Decades after the Homeworld War, the Hiigarans have begun to rebuild on their society on their reclaimed ancestral home. Vying for limited resources, the small mining Kiith Somtaaw eeks out an existence in the shadow of the greater clans, little knowing their significance in events to come...
00:00 - Cutscene 00-01 02:02 - Mission 01. Intro 01: Kiith Somtaaw Mining Vessel KUUN-LAN 03:53 - Mission 01. Intro 02: Hiigara 05:42 - Mission 01. Hiigara System 12:54 - Cutscene 01-02 14:03 - Mission 02. Outskirts of Hiigaran System 20:23 - Cutscene 02-03 22:05 - Mission 03. Coruc-Tel System 27:35 - Cutscene 03-04 28:39 - Mission 04. Intro: Tel Sector 29:58 - Mission 04. Deep Space (Tel Sector) 36:29 - Cutscene 04-05 37:55 - Mission 05. Aiowa System 43:11 - Cutscene 05-06 44:08 - Mission 06. Intro: Kadiir Nebula (Zeta Gate) 45:10 - Mission 06. Kadiir Nebula 51:33 - Cutscene 06-07 52:56 - Mission 07. Intro: Kadiir Nebula (Epsilon Gate) 53:48 - Mission 07. Outskirts of Kadiir Nebula 58:04 - Cutscene 07-08 59:13 - Mission 08. Deep Space (Koreth's Rift Sector) 1:04:15 - Cutscene 08-09 1:05:09 - Mission 09. Close Orbit, Gozan IV (Taiidan Research Planet) 1:08:58 - Cutscene 09-10 1:10:01 - Mission 10. Intro: Koreth's Rift Sector 1:11:06 - Mission 10. Debris Field (Koreth's Rift Sector) 1:19:54 - Cutscene 10-11 1:21:06 - Mission 11. System AZ-23769 1:26:42 - Cutscene 11-12 1:27:24 - Mission 12. Intro: Kyori Sector 1:28:21 - Mission 12. Turanic Outpost (Kyori Sector) 1:32:42 - Cutscene 12-13 1:33:25 - Mission 13. Location Unknown 1:38:06 - Cutscene 13-14 1:38:55 - Mission 14. Intro: Galactic Rim 1:40:00 - Mission 14. Galactic Rim (Gulf Sector) 1:46:27 - Cutscene 14-15 1:48:01 - Mission 15. Intro: Gulf Sector 1:48:48 - Mission 15. Deep Space (Gulf Sector) 1:54:29 - Cutscene 15-16 1:56:00 - Mission 16. Intro 1:57:27 - Mission 16. Sojent-Ra System (Far Reaches Sector) 2:05:16 - Cutscene 16-17 2:05:42 - Mission 17. Intro: Far Reaches Sector 2:06:15 - Mission 17. Republican Naval Base Alpha 2:19:15 - Cutscene 17
In the time from 00:39:00 to approx. 00:40:10, why use Wall Formation when controlling fighter-size craft...? I always use claw formation when using attack craft, and X-Formation or other flexible formation when using corvettes. I reserve Wall Formation for frigates, destroyers and cruisers.
@@NobleKorhedron About the only thing I can think of is that Wall spreads out the damage. Pretty bad for capital ships where Fighters and Corvettes have to focus on weakspots, but against enemy fighters who have so little health that's not as much of a problem.
@@ES21007: I would also counteract that problem by selecting one or two targets at a time, instead of the whole enemy formation...
First Mission: "This is the Kiith Som-taaw Mining Vessel, Kuun-Lan." Final Mission: "This is the Kiith Som-taaw Warship, Kuun-Lan."
From humble miners to badass motherfuckers ^^
So the miners are now warriors...
gives me chills. thats the architypical storytelling to its best. The calling for an adventure, the journey, the struggle, and the growth.
@@swordman2000 I don't know if I could agree I honestly didn't care to much for the story in Cata, it just really didn't feel like it followed the original story, it would have made a great stand alone but didn't really suit the original imho
Beast Slayers!!
The loss of Cataclysm is truly one of the greatest tragedies of gaming history.
it was lost?
@@viresinnumeris7755 Original code is lost after Sierra, Barking Dog and Relic turmoil. And there are some lincence issues too. That's why Homeworld: Cataclysm is renamed to Emergence on gog.
@@KiithSomtaaw_ It's not as if it'd be _impossible_ to rebuild the game from the ground up in a newer engine. It would just take such an investment of time and effort that no sane company would bother and there's basically no chance anyone will ever do it. Plus salvaging the old audio files, since unlike HW1 the high-fidelity original recordings aren't preserved and... well. YOU try redubbing HOMEWORLD.
