Nostalgia time!!!

shaggyd · 9 Jun 2011 at 13:29

I remember playing DF 1 and DF 2, they were also my first lan games I used to play in work on night shift! I also remember spending many hours in the R6 games, until they released the horrid shooter that caused the series to freefall. The only other games that reach the same tactical suspense are SWAT 4 and Armed Assault series. I didn't enjoy DF:BHD as Operation Flashpoint was already out and was far better in every degree.
I also enjoyed BF2, but with the exception of base rapers and bunny-hoppers. BF:BC2 is much more epic than original BF2, but still plagued with bunny-hoppers nd base raping choppers.

Xinn · 9 Jun 2011 at 13:48

Loved Delta Force and Rainbow Six. As already said R6 went down hill after Raven Shield.

Used to watch my step dad plan out missions in the single player for hours before actualy running the missions, it was fantastic.

mrbios · 9 Jun 2011 at 13:54

shaggyd said:
I remember playing DF 1 and DF 2, they were also my first lan games I used to play in work on night shift! I also remember spending many hours in the R6 games, until they released the horrid shooter that caused the series to freefall. The only other games that reach the same tactical suspense are SWAT 4 and Armed Assault series. I didn't enjoy DF:BHD as Operation Flashpoint was already out and was far better in every degree.
I also enjoyed BF2, but with the exception of base rapers and bunny-hoppers. BF:BC2 is much more epic than original BF2, but still plagued with bunny-hoppers nd base raping choppers.

ahhhh operation flashpoint, i played the demo of the original so many times over, getting shot from an enemy you could barely see was amazing.

I remember playing the single player on one level where i had to run through the woods, i was being shot at from behind while trying to get out of the woods, a proper feeling of suspense in that game that no other has ever given me! Very realistic ...... apart from the graphics.

Secret_Window · 9 Jun 2011 at 14:01

Operation Flashpoint killed my pc when it came out. I didn't have enough ram to play it properly. It was the first game where not having enough RAM became an issue in running a game for my PC lol.

mrbios · 9 Jun 2011 at 14:10

Secret_Window said:
Operation Flashpoint killed my pc when it came out. I didn't have enough ram to play it properly. It was the first game where not having enough RAM became an issue in running a game for my PC lol.

I was playing it on a celeron 900mhz, 256mb ram, geforce 4 mx 440 graphics ard

Those were the days haha (probably around the time i upgraded to an athlon xp 1800 actually)

lunarwolf · 9 Jun 2011 at 15:26

Rainbow Six (up to and including Raven Shield) was the best FPS of all time. still play it occasionally.

if you liked Delta series from nova, try Joint Operations there are still some servers up, and some cool mods like International Conflict or ICE. still play that once in a blue moon.

too bad the graphics are a bit dated on thse games, but the gameplay is still awesome and both these games have tons of community maps, mods etc... and most importantly always felt that the players on these games were more fun to play with than what plagues games like COD, Halo etc...

mrbios · 9 Jun 2011 at 15:26

I could never get into joint ops, it always felt like a poor mans version of battlefield

lunarwolf · 9 Jun 2011 at 15:31

mrbios said:
I could never get into joint ops, it always felt like a poor mans version of battlefield

really not. BF just has better gfx but it's also more recent (haven't like BF series since Vietnam came out). but JO has more mature type of players (too many idiots in BF, also always fight to get the OP heli), has a co-op mode and you could play huge maps with up to 150 players - EPIC. too bad they haven't modernized the game since now it does look dated, it is afterall 7+ years old now

mrbios · 9 Jun 2011 at 15:34

lunarwolf said:
really not. BF just has better gfx. but JO has more mature type of players, (too many idiots in BF, also always fight to get the heli), you could play huge maps with up to 150 players - EPIC

It was good when it started i agree, when the servers had 150 people on that was fairly eic, but the gameplay itself wasn't as gripping and the vehicles were far too buggy.

The idea was fantastic, the implementation though not so fantastic. I'd like to see them do it again with todays technology though!

lunarwolf · 9 Jun 2011 at 15:42

mrbios said:
It was good when it started i agree, when the servers had 150 people on that was fairly eic, but the gameplay itself wasn't as gripping and the vehicles were far too buggy.

The idea was fantastic, the implementation though not so fantastic. I'd like to see them do it again with todays technology though!

true the vehicles were/are lame to drive, but in a way i like that since not everyone runs for the the OP heli, gives infantry a fighting chance. which is why i only like original BF in WW2 - those helis killed it for me, inf was just cannon fodder. realism can be good but not at the expense of balance.

mattjd · 9 Jun 2011 at 15:49

Shame that I am so young. I've missed out a really good generation of games

My first FPS was I think Medal of Honour (PS1) and Golden Eye (N64). Then it was Time Splitters < That was an epic game.

mrbios · 9 Jun 2011 at 15:51

mattjd said:
Shame that I am so young. I've missed out a really good generation of games

My first FPS was I think Medal of Honour (PS1) and Golden Eye (N64). Then it was Time Splitters < That was an epic game.

I played delta force after goldeneye and time splitters

(or do youmean you missed a good generation of PC gaming rather than gaming in general?)

Man i LOVED time splitters!

mattjd · 9 Jun 2011 at 15:54

mrbios said:
I played delta force after goldeneye and time splitters (or do youmean you missed a good generation of PC gaming rather than gaming in general?)

Man i LOVED time splitters!

I'm young and my parents were not very well off so I only had a N64 which I won in a competition. I played my friends PS1 and PS2 up the road for some other games.

In 2004 I got a new PC and played UT2004 that was when I got into PC gaming :cool:

mrbios · 9 Jun 2011 at 16:21

You won an N64 :eek:

that must have been the best day ever!

EDIT: looking at your current age, you must have been like 6 or 7 then? something like that? That's like winning the lottery to an 7 year old!

mattjd · 9 Jun 2011 at 16:25

mrbios said:
You won an N64 that must have been the best day ever!

EDIT: looking at your current age, you must have been like 6 or 7 then? something like that? That's like winning the lottery to an 7 year old!

Yeah t'was aweomse

I also had a gameboy colour and the N64 was the special edition Pokemon Stadium one and I could link my Pokemon Blue to Stadium

Shame it broke while I was upgrading it with an expansion pack to play Majora's Mask

Still haven't got around to replacing it to play it

JoeFX69 · 9 Jun 2011 at 17:04

Voxel tastic

Ewaf · 9 Jun 2011 at 17:22

omfg I played delta force SO much online. Loved CTF, and that snowy castles map where the were 2 castles facing each other!

Landwarrior was just as epic! King of the hill! That aztec map with the big ziggurat thing in the middle, omfg so good!!!!!!

And the egypt map with the pyramid where people use to grenade launch over the top of it! SO epic

Kosmiche · 9 Jun 2011 at 18:06

Are you sure this isnt rose tinted spectacles?

I mean I can still enjoy MOHAA, COD 1, UT99 today...but those games look shocking!

mrbios · 9 Jun 2011 at 18:47

Eames said:
Are you sure this isnt rose tinted spectacles?

I mean I can still enjoy MOHAA, COD 1, UT99 today...but those games look shocking!

Indeed they do, but the looks weren't everything, they were pretty bad even for there time

I can't really put my finger on what it was about them but they had something which kept people playing, it was fantastic

mrbios · 9 Jun 2011 at 20:57

I just had a quick play on delta force land warrior

awesomeness!