Just ordered Quake wars

My brother bought me this as a present, and it did seem quite good, but certain core things just didnt seem right compared to other similar games id played (BF2 for example). Vehicles control just seemed completely wrong (press forward and its instantly at full speed) and shooting people didnt feel very accurate, just generally shoot in there area and youve got them. Just couldnt get into it sadly, it had lots of promise :/.
 
At one point the hitboxes were a bit off (though i thought that was resolved before open beta) so you might find it's much improved on that front.
 
ok clashing veiws so ill say this, the thing that made me choose this game is it's 'new approach to team-play' well thats what they say... so my Q; does it have that 'team-play' feel to it?
 
oh man that game is so bad go rather play battlefield 2142 mutch better !! i played quake wars demo when it was out and im telling you im not impressed even i was quake 3 and quake 2 super fan
 
i liked BF2142 dont play it any more got bored of it eventually 'same old same old'
i used to like camping at the bottom of these stairs 'by the flagpole' on this one map and pick em off 1 by 1 as they went to jump down :p
 
QlimaxUK said:
ok clashing veiws so ill say this, the thing that made me choose this game is it's 'new approach to team-play' well thats what they say... so my Q; does it have that 'team-play' feel to it?
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Defintely - once you know what you're doing. I can almost guarantee that at first you'll find it very frustrating and bewildering. Once you've got a handle on things like using the deployables and objectives/missions and you're playing on a server with a few decent people, you'll love it :)

Try checking out a few youtube videos to see if you can get a bit of a feel for it.
 
that reminds me, any1 have frontline - fuel of war? now thats
frustrating and bewildering
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:( which is bad because i like the look and feel of the game and it cost me £30! any1 got any tips for me??? mainly online im having trouble with, any thoughts on this game?
 
+1 for a great game that needs a bit of time to get in to, I think people were expecting the kind of experience they had with RTCW:ET and were disappointed to find a different approach.

Has OcUK or any of it's members got a server or any recommended ones to play on? Wouldn't mind giving it a go tonight if so.
 
people dont know how to play it so they whine about it on forums.

Its not as good as wolf:et but its still good
 
is it still worth buying CS:S? £20 is a bit steep considering how old it is :confused: but i know that its still one of the most popular online fps's, i meant to buy it a long time ago but never did, i have the old CS which was ok i guess :)
 
If you're set on buying it (it's rubbish imo, but obviously lots of ppl like it) then just buy one of the bigger game packs that includes it...The Orange Box might do, and you get TF2 which by all accounts is far superior.
 
I can't believe all the criticism this game has gotten, I remember when this game was in development and how everyone was bragging about how it's going to own battlefield 2 and how the graphics were amazing, then again I have played it and it and I don't think much too it.
 
It's again the selective criticism nawbs on forums like to spout endlessly... first of all they do not follow the development processes of games, they know nothing of the engine powering them, what its capable of and most importantly what it isn't and thus isn't even pretending to be capable of.

So armed with a complete lack of knowledge of the game beyond the 10 minutes they skimmed over a demo with, or their time in a beta, of which they completely miss the point of being beta and treat like the final produc, they take it to the many forums of the interwebs. They will then post a half baked list of problems that may (but in most cases don't and will just be a result of their poor understanding) exist. These same people will sing the praises of other games that will almost certainly carry as many if not the same problems, but for some unexplicable reason, they ignore. There are several examples of this in this very thread, offhanded comments against the game, with no basis or reason provided.

To the OPs question about the team-play feel of it, well the teamplay is kind of woven into the gameplay via the mission system, at any one point each class will be given a mission that will earn them extra XP (to unlocked weapons / abilities throughout a particular campaign) so just by each of them carrying that out the team should be working as a tidy little unit. Varies on public of course.
 
I love this game, infact I switched from BF to it..

I love how the sides are very different, have some glaring benefits and bad points. I love being GDF sniper. Most people don't use the personal radar enough - you can light up targets like christmas trees with it. Whilst the battle is at objective 1, stealth your way to objective 2... lay the radar to cover it. Then go on a hacking spree. As soon as objective 1 is taken you can then blitzkrieg objective 2 with radar already covering the objective. Next drop main radar to cover that objective and drop the personal radar at the next objective etc...
Or if your radars are getting hacked a lot then your snipers can lay their personal radars down to cover the important areas.
Another is if you're behind lines and you see a lot of hardware (cannons etc) - then drop a radar and let air support/special ops take them out..

At slipgate you can really own a badly performing GDF side as a Strogg tech with the Cyclops :D Just mine the spawn point on the antartic side, place an AVT on the brow of the hill, sit next to it with the cyclops in siege mode and you can save the Strogg side by focusing fire power on the ramp *mwahahaha*
 
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Aekeron said:
Despite iBot's claims that it's a good game, it's damn good.
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This game is really growing on me. I initially hated it but realised you have to spend a certain amount of time familiarising yourself with the maps, classes and techniques. There is so much to learn. At this stage it seems a lot easier being Strogg than GDF because of the range or weaponry and gadgets open to you. I imagine the GDF is just as effective, though you have to think more and use the weapons in a more effective way.

Really enjoyable stuff it and looks great, even on a x1950pro.
 
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