@@shingshongshamalama I think that anyone who should take task to remake need to do immense work with lots of mechanics from scratch. Week ago I played HW:C and I was overwhelmed how much changes were done in one year after HW1 premiere. From fleet management, linking vessels (acolytes to ACV), modular structure of mothership to sentinel's shielding wothout mention about graphics enchancements.
For the clearance. I played Cataclysm hmmm bout 2 times more than HW1. Maybe the darkness that fullfils the game, feel of anger, vengeance.
I love how in the base game every ship's crew are military or people who understand the weight of the Homeworld mission, so they always stay calm and professional, but the Somtaaw range from excitable newbies to guys who can't really be bothered to pilots who sound like they're flying stoned
the worker ship pilots sound like they'd want to be anywhere expect where they are lol
Also some of them panicking when facing a nameless horror from Hyperspace
@@GPUGambon Considering that mining is already a rough profession imagine going from THAT to fighting an extremely aggressive and INTELLIGENT alien biotech plague.
@@aguyontheinternet9095 And they still WON. They didn't have a Messiah on their side, or some grand prophecy of how they'll slay the Beast, they pissed off the Bentusi trying to get their help, were scared shitless from the get go but they stuck to their guns, flinched but never fled and they defeated an ancient horror from hyperspace that made prior mentioned Bentusi want to abandon the galaxy in its entirety.
One of the things I loved from this game and sadden when I played the remasters.
The real hero is whoever had the foresight to design emergency jettison protocols for the lower decks that seem to be able to work within seconds. Whole galaxy is going beastmode if they hadn't
From what I remember, because of how limited the Kiith-Somtaaw's access was to the Motherships Manufacturing facilities, they had to take turns to build whatever pieces they could in the small amount of time they were given. As such, their ships were meant to be assembled from larger, more easily manufactured chunks (hence being able to build Support & Utility Modules to flesh out their capabilities) The lower decks were one such chunk, so I'm sure they were able to just cut the ties that initially bound the two halves together. In a small way, adapting to those initial limitations may have saved the galaxy.
There's also the Somtaaw Council greedily keeping the module's existence and contents a secret from the other kiith.
Kiith-Somtaaw was given a very limited time of 45 days for the shipyards, they came up with 2 mining ships and a research vessel. FAAL-CORUM was the first ship built, during its building Kiith-Somtaaw decided they needed a flexible ship. While building FAAL-CORUM they were already redesigning KUN-LAAN to be completely modular by the time she hit the shipyard to be built.
The scene of the KUUN-LANN Commander shouting at the Bantusi is phenomenal. His fury at the audacity that they think they can just outrun The Beast, their woeful breakdown as they realize what kind of atrocity they're commiting by destroying those who seek their aid. It's brilliant. It's amazing. "At least The Beast doesn't pretend to be RIGHTEOUS!!!"
"Afraid? AFRAID?! Oh, the Bentusi clad with the best technologies get to be afraid, and run away! While the rest of us with our flickerlives must scrape and scrimp to get by, yet we are pushing the Beast back for the next day! Do you think we too do not fear?! And yet we fight, while YOU run!"
Yea... sadly they forgot that they SLAUGHTERED the Hiigarans couple thousand years ago too... The Exile? The Kushan? Taiidan fault? Not quiet, or at least not only. Btw. The Saajuk was powerless against those Bentusi vessels back then, THATS how powerfull they where once. They would have eaten the beast within mere moments if not for their grief and self depression over what they did to the Hiigarans.
The Bentuse are strong but they have good reason to fear the Beast. The Beast is a fate worse than death for them and the Beast is really infectious. The Beast is a really good counter to the Bentuse.
@@gmradio2436write that down write that down!
@@gmradio2436The Beast is just if not more dangerous to normal people as well. You can hear moans of pain from Beast's vessels, implying the people aboard were kept alive indefinitely as part of the vessel. Bentusi are wise to fear this fate but so does everyone. The only difference is they have the tech to just leave instead of helping
It's strange how a strategy space game can create a scarier atmosphere than Dead Space.
I never got to play it before, but the CUT US LOOSE scene was so unnerving, like even the guy he's talking to doesn't know what's happening while someone is screaming, then the first thing he says is "You've got to save the rest of the ship. Jettison the lower decks!". Like damn, even the poor crew man doesn't have time to process what's happening but he knows they're dead and have to be cut off. Then you just watch it float away while everyone is screaming. Brilliant.
