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Written 9 years ago
First of all let me state that I normally leave these reviews up to people who do reviews all the time such as Feenix, but since he has decided that he wasn't going to get the farming simulator 2015 gold expansion dlc, I would take a crack of it in written form since I don't have my sony vegas pro anymore. So yeah, after waiting about 8 hours after the time it was supposed to be released, steam finally released the gold expansion to it's users. Ofc after it was released i had to wait an additional 2 hours for it to download since my mother was in the middle of her farmville ritual which bogs our net down badly. I finally got the dlc installed, then promptly loaded it up to try out the new vehicles and map.
Let's start off with the map shall we, keep in mind that I will be comparing it to the current default maps, aka Bjornholm (a Swedish map?) and Westbridge Hills (a American style map). Since I started playing FS2015 I usually always ended up on the Bjornholm map because even though I would love a American style map, not being able to do my logging killed Westbridge Hills for me. Not only that but even though I hated chasing my round bales around on both maps, the scenery on Bjornholm made up for the little catch-a-bale mini-game I had developed per say. Now we have Sosnovka (a Russian map?), which upon loading the map and pulling up the pda I instantly liked the map because not only does everything seem spaced out pretty nicely but there is also plenty of logging areas while most of the fields are flat which means no more chasing bales all over the damned place lol and of course the scenery is almost as lovely as Bjornholms (Sosnovka definitely kicks Westbridges butt by far imo!). Another thing I noticed as I was driving around was some very nice bridges and a new AI vehicle, which happens to be one of the only Russian vehicles I love and that is the Gaz 53 with a tipper bed on it (I actually use a mod of this regularly.) My only gripe about the map while exploring was the signs, they're all in Russian and I have absolutely no clue what they say. Overall I give the map a 5 out of 5 stars because I can see myself spending a lot of time on it.
Let's move onto the vehicles now. As far as the vehicles go the majority of them didn't catch my attention. Basically 3 of them stood out to me, those are the Zetor Crystal 12045 tractor, the Tatra Phoenix 6x6 Agro-Truck and the Rostselmash Niva. Now before I get started talking about the 3 vehicles that did stand out for me i'd like to make a quick mention of the implements that were added, since they are pretty much exactly the same as their default 3 meter counterparts as far as operation stands there is no real need for me to talk about those. If anything has to be said about them, I like how they look, gives me something fresh to play with. (I'm easy to please).
The Zetor Crystal 12045 is a older style tractor that has a beefy sound to it and looks pretty nice to boot. The only downside to the 12045 is the fact that it doesn't have a 3 point hitch on the front which means you'll be somewhat limited as to what you do with it. I've tested all of the basic starter implements such as the 3 meter seeders/plows/etc and it seems to fair pretty well with them even while being unable to attach a weight to the front (good job Giants, you have surprised me with this one). I give the 12045 a 4 out of 5 stars, I only knocked off one because I wish It had a 3 point hitch on the front of it.
The Tatra Phoenix 6x6 Agro-Truck is a welcome addition for me since I didn't like the default truck, why? Because it was single axle and I think single axle rigs look bloody ridiculous. There isn't much of anything else I can say about this vehicle other than I like how it looks. Other than the new model it seems like it acts exactly the same as the default truck with much less sliding per say. I give the Phoenix 6x6 a 5 out of 5 stars because like I said, it's a welcome change and looks much better than the Man truck.
The Rostselmash Niva is the free dlc combine that came with the pre-order and I have to say, for a starter combine this thing looks great and sounds great. It's got a relatively similar beefy sound as the 12045 mentioned above and has about the same tank capacity as the first New Holland that you can get. I give the Niva a 5 out of 5 stars because not only was the model well done, but it sounds great and seems like it'd be a perfect starter combine.
Well, with all of that being said I only have two major gripes about the dlc. The first one is I wanted to make a few little changes to the truck as well as changing the signs to english on the map, unfortunately the files are in a “dlc” filetype and I have no clue how to open it nor do I dare for risk of screwing up the file. So being unable to mod it at the moment is a bit depressing for me but i'm sure that sooner or later in the future, someone may figure out how to gain access to all of the files and provide a tutorial for the rest of us so we can do it as well. My second gripe is that I wish they had included some baling and forestry equipment for us to use.
Overall the dlc gets a 4 out of 5 from me. It'd get a 5 out of 5 if it wasn't for the fact that I can't access the map files to change all the text to English. Looks like i'll either be learning Russian until someone can get access to it or i'll add another sticky note to my wall with translations. Shakes my head while staring at the gobs of sticky notes already on my wall. Anyways, thats the end of the review! I appreciate everyone who took the time to read it. :)
