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Cataclysm was made using the same engine as Homeworld, and is essentially another game's worth of the same kind of content - strategic three-dimensional space combat - though not without some tune-ups to the original, somewhat clumsy interface. The story is a new one, and focuses on the struggles of the previously insignificant miners of Kiith Somtaaw, a minor clan amongst the Kushan, as they unwittingly release a menace on the galaxy and seek to contain it.
The game is smaller in scale than its predecessor and streamlines the selection of ship types by reducing the number of different ships while enhancing the versatility of the remaining ones.
Unfortunately, the game was rather ill-reiceved and is considered somewhat unbalanced in multiplayer. Nevertheless, it does make a fitting addition to the Homeworld series.