Eerie thing is that scream "Cut us loose" is not about science module. It is about him and his comrades, being jury-rigged with module's subsystems alive by Beast.
@@Dozornui You sure? That's horrifying
I think us not knowing for sure makes it even better.
As a kid, I didn't know if I was playing a strategy game or a Horror game. That part was extremely unnerving. You hear all those blood curling screams and since you just see the ship floating away into the void, your imagination takes over.....
"Yes, yes. We will not be bound, whatever that means." Is the greatest line from this game imo because I can feel that the fleet commander could not give less of a shit what the bentusi have to say.
I think “REGRET?! We regret the loss of the whole sand-cursed galaxy!” is the best angry commander line, with him muttering “burn” with the cannon as a close second
@@AVerySexuallyDeviantOrange "Burn you monstrosity... BURN...." That line always gives me chills, because it the first time Som Taaw and the Kuun Lan finally get an upper hand on the beast.
"It doesn't matter how we die, one ancient monster is as good as another!" The _hurt_ in the Bentusi's voice after that. Like, how could anyone think of them as monsters?
@@56bturn"We... are... not... monsters." The delivery is of a person who lashed out at a friend and regrets what they have done because they are afraid, and I love it.
My favorite line is "I'm sure they'll forget to thank us later." The fact they were able to laugh about how they get the shaft is kind of inspiring in a weird way. ❤❤❤
Always found it funny how the Republicans were always happy to see the Somtaaw, while the other Higarans were just bothered by them... They did a good job showing the difference in castes. Hell, the way they thank everyone *but* the Somtaaw in defending Higara.... I just ordered Cataclysm in it's original cardboard box, with the book... I cannot wait...
There's some good reading material in the manual. I remember there was stuff on individual ships aswell
There was a manual? aw sweet!
I still have mine!
God If only I grew with Homeworld would've loved It only got yanked to it recently (Also heard a fair amount about it) but atleast I played through... Every one of em til now including DOK and Cataclysm.
Why were the heroic somtaw disliked?
Thanks for bringing those memories. To be honest, this game is the true definition of horror in RTS, and I was never able to find that level of terror in any other Real Time Strategy games.
I think imo, the main reason why it can be so scary without even showing on how the beast turn people into bio circuitry is the voice line. You can hear how people reacter when they turn and how it can easily turn ships into beast ships
I consider it the Thing is space.
the fact that the Naggarok contracted the Beast virus...means that the Beast is still out there...somewhere.
Probably has already multiple galaxies on its victim list
Or possibly the entire universe has already fallen
Didn’t they say it contacted the beast during a hyperspace jump; I think it corrupts much like the void can corrupt ships during jumps in war hammer 40K. The beast lives in there. The void.
@@louislozoya5926 They picked it up in the higher dimensions (like 5D existence) during intergalactic hyperspace apparently Edit: “apparently” my ass, it said it in one of the cutscenes!
Like WAR:40k style ? Spooky!
The voice actors did a really good job in this, and narrative-wise I think this might be a little better than the original (as much as I love it)
It adds so much more depth but also sets the stage for how things are in the universe from the first game. The voices in HW1 were very militaristic; there was emotion but always very controlled and understated. Now, since we're essentially playing civilian miners, the designers went to great lengths to get that point across. It's seen a lot in the captain, who was expertly voiced with a ton of emotion in every line. Such a good game made with love and care that is rarely seen today.
@@TheSteakStyles Even though cataclysm was a very different tone and perspective than the original game, it does it so well that it is incredible in its own right. Still holds up today.
There certainly is a much more suspenseful feeling. It starts really strong, with an enthralling dark mood that never lets go.
Обожаю Homeworld Cataclysm, в отличии от второй части основной игры, где механика боя вообще не понравилась. Жаль так и не сделали рамастер Homeworld Cataclysm.
Exactly. These arnt the cool headed military types from Homeworld 1 these are regular joes in the wrong place at the wrong time called on to do the impossible and as panicked an anxious as they should be in that situation.
This was the best homeworld. The others were great, but the story, the factions, and the voice acting in this game are on another level.
easily. This was probably the only game that got me fearing the enemy. I hated that damn infected research module chasing me across space.
i just hope HW3 takes a lesson of this here. Cataclysm beat Halo 2 back then, it would beat it as a remaster too. I just hope we still get a Sjet as Fleet Command again. Would be a waste of the Homeworld Trademark otherwise.
First HW had op salvage corvettes, HW2 required you to spend lots of time after winning map to rebuild fleet before proceeding which wasted huge amount of time. Cataclysm was basically improved HW 1 without time wasters of HW2.
have to agree there..and when you have a game where just improving the coding for its mechanics is all you need to do for remasters of it being paired with a excellent organic in world story....now thats something rare to see... like a once in a decade or century novel.
