You know, even before they became a Mining Kiith, they used to be a religious Kiith. They've come a long way from their days as pilgrims of the Shimmering Path. Hell even after Homeworld I, Kiith Nabaal opposed the construction of the Kuun-Lan, Faal-Korum and Clee-San, having wanted to absorb the Kiith into their own. They barely lost that argument in the Kiith Council. I'm fairly sure they're glad about that now.
"One ancient monster is as good as another" It cuts deeper when you learn that it was the Bentusi that caused the exile of the Kushans. Sure, the Hiigarans were as bad as the Taiidan empire back then but when you put it into the context of this scene, it resounds so well. Also that 'This is Kiith Somtaaw ++WARSHIP++ Kuun-Lan' rings so well into my ears, I can't help but tear up. Especially when you consider the fact that these are miners that took it upon themselves to end an eldritch cosmic horror.
You certainly ended that dramatically, blasting the Naggarok from point blank with the siege cannon That's now canon for me how Kiith Somtaaw destroyed the beast, thank you
Chairless I never pre-order anything but I just broke and did exactly that for the remaster after watching your series..now, to search the entire house for my old Cataclysm discs ..
The story was by far the most cinematic, well presented of the three homeworld games, in cataclysm. I think the original had better tactics and more gruelling campaign but this installment was just so well put otgether and well structured, the voice acting was relateable and the music on point. Awesome stuff. Shame they lost the orignal code, so we'll never see a remastered edition :(
Props to that voice actor. In an age where performances often felt phoned in for games like this, it sounded like he was truly invested in the character he was playing.
@@GRODON7 He only did a bunch of small parts here and there from IMDB, he was in a couple episodes of The Outer Limits, and a bunch (and I mean like over 50) TV movies and episodes here and there. I think Cataclysm might be his biggest part...
The Kuun-Lan captain is so badass that make Karan S'jet looks like fanfic cyborg mary sue that only save her own people compare the captain saved the whole sand-cursed galaxy that includes his officer she even developed as a character than Karan's
that point blank shot from the siege cannon in the end.. epic! this is how I have done as well; first sending away my ships, then blast that damned thing. The addition of siege cannon was a really good one in this game: it made the last missions feel grandiose, heroic, marching into battle with a huge, powerful but flawed weapon. mounted on a mining ship.
This game is the best homworld game, also in that it feels like you are all the time developing some little new impovements for your fleet. Somehow the other 2 games don´t give that feeling.
Yeah, and that was I had planned in the second play-through, considering a challenge to salvage nearly all salvagable HW1 capital ships instead of building and using Somtaaw ships (except fighters)... Put maybe 4 Processors near the crystals, a squadron of 13 ACVs, and a Command Ship pointing her gun at the field, ready to... ehm, 'deploy'. Single 'Siege Cannon' shot, and NAGGAROK's toast !!!
I love these voice actors! You can clearly hear sadness and regret from the Taidani admiral @33:12. The loss of their world and life, and their regret of having to resort to siding with the beast. I'm pretty sure that this Taidani realizes the horror he is about to help unleash but sees no choice.
Thanks for making this series. HWC has never been my favorite of the whole franchise yet I still enjoyed it a lot and so I enjoyed revisiting that adventure via your videos. :)
That Mimic deserves all the respect. Going inside the most aware Beast ship of all to get a sample. If that were me assigned that task, I would of thought it was a suicide mission. Edit: ....I completely forgot the Mimics' main source of attack...
I could see a high priority base having something like this but it would be more of a one shot... Maaaaaybe two if you are lucky and thats just to buy time for a allied fleet to come in for reinforcements
@@bolothegiantfriendlypillbu4075 their ships were ancient most likely they lost the technology at some point the Nomad moon was also a prototype station not the final product of its kind
+Presidentovich Well that's pretty much what they did for HW1 remastered because they rebuild it completely using HW2 engine so there is still hope...especially if Deserts of Kharak sells well...
