"One ancient monster is as good as another" It cuts deeper when you learn that it was the Bentusi that caused the exile of the Kushans. Sure, the Hiigarans were as bad as the Taiidan empire back then but when you put it into the context of this scene, it resounds so well. Also that 'This is Kiith Somtaaw ++WARSHIP++ Kuun-Lan' rings so well into my ears, I can't help but tear up. Especially when you consider the fact that these are miners that took it upon themselves to end an eldritch cosmic horror.
You know, even before they became a Mining Kiith, they used to be a religious Kiith. They've come a long way from their days as pilgrims of the Shimmering Path. Hell even after Homeworld I, Kiith Nabaal opposed the construction of the Kuun-Lan, Faal-Korum and Clee-San, having wanted to absorb the Kiith into their own. They barely lost that argument in the Kiith Council. I'm fairly sure they're glad about that now.
Chairless I never pre-order anything but I just broke and did exactly that for the remaster after watching your series..now, to search the entire house for my old Cataclysm discs ..
You certainly ended that dramatically, blasting the Naggarok from point blank with the siege cannon That's now canon for me how Kiith Somtaaw destroyed the beast, thank you
The story was by far the most cinematic, well presented of the three homeworld games, in cataclysm. I think the original had better tactics and more gruelling campaign but this installment was just so well put otgether and well structured, the voice acting was relateable and the music on point. Awesome stuff. Shame they lost the orignal code, so we'll never see a remastered edition :(
I love these voice actors! You can clearly hear sadness and regret from the Taidani admiral @33:12. The loss of their world and life, and their regret of having to resort to siding with the beast. I'm pretty sure that this Taidani realizes the horror he is about to help unleash but sees no choice.
Props to that voice actor. In an age where performances often felt phoned in for games like this, it sounded like he was truly invested in the character he was playing.
@@GRODON7 He only did a bunch of small parts here and there from IMDB, he was in a couple episodes of The Outer Limits, and a bunch (and I mean like over 50) TV movies and episodes here and there. I think Cataclysm might be his biggest part...
that point blank shot from the siege cannon in the end.. epic! this is how I have done as well; first sending away my ships, then blast that damned thing. The addition of siege cannon was a really good one in this game: it made the last missions feel grandiose, heroic, marching into battle with a huge, powerful but flawed weapon. mounted on a mining ship.
The Kuun-Lan captain is so badass that make Karan S'jet looks like fanfic cyborg mary sue that only save her own people compare the captain saved the whole sand-cursed galaxy that includes his officer she even developed as a character than Karan's
This game is the best homworld game, also in that it feels like you are all the time developing some little new impovements for your fleet. Somehow the other 2 games don´t give that feeling.
Thanks for making this series. HWC has never been my favorite of the whole franchise yet I still enjoyed it a lot and so I enjoyed revisiting that adventure via your videos. :)
Great story and vid. I recommend cutting your intros down to 5 seconds though. It was kind of annoying to sit through 30 seconds at the start of each vid to see a preview of the last vid I already saw.
+Presidentovich Well that's pretty much what they did for HW1 remastered because they rebuild it completely using HW2 engine so there is still hope...especially if Deserts of Kharak sells well...
I could see a high priority base having something like this but it would be more of a one shot... Maaaaaybe two if you are lucky and thats just to buy time for a allied fleet to come in for reinforcements
@@bolothegiantfriendlypillbu4075 their ships were ancient most likely they lost the technology at some point the Nomad moon was also a prototype station not the final product of its kind
That Mimic deserves all the respect. Going inside the most aware Beast ship of all to get a sample. If that were me assigned that task, I would of thought it was a suicide mission. Edit: ....I completely forgot the Mimics' main source of attack...
+The Glorious GeneralDerpSide The story I heard was that they really wanted to include Cataclysm, but somewhere along the line as the series was bought, sold, and moved between companies, the source code for Cataclysm was literally lost. They don't know where it went and re-writing the whole thing would have been beyond the scope of the remastering effort. There's a Steam Workshop effort to rebuild it, though obviously that's not nearly as exciting as a fully licensed remastering like HW1 and HW2 got.
@@jdtesch86 I'm pretty sure Blizzard claimed ownership over the word "Cataclysm" which resulted in a bunch of legal battles. Now it's called Homeworld Emergence. Still being sold on a site called GOG.com
@@alduintheanti-dragonborn This is also true, but not the reason why the storyline or multiplayer components were excluded from the Remastered Collection.
i remember this battle it took out all of my fighters, then my frigates, then my destroyers i had some captured ships from earlier missions i kept safe through the entire campaign i dont remember what i had left, but the last of them took down the beast ship
(Sigh).....The First Homeworld was FFX to me. I FEEL every emotion on that first. The Second was good but I didn't feel anything.THIS THIS....14:27."We aided the S,jet person who was newly Unbound. Your not S,jet Your bound bodies and flicker-lives make you blind. And now we will all pay for your blindness."LOREEEEEEWHAT IS UNBOUND? And the counter16:35at least the beast doesnt pretend to be righteous!
But they can make this game from scatch, can't they? The history and game play is already know and the source code can be recycled from the other homeworlds, they just must make the models again
Well while the code is lost the game has been salvaged thanks to GOG who didn't need the source code to make the game playable on modern computers. So it's had minor tweaks and polish but is basically the same as it was back in 2000. It's called Homeworld: Emergence now to avoid legal trouble with Blizzard
