The game was and still is a classic and offers fun for countless of hours. Move to a modern game engine hasn't really changed that. On the flipside, this is the old Colonization. The improvements are very minor, mostly "freebies" from the transition to the modern engine. Anyone expecting a true modernization of the game concept is bound to be disappointed. While Civilization gameplay was improved in countless different ways over the years, the same does not apply this time.
Colonization was always the "simpler sister game" of the original Civilization, but just porting over the gameplay to a modern game engine feels like a quick hack, even if the lower price point somewhat reflects that. A good game, but not "Colonization 2".
2K will implement online service changes for several legacy titles, including releases for Windows PC, as a result of GameSpy Technology terminating its online service offerings for video games.
Beginning May 31, 2014, select legacy titles from the Borderlands® and Civilization® catalogs will temporarily go offline while service is transitioned to Steamworks.
GamerDeals.net:
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GameFront, "In an age when even old-school FPS gurus like iD’s John Carmack are defecting to consoles, you can still be sure of one thing: strategy gaming has ever been and will always be the province of PC’s. Whether it’s due to the more cerebral, measured gameplay, or — more likely — the crucial importance of mouse controls, the jump to other platforms is rarely successful. Despite their large market share and stable, unchanging hardware, consoles struggle to sustain a pure strategy game."
I pretty much clicked on this to ensure that Homeworld was included and sure enough it is. I approve.
I never played Homeworld but I'm gonna check it out.....maybe Good ol Games has it for dirt cheap!
Damn it I want to play Homeworld. Why hasn't Relic got it up on a digital distribution service like Steam?!
