Author Topic: I think I'm going to pickup Homeworld 2  (Read 1859 times)

Offline PyroMenace

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I think I'm going to pickup Homeworld 2
« on: Thursday, March 05, 2009, 06:38:06 PM »
All of a sudden I have this urge to go back to the Homeworld universe. I never did end up playing HW2 so I think I may pick it up. Im doubting I can find it locally, unless the Gamestops here still carry PC games that old. Amazon has it for 22$ with free shipping, does Steam have the game where I can download and play right away?

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Re: I think I'm going to pickup Homeworld 2
« Reply #1 on: Thursday, March 05, 2009, 06:41:29 PM »
I'd check for you, but that would require booting Steam, and that's something I just can't bring myself to do.  I would highly, highly doubt you'd be able to find the game in any store, though.  That was a pretty niche thing to begin with (though I did see it at Best Buy), and it was quite a while ago.  These days I can't even find games that are months old, let alone years.

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Re: I think I'm going to pickup Homeworld 2
« Reply #2 on: Thursday, March 05, 2009, 06:52:43 PM »
Go with the Amazon deal. I think that's all you'll find and I'm pretty sure no download services carry it.

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Re: I think I'm going to pickup Homeworld 2
« Reply #3 on: Thursday, March 05, 2009, 06:55:56 PM »
If you don't mind waiting a week or two, I can give you my copy at the meet. I'm probably not going to play it "for real" anyway.

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Re: I think I'm going to pickup Homeworld 2
« Reply #4 on: Thursday, March 05, 2009, 07:12:10 PM »
Gogamer has Homeworld 2 listed for $19.90 in a Jewel Case and with the manual.
Shipping costs not figured into this price...


Homeworld 2 is actually NOT listed on Steam...No surprise, probably b/c Sierra was once the publisher of this game. And well, we all know the history b/t Valve and Sierra was NOT pretty...

Though, THQ -- who now owns Homeworld IP actually and published many of the recent Relic games at the Retail Version level -- have been requiring Steam for some of their newest PC releases, such as DoW2 and Saints Row 2. Many of THQ's recent published games -- including recent Relic games, too -- have wound up with also Steam versions.

If there is say a Homeworld 3 coming and THQ is publishing, given how Relic required DoW2 to have Steam and given how THQ's last few games require Steam period, I would NOT be surprised if Relic releases the old HW's through Steam, at a later said date -- whenever that might be, if that even happens.

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Re: I think I'm going to pickup Homeworld 2
« Reply #5 on: Friday, March 06, 2009, 03:28:21 PM »
Ah, man, what an enjoyable game.  Single player was great, and I remember playing MP with cools a bit...coop against the comp.  Good memories.

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Re: I think I'm going to pickup Homeworld 2
« Reply #6 on: Friday, March 06, 2009, 03:55:32 PM »
$20 seems like a lot for Homeworld 2.. It's a great game and all but how old is it? Shouldn't it be on GOG by now? :P