I'm a bit disappointed by the fact that you learned nothing of your mistakes with R1.
This is by no means an offence at your hard work or anything - but sometimes quality is more important than quantity.
From what I can see on the videos, I see the same issues I saw with R1:
- All your new weapons and ships are completely crap (a select few infinitely overpowered) compared to the ones you got to fly in FS2. Seen as this plays at a later date, maybe the technology should be more advanced - NOT worse than it was. And it should be consistant. Most of the ships cannot be flown properly (remember the Claymore?) and most of the missiles are useless compared to the good old Trebuchet or Harpoon. Another (not so important) issue is the naming. (Just to clarify, i'm not talking about the look, but the actual table values)
- The weapon effects seem little convincing (and the shivan engines are... weird)
- Connected to the last issue, the fighter beams seem to have some problems - mainly with the sound and the beam glows.
- There's thousands of new models, some of them not matching up with FS2's standard (The Andra doesnt even look remotely like a shivan ship, for instance)
- You still use that horrible explosion effect which looks pixelated even from hundreds of metres distance (and also tends to slow down the game for some reason)
- A new issue actually. You're using my backgrounds, but seem to wildly clutter them together (which doesnt look exactly great). I know it's taking a while to fiddle around with the backgrounds, but it's definately worth the effort. Take a look at the WC:S trailer released some days ago for an almost perfect example what to do with my backgrounds
That said, I still like the Gorgon very much, and the Harpy is looking pretty good as well. Another bonus are the shockwaves and the shield ship icons.
Once again, please do not be offended or angry at me, as I mean no offence at all.