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The sight of Homeworld 3’s sleek, indomitable mothership preparing to jet off into the unknown, accompanied by radio chatter and a moody score, feels like a homecoming. For newcomers, it’s a striking scene; for veterans, it calls to mind the original mothership getting ready to leave Kharak – the beginning of one of the best strategy games ever created. It’s enough to make one all tingly.
Homeworld 3 wants to remind you of its legacy a lot, especially in the campaign. After the events of Homeworld 2, Karan S’jet, the mothership’s navigator, was sent on a mission to deal with a looming crisis, but she never returned. Twenty years later her protégé, Imogen S’jet, is following in her footsteps, with a new mothership and a new fleet that must strike out on their own, once again without support.
But where the original often took a minimalist approach – from its narrative to its map design – is comparatively busier, with maps full of debris and terrain, and a story that constantly wants you to take a break from the fun