Homeworld 3 Single-Player Campaign Review

2024 ж. 9 Мам.
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Homeworld 3 Single-Player Campaign reviewed by Dan Stapleton on PC.
Homeworld 3’s campaign goes out of its way to change up the style of missions we fight our way through as Imogen S’jet seeks out a missing Hiigaran fleet and faces an unhinged enemy. The resulting battle of wills feels more consequential than the off-screen galactic threat behind it. Relatively close-quarters scenarios have you guiding dozens of ships through eye catching gauntlets of asteroids and enormous space stations, and the dogfights and capital ship slug-fests that play out are a sight to behold. Being able to pause time and give orders makes managing your fleet much less overwhelming, especially given the tricky controls and sometimes disobedient friendly ship AI. Straightforward tech upgrades and a limited selection of ship types limit the campaign’s replayability, but building an armada and watching it tear through the enemy is always a satisfying sci-fi light show.

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  • How did Blackbird make a Homeworld that lacked so many things that made Homeworld great?

    @lawbinson@lawbinson8 күн бұрын
  • I'm bummed that they got rid of subsystem targeting. It was always super fun to take out defenses and engines and then send in the marine frigates to take the ship. Hopefully there will be a complex mod like the previous games.

    @xenimaging@xenimaging12 күн бұрын
    • In truth, subsystems not being carried forward will probably be the most disappointing thing. That was HW2's best gameplay feature

      @Kyle7565@Kyle756512 күн бұрын
    • These devs just don't understand Homeworld. Its sad.

      @suddenimpulse030@suddenimpulse03012 күн бұрын
    • @@suddenimpulse030 What makes you say that? The devs did surveys with the crowdfunding backers to ask if they cared about subsystem targeting, and if they would prioritize that over other other features. Most responders said no... If you wanna be mad, be mad at the Homeworld fans who put money into the crowdfunding campaign.

      @PreGHz@PreGHz12 күн бұрын
    • The dev team includes many of the original devs, and when they sent out the features survey, we all said in near unison we wanted it to be more like HW 1 (projectile physics) but with megaliths. Subsystems were HW2.

      @Kyle7565@Kyle756512 күн бұрын
    • @@suddenimpulse030 BBI are the original Homeworld team, who split from Relic and made their own studio.

      @kraosdadafusfus8034@kraosdadafusfus803412 күн бұрын
  • A review that aged like fine milk.

    @Yes-Man@Yes-Man8 күн бұрын
  • Now of only we could find a way to get them to make a Homeworld: Cataclysm 2...

    @Draidis@Draidis11 күн бұрын
    • Kataklism was very bad game.

      @Aquarius1z3@Aquarius1z310 күн бұрын
    • @Aquarius1z3 Then you either never played it or you're insane. Homeworld: Cataclysm (Since renamed Emergence) was the best part of the series. Are you confusing it with Homewoeld: Deserts of Kharak? Cuz that was a bad game.

      @Draidis@Draidis10 күн бұрын
    • ⁠​⁠​⁠@@DraidisI’m a homeworld fan and was at top of competitions on ladder. Never liked the mechanics in katyklism

      @Aquarius1z3@Aquarius1z39 күн бұрын
    • @Aquarius1z3 Then you are unique. Check out the metaxritic scores. Literally, there are 0 bad ratings, and every rating cites it as an improvement on the original.

      @Draidis@Draidis9 күн бұрын
    • The best game

      @lawbinson@lawbinson9 күн бұрын
  • The answer is always "more ion cannon frigates"

    @spacecowboy426@spacecowboy42610 күн бұрын
  • Excited to play, one of the most anticipated games of the year by me

    @Sigmatr0n@Sigmatr0n12 күн бұрын
    • enjoy your 8 hour campaign for 70

      @LeGarrec@LeGarrec9 күн бұрын
    • ​@@LeGarrecnot really that bad tbh

      @Vivany26@Vivany267 күн бұрын
    • @@Vivany26 for 70 ? Its bad. For 40 its ok

      @LeGarrec@LeGarrec7 күн бұрын
    • @@LeGarrec yeah, sorry for comparing it with cod mw 3 tho

      @Vivany26@Vivany267 күн бұрын
    • @@Vivany26 who said something about cod ? Wtf

      @LeGarrec@LeGarrec7 күн бұрын
  • 0:59 They did my girl dirty with that wig 😂

    @kevinjackson7539@kevinjackson753910 күн бұрын
  • Shame if no subsystem targeting, veterancy, replayability, and no strategic layer for the campaign, which would help replayability and interest. Plus short. Seems a let down for now. For sp, the dlcs seems will be mostly factions , maps so not much.

