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===Comparison to ''Homeworld''=== As one of the first fully three-dimensional real time strategy games, ''Far Gate'' was often compared to its contemporary, ''[[Homeworld]]''. During development there was some speculation that ''Far Gate'' (then ''The Rift'') would beat ''Homeworld'' to retail and thereby be the first game of its kind.<ref name="Sharky Games first glimpse"/> However ''Homeworld'' ended up being released a full two years ahead of ''Far Gate'', on September 28, 1999. In the end many critics felt that ''Far Gate'' compared poorly to ''Homeworld'' and didn't live up to the standard that ''Homeworld'' had established for the new sub-genre of 3D space-based real time strategy. Gaming news site IGN described ''Far Gate''' as "a kind of wanna-be ''Homeworld''"<ref name="IGN new screens">{{cite web |url=http://au.pc.ign.com/articles/097/097617p1.html |title=IGN: New Screens from Far Gate |author=IGN Staff |date=August 22, 2001 |work=[[IGN]] |publisher=[[IGN Entertainment]] |accessdate=October 26, 2009}}</ref> and "''Homeworld Light''".<ref name="IGN IGF article"/>
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