Reviews - NeoWhiteWolf

Overall this is a strong mod with vibes of the old S:SOC mods like LURK and Oblivion Lost. But even with the increased difficulty there are some serious inconsistencies. But on the review as a whole.

:GAMEPLAY:

OK, before i go any further i have played the series thru on Master before so the games difficulty is known to me. When the game is installed you choose 1 of 3 classes. As a previous player i prefer the long shot game, So I played the USS Sniper. The starting equipment was lack luster. Others have called out a sniper being sent on a mission w/o a scope is kinda weird, but i give that up to the game using this as a balancing feature. No biggie there. But what gets me is the inconsistency in damage and well overall AI issues. First thing, while the features mentions zombies being tougher, this proves to be wonky and unpredictable. Like early in my game a zombies more than often could shrug a 7.64x54R round like it was nothing. I'm sorry a 185grain FMJ round would take a good 1/3rd of his skull with the bullet as it passes through his skull. But no more than 3 minutes later a 5.45mm x 39mm round kills a zombie in one go. Don't even ask on pistol rounds.

While the hit damage done to enemies is overall OK (Minus Zombies), the damage done to the PC is kinda ridiculous on Normal (First time thru on a mod i wanted to get a feel on the rules at play). An enemy at easily 100m plus peppers me with buckshot and even with Military Armor (Which even IRL the lowest level vest will stop buckshot at close range) i lose maybe 2/3rds of my life and become stunned for a moment. I appreciate the stun effect but that much damage from something my vest should have stop is kinda wonky. Also some enemies seem to be snipers with handguns and get lucky one shots from near max range. And zombies stumbling shooting from the hip seem to get near 1 shots at max range. While somewhat realistic, a lot of these changes seem to be made in the name of artificial difficulty.