all my years of gaming experiences proving that it won't.

[garytc78]

The content isn't much right now, but they already promised their future plans on releasing new content for free

[Valnak]

Wargames is pretty good. There only seems to be roughly 9 (3 then 3 then 3) missions though. If you look at the roadmap they seem to focusing on wargames in the future.

[Flushing]

I can't speak for everyone, but I find the game to be fantastic.

It took me over 40 minutes to go through the tutorial, so I cannot speak for the total campaign. But, the original homeworld 1 and 2 experience for me was 10% Campaign, 70% skirmish, and 20% mutliplayer.

It would have been a lot more multiplayer too if I could always find players in the lobby back in the day.

For me the campaign is going to take me about 2 weeks. I know that there is a segment of gamers who are able to play 6 hours in a day. I can't. But, if you're in that class then I would have a subscription mmo as your baseline and spread out Homeworld 3.

The reality is if the campaign was 8 hours more, or 16 hours more, it won't give you any more satisfaction. The replay-ability loop is from skirmish and multiplayer, not the campaign.

[Caldrin]

5-10 hour campaign is just about right for this kind of game really.. plus would mean i actually get to finish it :) Then of course you have the multiplayer on top to spend as much time as you want.

[Azu]

I finished the campaign in something like 20 hours.

Compared to the previous games it's a bit shorter, but there are no "boring" mission. Each one makes the story to progress. In previous games there were always a bunch of missions that could have been removed and other that could have been shortened.

That aside, there is some kind of a battlepass with random short missions to do solo or in coop.

And of course the Skirmish mode in solo/multiplayer.