Homeworld - Return to Kharak

[TheArwingStudios]

is this for mac?



[shockraid1]

"Not even beacons..."

[DingKong]

You know I've been gaming since '82 and this is up there with my all time favourites. A true classic and one of the best games from the 1990s. Superb game that was damn-near perfect in every way.

[greendabre]

(silent crying)

[spectre900]

"the subject did not survive interrogation" I must say, the Hiigaran people seems to have some nasty "interrogation" methods.

just look at the cutscene from HW: Cataclysm - mission 14.

also, next to this mission, the nr 15 mission in Cataclysm (where you "ask" the Bentushi to help you) is probably the second most emotional mission in the series.

[Furyhunter]

I still can't watch the opening cutscene for this mission without breaking down in tears. The music really drives the sense of hopelessness home.

[SpazzyMcGee1337]

I can't express in 500 characters the sadness and anger I would feel if 99.99% of my people, my species, was wiped out... to have every bit of information in this universe that is causally intertwined with my own existence, the ultimate totality of what I am, reduced to such a thin thread as half a million individuals adrift in the void, hunted by an empire of trillions.

You may leave your homeworld, but Homeworld will never leave you.

[Daftlander]

Do you ever wonder what was done during the "interrogation"

[SpazzyMcGee1337]

@Daftlander Whatever happened in the interrogation, the interrogators used every fiber of their own will in not killing the captive before they got the first shred of information out of him or her.

[ow3nzed]

*year 2243, high earth orbit*

no ones left... everythings gone... earth is burning

[Skooma714]

Previously on Battlestar Galactica.

[Uatoob]

Beautiful stroll down memory lane. Thank you. :)

[SpazzyMcGee1337]

I never thought about the fact that those hundreds of thousands of people in cryogenic stasis will wake up longer after this scene not knowing that Kharak was destroyed.

They were colonists so they didn't intend on seeing Kharak again anyways, but the news would still be horrifying.

[VaultBoy96]

Although not likely, it is quite possible that this will happen to earth after we invent interstellar travel, is hate to think of the earth burning like kharak :-(

[SpazzyMcGee1337]

"Cryo-tray loaded. Two hundred thousand people secure."

That was like a bucket of cold water in the face. I was shaking when I heard that. I cried for the lost cryo-tray. Two hundred thousand men, women, and children lost...

[n3rdbear]

@SpazzyMcGee1337 lol

[admiraltolokus]

Whenever I fight that mission to this day one phrase comes to mind when seeing the planet burning and you have the music playing, "its ON you son of a bitch"

[solivagus777]

"The subject did not survive interrogation."

[DrRicktofen]

4 people didn't survive interrogation.

[Torsti2003z]

very touching game, back from the days there was no in-teh-net to speak of

[kalasbra77]

I love how you hear how the Fleet commander is having a hard time reporting the devastation caused to Kharak at 0.32

[rhophius]

Totally the best space RTS ever made and i totally agree with what tallboydave said, acting on this game is the best ever.

Just for those that have problems with running this game, if u install as admin and patch it to 1.05, then run it as admin with compatibility set as windows NT service pack 5, select opengl as ur driver in-game with the resolution set at 1024x768 at 32bit depth, works fine.

[aeoleron9]

Sublime and epic gaming at its best

[MaSSiVe0101]

Best game ever, basta!

[Torsti2003z]

one of the most impressive games i have ever played

[Athelas2211]

I cried again. Its my childooh and the best game ever played. I played it in multiplayer, single,, dreamed about it ....I hope it sees light of the day again in a renewal or something.

[SaberTanker22]

1999 when i first played this i felt sad for the people of the plant kharta

[ChanCristi]

best game i ever played ! Still have it ! :D

[coopisgod13]

@ChanCristi

im playing it again now

[Yogsoggeth]

it is possible to capture all 4 friggs.

Create 8 salvage units in the previous mission b4 u jump. make sure they launch first. send 4 left of the frigs and 4 right. when the frigs turn to attack send them in to salvage. they will not be able to out manuver you if you have one approch from each side. do it right you will capture all 4 with no loss.

I'm a real geek for this game, I finished it dozens of times.

[Mueiwark]

WHY are modern idiot mass games unable to make games like this anymore??

[General4nubis]

@Mueiwark Because the love of money is the root of all evil. Games are made for money now, not for fun or for story.

[urb0123]

They did a very good job of this game in general and this mission in particular, very poignant. In my opinion, the most heart wrenching scene in video games was when Aeris died in Final Fantasy 7. You would have to play it to feel it though. Watching this makes me want to play both again. I won't have time until I have arthritis though.