    @jacquesjtheripper5922@jacquesjtheripper592211 күн бұрын
    • Agreed. Seems to be a miss until the price drops.

      @DexterBrilu@DexterBrilu11 күн бұрын
  • NO VETERANCY?! :(

    @Sickopuppie@Sickopuppie11 күн бұрын
    • Agreed. For a modern RTS, this is a big miss.

      @DexterBrilu@DexterBrilu11 күн бұрын
  • Just 10 hours? That’s a short story 😅 I am not sure about the $80 bucks

    @ariasabe@ariasabe11 күн бұрын
  • Score 8? Ridiculous, on Steam HW3 is already rated at ‘mixed’ and falling….

    @tommycooker3996@tommycooker39966 күн бұрын
  • Hope this games does well enough to keep the franchise alive. The original homeworld was iconic.

    @carlstanford7607@carlstanford76073 күн бұрын
  • Looks cool! Gonna support the team and try to buy it ASAP.

    6 күн бұрын
  • The score is 8

    @Elibbb-sx3kg@Elibbb-sx3kg12 күн бұрын
    • Hard to tell with IGN, but does that mean it's really a 6?

      @mr.joshua6818@mr.joshua681812 күн бұрын
    • @@mr.joshua6818it could even mean 10 in ign, we may never know

      @aquaticnub1399@aquaticnub139912 күн бұрын
    • God's work.

      @JrSlacker@JrSlacker12 күн бұрын
    • doin’ the lords work here….thank you!

      @kawalker@kawalker11 күн бұрын
    • Ty

      @Delwryn757@Delwryn75711 күн бұрын
  • Surprisingly solid review. Bummed that they went with some simpler mechanics but I'd love to see those options added in future DLC or updates

    @ac8911@ac891112 күн бұрын
  • Damn, can't wait for this masterpiece

    @thoru4367@thoru436712 күн бұрын
  • *Timestamps for the video* Start: 0:00 End: 8:47

    @MrCommentGod@MrCommentGod12 күн бұрын
    • thank you

      @lauschangriff@lauschangriff12 күн бұрын
    • Not all heroes wear capes.

      @Xiox321@Xiox32112 күн бұрын
    • Shut up

      @ihatezen@ihatezen4 күн бұрын
  • The 8 rating was very generous imo... Will be waiting for this in the sale, no way in hell its worth £50!

    @HallyFPV@HallyFPV9 күн бұрын
  • This gives me hope for a Sword of the Stars 3. 🙏

    @stevens9625@stevens962510 күн бұрын
  • Still on "standby" for that Mass Effect 3 Legendary Edition review Dan....

    @sammyflinders@sammyflinders11 күн бұрын
  • I'll be waiting for a sale. Oh, well.

    @billthompson8182@billthompson818211 күн бұрын
  • how do you enable the MODS on PS5?

    @jofanw@jofanw9 күн бұрын
  • Absolutely unbelievable game! Exceeded my expectations even made me tear a little 😅

    @ryanjenkins9435@ryanjenkins943511 күн бұрын
  • Nice One 👍👍👍

    @BossBattleGameplay-@BossBattleGameplay-12 күн бұрын
  • Wonder how long before mods will be out for it? sm

    @mattwoodard2535@mattwoodard253510 күн бұрын
  • Modders... you have your mission. Imogen's wetsuit is a PRIORITY! 🤣🤣🤣

    @BePatient888@BePatient8889 күн бұрын
  • will it run max settings on a 1070 gtx?

    @Levente20@Levente2010 күн бұрын
    • Dude look at it. It's not 2015 anymore lol

      @GatecrasherSlim@GatecrasherSlim8 күн бұрын
  • What no veterancy? :(

    @mhjmstultiens@mhjmstultiens12 күн бұрын
  • LOOKS Amazing !@

    @marekkos3513@marekkos351312 күн бұрын
    • its so fun wait til you play it its super cool cant wait to get a mp game going

      @Dragonborn1178@Dragonborn117811 күн бұрын
  • Oof. 10 hours for the missions? And this game is $60? Seems like one to wait for a discount.