Great story and vid. I recommend cutting your intros down to 5 seconds though. It was kind of annoying to sit through 30 seconds at the start of each vid to see a preview of the last vid I already saw.
i remember this battle it took out all of my fighters, then my frigates, then my destroyers i had some captured ships from earlier missions i kept safe through the entire campaign i dont remember what i had left, but the last of them took down the beast ship
+The Glorious GeneralDerpSide The story I heard was that they really wanted to include Cataclysm, but somewhere along the line as the series was bought, sold, and moved between companies, the source code for Cataclysm was literally lost. They don't know where it went and re-writing the whole thing would have been beyond the scope of the remastering effort. There's a Steam Workshop effort to rebuild it, though obviously that's not nearly as exciting as a fully licensed remastering like HW1 and HW2 got.
@@jdtesch86 I'm pretty sure Blizzard claimed ownership over the word "Cataclysm" which resulted in a bunch of legal battles. Now it's called Homeworld Emergence. Still being sold on a site called GOG.com
@@alduintheanti-dragonborn This is also true, but not the reason why the storyline or multiplayer components were excluded from the Remastered Collection.
(Sigh).....The First Homeworld was FFX to me. I FEEL every emotion on that first. The Second was good but I didn't feel anything.THIS THIS....14:27."We aided the S,jet person who was newly Unbound. Your not S,jet Your bound bodies and flicker-lives make you blind. And now we will all pay for your blindness."LOREEEEEEWHAT IS UNBOUND? And the counter16:35at least the beast doesnt pretend to be righteous!
But they can make this game from scatch, can't they? The history and game play is already know and the source code can be recycled from the other homeworlds, they just must make the models again
Well while the code is lost the game has been salvaged thanks to GOG who didn't need the source code to make the game playable on modern computers. So it's had minor tweaks and polish but is basically the same as it was back in 2000. It's called Homeworld: Emergence now to avoid legal trouble with Blizzard
this game would make one hell of a movie
TV series!
"This is the Kiith Somtaaw Warship Kuun-lan!"
I always stand a little taller when I hear that.
i still get goosebumps.
Yes with a masculine voice like this you get motivated ^^
That was always the point to play again and again
@@internetgas3263 Yes! Absolutely. Yes.
I got goosebumps all over my body when I heard that in my first playthrough, lovely memory.
Going from a mining vessel to a battlefleet leading men and women who fight for their lives against an unknown being... God damn this game is good.
You know, even before they became a Mining Kiith, they used to be a religious Kiith. They've come a long way from their days as pilgrims of the Shimmering Path.
Hell even after Homeworld I, Kiith Nabaal opposed the construction of the Kuun-Lan, Faal-Korum and Clee-San, having wanted to absorb the Kiith into their own.
They barely lost that argument in the Kiith Council. I'm fairly sure they're glad about that now.
"One ancient monster is as good as another"
It cuts deeper when you learn that it was the Bentusi that caused the exile of the Kushans. Sure, the Hiigarans were as bad as the Taiidan empire back then but when you put it into the context of this scene, it resounds so well.
Also that 'This is Kiith Somtaaw ++WARSHIP++ Kuun-Lan' rings so well into my ears, I can't help but tear up. Especially when you consider the fact that these are miners that took it upon themselves to end an eldritch cosmic horror.
Kuun-Lan deserved to call themself warship. And it is not about weaponry - it's about their spirit.
You certainly ended that dramatically, blasting the Naggarok from point blank with the siege cannon
That's now canon for me how Kiith Somtaaw destroyed the beast, thank you
That's exactly how it happened for me, when I originally played this game, oh so many years ago.
Ka-me! Ha-me! Haaaaaaaaaaaa!
I don’t think I’ve ever killed it that way; it’s usually either a capital ship pile on or super acolytes. They really tear it up.
Watched the whole series in one sitting. Thanks for letting me re-live one of the greatest gaming experiences I've had.
I had a lot of fun making it. Can't wait to do some videos on the remake of 1 and 2 out this month
Chairless I never pre-order anything but I just broke and did exactly that for the remaster after watching your series..now, to search the entire house for my old Cataclysm discs ..
helios1276 haha! Good man! And good luck with the search, hope it's easier than mine. Found the disks for cata and 2, the original still evades me.
And now we got homeworld 3 coming out in 2021
I lost my charger and ran around to the neighbors to get one, so could keep watching
The story was by far the most cinematic, well presented of the three homeworld games, in cataclysm.