[chrisman02]

remember when graphics didn't make a game? When games focused on telling a story, with almost perfect gameplay and/or cutscenes? When game designers wanted to tell their story through one or two games, not releasing half a game then charging for DLC?

This was Homeworld. This was my childhood.

[RiflemanIII]

@chrisman02 Funny you should say that, because Homeworld had absolutely top-notch graphics when it was first released. The only space game that might have had better graphics at the time was Freespace 2.

[biggestmario]

@chrisman02 Remember when graphics probably mattered at the time and you are just being a hipster? Yeah :3

[hotelmario510]

'The subject did not survive interrogation'. Basically a polite way of saying 'We executed the bastard.'

[hotelmario510]

Actually, the music is called Agnus Dei. It's a choral version of Adagio for Strings. You might want to change the description as such.

[Treelor]

I was about 10 when I encountered this mission. I was terrible at the game, but I was moved by the opening scene. I vowed that I would get the fuckers that did this.

I had to stop playing in the midst of the missions for some reason. I saved, quit, and when I came back my homeworld disc had gone missing. I haven't found it since, and I'm 18. Makes me feel pretty defeated.

[Yogsoggeth]

@Treelor if you want to play Homeworld there is a Torrent you can download.

Hate to think you missed out on the epic ending.

[SaberTanker22]

I love this game i still got it everyone i got to say i never going to lose this game for finding it again be mission impossible to me . =) i some how along time ago when the game first came out i capture all the assault ships. it taken couple retakes to but it was worth it.

[DAB8387]

The voice of Fleet Intelligence is Michael Sunczyk

[phocjame]

In a game where 90% of the voice work is emotionless, the Intelligence Officer's voice is heartbreaking.

I'm crying, man.

[Kalladorn]

@phocjame Yeah, your totally correct on the voice acting, this guy deserved an award or something.

[intelligentignorance]

@phocjame This scene always gets me too. You can tell he just wants to curl up in a ball and cry, but he has to maintain his duties as Fleet Command. I hate how everyone complains about how the Mothership's voice was so emotionless, but you gotta remember, her brain is being forcefed trillions of bytes of data cause she's hardwired into the ship. Its kinda hard to think that maybe she has a moment to process what it means to be homeless when she feels space on her skin.

[uxtalzon]

Man, when I got this far into the game, I wasn't so hyped about it. It wasn't my type, and progress is a bit slow, but when I got into this mission, I had to play it. Was just so friggin' epic. I wanted Taiidan to pay, and goddamnit, they did.

[SlimPickinz98]

You captured this like as If when i first played it. I no longer have this game nor the system i ran it on, so thanks for the memories.

[LeonsLost]

The most moving game I've ever played and I hope others think the same. HW2 was awesome but just a game, this was a masterpiece.

[mikeyh817]

I was so happy when FC told me that, "the subject did not survive interrogation."

Godbless Kharak.

[commandization]

is that the first mothership????? (not the scratched 1)

[SyntheNeko]

no ones left...

everything is gone...

Kharak is burning...

[mikeyh817]

I was so glad that, "the subject did not survive [the] interrogation."

[VideoMaker071]

How big is this game ?

how many GB in harddisk ?

[nikermaster]

@VideoMaker071 I'ts not even a full CD. I think it was around 500 MB.

Cheers;

Niker

[lestat23989]

this is so galactica... love it! will definetly play the game

[Guderian41]

Loved they did a Gregorian Chant version of Adagio For Strings.

[ZenithF]

@Guderian41 search on Youtube Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei

[ryanevans00]

No ones left... everything's gone... Kharack is burning...

[Suth2436]

Kharak is burning...

[Sin526]

Is it just me, or does the Fleet Intelligence officer's voice actor really add a lot to this scene with his spectacular performance, I mean he really put's a lot of emotion into it and makes it more real!

[SyntheNeko]

@Sin526 He does a fucking AWESOME job. He comes across as someone who has just lost their entire WORLD, is still in shock BUT is trying to keep things together because if he doesn't as the top guy, no one else will. I wouldn't want to be in his shoes and try to keep things together just so that everything didn't break down. Awesome job by the voice actor.