    @hansolsen3101@hansolsen310112 күн бұрын
    • Maybe increase difficulty?

      @andreasoberg2021@andreasoberg202111 күн бұрын
  • Looks like deserts of kharak was not so bad after checking this review...will wait for a 2nd hand key and play this one too.

    @quicombo1@quicombo110 күн бұрын
    • Lame. Don't buy gray market keys: that money doesn't reach the developers.

      @sinisterdesign@sinisterdesign10 күн бұрын
  • Show no mercy Weapon set to full power

    @CrimsonKoenig@CrimsonKoenig4 күн бұрын
  • Review score spoiler shield

    @bingbingma@bingbingma12 күн бұрын
  • 8? This game was a 5 tops

    @JonCampo91@JonCampo919 күн бұрын
  • omg omg omg it's happening

    @nikidelvalle@nikidelvalle12 күн бұрын
  • Admiral Akhbar??

    @ashokathegreat4534@ashokathegreat453411 күн бұрын
  • This reviewer sounded a lot like Dartigan at the beginning.

    @thenostalgiabusiness@thenostalgiabusiness12 күн бұрын
    • thought the same thing

      @heisenbergw.w8247@heisenbergw.w824710 күн бұрын
  • yeeeess a decent review!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    @kaiwendrich4150@kaiwendrich415012 күн бұрын
  • Dunno. For the fact that this is about the Singleplayer there is no word how goddamn short it is, how not well done the story itself is, and how the game focuses heavily on its MP and Rogue mode, including a freaking Battlepass. From a tactical and game design perspective, having to get the backs of a ship will lead to the same general swarming tactics, if that is the same weakness in all ships. Subsystems were more interesting.

    @doppelkammertoaster@doppelkammertoaster3 күн бұрын
  • Most of your points are negative yet the Game scored an 8?

    @monoono4051@monoono405112 күн бұрын
    • The game is a 6 at best. So many significant issues

      @Corusame@Corusame11 күн бұрын
  • From a content perspective… it‘s a 39.99€ game…

    @irgendwasmitxy@irgendwasmitxy9 күн бұрын
  • Please review crow country

    @jamesconlin5099@jamesconlin509912 күн бұрын
  • This game has Denuvo. Very bad decision. Denuvo has been criticised for high CPU usage and excessive writing operations on storage components, the latter potentially causing significant life-span reductions for solid-state drives (SSDs). Not to mention the performance can drop to 50%. I'll wait for the Denuvo removal.

    @claudianreyn4529@claudianreyn452912 күн бұрын
  • $60 game. How long is the single player campaign?

    @flow221@flow22112 күн бұрын
    • He says 10 hours in the video, did you watch it?

      @Edward_242@Edward_24212 күн бұрын
    • @@Edward_242 If you define watching as skipping through it, yes.

      @flow221@flow22112 күн бұрын
    • ADHD strikes again. Poor flow.

      @Boksberger@Boksberger12 күн бұрын
    • He said 10 I’ve seen people both on KZhead and reviewers say it’s around 12 but has 13 (including tutorial) missions

      @titanjakob1056@titanjakob105611 күн бұрын
    • @@Edward_242 no one watches a ign video all the way through, especially dan stapleton. The man is a joke.

      @pigup1661@pigup16619 күн бұрын
  • She looks a bit like Andre the great in a girls body

    @zakblue@zakblue12 күн бұрын
  • Nice they scored an eight

    @dexcal8009@dexcal80098 күн бұрын
  • Humanizing Imogen. Why? She isnt supposed to be human. She is supposed to be fleet command.

    @Centauri902@Centauri9023 күн бұрын
  • WARNING: spoilers throughout!

    @YTCanCauseImpotence@YTCanCauseImpotence12 күн бұрын
  • Control was terrible in demo hope it reverted back to homeworld 1/2 control system

    @IsolestiK@IsolestiK11 күн бұрын
  • homeworld was out 25 years ago not 20

    @G3LDY@G3LDY9 күн бұрын
  • No way this is 8 when stellar blade is 7.

