Did this game story have an emergency rewrite?

[Utwig_Chenjesu]

As I played the campaign, I could not help but notice some things about the cutscenes that got me thinking...

1) Was the original story so bad they rewrote or tried to tone down when the 2 month delay was announced after the demo release?

2) Did Imogen originally have a different wig on, like a side shave and purple hair?

3) Is this the reason why we have so many close ups of Imogen, they literally didnt have the budget or time to reanimate the scenes so had to Frankenstein something together that actually toned down the modern day messaging, based on feedback received from the demo?

4) To me, the eyes on the characters in the cutscenes are a little off, almost too crisp with a weird blink rate. Is this why Imogens eyes are closed throughout the many, many, many long drawn out close ups of her face, was there a problem with animating her eyes? Is it because these scenes were slapped together in a couple of months because they knew what they had already made was a complete turkey?

5) Are any of the above queries related to why questions are not welcome to many people on the forums?

Im genuinely curious.

[Barlowe]

I would love to know what went sideways with the campaign, if only so the mistakes are not made by others in the future.

[Utwig_Chenjesu]

Originally posted by Barlowe:

I would love to know what went sideways with the campaign, if only so the mistakes are not made by others in the future.

I honestly am struggling to understand how any game studio can be handed a legacy like Homeworld, with a cliff hanger like the end of HW 2 and end up producing .... this. How could this have happened?

[Malice]

It sure does need one.

[Utwig_Chenjesu]

Originally posted by Python_Revolver:

looks like this is very likely

i watched an interview with rob cunningham where he was talking about the development of the game
there were several audio clips being recorded that were never included in the the version that was released on steam.

its funny you raise this as me and my friends has the same thought - we concluded that the social agenda narrative was possibly too incendiary and needed a salvage job carried out , hence the delay.
the story doesnt make sense at all and lots of plot holes.
I would even suggest that some missions deeply integral to the story had to be cut out aswell to maintain some form of continuity.

i think that what we got was the result of a massive salvage operation and its the best they could do. Best of a bad job

Massive L for the community

Yes, exactly. There was one point that really stood out to me, Imogen was talking...and talking...and talking then it suddenly cut to the ship half way through the hyperspce jump, you know the rectangle of light part, and she was still talking..talking.. before commanding the jump to proceed as it was ending, it was completely out of wack.

[Utwig_Chenjesu]

Originally posted by Python_Revolver:

Originally posted by Utwig_Chenjesu:

Yes, exactly. There was one point that really stood out to me, Imogen was talking...and talking...and talking then it suddenly cut to the ship half way through the hyperspce jump, you know the rectangle of light part, and she was still talking..talking.. before commanding the jump to proceed as it was ending, it was completely out of wack.

yes... i thought that was weird , now its starting to make sense.
I wonder just how bad things were

In a horribly masochistic way, I want to see what ended up on the cutting room floor.

[Spiderman4000]

Yes because all it does it repeat, get that carrier over and over again. Drove me nuts i stopped playing the campaign.

[Utwig_Chenjesu]

Originally posted by Spiderman4000:

Yes because all it does it repeat, get that carrier over and over again. Drove me nuts i stopped playing the campaign.

I think its more than that, and they also cut out some plot critical missions or dialogue. I think it was so bad what we got was a result of panic.

[TheOrangeBox]

What's wrong with the story?

[HeathenSW]

Someone on reddit found in game files that there's supposed to be two more motherships at least (Khar-Satori and Khar-Acharia) at some point and they should've followed Khar-Kushan. So I guess at least 2-4 missions were cut and some cutscenes/voice lines were modified to get rid of that piece of plot.

Now I can't find any info on that anywhere else but that post, so I dunno if it's true or not.

https://www.reddit.com/r/homeworld/comments/1cq2y6m/homeworld3s_plot_has_been_cut/

[Utwig_Chenjesu]

Originally posted by HeathenSW:

Someone on reddit found in game files that there's supposed to be two more motherships at least (Khar-Satori and Khar-Acharia) and they seem to be following Khar-Kushan. So I guess at least 2-4 missions were cut and some cutscenes/voice lines were modified to get rid of that piece of plot.

Now I can't find any info on that anywhere else but that post, so I dunno if it's true or not.

That would explain a lot. I would love to know what caused the rewrite, see some of the cut content. I think it would be very enlightening.

[Mythos]

In a lot of ways this reminds me of the "Thief" reboot if anyone remembers that game.

[Utwig_Chenjesu]

Originally posted by Mythos:

In a lot of ways this reminds me of the "Thief" reboot if anyone remembers that game.

I played 1 and 2 I think. For me its a little like the Alien 3 movie, it doesnt work as a 3rd instalment and it doesnt surpass what went before.

[Mythos]

Originally posted by Utwig_Chenjesu:

Originally posted by Mythos:

In a lot of ways this reminds me of the "Thief" reboot if anyone remembers that game.

I played 1 and 2 I think. For me its a little like the Alien 3 movie, it doesnt work as a 3rd instalment and it doesnt surpass what went before.

Theif reboot was a lot like that. I think we are on the same page. For what it's worth people rag on Deadly Shadows but the story is quite good and there is a texture overhaul mod that makes it looks pretty decent. Worth playing sometime.

[Utwig_Chenjesu]

Ill look it up, cheers.

[conflict1988]

The story is a disgrace. They have to rewrite it.