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Homeworld 2 demo and ATI Catalyst 3.7 released
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NightCabbage
September 5, 2003, 10:12 am
Heya peepsies! ^_^

That's right :)

The homeworld 2 demo has been released!
It can be located here:
http://www.ausgamers.com/files/download/html/8177

Give it a try and tell me your thoughts :)

Also the ATI Catalyst 3.7 drivers have been released, and can be located here:
http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html

Have fun! :P

Chakra
September 5, 2003, 8:00 pm
Just played the homeworld 2 demo with a friend. Must say, it looks absolutely amazing, although I didn't get much time to admire the detail while busy ordering ships around. When I did though, I was pleasantly reminded of Babylon 5, as rotating turrets and more kinetic styles of weapons are used.

Unfortunately the demo only lets you play one side, which seems to be little more than a variety of fighters and larger ships skilled in either killing big or smaller foes, so its mostly a s story of combination.

Still, looks good and plays well (after getting used to the interface), and I know the other faction in the game has to be something special; lots of cloak-detecting options for the side I played for instance.

Release date is September 16th in the US.

sauron_the_deceiver
September 5, 2003, 9:58 pm
What the hell? I thought Homeworld 2 was out! Or was that an expansion pack....?

Chakra
September 5, 2003, 10:07 pm
Noooooo you're thinking of Homeworld Cataclysm...which was made by some other guys for some reason and ...something or other.

If you pretend it never existed then all is solved.

NightCabbage
September 6, 2003, 5:18 am
Actually HW:C was pretty good ^_^

But I preferred HW tho... and now HW2 is better yay lol

I've played it online a bit too... ran into rampager LOL

Art21
September 6, 2003, 5:23 am
Ack, 141 megs...I think I'll wait for it on a PC Gamer CD. :p But it does look awesome, and I'm probably gonna buy it.

NightCabbage
September 6, 2003, 10:15 am
Yeah I've played it on the net now - 2 games (both 2v2) and 2 wins LOL

It's pretty cool, I'm liking it at the moment ^^

Chakra
September 6, 2003, 3:23 pm
I just cant wait for the mods to come out for this. The original Homeworld had a mighty sci-fi plethora; Star Wars, Star Trek (Dominion Wars), Babylon 5 ...blimey, even BattleStar Gallactica.

Never a better time to be a gamer ^^

wormdundee
September 6, 2003, 4:56 pm
yeh, i have Cataclysm wee...i think ive played it a coupla times