Reviews - deniable_pain

the reason i gave tis mod a 7 and not a 10 is not because it lacks content, not because it aint big enough cause honestly i cant imagine making this mod any bigger and its probably the mod that adds the most content to a game that i have ever seen.

my problem is with the AI, it barely attacks one another, there are no sieges, no offensives that have a couple of lords battleing other lords in 500 plus sized battles and it really ruins it for me since before this mod i played floris where battles after day 400 became as large as 1000 soldiers for each side.

so if you're up for "i dont care ill create my kingdom and enslave everyone" or "theres so many choices so who cares" then this mod is definatly for you but if you like to become part of a kingdom before making your own or that youre used to riding into battles composed from serveral lords parties combined then i guess its not so much for you.

still theres a mod in nexus that improves the AI a bit, i recommend using it when using this mod

this game is a very solid and accurate ww2 themed naval warfare game.i honestly didnt see such a complete list of ww2 naval vessels in a long while and the turn based moving and firing feels good.

the combat part of aiming and firing shots by using splash history and by using the map to see where the rounds landed and not just by elevation degree needed for the guns to target the enemy also feels good and well implemented

besides this, the AI of the enemy warships, while not being perfect, still poses a large threat that cannot be under estimated. it knows how to call in bombers, release torpedo salvos and adjust fire, so the threat of losing irreplacable ships in battle with the ai is ever present.

all in all, its a very good and solid naval warfare game and while at the same time it does not feel like a world of warships replica and i do recommend it to anyone who loves ww2 naval warfare.

while i was playing with a vasudan expert against a shivan expert it started a bit slow not something that i was'nt expecting, but after my vasudan ally got himself a few atens i noticed something... his destroyer is moving

i thought at first he was suicidal after all why risk your ship builder if you dont have another? but then a typhoon arrived and then another and another each was sent to guard a resource point which was a very clever move considering that by that time the shivan player destroyed serveral of my resources.

then as we finally found where the demons where his original destroyer moved in with an escort of 2 sobek corvettes and ten atens with a compliment of fighters and bombers, the battle was brutal but for the first time ever, ai using its destroyers offensively, the second demon moved to another resource point and got attacked by a typhoon and then exploded in the biggest explosion ive seen that was'nt nuclear and then we won...

this mod its the best mod i've seen of freespace2 for homeworld, the most complete and authentic freespace experience ever, better then any freespace for homeworld mod before it(notably FSNA) and seeing the ai using its destroyers against eachother, using repair vessels, support ships and pretty much anything it can build just about brought a tear to my eye, so many years i've waited for a mod like this and finally it has arrived

this is the third freespace mod for homeworld 2 that i play and i must say that i was a bit unopptimistic about this one,when i started playing the ai was as bad as the others,but when the updates came,this mod became perfection,something that alot of other people wished seeing with their mods,but then dumped them half way(causes remain unknown till this day),anyways it brought me back to the time freespace was the coolest thing out there,exciting,amazing,and pure awesome,the best mod i played since alienswarm,with hi res textures of the good old ships(the way they where meant to be)and ai that kicks me in the teeth almost every time,an outstanding piece of work.