Rise of the Crime Lords is a mod that adds the Black Sun Syndicate and The Hutt Cartel as playable factions along with multiple additions to the original ones as well as adding some new unplayable ones.
A truly fantastic mod. Adds two fully playable factions that might be a bit lacking in units, but still playable nonetheless. Still a few bugs but I imagine they'll be fixed. I recommend playing it.
I haven't played the mod but i am gonna love it if you put more units to the new factions and fix the bugs and ad the mandalorian faction playable. Then this mod can be a great.If you have z3rox is foc addon 3.5 you can use that stuff for that mod. Now then i will give a 9/10 or 10/10.
adding 2 factions with major improvments since last time keep on work on it :)
Great Idea. I see a great future for this Mod.
A few Ideas:
- New Units (since BS and HC are almost the same, different base texture)
- Techs (There are no techs for the new factions. They could even use the same techs as the ZC since they are in the same line, all three of them criminals. Even the mercenary posts does not hace any tech. The Criminal factions can have the same tech as the GE and RA aswell. Maybe change the text, skin, tech name but this will help a lot)
- Buildpads - The Hutt Cartel (in my experience) cant obtain the big buildpads. This is really bad since the mines are mostly the first thing you go get when playing. / The Hutt Structure (which I just forgot his name) Has no units when playing with the BS.
Besides that, great job on the heroes, their text. The new "dropships" and their skin. It is indeed a really good work, and, like said before, I can see it having a great future.
awesome mod,great unit and particle effects for both ground and space battles
very good
So far so good!
My go to mod. Well balanced, fun, the ai actually challenges you, fair amount of units, NO lag issues at all, music is a welcome change. Brilliant mod.
It could do with a couple of extra destroyers but that is the 1 negative point I can think of.
Try this mod, you won't be disappointed. It is not filed with lots and lots of new content but it plays very well which is the most important thing.
Version 3.0 is the most fun and engaging.
This is a really nicely done mod. The look is very clean and professional- sharp looking icons, nice additional artwork etc. Textures and models are all good quality and in general the mod really looks and feels like an official extension of the original game. The gameplay mechanics and balance are continuous with the base game and the new factions work more or less like variants of the ZC from FoC.
The main attraction, however, is the addition of extra playable factions. Even though EaW/FoC permits an open ended number of new factions, very few mods manage to make the formula work with more than the standard three. Most mods that have tried to add extra factions like this have failed miserably, and suffered from poor unit diversity, gameplay imbalance and screwy mechanics. As a general rule, they always seemed to involve at least one poorly thought out faction that was assembled using leftovers and stitched together out of the other factions.
RoTCL does about as good a job as can be expected with the addition of Hutts and Black Sun. Both factions are pretty well rounded out and have a decent number of units and heroes. The balance is also reasonable given the limitations on the new factions.
Unfortunatley, having three underworld factions seems a little redundant, because the new sides are so similar in terms of gameplay and unit diversity that they effectively run together. The heroes and units could have been reshuffled without seriously changing the basic mechanics or feel of the game.
This is a minor complaint, however, because on the whole this mod is a pretty solid piece of work which succeeds where so many others have failed. I wouldn't put it in the same elite category as mods like RaW or AoTR, but this is really well executed and is definitely worth a download.
A well balanced and fun mod, that adds factions and doesn't change the game too much