[Phrv199217]

Personal Opinion about the Taiidan:

Kharak is burning... even when i never had the full version... i cried. First in the demo, wow, the taiidani are having cool ship designs... Now: How could they do that? After this i never DARED to take the Taiidani again... damn faggots. The Kushans are using Hyperspace... finders keepers, live with it! Also in HWC (hav full version), the taiidani fucked it up pretty bad. Which jerk ist crazy enough to help a flusheating Virus with a scary voice? Well, the T

[thereallordterror]

@Phrv199217 FAG

[dantunes112]

how are they four?!

[dantunes112]

how do u have the hyperspace from cataclysm

and better graphics of the engine's trail?

[DomelBf2PL]

@dantunes112 I didn't mod anything, Its a genuine game

[dantunes112]

@DomelBf2PL mine arent like that

[Impulset0]

@dantunes112 Ever think that you were playing this game with a crappy 1999 PC at the time?

[rwarrawr]

When he says to stand by for playback you can hear the tone in his voice that tells you he really doesn't want to watch it.

[tiroso]

I almost cryed when i saw this sequence...ITS TRUE!

[PayneIsGod]

Is it possible to rescue all six cyropods? I was always only ever able to rescue 5 of em... :/

[DomelBf2PL]

@PayneIsGod It is possible, however the Fleet Command won't say anything after you rescue the sixth one. I guess the producers didn't think it was possible.

[LucaTurilli89]

@DomelBf2PL and how can you do it? Maybe with a cheat/bug. I always managed only like 3-5 not 6. The first attacked seems already weaken as the game starts ;).

[DomelBf2PL]

@LucaTurilli89 I have never managed to do it, only read about it somewhere on the Internet. (sry for late answer)

[Talon1124]

@DomelBf2PL I managed it by a fluke on my first playthrough. It's essentially a bug in the enemy AI. Draw them towards the Mothership with Salvage frigates.

[sephtis]

@DomelBf2PL You've just got to get in there real fast, it's not to hard.

[Orumon27]

@DomelBf2PL It's doable. You just need to send those fighters out there right away and engage the frigates on evasive mode as soon as the cutscene ends. This pulls them away and buys you extra time. (Send a salvage corvette out there ASAP as well, focus on the damaged one.)

[xPaddy0524x]

@DomelBf2PL It is possible, I have managed several times tough timing and a good strategy are crucial. Mine was to distract the enemy ships while hauling the cryotrays to safety.

[Orzamil]

@LucaTurilli89 You just have to toss a couple repair frigates onto the pod under attack. Also, try to capture as many (preferably all) of the assault frigates that are attack the pods.

[LucaTurilli89]

@Orzamil one of the frigates always starts to shoot at the salvage collectors and/or fighters :). But the rest can be captured ;p.

[canadave87]

@LucaTurilli89 I think it's theoretically possible if you scramble everything you have over there the second you come out of hyperspace and if you have enough firepower. It's not easy, though.

[LucaTurilli89]

@canadave87 You can build if saving al the cryo trays is your objective lots of Scouts/Interceptors and I guess you can save them. Also maybe you can use repair corvette or you get it later? Kamikadzing the harvesters maybe could also be the way to do it lol :D.

[LucaTurilli89]

Why I didn't saw the enemy frigates near the cryo trays?!

[AhmadHermi]

@DomelBf2PL True. Fleet command won't say anything after you rescued the sixth one. But I don't think they think that it's impossible tho. It's actually very easy to rescue all 6 cryo's that I managed to do it the first time I played homeworld back in 98. But it's also true that this stage have one of the most powerful moment ever in gaming history. I'm yet to find anything else that could compare.

[SCHARPlikeashark]

@AhmadHermi it came out 1999

[AhmadHermi]

@SCHARPlikeashark Sorry, sorry my bad. yea back in 99 when I was 19 hahahaha. It was sooooo long ago yet so dear to us all it still mesmerize us till today. I'm still playing Homeworld today for the god knows how many time. My aim nowadays is to finish the game without losing a single ship even a scout and capture all enemy capital ship to get the super duper largest fleet ever :) .

[BetaSolution]

@PayneIsGod You gotta micro like two Repair Corvettes between whatever pods are being attacked while you capture one Frigate and destroy or capture the others. Two RCs can heal the pods faster then the Frigates can damage them.

[ArrowX]

if you spam all your resources on salvagers, and have a handful of fighters you can get them all back, but it screws you over later on when you need combat units

[kuntz67]

@PayneIsGod yes it is but it needs a exact knowing of how ai works and a good coordination

[Mrdudeguy]

@PayneIsGod You have to use salvage corvets immediately to grab the damaged cyropods using interseptors/scouts to act as a screen. then when the tray is out of the line of fire you tell the corvets to grab the attacking assult frigates.