I think the original had better tactics and more gruelling campaign but this installment was just so well put otgether and well structured, the voice acting was relateable and the music on point. Awesome stuff. Shame they lost the orignal code, so we'll never see a remastered edition :(
Toffee Crisp GOG just released it. It has been renamed to Homeworld: Emergence. It costs $10
Thanks for the info! Shall check it out ;-D
at least the beast doesnt pretend to be righteous!
Props to that voice actor. In an age where performances often felt phoned in for games like this, it sounded like he was truly invested in the character he was playing.
I want to find the actors name so badly!
@@GRODON7 Scott Swanson is his name
@@corhellion I can't find anything on him! Is this the only thing he ever did? If so then holy crap he was brilliant!
@@GRODON7 He only did a bunch of small parts here and there from IMDB, he was in a couple episodes of The Outer Limits, and a bunch (and I mean like over 50) TV movies and episodes here and there. I think Cataclysm might be his biggest part...
The Kuun-Lan captain is so badass that make Karan S'jet looks like fanfic cyborg mary sue that only save her own people compare the captain saved the whole sand-cursed galaxy
that includes his officer she even developed as a character than Karan's
It's so epic that in all of the missions Command login in as "Mining vessel".
But in this mission he is badass as his WARSHIP now :D
I really liked how the attitudes of the other Hiigaran factions/kiiths changes as the game progresses.
that point blank shot from the siege cannon in the end.. epic! this is how I have done as well; first sending away my ships, then blast that damned thing. The addition of siege cannon was a really good one in this game: it made the last missions feel grandiose, heroic, marching into battle with a huge, powerful but flawed weapon. mounted on a mining ship.
For a ship that size, the Naggarok blew up a little more peacefully than I anticipated.
Episode one... We are just a mining ship.... Last Episode This is the Samtaw Warship!!! How far they have come!
This game is the best homworld game, also in that it feels like you are all the time developing some little new impovements for your fleet. Somehow the other 2 games don´t give that feeling.
That moment when you introduce yourself as "Warship Kuun-Laan" makes the entire campaign worth it.
destroying the beast by luring it into the crystal field is the best way to do it ^^
Yeah, and that was I had planned in the second play-through, considering a challenge to salvage nearly all salvagable HW1 capital ships instead of building and using Somtaaw ships (except fighters)...
Put maybe 4 Processors near the crystals, a squadron of 13 ACVs, and a Command Ship pointing her gun at the field, ready to... ehm, 'deploy'.
Single 'Siege Cannon' shot, and NAGGAROK's toast !!!
The Bentusi are so strong, but so innocent.
The way the huge Naggarok just starts and stops at crazy speed is just spooky with these old graphics.
@15:10 Reminds me alot of Captain Sheridan confronting Kosh in Babylon 5
Perfect, exactly the same vibe :)
1 Dreadnought beats 2 Destroyers. Dreadnought also get Repulse in the last mission.
It's better to max out on Dreadnoughts than Destroyers.
I love these voice actors!
You can clearly hear sadness and regret from the Taidani admiral @33:12.
The loss of their world and life, and their regret of having to resort to siding with the beast. I'm pretty sure that this Taidani realizes the horror he is about to help unleash but sees no choice.
I'm glad I still have the CD.
God damn this ending still gives me goosebumps.
Thank you so much for making this series.
Thank you for making this. One of the most memorable games I have ever played.
Thank you so much for this series, even years and years after you've uploaded it.
i miss this game so much, probably the best one in the series. Too bad it's not canon.
Its canon...i think ^^
It is canon.
Gearbox's exact words were that it was "Not exactly canon".
I see what you mean Brayden, but i could listen to that tune for hours :D
Thanks for making this series. HWC has never been my favorite of the whole franchise yet I still enjoyed it a lot and so I enjoyed revisiting that adventure via your videos. :)
they have another homeworld in the works I wonder if this beast will have an origin brought up into it.
I'm rewatching this multiple times
And I enjoy it everysingle time when I do so
Epic story! Better then any movie!
That Mimic deserves all the respect.