    @physxme@physxme8 күн бұрын
  • Review summary: Homeworld 3 is a downgrade of homeworld 2

    @diego2817@diego281712 күн бұрын
  • Terrible face animations.

    @kameltoh9817@kameltoh981712 күн бұрын
    • Horrific cutscenes in general, looks like early 2000s motion capture

      @agentduck9285@agentduck928511 күн бұрын
    • @@agentduck9285 It's not a massively high budget game. It's fine for the most part.

      @danc1513@danc151310 күн бұрын
    • @@danc1513 However the original games used still images which cost less and looked better, I'm not sure why they didn't do the same, as they obviously wanted to evoke people's nostalgia anyway.

      @agentduck9285@agentduck92858 күн бұрын
  • Imagine the GD mods for this...😮

    @Aragorn7884@Aragorn788412 күн бұрын
  • wut olny 13 missions? thats half of the past games

    @charlesballiet7074@charlesballiet707412 күн бұрын
    • I'm guessing DLC for added campaign missions

      @BrokenNoah@BrokenNoah12 күн бұрын
    • it's actually the same :D 12 hours game .... as all were

      @robertbalassan@robertbalassan11 күн бұрын
    • actually no, homeworld 1 had 16 missions and homeworld 2 had 15, so that's 3 less compared to the first game and only 2 less compared to the sequel

      @warbossgrotsmasha23@warbossgrotsmasha2311 күн бұрын
    • ​@@warbossgrotsmasha23Let's wait and see quality over quantity, some of the original's missions were go from A to B and defend X. Here they're adding new elements like tools turrets and terrain which opens the game for more involved missions.

      @Xarr23@Xarr2311 күн бұрын
    • Tbf 1 had around 15 and 2 14 plus some of those missions can completed extremely quickly and consists of one minor fleet battle and go from what I’ve seen it’s more so bigger missions with multiple objectives

      @titanjakob1056@titanjakob105611 күн бұрын
  • Reinstalling Cataclysm…

    @TimBraithwaite@TimBraithwaite6 күн бұрын
  • This fills the sins of a solar empire hole in my heart

    @truedude616@truedude61611 күн бұрын
  • The Hair 😂

    @mettente@mettente2 күн бұрын
  • Did he say ‘admiral allahwakbar?’

    @OhhhNeil@OhhhNeil11 күн бұрын
    • Yup, the famous Egyptian admiral from Star Wars

      @pouquy4197@pouquy41979 күн бұрын
  • Now we need HL3

    @spacebarwasd9782@spacebarwasd978212 күн бұрын
  • JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER: DAN STAPLETON DIDN'T LIKE BLOODBORNE BECAUSE IT WAS "TOO HARD"

    @TheHIOJK@TheHIOJK12 күн бұрын
    • Lol who was the guy who have Cuphead a bad review because he couldn't get past the tutorial?

      @Nihiilus@Nihiilus10 күн бұрын
    • And yet this review says H3 doesn't have enough nuance and depth in several areas. Did you even watch it? Or do you just go around hating random reviewers because they disagree with you?

      @EGRJ@EGRJ9 күн бұрын
  • 8 / 10

    @wyliemcevoy9319@wyliemcevoy9319Күн бұрын
  • 10 hours gameplay for this length of time to release!? With no replay-ability. Quite disappointed.

    @RyanMTube@RyanMTube10 күн бұрын
  • 8? you must be kidding me...

    @jimyang9889@jimyang98899 күн бұрын
  • 8:26 really?

    @miauscavern6920@miauscavern692012 күн бұрын
    • should be lower

      @EVIL9000@EVIL900012 күн бұрын
  • 10 hour campaign is that it 😂?

    @Slayer-777-@Slayer-777-8 күн бұрын
  • WTF are those cutscenes???? Part of HW magic was NOT showing and visually personifying the characters. They were all represented by the technology and ships. You never saw the Taiidan Emperor in HW1, and there was only a confusing pic of Makaan in HW2. And now we have complete shitty cutscenes with generic scifi characters. Holy hell, the demo and now this, HW3 is looking pretty bad

    @alfgart@alfgart12 күн бұрын
    • The game was made by people who don't understand what made Homeworld great. It's so disappointing and I'm just gutted.