@@Rabestern I don't know I rarely had any trouble with fleet size in HW2... I DID have to scuttle ships and rebuild them to keep the credits down though as the stupid game made the new missions harder based off of your credits each mission (and HW1 remastered did the same thing to nerf the OP salvage corvettes. fleet size determined enemies at start of mission)
1:15:40 CAAL-SHTO: _"They come. Good."_ That line, I have not forgotten it, even after so many years and still gives me goosebumps, knowing what's coming. 👍
LOL im the same, from time to time when the opportunity presents itself I say that in my head since no else would get it.
Me when my dominoes order is on the way.
VA for fleet command seriously earned his paycheck for this.
I love the recon VA too. She seems like a cocky starbuck-type.
The voice actors really give these otherwise blocky and static ships more character than most video games and a lot of tv and movies.
One of the reasons BSG is soooooo good.
One of the very rare times where RTS does horror right. I very much wish this got the same remaster treatment as the collection.
They wanted to remaster it but the games source code was lost and they couldnt do it
@@lordvanazir1007 What Sam said, the source was lost, sadly can't do a remastered with no source, I guess that is the cost of politics in gaming... :*(***
@@anjhindul not just that but blizzard holds the copyright to the name cataclysm meaning any remake would have to be named something else.
@@joshuawall646 You mean the name it was re-released under? Yeah, Emergence is shite for a name but it works. Without source code you are out of luck for remastering/remaking.
@@librarian5657ot really, emergence is the scientific term describing how multiple unconscious and frankly idiotic cells can do smart things together. It’s a twisted explanation of The Beast.
When that kushan carrier came back, the CAAL-SHTO, to help with the fleet during the shock cannon savage, I knew instantly that something was wrong. A few next words just confirm that it turn beast. The beast is scary!
it was kinda obvious. the CAAL-SHTO voice was as if it was forced out from the captain under heavy toxication of sorts or something, so yeah... kinda obvious. When warned that the raiders were approaching them, then the voice just turned more dark and beastly so. Beast CAAL-SHTO confirmed at that point. Really some awesome acting there.
Yea, I guess your right. Also thanks for the name correction
@@starfall17 Makes me wonder if the Beast preserved the captain's vocal chords and mouth structures specifically for the purpose of deception, spooky!
@@TH-mf1hn well, the beast isn't stupid.
Basically, MandaloreGaming's reaction on his review video for the game.
I LOVE how the voice of the mining narration changes announcements from:- "We are the Kith Somataaw Mining Vessel KUUN-LAN" in the beginning to "We are the Kith Somataaw Warship KUUN-LAN" towards the end!!
2:12:05 Taiidan Remnant: *repairs a supership possessed by a hyperspace entity intent to devour everything in exchange for a promise* Taiidan Remnant: Why would the Kushan do this?
Bunch of spoiled brats and unhinged warmongers, the Taiidani.
The best kind of survival horror RTS made. A monster that simply adds all your work to its own if you are not careful and the horrors of screaming crewmembers are just so spine-chilling. Can one even imagine how horrible it is? Yeah if I was one of those people I would be hitting the self-destruct button quickly before the beast takes over.
The Kuun-lan was such a badass ship despite being a mining vessel. She and her crew defied the odds and stopped a galactic threat. It sucks that cataclysm isn’t canon to the storyline. I would have loved to see mention of Kiith-somtaaw and the Kuun-lan in home world 2.
its canon.
The kith is at least canon in Deserts of Kharak. Some of the background was used for their bio.
I seem to recall they get mentioned once when your exploring ancient derelicts and someone points out they'd not approve
It's 1000000% canon.
It's canon
i really love how the beast them self even acknowledge the somtaaw as an worthy opponent for a sentient cancer even they learn to know that somtaaw is not just your typical mining clan.
Im still amazed how versitile a damn mining vessel in this era of Hiigara is, shit’s bigger than a carrier, builds its own fleet and can repel most fighter/corvette assaults on it’s own. I found it funny we got pushed around to do things we were not meant to be doing but somehow still got through.
