Homeworld: Cataclysm is a stand-alone expansion for the Real-Time Strategy Homeworld.

It includes a new race called "The Beast", an alien sort of biomechanical parasite that "converts" any other units that come in close proximity to such "infected" Beast units.

There are also new units available, such as the Mimic, a fighter that nearly perfectly imitates other units and objects (even such as asteroids); a Ramming Frigate, which rams itself into hostile ships, and many more new units also.

Home-base management has become more complex: If one wants to research new ship classes, one must build a Research Laboratory to do this. If one wants to research a new weapon technology, one must construct yet another Lab. If the player wants to expand his fleet, he must build rooms for his pilots, to support them. All of these add-ons are attached to the "Mothership" (which in this game is actually a large Mining vessel). The Missions' design and scenarios are also new and quite different from as in Homeworld. The controlling user-interface is also improved.

Multiplayer games are available via local network (or virtual LAN), as general Internet games were hosted on the now-defunct WON.net network.

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Alternate Titles

"家园：惊世浩劫" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)

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Homeworld series

Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Homeworld Cataclysm	Windows	$25.50
	Homeworld: Cataclysm
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User Reviews

If only the original Homeworld had been this good...	BJ Hoskins (3)	unrated
Great game with some annoying, niggly quirks.	luciphercolors (62)	unrated
Umm... well...	somebody (6)	unrated
Great sequel to a classic game.	Kartanym (10795)	unrated

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The Press Says

Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Dec, 2000		100
Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault)	Sep 26, 2000		100
GameSpy	Sep, 2000	91 out of 100	91
Neoseeker	Oct 02, 2000	90 out of 100	90
GameSpot	Sep 15, 2000	8.9 out of 10	89
Power Unlimited	Nov, 2000	8.7 out of 10	87
Jeuxvideo.com	Oct 09, 2000	17 out of 20	85
4Players.de	Dec 05, 2000	85 out of 100	85
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Oct 10, 2000	8 out of 10	80
Game Informer Magazine	Nov, 2000	8 out of 10	80