[IMAGIMATIONanimation]

@PayneIsGod

Eh? The first time I played the game, I was able to rescue all 6 cryotrays. Just luck I guess, but if it helps, you want to immediately send out your salvage corvette to rescue the cryotray that is under the most attack, which, according to my experience is the top closest one to your mothership.

[AhmadHermi]

@PayneIsGod it is possible. very easy actually. you need at least 2 scout, 2 salvage corvette and repair corvette. send the scout to attack first with evasive and use the scout special ability speed burst (button z) and send the repair corvette to repair the cryo that's under attack and capture the assault frigate's with your salvage corvette while they are busy engaging u'r scouts. You'll be surprise how easy it actually could be done without losing any of the cryo's or any of your ship at all.

[Hiigarantechnician]

@PayneIsGod Repair corvettes...dispatch them to the most damaged one, and get at least one salvette to lock onto each frigate. Makes the frigates forget ALL about the trays.

[nightgaunt69]

@PayneIsGod Every time I play I rescue all 6 and Salvage all 4 of the enemy ships. I will replay it till I get everything it doesn't feel right if I don't. The way I do it is to send some fighters to distract the enemy while I send my salvage corvettes up at an angle and then down. You need to have 8 salvage corvettes to do this obviously. I am heavily into salvage and have at least 20 by end game....

[ComradeCei]

@PayneIsGod It IS possible but it's bloody tricky and needs perfect timeing. You have to grab the first tray and one of the frigates at the same time.

[Prytanus]

@PayneIsGod

I was able to do it. I had to initiate movement of my heavy fighters from the first mission as they were leaving mothership and send them to the location of the cryo trays before the instructions were given by fleet command. The fighters were used to hit each assault frigate hard enough to get their attention and then to pull them towards the mothership.

It wasn't easy. I had to try it about 10 times...

[shellythenerd]

Oh my god, just hearing the music again gives me chills. It has been ten years since I played this game and rewatching this scene nearly brought me to tears.

[faerie7dragon]

Fleet Intelligence:

"Cryotrays loaded and secured, Hyperspace module charged... *Pauses to see one last time the death planet* ... There is nothing left for us here. Let's go"

Powerful Moment, Made you feel sad for real.

[SyntheNeko]

@faerie7dragon imagine living there your whole life. hating that heat, the dryness the endless expanse of sand and desert...and then losing it all in that one moment along with most of your species. Poignant barely even begins to describe it. I don't think a single moment in film, games or books has come close to it in recent memory.

[niother]

Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei (Adagio for strings)... it's so beautiful!

[Necromagnus97]

I got an unused, the box still in the plastic, copy of this at Goodwill for $5

[SyntheNeko]

@Necromagnus97if its a game of the year edition, I'll be impressed. Especially since the goty came with the soundtrack.

[Raplio]

No ones left. Everything is gone. Kharak is burning...

[MrLechu13]

Great music !

[Jm1nt0]

They don't make games like these anymore ... now we have pretty graphics and no story at all, call it modernization.

[Axatar]

@Jm1nt0

These are not games, but products meant to be sold.

[Gonaho]

@Jm1nt0

Ehh.. I'm as big on reminiscing as the next bloke, but saying that modern games have no story, or that the game industry as a whole is not "as it used to be" is just stubborn ignorance.

But in any case, Homeworld was a good game. A bit too simple, and not as groundbreaking as an RTS as it could have been, but nonetheless with a good story and interesting missions.

[ycspaceman]

Homeworld, Starcraft, Half Life, Diablo 2 and Baldur'sGate are my top 5.

[MugiwaraLee92]

Homeworld was probably the best game ive ever played on my computer. The only other game i can think of as an equal is starcraft. Thats about it.

[Maatt28]

@MugiwaraLee92 I'd say those two... and Heroes III.

[Sujad]

This never ceases to get me.

[exiledred77]

This was one of the most powerful moments in video games history.

Hollywood has nothing on this shit.

[fdfederation]

That is the reason why the in game cinematics and moments are so intense and realistic.

[MpowerdAPE]

"the subject did not survive interogation"

hehe.

[TheInFormer500]

NOOOOO! THOSE GODDAMN BASTARDS!

[RevantheBlack]

(Agnus Dei)...Kharak is burning *cries*

...Subject did not survive interrogation...

[Axatar]

2:30 seriously, that is brilliant, no words needed.

[KingGalby]

Kharak is burning.

*Adagio for Strings*

:'(

nooooooo!

