Freespace 1 & 2
Sacrifice
Imperialism 1 & 2
Alpha Centauri

ha! Yeah. I tried playing it again last year for a while, and it got really frustrating quickly.

Has anyone ever played this game and NOT eventually ended up naming all their saved game something along the line of "fucked", "fuck", "oh fuck", "shit im fucked".

It looks like Sega have formally purchased Relic in the aftermath of the THQ breakup. No idea who owns the Homeworld IP at this point, but maybe Sega will realize that there are a shit-ton of nerds that will instantly spend a bunch of money at the drop of Adagio for Strings in a trailer. Including me.

Odds of the Homeworld 3 manual being anywhere near as awesome as the Homeworld 1 manual: probably longer than the odds of a Freespace 3 being made.

Found mine a few years back during a move. Still a great read.

There's not many games that put you in a world and a universe like Homeworld. The backstory's a treat, but I love that it's not even the history, but the places themselves. The Garden of Kadesh, the Karos Graveyard, the first encounter with the Bensui in the Great Wastelands... all stick vividly in my memory.

I totally agree. Aside from the engaging tactical gameplay and stunning graphics, the story and all that came with it drew you in as an integral part of fighting your way across the galaxy. Not to mention the superb music throughout. Love Homeworld.

I still have my manual, game disc and soundtrack. I miss game manuals these days because that was an example where a little extra made all the difference. Now, shit's just vomited up in a quick CGI intro and it's "get to it". That's not always awful, just a bit lazy and unimaginative at this point.

That soundtrack is still one of the best game soundtracks of any game. I'll fight people on that.

Yessss

One of my favorite things about this game was how you could make a task force of like six salvage corvettes, put into teams of two, and take capital ships during engagements.

At the end of the game I had this totally badass rag-tag fleet of Raider Ion Array frigates, Kadeshi Multi-Beam Frigates, Pirate Heavy Corvettes, and a couple of Swarmer fuel pods (though these were useless... they looked pretty cool, though). Tried capturing the Kadeshi needle Mothership and the Pirate Mothership too, with 7 salvage teams on each, but no dice - it would just spin around in place shooting aimlessly while my ships tried to drag it to the hanger.

I loved them. I even forgave them for scaring the piss out of me when they made first contact.

"Oh fuck! What is this? What's happening. Oh my God, that thing is huge! What's it doing? OH, SHIT! IT'S TURNING AROUND! OHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHIT!!!"