Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak

Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak is a fantastic Homeworld game, and a fantastic RTS game in its own right. It's a great middle point between the classic formula and the rather intimidating full three dimension movement of the franchise, as well as just...

Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak feels like an exercise in seeing how much mileage Blackbird could get from one environment, and it succeeds in that regard. There's enough strategic options and vehicles to tinker with to make it interesting for at least 10 hours. But Deserts of Kharak feels like it should be just a bit more. You can only travel through the desert for so long before you need to hit an oasis.

Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak offers up one of the best RTS campaigns in years alongside some great gameplay mechanics, though its multiplayer and skirmish offerings leave much to be...

Human beings are simply predisposed to do so. Deserts of Kharak represents no great strides for RTS games, offers no big ideas, nor presents any real surprises for the genre. Nevertheless, it still remains, by and large, a confident and capable game. You've been here before, these footsteps are familiar, but that's exactly why you'll feel comfortable treading them once more.

Deserts of Kharak is a single-player focused RTS game designed for lovers of the waning genre. If that’s what you’re looking for, it won’t disappoint, but the campaign is rather short, and the multiplayer options don’t do much to keep your interest piqued.

Protect your piece of sand Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak opens with your civilization clinging to the last remnants of life on a vast, treacherous desert planet. The planet is under siege by technologically advanced religious fanatics, the Gaalsien. The...

Homeworld was always about loneliness. It was always about clarity and focus. Kharak isn't new in that regard, but it is special. It shows us that when you get things right -- and excel -- that formula isn't easy to exhaust. Kharak does its part to add to that, though.

Even when something went very wrong, I knew I’d be able to efficiently command my battle groups to get out of the hot zone and stabilize the scenario with little strategic complication. When it was my turn to go on the attack, I felt like I was conducting a well-practiced orchestra of devastation. The campaign adds a varied pace and engaging context to it all, while the multiplayer plays to the combat system’s core strengths by requiring you to do more than simply destroy all of the enemy’s stuff to achieve victory.