Posted May 08, 2010
IMO, those fan mods only work to improve the gaming experience for those who have already been enjoying MoO3 as what it was.
But those mods are not going to help at all for gamers who pick the game up because they enjoyed MoO and MoO2.
Like some have mentioned, the dev basically throw almost everything good from MoO and MoO2 out of MoO3 and try to re-invent the game into some kind of Empire-macro-management game, which backfired as most MoO fans are not asking for a re-invented MoO game in the first place. Not to mention the macro-management and spreadsheet play style is also not appealing enough to attract the interests of main stream gamers.
So the game actually fail to score a hit with the MoO fanbase and also fail to score a hit with the gaming masses even though MoO3 does managed to capture it's own cult of supporters and followers. This is why no fan-made mods are ever going to save this game by making it more fun and enjoyable for both the old-time MoO fans and also the mainstream gamers. They just improve the game for those who already like the way MoO3 was played.
But those mods are not going to help at all for gamers who pick the game up because they enjoyed MoO and MoO2.
Like some have mentioned, the dev basically throw almost everything good from MoO and MoO2 out of MoO3 and try to re-invent the game into some kind of Empire-macro-management game, which backfired as most MoO fans are not asking for a re-invented MoO game in the first place. Not to mention the macro-management and spreadsheet play style is also not appealing enough to attract the interests of main stream gamers.
So the game actually fail to score a hit with the MoO fanbase and also fail to score a hit with the gaming masses even though MoO3 does managed to capture it's own cult of supporters and followers. This is why no fan-made mods are ever going to save this game by making it more fun and enjoyable for both the old-time MoO fans and also the mainstream gamers. They just improve the game for those who already like the way MoO3 was played.