Reviews - RepublicCommando101

Let me begin with some of the things this mod struggles with. First is bugs/crashes. They happen. But not with the kind of frequency that would suggest incompetency, merely the limits of what the game engine is capable of handling. Also, the ai is...well. It is. I imagine teaching the ai how to work with new systems is difficult, so I won't touch on that. Also the simple fact that the AI has nothing on human players.

Now, let's talk about what it gets right. The mod is highly atmospheric, especially the particle effects, and the way the ships move in and out of combat. Between that and the UI, you feel as though you're playing a self-contained Star Trek game, not a mod. The quality is simply that good. Each of the factions feels unique, accomplished through a mixture of unique technology and strategy that best promotes their style of play. There's few things more satisfying as carving apart a flotilla of Coalition ships with a wing of Romulan Warbirds, or sending forth the Xindi probe as the vanguard of a grand expedition to claim the entire star system.

My advice? Play it, and give it a good try.