Going inside the most aware Beast ship of all to get a sample.
If that were me assigned that task, I would of thought it was a suicide mission.
Edit: ....I completely forgot the Mimics' main source of attack...
This was a great Sequel :) awesome story on par with the Beginnings on Kharak 😁
Thanks for taking me on this journey again.
You are a saint!
Yes thank you, this was very well done.
To this day, the Kuun-lan is one of my four favourite spaceships.
26:50 See this is why I hate superweapons, I'd rather have a fleet of these Destroyers and Dreadnoughts.
I could see a high priority base having something like this but it would be more of a one shot... Maaaaaybe two if you are lucky and thats just to buy time for a allied fleet to come in for reinforcements
I suppose, I think it would have been better for them to just upgrade their ships if they are low on population in their navy.
@@bolothegiantfriendlypillbu4075 their ships were ancient most likely they lost the technology at some point the Nomad moon was also a prototype station not the final product of its kind
i just realized the captain is the same voice actor as the tf2 soldier. RIP Rick May!
you should do the remastered versions next, and we have the deserts of Kharak coming up as well
+Presidentovich Well that's pretty much what they did for HW1 remastered because they rebuild it completely using HW2 engine so there is still hope...especially if Deserts of Kharak sells well...
Favorite Homeworld game.
Great story and vid. I recommend cutting your intros down to 5 seconds though. It was kind of annoying to sit through 30 seconds at the start of each vid to see a preview of the last vid I already saw.
I remember the Clee-San mission being a nearly endless wave of capital ships
i remember this battle
it took out all of my fighters, then my frigates, then my destroyers
i had some captured ships from earlier missions i kept safe through the entire campaign
i dont remember what i had left, but the last of them took down the beast ship
ahh man, thanks for sharing this gem. :D
damn, now I have to play this again!!! thanks :)
You did a really good job on these !
Though i really wish Cataclysm would have been added to the remastered collection :(
The Glorious GeneralDerpSide thanks!! And yep it is, maybe one day they will buy the license
Chairless a shame that is, type think gud
+The Glorious GeneralDerpSide The story I heard was that they really wanted to include Cataclysm, but somewhere along the line as the series was bought, sold, and moved between companies, the source code for Cataclysm was literally lost. They don't know where it went and re-writing the whole thing would have been beyond the scope of the remastering effort. There's a Steam Workshop effort to rebuild it, though obviously that's not nearly as exciting as a fully licensed remastering like HW1 and HW2 got.
@@jdtesch86 I'm pretty sure Blizzard claimed ownership over the word "Cataclysm" which resulted in a bunch of legal battles. Now it's called Homeworld Emergence. Still being sold on a site called GOG.com
@@alduintheanti-dragonborn This is also true, but not the reason why the storyline or multiplayer components were excluded from the Remastered Collection.
Thanks for this!
(Sigh).....The First Homeworld was FFX to me. I FEEL every emotion on that first.
The Second was good but I didn't feel anything.THIS THIS....14:27."We aided the S,jet person who was newly Unbound. Your not S,jet Your bound bodies and flicker-lives make you blind. And now we will all pay for your blindness."LOREEEEEEWHAT IS UNBOUND?
And the counter16:35at least the beast doesnt pretend to be righteous!
The kith sa look scary thank god Deserts of Kharak reassured us that the Hiigarens are human
AT LEAST THE BEAST DOESN'T PRETEND TO BE RIGHTEOUS!!!
We could say just this one kith from the kushan infendet in this war better weapons than the kushan 😂👆
They didn't remastered this videogame?
But they can make this game from scatch, can't they? The history and game play is already know and the source code can be recycled from the other homeworlds, they just must make the models again
Its a pitty because homeworld is a very unique game... the RTS games are becoming rare today
I hoped that battlefleet gothic had had the same mechanics as homeworld it would be wonderful that... homewrld have few factions
Warhammer 40k battlefleet gothic armada
Well while the code is lost the game has been salvaged thanks to GOG who didn't need the source code to make the game playable on modern computers. So it's had minor tweaks and polish but is basically the same as it was back in 2000. It's called Homeworld: Emergence now to avoid legal trouble with Blizzard