![]() ![]() And the enemy really does put up a fight if you crank up the difficulty. If you ever felt that BSG: Deadlock was too easy, even on the highest difficulty, well, now there’s a higher difficulty. The lack of difficulty in the side missions would be a stronger strike against this DLC, if it were not for the new difficulty level that was introduced in a free update alongside it. The later makes mine-sweeping more important than it ever was. The cluster nukes deal a good deal of damage, and the virus mines can really cripple nearby enemy ships. The new weapons the Cylons get, Cluster Nukes and Virus Mines, felt more significant. The latter sounds more impressive than it really is, at least when facing the AI. The Defender & Medusa (for the humans & Cylons respectively) are support ships, that are able to strengthen nearby friendly ships, in slightly different ways, and the Orion is a stealth frigate that can strike from hiding. The new ships are nice, but they don’t radically alter how you play the game. Two new ships for the humans, one new for the Cylons, and two new Cylon weapons. Ghost Fleet Offensive also gives you, and the enemy, some new ships and weapons to play with. ![]() The enemy matches you ship for ship, modified by difficulty, although it makes no real consideration for what ships you actually bring, so you might bring two battlestars, and the enemy will just have two of the smallest ships. Ghost Fleet Offensive brings a series of 10 missions, that all are pretty well made and balanced (it feels like Black Lab Games has got pretty good at this), although the randomly generated side missions, which are used to get more resources and manage the Cylon threat levels are, much like in the previous expansion, far too easy. You also get to import your save game, which means that any ships and research you ended within Resurrection gets transferred over. The campaign works almost exactly as it did with the last expansion, with one major exception, that won’t be spoiled here. These optional story segments are fully voiced (and kind of hard to read, due to the busy background) For someone who’s not very familiar with the source material, this makes the events a lot easier to follow, without it feeling like there’s nothing in here for the long-time fans of the setting. Instead of focusing on the entire conflict, and all the politics and factions, you get to see a small slice of what’s going on. Much like the last expansion of Season 2, the story this time around feels more focused than that of the base game. But humanity has one secret trick up its sleeve, Ghost Fleet, a fleet of ships hidden behind enemy lines that are ready to strike at the core of the Cylon threat. While the news broadcasts proclaim victory after victory, the reality is far grimmer, the Cylons are gaining ground, they’re hitting humanity where it hurts, and it looks like the war is just months, if not just weeks, away from being lost. Things are not looking good for humanity. ![]()
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