Bigger ship, bigger haul
Iirc the lore is that the Somtaaw made it into a very versatile ship since that's pretty much what they were good at; the other one is the Faal-Corum, its older sibling. Since the Somtaaw weren't originally a fighting caste, it only makes sense it's just a huge mining vessel. What tipped it tho (imo) is the fact that the crew of the Kuun-lan was quick on their feet and able to adapt, while also being lucky. They were able to flee from worse fights that would've taken them down ( like the one with the Clee-San at the start ) They were able to pick fights and learn more about their enemy while other fleets (presumably) just got devoured, and they were eventually able to pick up that ancient cannon while also getting access the Bentusi schematics for the souped up Acolyte. It feels convenient and silly at times, but never really contrived ( apart from maybe how dumb it can sometimes feel having thousands of resources banked up while having no SU to spare.
@@rintv3675 The manual also explained that Somtaaw had to basically gamble their future on this, needing to beg and negotiate just to get 45 days of work on the original mothership. Since they'd likely never get another chance, they built the original Faal Corum and then expanded on that with the Kuun Lan, focusing on making it versatile, adaptable and modular so they'd never need to use the mothership again.
imagine if the Beast was found by a ship that couldn't eject its individual modules
@@MazNator There's the possibility such a ship self-destructs instead. Pressing a button to blow oneself up is difficult, but a lot easier when everything around is quickly getting covered by flesh and teeth.
The black and white models they use for their story telling are so impactful. The part where the Bentusi are entombed within their ships was terrifying
The Bentusi are Unbound. They find liberation in that process. They find your Human experience terrifying, ironically. Bound and limited.
So sad this game never got a remaster like hw1 and 2. The somtaw ship designs are sexy
Unfortunately they don't have the original martial (was lost between Studios moves) so not as easy to do as they could with other 2
@@leexgx sucks, I have the cd game but I cant get it to work with windows 10
@@ravenwings7945 It's been a year, so I'm sure you know, but GoG has Cataclysm (though it's called Emergence on the site because Blizzard are bastards) for download that works perfectly with Windows 10.
@@Mobius_118 it does work but has issues with most newer systems and the display settings they use i know as i was forced to run it in windowed mode and with only low end display settings and it still had a few issues
I think this is the best voice acting in a Homeworld game.
The fact this game is just 2 hours and 20 minutes of shear story, not to mention the gameplay is insane. The amount of work that went into this old game is what made Homeworld great.
Just before I fell asleep I though, "wish I could watch homeworld cataclysm like a movie" When I woke up this was recommended, I think I'm morty
The person who played the tactical officer really did great with voice acting.
Damn, maaan, i replayed Cataclysm right half a year ago. One of the best strategy games along with the all Homeworld series. Also a very legendary stuff was made in our Russian version - the Fleet Command voice actor was chosen the one who was a voice of Optimus Prime in Russian version of the movies. So sad he died of a desease a year ago... So... Thanks to Barking Dog, thanks to this video's author, and R.I.P. Andrew Yaroslavtsev, the most legendary voice among Russian sound actors.
Dude… Somtaaw-Sa‘s voice actor did an impeccable job. The way he says Somtaaw…👌 He’s what I imagine the Kushani language sounds like. 21:20
Best scene: the Bentusi getting smack talked by the captain. Epic. Second favorite: when the engineers are talking about how the best operates, you can head the fear in their voice.
1:15:10 CAAL-SHTO: They come. Good. **spooky chills all over again**
'This is Captain Hugh Mann of the Caaaaaaaal-ShhhhhhhTo'
Still remember when I first heard that line. FFFFFFFFFF............
I just realized that almost everyone was disrespecting the Kuun Lan in the beginning.
The first time i played the game, i didnt really noticed it, i did felt it when after the first mission they thanked everyone but the Somtaaw and a little bit with the destroyer, needless to say at the last mission, i completely felt it when they went from "This is the mining vessel" to "this is the warship", man was i pumped for it
It's makes me happy to know people still enjoy cataclysm and that it brings in new players as well. Hope it gives you goosebumps the way it did me when I was younger. Cheers 🍻
Can we just have a moment of appreciation for how good this classic horror movie shot is at 53:36 that is some amazing visual tension. I keep expecting to see something start following them in the distance.
The old distortion of sound from the early methods of audio compression used brings back nostalgia for me like a smell from mom's kitchen.
1:53:15 easily my favorite exchange out of the 3 homeworld games.
The very first horror RTS.
So the miners have become warrior's, I love that line
I have only just recently discovered Homeworld and it's like what I believed Star Trek Armada to be when I was a kid, only now as an adult. These games are absolutely superb.
Teigor doing some tough diplomacy with Bentusi was mose legendary part of the story
Homeworld was amazing, and Cataclysm just simply blew my mind. There was something.. satisfying in getting that huge siege cannon and turn the mothership from a mining vessel into a badass warship. The premise, storyline, voice acting - well everything in this game is just so perfect.
