Genre: Strategy
Publisher: Sierra Studios
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A stand-alone game that builds on Homeworld, last year's groundbreaking 3D strategy title, Homeworld: Cataclysm features a new and challenging campaign for fans of the first game and includes several key enhancements to make it more intuitive for newcomers. The key attraction of Homeworld remains unchanged: You can command fleets of fighters, frigates, and capital ships in fully 3D space. Cataclysm's remarkable 3D system not only opens up startling strategic subtlety - once you learn the trick of moving along the vertical axis - but also lays the foundation for gorgeous graphics. Both Homeworld games set the stage for battles that are as beautifully detailed as they are deadly.
Cataclysm is set in a far-off sci-fi universe, 15 years after your people reclaimed their lost homeworld in the previous game. You shepherd a band of adaptable miners who have encountered the Beast, an ancient biotechnological threat that can easily capture and assimilate the ships it encounters. The mining background of your clan makes a noticeable difference in the mobile and more modular nature of your mothership, which can now even host a tremendously powerful ion cannon. Also in
the game are a wide range of new technologies - such as small ships that group together to form an energy shield or others that can mimic an enemy - that open up a number of interesting strategies to clever players. Overall, the story-based game and multiplayer matches of Cataclysm combine to offer a very rewarding experience for those willing to face the challenge of thinking in three dimensions.
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