Hello guys, we're so proud that mostly all of our fans love Mass Effect Reborn. We wanted the first release to be something great, powerful and seeing a such feedback is so positive for us. But let's talk about other things. In this article, we will talk about the reviews given by the community, the different bugs encountered and the upcoming patch.
Community Reviews
You both know that any Moddb user downloading the mod can submit a review for our modification. However, it has come to our attention that some people seem to submit very low reviews because they can't get the mod to work or because their computer can't support it. Reviews are available by clicking here.
Demon7495 has submitted a 1/10 review with the following description:
"Demon7495" wrote: not work
Evil-Psy has submitted a 1/10 review with the following description:
"Evil-Psy" wrote: Could barely run it on my laptop, severely dissapointed by Phoenix Interactive's selfish move with this modification.
Our concern is, why do these people need to submit such reviews just because they can't get the mod to work or because the game doesn't work ? Is that necessary ?
We'd love to have your feedback and we both know that there is always a minority of people who will dislike, submit bad reviews because they don't like it. But, seriously, if their computer can't handle it, it's a shame but we can't create something in High Definition without cost.
You have to understand that creating a such mod was difficult. We needed first to find a decent performance with the best graphics possible and we believe that we did it. You can't enhance, improve the graphics without cost. Do these people know that the upcoming Remastered Homeworld2 will be in 4K ? Doubtful.
We wanted to do more than a simple modification, we wanted to improve everything because we both know at Phoenix Interactive, including our partners or our friends from Halo Homefront (for example) that the upcoming releases from Gearbox won't run anymore on low computers. It's a shame but you can't create something in high definition without cost and we know it. We don't ignore this minority of people, we understand their disarray. We simply don't have a company structure so we can't publish different versions (low, medium, high). And believe us, Homeworld2 is not that great for video settings. It's an old game.
Anyway about the constructive reviews, thanks. You help us to improve the mod itself. This is the reason why I'm going to talk about the bugs now.
Bugs encountered
In each game, each mod, there is bugs, problems. Because we hate bugs and so do you, we plan to solve them. Let's talk about the most important ones.
- "Artificial Intelligence is building only dreadnoughts, why ?"
Well, mostly because the Artificial Intelligence prefers to use heavy ships to win the fight. We are currently working with our coder to solve that thing. We want our AI to build cruisers, frigates, fighters... a whole fleet. But you have to understand that the reaper forces or the geth forces are a pain in the ass for the other races. So we plan to reduce the "buildtiming" of each ship and we plan to create a brand new AI.
- "What's wrong with the sun ?"
Yeah, the sun goes through each ship, we know it. It was the only way to get an High Definition render with our mod. We can't have that render with normal maps, with low resolution backgrounds. We hope that we can solve that thing with a new shader but it seems that Gearbox will do it before us. In fact, the remastered edition of HW2 contains High Definition backgrounds. Therefore, they may need to work on Skyboxes. It means, they have to find a solution to stop that bug.
- "I have some graphic problems, what's wrong ?"
We propose two different setup options. The first one includes our OpenGL 32 enhancements and the second one the default version. The default version remove both graphic problems that nvidia users may encounter with the OpenGL release. Make sure to uninstall the mod and install it again.
Patches and further updates
We released Mass Effect Reborn. However it doesn't mean we don't work anymore of it in the upcoming weeks. We plan to release an update as soon as possible with speeches, dialogues, a brand new AI and so on... Make sure to submit any ideas, bug reports via using our website.
Yeah, like I said previously everything is great. My personal concern is just that you should improve the gameplay itself (AI, balancing, probes, shipyard...). Maybe you should try as well to create researches but you know a lot of players prefer to deactivate researches in-game so... that's not really important actually.
About the maps, some people said they are "mediocre". I don't think so. THIS IS the first time I noticed such skyboxes for Homeworld2 and god they are perfect ^^
I submitted a 10/10 review because I want to support your mod. I believe it can be the best mod outta here (but, that's a subjective opinion).
Yeah, we just wanted to release a beta version first. It means there are bugs, problems and so on... The gameplay needs enhancements. We know it ;)
This is the reason why this is just a "Beta".
Give a better AI and a shipyard, I will be happy forever
I loved it just Awsome mod the best one:) I havent had any of the problems that some have complaind about..
Maybe they don't like the French Governments stance on gays, just a thought.
Nope, this is a good mod and the other people are just butt hurt for not being able to figure out a way to play it. Also, a better AI and shipyards would be nice.
The mod works just fine and there are allmost no glitches or bugs or whatever. Guys if you can't make the mod work reinstall the game and download patch 1.1 for Homeworld 2. You need the patch in order to run most modifications. I tested the mod before the launch date and I have to say that it is pretty impressive. The dev team did a great job with this mod and the effects (visual and sound) are uncredible. It takes alot of time, energy and nerves to create something like this. This is not an easy job to create something... even more if it is free. Respect the work from the Dev Teams, and not just Phoenix Interactive, but all the mod groups and members.
Thank you!
Good to see that you and the team are looking at our criticisms. It really shows a professional demeanor in the team, and it makes me really look forward to the gameplay fixes that are in store for us. Can't wait to see what the team can do!
Stellar Job with the visuals and gameplay!
I will admit that after playing Complex for a few months I was hoping for a little more...complexity.
I think the power of the reapers needs to be dialed up a little and their armor increased. One reaper should really be able to wax a fleet of cruisers and 1-2 dreadnoughts. You could make them more expensive and slower to build.
Echo the issue about AI only building dreadnoughts. Not much fun with that issue.
TECH TREE!! This is seriously what set HW apart from other games. The diverse, immense tech tree which made no two players equal. Tech strategy was a huge driver behind this.
Other players, If you haven't played Complex....do it!
That being said, I love the work. Did an amazing job on the textures, now lets follow it up with some AI improvements and a tech tree. Its ok for the game to play a little slower.
GREAT BETA!! Most stable Beta I've seen in a while.
QUESTIONS: Do the stationary objects in the maps actually do anything? Like Omega? I saw it has weapon values. Can you fight against it or play as it??
THANKS!!
Does the mutliplayer actually work?