Ugh. That's the last time I spend $50 on a Steam game.

Fun game. Wish there was more of it. Finished the game in 30 hrs, and I was really taking my time - the way Homeworld games give you the option to steal enemy units is something I always love, and often spend an inordinate amount of time doing.

Что можно сказать про эту игру? Я знаком со вселенной Homeworld, которая мне очень нравится. Все игры этой серии были сделаны с большой любовью и вниманием и Deserts of Kharak не стал исключением. Здесь есть всё что нужно хорошей стратегии, отличный сюжет, хорошая графика и отличная атмосфера. Я уже давно не могу играть во многие современные игры, но Deserts of Kharak затянул. Игра держит атмосферой. Конечно мне как человеку знакомому с вселенной Homeworld основная сюжетная линия Deserts of Kharak абсолютная известна, но всё равно играть и узнавать сюжет очень интересно.
Ещё хотелось бы отметить отличый звук. Вообще звук и музыка в серии Homeworld я считаю эталоном для стратегии.

Я заслужено ставлю 9 из 10.

I am genuinely disappointed. I still consider Homeworld 1 & 2 to be finest games I have played.
But DoK is missing the tactical pause. Now it is just like every other RTS game. A game that values click speed over complex strategy. So very disappointed.

Deserts of Kharak isn't perfect, but it does a lot of things right. The graphics, art, atmosphere, sounds, music, cinematics, unit banter, sense of scale, and campaign are all great. It really captures the Homeworld feel. When I finished the campaign I wished it wasn't over. I hope they expand upon it. However, it does some things inadequately. It's surprisingly lacking in some baisc RTS things like formations and unit behavior options. It becomes nearly impossible to manage all of the different units you have running around doing different things on different parts of the map. This is not helped by the very limited zoom and fast pace of the game. I found myself barely using the unit abilities because with everything going it just becomes too much to manage with the simplistic controls.

It also lacks the modules and module targeting of the space games. There's a lot of little things that should be there, but aren't in general. The AI seems pretty passive. The game doesn't have the same depth and challenge as its space brothers. Some of the dialogue in the cinematics sounds like it was written by an amateur. It can be really melodramatic. I hope a sequel is made because there is potential for greatness here.

I don't get the rave reviews, the game demostrates some really acient gameplay. The old lame no supplies but the enemy is incompetant and who with infinite supplies should kick your ♥♥♥ but they are so dumb, after playing through infinte, isufficient EUs, insufficient EUs, insufficient EUs, insufficient EUs, insufficient EUs (eventually you disble sound to avoid that endless rant), you eventually grind away through it's stupidity.
When computer lacked capability this was acceptable but now, it's just really lame and annoying. Smart AI and more supplies, would make the game enjoyable rather than a lame unreccomended game, not sure I will make it through a play through, the grind and the endless whine isufficient EUs, insufficient EUs or for a change up insufficient RUs, means writing this review was more fun than playing the game.
Forgot to mention, game blatantly cheats, plays exactly like it knows exactly where you are, fair enough, but then don't hide from the player, just really lame game play.

Great design concepts just like the previous games and a beutiful world that gives you time to enjoy between battles. Solid addition to the franchise..

A must-have for Homeworld fans, and a very good title for RTS enthusiasts... with money to burn.

I cannot imagine buying this game at full price on Steam. In my country, we get the deluxe box edition with two booklets, all DLC, a T-shirt, a CD with the soundtrack, and some stickers for 1/3rd of the price here, and still, though thrilled by the masterfully crafted campaign that I have just finished, I feel it's a bit of a rip-off. 10 hours to finish the storyline? Seriously? There are almost no people online, although I was able to play a 2 player vs 2 AI game once... ONCE! Basically, if you beat the campaign, you can either replay it on a harder difficulty setting or play a few skirmishes with the AI, which will probably become boring quite quickly even with the nice little touch of artifacts. I wouldn't count on MP games, as the maximum number of people on the server that I have encountered was 4.

Whining aside, this is one of the most atmospheric games you will ever play. Homeworld fans will immediately feel at home. The campaign is abundant in dialogues, intense combat with battle chat, wonderful cinematics, anything you could ask for from the franchise. The music and ambience are superb, mixing perfectly with the desolate, desert world of Kharak. The availble "encyclopedia" DLC enriches the experience with lots of additional lore. The story and atmosphere are Homeworld at its finest.

It is funny then, that a game that was initially planned as a multiplayer only experience has almost no people online and very few multiplayer options.

The graphics are nice, but I must say, the game does not run very nicely for what it offers. I have an AMD FX8350 with 8 cores running at 4.2 Ghz, 8GB of RAM, and a Radeon R9 280x with 3GB of Vram and maxed out it still goes under 30 FPS in 1600x900. The visuals are good, but there are many other gaes out there with far better graphics that can keep a stable FPS count. I also heard it runs better on older machines.

All in all, I had a wonderful time, yet the game left me longing for more. For an RTS game, it is very short, and yet it is one of the best of its kind. Homeworld fans should definitely pick it up, others shoul also have a lot of fun with it, and it might develop the love for the whole series if you haven't played the previous space-opera games. However, everyone should get it at a discount, once the price reaches 19.99, it's worth buying. Sorry BBI, but there is just not enough content.

P.S. I would love a story DLC that would deliver as many missions as the original campaign and would follow on the events.

EDIT: Well, now it seems I am able to play some versus AI games cooperatively with some other people, but I wasn't able to play 2v2 with players only. The online community is very small, but not totally dead. Having said that, the skirmishes are quite fun, but I don't think they will keep you hooked for long.

EDIT2: I just played my first 2v2 game, and man, was it a tactical marvel. Playing 1v2 players as my buddy was an AI which got destroyed early I was outnumbered and out of resources. However, through a surgical strike I was able to regain control of one resource area and slice through one enemy carrier, suddenly balancing the game back to 1v1. By decomissioning one cruiser I was able to produce workers again and after half an hour of probing and biting at each other I won! The smile on my face just doesn't want to fade away. You by a PC for games just like this.

The game is great. At least the campaign is, I almost never play multiplayer in strategy games.

Original Homeworld was one of the kind and this is a great prequel to its story. Almost everything is just like I wanted in the game about the expedition that eventually led to Homeworld. Story, dialogue, cutscenes are beatifully done. Graphics are nice - I couldn't believe it is a Unity based game.

Gameplay was inspired by Ground Control series which is very good thing in my opinion.

The only thing I didn't like that they made a tech guide (basically a lore thing telling about the game world) a paid DLC.

I recommend the game to any Homeworld fan who is interested in what happened before the classic game and every strategist who likes Ground Control games.

Awesome, awesome game, I loved every minute of it. Deserts of Kharak is one of those games we all dream about but nobody every makes. I only wish the singleplayer campaign was longer, it ended too soon, and the multiplayer battles are just too short; by the time you finally have a good sized fleet going the match is already over.