      @Corusame@Corusame11 күн бұрын
    • It flopped bad

      @thenextension9160@thenextension91604 күн бұрын
  • Still feels little dissapointed and doubt too the characters if compared with homeworld 2

    @cassini7647@cassini764711 күн бұрын
  • An 8 what a surprise from IGN 7 meme

    @Risu1177@Risu117712 күн бұрын
  • why does this guy keep referencing a multiplayer review that doesn't exist

    @ivylastname5657@ivylastname56574 күн бұрын
  • Love everything beside the faces / voice acting / story... it's something weird about them, they look like ai generated. had the same feeling with STASIS: BONE TOTEM faces guess they using the same technique. Also the voice acting is worse than Homeworld 1&2 you dont feel the urgency anymore, S'jet tone is like speaking with a friend.. (also the stary is kind of lame..)

    @kariak1@kariak112 күн бұрын
  • This person has never played previous homeworld games lol. The story was REALLLY BAAAD considering previous titles and it was less of a grand space opera and more like a story that is focused on 3 characters only, and some spaceships happening on the background. You need to believe that the queen that has a next level mastery on hyperspace but next game they can only come from a hole. lol

    @Davelantor@Davelantor4 күн бұрын
  • 8

    @ttg889@ttg88912 күн бұрын
  • Again IGN

    @pavelsmirnove3509@pavelsmirnove35098 күн бұрын
  • nice soywars references

    @rileybobbert6527@rileybobbert652712 күн бұрын
  • Wokenes mehh

    @diego2817@diego281712 күн бұрын
  • Lame recycle of a once great epic. Hopefully they fixed the network play...it crashed at the drop of a hat and the AI took over each disconnected player's other players. One didn't even know if they were disconnected (but you could still strangely chat in network) unless you were sitting beside the other player

    @carnaud@carnaud7 күн бұрын
  • Karen's face is very masculine

    @user-jg8eh8fw5z@user-jg8eh8fw5z12 күн бұрын
    • Is a Canadian studio, they don't like beautiful woman anymore

      @diego2817@diego281712 күн бұрын
    • leftist influence strikes again

      @kyledabearsfan@kyledabearsfan11 күн бұрын
    • At least she doesn't have vitiligo.

      @linuxgameplayxp6246@linuxgameplayxp624610 күн бұрын
  • sadly one of the worst game I've played since quite some time....

    @mischewski73@mischewski737 күн бұрын
  • Another joke "review" by the clowns at IGN

    @jeremyboku@jeremyboku7 күн бұрын
  • This game definitely should be a 10!!

    @dcpowered@dcpowered12 күн бұрын
    • If you've played all the other games.... It's nowhere near a 10....

      @williamhickerson4316@williamhickerson431610 күн бұрын
    • It's a 4 not a 10 lmao

      @JohnSmith-qg2bp@JohnSmith-qg2bp8 күн бұрын
  • How is IGN still a thing...

    @JungleOfMeat@JungleOfMeat12 күн бұрын
    • It’s all thanks to viewers…like YOU! 😊

      @TA3DArtist@TA3DArtist12 күн бұрын
    • Pretty sure it's the largest gaming media outlet in the world. Lol. You know, no big deal. O_o

      @dudeguybro@dudeguybro12 күн бұрын
    • Because you watched and commented on this.

      @flow221@flow22112 күн бұрын
  • lol the review is so bad. Clearly the game face planted hard.

    @thenextension9160@thenextension91604 күн бұрын
  • Most annoying voice evet

    @killerluuk@killerluuk9 күн бұрын
  • horrible campaign story

    @equinoxgabon5036@equinoxgabon50362 күн бұрын
  • Its dissapointing honestly, when you play it dont have your hopes up, the game is a glorified mobile game, its regressive from homeworld 2 and homeworld 2 was the weakest in the series!

    @salvatore771@salvatore77112 күн бұрын
    • It's what happens when the developers don't understand what made the original a great game

      @Corusame@Corusame11 күн бұрын
    • @@CorusameDICE literally admitted this when asked why they didn’t make Bad Company 3.

      @borismuller86@borismuller864 күн бұрын
    • @@CorusameDICE literally admitted this when asked why they didn’t make Bad Company 3.

      @borismuller86@borismuller864 күн бұрын
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