[Davoiscool]

I remember when I first played this, I kept reloading till I got every single cyrobay, to make sure as many survived as possible. Damn Taiidan

[UnrealDagger]

A thousand times this. They would burn for what they did.

[Edenhyde246]

I think the music is perfect for the death of a planet.

[iZanahoria]

4:15 - 6:40

Research ship: weeeeee!!!

[Kizor]

NIce camera work, thanks.

[Dreamang3L]

the graphics on my copy of homeworld are much worse than this ... does anyone know how to fix it? the problem can't be my computer, it's really new, and all the graphical settings in game are turned up full. anyone know what I can do to get it looking as smooth as in this video? =/

[Dreamang3L]

nevermind, I fixed them.

On topic - this is the most emotional sequence of any game I've ever played. It's a pity nothing in Cataclysm or HW2 captured this sort of emotion

[AirwarriorX2]

I was pissed off on this mission i cheated got like 10 savage ships and got them all haha.

[ycspaceman]

That is not cheat, that is the way you get a kick ass fleet and get some more payback in the end.

[chargeofthesheep]

The orchestral version of adagio for strings is actually called agnus dei.

[routhoula]

now we have an endless supply of glass

[ghostbirdofprey]

Not only does this joke lack tact, it is wrong.

They burned the atmosphere, not the sand

[routhoula]

but the surface was burned as well

[bigjo66]

I really need to replay HW1 after watching this!

[PLmrsparkle]

Damn, the guy who did voice acting for Fleet Intelligence is amazing. The way he can barely keep his voice from cracking, and of course the line in the end "The subject did not survive interrogation" - that's cold-blodded.

[SuperKickAss145]

Cold blooded? They killed almost the entire race. Your crazy. I would have killed the fucker too.

[PLmrsparkle]

Well, I for one wouldn't kill the prisoner (think of the intelligence!), but I totally understand that Fleet Intelligence guy.

[Campernicus]

You wouldn't kill the prisoner. I wonder if the genocide of your entire planet would, I don't know, make you irrational.

[FearlessSon]

BTW, to the author of this video, you did an EXCELLENT editing job of this mission.

[FearlessSon]

The voice acting from Fleet Intelligence in this level is amazing. He manages to get the job done, and convey -just- the right amount of emotion with his voice. Very subtle, but very clear.

[BarcelPL]

Old times - when games were really good. Homeworld series have the best plot i've ever seen.

Hope HW3 will continue this

[deathtax10]

I always had my forces attack the assaults right out of autolaunch. Then i capped the 2 AFs! mwahaha! their technology belongs to meeeeee!

[DrSandweech]

The subject did not survive interrogation.

[SyntheNeko]

@DrSandweech stand by for playback,,,

[LucaTurilli89]

@DrSandweech I've always wondered what that means bug I guess he was killed :).

[General4nubis]

@LucaTurilli89 Means that after he told them that BS they beat him to death.

[topdog7121]

this is a great game! I got stuck on Mission 14: Bridge of Sighs! Impossible

[kilmindaro3]

try restarting the game but this time salvaging everything with engines

[topdog7121]

k i have done that already thanks

[Agdune]

I've been missing this game ever since I lost the disc. Thank you for the memories.

[TallboyDave]

It's a sucker punch this mission, isn't it? The way that you can hear that the Fleet Intelligence Officer is barely keeping himself from breaking down and crying makes it that much more powerful, in my opinion.

[45axelh]

@TallboyDave This ... is what acting can bring to a computer game.

[Majezon007]

And heres something in english for the rest of world :P

Great game. This level was the most heart-breaking and sad for me

[ziolo37]

Kocham tą grę!, ale gram inną nacją, ludzie się dziwią jestem jednym z nielicznych którzy nie grają Kushanami. Dzięki za video.

[Majezon007]

spoko, jest nas dwóch:) ja też nie grałem bananem:P wolałem placek :D

[kilmindaro3]

HEREZJA

[Majezon007]

niezła odpowiedź na post sprzed 3 miechów:P

a tam zaraz herezja... po prostu brat grał rogalem i nie chciałem powielać...

[Tclans]

goodbumbs....

everywhere!

thanks for posting

[bugman54]

Wow nice quality what did you use to record?

[Geckogold]

Pretty awesome video, although you should've left a sequence in there playing Adagio for Strings a little longer.

While the events itself was enough to shock me, the music that accompanied this stage forever made an impact on me, and ensures this will be a "video game moment" I will always remember...

Now if only movies and other games could have such moving scenes like this more often lol.