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Mission Name Star Wars - Delta Serpentis File starwars.zip
Author Cyber^Killer Release Date 02/28/99
Players 1 Campaign No
Mission Type Strike,Dogfight Addons Models
Reviewer Overlord Review Date 03/02/99
User Rating 28% Staff Rating 0.5 Stars

Description
This mission there is a program that make all the ships in the mission to look like star wars ships like X-wing y-wing tie fighter and star destroyer this program DOES NOT change the .tbl files it just changing the shape of the ships your mission is to destroy the star destroyer beware of wings of tie fighters!

Storyline: 0.5 Stars
No command briefing, not enough time in briefing scenes to read any of the briefings. Massive grammar, punctuation and spelling mistakes in the briefing. Unoriginal wing names. Its obvious no time at all was taken to even plan the briefing and has the appearance of being "slapped together" without thought or any kind of foresight.

Balance: 0.5 Stars
Ship selection is only Ulysses fighters and Ursa bombers but this is mainly due to the Star Wars Mod he is using. Weapons loadout is all weapons but does not allow hornet missiles on the Ulysses class fighters (Xwing Mod). No Idea why this is the only secondary not allowed. Forget loading out anything other than your own ship. Forget any other strategy you may want to use to win the game. Other than ship replacement you HAVE to use the author's loadout's which isn't really a problem since this mission is such a joke in the way of difficulty. Even on insane level if you are flying a fighter.

Design: 1.0 Stars
There is no design to this mission. You destroy a Vasudan destroyer class vessel (Star Destroyer Mod) and 2 wings of Tholth class fighters (Tie Fighter Mods). The wing arrivals are so spaced out there is no problem destroying them or the destroyer. To the author's credit, directives are shown for all objectives and a damage monitor is present for the "Cyber" but the directives show "Destroy Eva". A look in FRED reveals only 7 Events of which only 2 work the way they are supposed to. This mission can be created in 10 minutes by anyone with an hour's experience with FRED.

Gameplay: 0.5 Stars
If you want to see the new Star Wars mods, you can here. Other than that its a joke. Not much more I can say about it. Re-playability? Its already been deleted from my hard drive.

Other Thoughts:
This is obviously a quick mission thrown together hoping the great Star Wars Mod (that he didn't even give credit to the author for) would save it. He includes the Mod in his mission download, so beware when you download this 660K file with the 22K FSM. I wish I could think of a way to fix this thing. Probably the best is to pronounce it dead, give it a decent burial, and take another crack at FRED after spending some time with the FRED FAQ. Some missions just aren't ready to be released on an unsuspecting public.

Bottom Line: No Mission Design, No obvious beta testing, No credit where credits due. Suitable for a test of the Star Wars Mod, but not much else.
Highs: More fun than cleaning my cat's litter box.
Lows: Sorry, there is not enough space on this page to list.
Rating: 0.5 Stars
User Rating: 28%


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