Battleship Yamato hold my coffee. You only saved one planet we saved a galaxy.
Imagine the Bentusi escaped this galaxy just to arrive into an already infected one.
From Mining Vessel, to Mothership, to Warship. What a wild journey. Glad they didn't have to go supernova to destroy the Beast.
The feeling of playing it for the first time at age of 14yrs old is really great.. RTS games backthen are ahead of it's time even new gamea nowadays can't match it.
homeworld 1 (not the remake) played and looked better than almost any rts for its scale. this game is basically an A teir space opera with better writin than almost any other RTS . they litterally dont make them like they used to
@@Mrmaverickism homeworld 1 (not the remake) ? "(not the remake)" Why is that?
The remaster has some issues involving Formations, Salvage Corvette limitations, a bunch of gameplay bugs, and even some details ranging from ship sizes and colors and what might be some noticeable differences with the voice acting. Sure, a lot of them are rectified by the likes of the Players Patch, but...
@@Mrmaverickism exactly that's why I keep playing the old ones afterall the modders made it really great.
I come back every once in a while to experience this story. Hopefully, Homeworld 3 will continue the great tradition of great atmosphere comes first, there's nothing like it.
I used to love this game just for the music. When I got older, I appreciated the story as less and less stories are this impactful.
one thing i love is the justification and lore building within the first cutscene. It perfectly sets up the world and why these ships, while they are are new and different, still feel like Hiigaran ships. This game was particularly good because it felt like a natural EXTENSION of the world and its events versus an experience that could have been much more disconnected. Barking Dog did such a fantastic job with this game and its a shame its been obscured by time. I'm thankful for the good folks over at GoG for resurrecting this masterpiece
This is solid Sci fi, and a great game. Someday, perhaps, quality like this can make a resurgence?
I appreciate the amount of work this must've been. Every so often I feel like playing the homeworld games again for the story, but RTS games in general can feel like work. Thanks for making this, I enjoyed watching
When hm3 comes out im going to replay them all back to back. Tempted to contact a charity and stream the whole thing.
@@31337ification do it
oh man. nostalgia bomb. Absolutely shit my pants when the beast made their epic appearance. quite a spooky surprise not expected from the franchise.
When they screamed "cut us loooose!", it gave me shivers. I was just 15 yrs old. It was soooo good..
its
The voice acting in Cataclysm is amazing
I have so many happy memories of the HW series, but especially of HW:C. It's one of those special instances where the whole thing is perfect in all aspects of creation. You could appreciate the horror of The Beast from all angles, especially the fears of the Bantusii
I wish we got to see the the Kuun-Lan during the first mission of HW2. Passing by on it's way to a nearby base and docking there. Would have just been nice to see that nod to this game.
I've now become a huge fan of a game I've never played
Thanks for the upload! Cataclysm (or Emergence thanks to Acti-Blizz) is probably my favorite entry of all Homeworld entries, I will probably keep repeating this vid every so often just to have the soundscape. Kiith Somtaaw's story from being mundane religous miners turning into an full-fledged warrior Kiith is just so absolutely heartwarming, thanks to the horrors they fought in Cataclysm. In my mind this is canon, it's just censored to hell just like how the Coalition on Kharak found that Taiidan carrier (you'd think during the mothership launch everyone was briefed on the Taiidan). If we see Somtaaw again in HW3 I just hope everything in Cataclysm is confirmed canon. They do not need to bring back the beast but at least bring back these tired miners, finally getting the recognition they deserved ❤
In Homeworld Mobile they have Somtaaw as one of the factions in the game, yeah, they're the most popular Kiith so there's a possibility to add them in as well
@@silent0089 My current phone can't play Homeworld Mobile, but from what you are saying... These news puts a smile on my face!
It's a good thing it's *officially* canon now
The units in this game were so gud and the story shouldn't have been excluded from the official lore. Excellent game and the story was great.
Good news on that front, it has since been regarded as fully part of the canon!
I forgot how this game was Homeworld's love child with System Shock
The distorted audio voices, the Beast.....so im not the only one that had System Shock 2 deja vu?
The most important thing I learned about the story was... *The command ship is under attack*
I think the choice of the Somtaaw Kiith-sa might have been a blessing in disguise. If the module had been handed over to a fully geared and armed Nabaal strike group, the catastrophy would hav been.... cataclysmic!
Those ships also aren't modular, so everyone on board who'd have an idea of wtf was going on would be dead.
13:37 - its the escape pod from the Nostromo, nice little nod there!
Still better than all the recent starwars movies.
