i was sincerely expecting homeworld 3 to at least partially resemble what was shown in the original dust wars story documents. i had no idea that the story would be a literal, deviantart oc donut-tier story that does not get what homeworld *is* at all
I'm seriously confused as to why you'd think Homeworld 3 would be at all decent, if you wouldn't mind I'd ask you to
read my writeup on the Homeworld series and its history and then reply in that or this thread about
why you had any expectations for Homeworld 3 at all. Because if you're a fan of the series and been following development I don't see how you could ever come to think it would be anything other than what we got.
Dustwars was some modder writing his own lore, we never found out what the original storyline for Homeworld 2 would have been when it was being made by the original team and writers as far as I'm aware.
i didn't expect the excellent summary of what went wrong with Homeworld 2's development in your thread, that was a great read
as for why i was expecting Homeworld 3 to have an actually decent story - i actually really like Deserts of Kharak; even though it's not quite on the same level as Homeworld 1's story, i thought it was an excellent military science fiction/road trip story that felt grounded and and believable - and i could actually see things from the main villain's perspective too (because he's
right, just not in the way he thinks)
i can't see things at *all* from the main villain's perspective in Homeworld 3; she's.. just... angry... for reasons, also she has all these devastating powers but never uses them against you fully. why? i don't know - it's hyperspace magic, i guess. this is provided with zero prior context besides "lol DA PROGENITORZ" or whatever