Enemy Starfighter Conjures First-Person Homeworld Vibe

[Nikolaz72]

Huh.

That does look like Homeworld.

In fact, it looks suspiciously like Homeworld. As in, if I didn't know better I'd assume it was made with the same engine and assets as Homeworld 2.

My thoughts as well, the trails and explosions look pretty much a straight rip from HW2, the ships are only slightly different, and bear the same bright yellow coloring.

I'd love to see more games borrow from homeworld, but this strikes me a bit more as straight plagiarism at first glance. Hopefully they'll change things a slightly so it's not a direct copy. Because I really want this to turn out good.

I agree, from these screenshots and the video it looks close enough to Homeworld that I would be worried they might face a lawsuit should they not make some major changes. Although the detail level is much lower, the physical design and paint schemes of the ships are easily close enough (as in an almost direct rip) to those of Homeworld that the rights-holders could easily win a copyright/trademark lawsuit. If I were them I would consider either drastic visual design changes or calling up whoever currently owns the rights and getting permission.

That'd be Gearbox.

They love giving tributes and homages to old classics though, so they should be fine with this .