To this day, the Kuun-lan is one of my favourite four starships of all time.
Wasnt initially a fan but it grew on me. I liked you could actually move it in missions unlike the mothership in HW1&2
@@maffyg107 you can sort of move the pride hiigara but its so slow youll better off use carriers
@Upcycle Shoes screw the macross cannon, those starter guns it had? anything that was over the ship would get anihilated in rather a fast time for a "mining vessel"; one gun at the front, two on the back rear part of the engine, anything in the right angle getting hammered by those 3 guns would die, i always delayed upgrading to energy canons on the kuun lan for that matter
@@awlore Why were the mass drivers better than the energy cannons?
@@ES21007 sheer volume of firing, the ammount and speed at which htey shot was just staggering, while sure the energy canons did more damage per shot and even had tracking, the endless sea of mass driver shooting from those 3 turrets could quickly destroy most fighters and corvettes, and anything heavier than those would only live for a bit longer, at least when compared with the energy canons that i eventually just got a bit dissappointed, but were still required for the bigger ships
This is one of the coolest and unique stories of all time in my opinion. It is inspiring
This game came way before Dead Space and it defined organic horror in space. Also, that music piece 2:09 onward can also be heard in at least some parts in the Dead Space 3. Also 1:53:35 in that line you can literally hear the horrified breath sound of the Bentusi. Voice acting for this role did a fantasic job in this game.
36:29 - The barely contained terror in the voice of the engineer is top notch. Terror and confusion since he is not a scientist. When he got to tech specs hes got more confident at least. 1:25:42 - Man, I forgot about Faal-Corum encounter and my honest hope that they will make it. The feel of sistership and friendly souls on board that just does not have our experience and knowing that Caal-Chto was subverted somehow just added to the dread and hope. Loosing Caal-Chto was unfortunate, but they still were not that friendly to us. My heart would've sunk if I was Faal-Corum infected. I LOVE the voice acting in this game. All of it. In the first homeworld and in the second VO is professional even when things are dire - gives you a correct impression that they were chosen among the best and the most stress resistant people they had at the time. But here people are not fighters at all, they are not military - they are civilian miners, with some tech to fend off some small pirate incursions to have mining operation continue according to needed quotas.
i like this game because it feels natural after the original homeworld. small stories that feature the different clans and viewpoints after the big story had been told. would have wanted a few more before homeworld 2 had come out but game development was different back then.
Tbh this is HW2. In terms of following on from HW1. The actual HW2 is a little to much removed from HW for me. Still an amazing game just talking in terms of lore.
Technically speaking yeah, 2 had new writers which is why it was a bit less homeworldy
Ah yes, Homeworld cataclysm, the Lost episode. .... And I don't jsut mean because of the source code thing but also because it's like... never ever refered too in canon in the following games ? Like you'd think "suddenly technobiologic horror from beyond the star" would leave a mark...
I loved the multi-player matches back in the day. Lobbies used to be full of clans like X, Demon and I think there was also a Chicken clan. You used to be able to cheese with the mothership itself and somehow flip it to certain angles so more cannons would hit the opposing mothership. Also seige cannon rushes. Ramming frigates were a unique concept. Wall/Sphere formation spam. Mass multi beam frigates. Missle acolyte micro. Agh, it's all hard to remember but I wish I had replays to see what it was all about. This game was amazing.
I like to think that, after the politics had been settled and the Kiith Elders taken their new position, that the Kuun Lan and her weary crew returned to the simple life of mining.
I hope every single member of that ship got a comfortable pension for the rest of their lives for the sacrifices they made. Good god they deserve it
Im pretty sure that they just took like a week or two off to rest after going to hell, adapting to its unforgiving environment and getting back armed to the teeth and fucking overloading the siege cannon to kill this beast bastard But i dont think they will go mining again, cause their mining ship is now considered a warship that can make a fleet out of solid rock, hopes and rage. Basically, now they are in charge of contaminating any biomachinery hazard or work as professional mercenaries across the universe
It's so sad that this the only game in the saga that didn't get an official remaster because of the missing source code, hopefully it will be remade one day, because it's definitely the best Homeworld game
It's been 20 years since I played this or saw the cutscenes, and they are as good as I remembered, which is rare for old games. They made an excellent decision to eschew expensive prerendered cutscenes that wouldn't have aged well, and rather use basic artistic sketches and narration and the game engine for cutscenes, focusing more on excellent sound work, writing, and voice acting, because those have aged like fine wine. I only wish they hadn't reused that betusi "we will not be bound!" death scream, as it's so well delivered that it burns into your brain, and you can't really use something like that multiple times or it just feels wrong. Other than that, it's all perfection.
