Re: Babylon 5 Mod
I just took a quick peek at the mod. Before I say anything, I'd like to acknowledge that a lot of people probably put a lot of hard work into the mod and deserve kudos =D
Now that that's over with... a quick glance and I could find spelling mistakes, missing fields in component details and so forth. What's more sad is the lack of background and detail to the races. There's no description, and the facilities seem generic. I took a quick look at a couple races, and they didn't seem to be what I expected. Minbari are scientists rather than religious zealots? Humans are scientists rather than merchants? Sheridan the leader of the humans rather than a pic of Pres. Clark? hrm... also I couldn't find the B5 map, and playing on a randomly generated map doesn't seem to have the same glitz... I'm also pretty new to SE:IV, so I don't know what the scenario button is for, but are "scenarios" missions? In that case, the inclusion of scenarios mirroring certain points in the B5 season... The Great War, the Earth/Minbari war, Shadows vs Vorlons, perhaps with small systems and limited turns/goals would make the mod fun...
Unfortunately, I'd have to say I'm disappointed in the mod... as this is the first mod I've run, I don't really think I can judge it... it might be a really well worked out mod compared to others... but the lack of B5 lore is pretty disappointing... I'm not really a B5 fanatic but the reason why I would play B5 or ST or SW or anything other than the stock game is not for balance issues, but to be immersed in the universe...
Oh well. Maybe it is fun, maybe the AI's are cool/smart maybe it is well balanced etc... but, playing AI's is not what I got SE:IV for, and if I want balanced I'll play the stock =D.
Brian
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