This is my favorite game from saga so far. I love the first, second one was good but had little lackings. But this? This is the whole galaxy around, "I'll fix my errors or I'll die trying" story. The first one was an epic voyage about forgotten heritage and discovering who you are, almost a mythological legend. Cataclysm is more... personal... darker, grimmer. A bitter story full of uncertainty and little miracles. A story of standing against impossible darkness and surviving, even if it changes you. I always got chills when the Beast music kicked in.
Love how GamerPete grew along the campaign as well. He/She's by no means a seasoned player with this game, yet bit by bit, our gamer adapted and overcame it all, just like the Somtaaw people
I so wish that a time traveler would save the Source Code of this game.
Why do you think it disapeared... ;7
It has ,you just need a gog account and can get it for only 8 euro
I miss this game. It was great to watch some of these missions again
You probably know this but if you hold left ALT and left click a ship, your camera will automatically snap and lock onto that ship with your view. Also there is a pretty dope cutscenes if you stick around after picking up the research vessel. Also you can go into game settings to change the sensor system overlay back to the original Homeworld 1 style if wanted.
Anymore tips?
@@nuruddinshah684 The giant cannon is not proximity or impact based, but is timed to explode exactly at the point you chose in the sensors tab. Pretty useful if you can predict where a formation will be heading The fight against the bentusi can be ended early by killing off one of your capital ships after they say a certain voice line, which can save the better part of your fleet This ones obvious but the carrier escort mission ends with a capturable taidan capital ship, just rush workers to it and missile acvs to kill off the surrounded sphere formation
@@AVerySexuallyDeviantOrange For the second example, you could at least move your capital ships away from the Bentusi Exchanges and just let the Kuun-Lan duke it out against them alone until its hull reaches critical levels.
Attention Kuun-Lan, this is the Caal-Shto, we have arrived with reinforcements from Hiigara, come to us
From having no respect from the other Kiith to having Gearbox tell all the ex-Relic folk at BBI to include Beastslayer and Sommtaw livery in Homeworld 3, canonizing the events of Cata/Emergence
certainly the coolest space RTS franchise, ever. Shit even beats stellaris.
Can I get an f in the chat for the Caal Shto?
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What are you talking about. They're fine. We're fine. Come to us.
I love these because of the subtle voice acting perfect example if you listen to the captain was talking about the Beast you can actually hear his voice crack in some places like he's trying to compose himself he's either trying not to be sick or is trying not to cry I would say try not to cry because as a captain and what I've learned from the more most of those people were either part of this family or they've been working together for many years
This was better then all other homeworld games.
I was hoping back then that the Somtaaw clan would play a big role in Homeworld 2 storyline. Too bad cataclysm seems to happen in parallel universe. It would be awesome that by homeworld 2 era somtaaw become like this independent subfaction of the hiigarans that roam the space as miner (during peace time) and secretly as independent specialist tactical military force that will come into aid during the attack of the vagyr.
"cataclysm seems to happen in parallel universe." Why so?
@@Brandelwyn its not cannon, sadly. a lot was lost from homeworld 1 to homeworld 2 and a lot added on
@@Mrmaverickism still Id never just dismiss it
They're mentioned in HW2's manual as being against exploring ancient ruins and salvage. Considering cataclysm... Yeah.
@@Mrmaverickism it's Canon again, so that's good
I just watched the entire 2h20min video and I demand a remaster!
Unbelievably phenomenal and underrated game
This brings back good memories. I always capture everything though.
The beast always reminded me of markers in a way from dead space
"Is anyone willing to give the lower decks peace for at least a few minutes?"
At 13:25 you see the escape pod from the Nostromo, the ship from the original Alien movie from 1979. It was in that pod Ripley escaped and later crashed on the prison world in Aliens. I still have the original game box in my shelf. It's unopened. I bought it and downloaded a pirated copy just so I could have the box in the shelf. I guess it's worth some money now but I won't sell it. :P
this game is a real gem. thanks for uploading!
I wasn't going to watch the entirety of 2:20 hours of Cataclysm playthrough, but I just did. And I'm glad I did!
Cataclysm had the best multi-player combat of any of the homework games.
Always found it funny that mission 13 was in the Kadesh nebula, makes you wonder if the beast had already destroyed the Kadeshii.
13:22 "...I'm sure they'll forget to thank us later." Pretty sure that was Somtaaw's Kiith motto at the time XD
I could never get into the game enough to finish it so I'm glad to see the whole story here for the full time!