quake 2 is 15 years old

Guest2 said:
I played for 30 minutes without realising on MP Finca CTF. I think games have become worse as graphics has become better. After 2 minutes I forgot I was playing in 1600x1200 on a 2560x1440 monitor and had low settings too.

Level design, simplicity and general fun is what games should always be about. Not just graphics
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Nail on the head - hit. Wish developers would take note !
 
This was my favourite Quake, I played Quake 2 to death online! Especially King of the Server (KOTS) and Instagib on Jolt, Wireplay and Barrysworld :D While Quake 3 was more refined online, Quake 2 was the birth of many of the popular mods and indeed the trusty railgun ^_^ Oh and, the iconic Q2DM1 of course :)
 
gigeorge said:
I never really played quake 2, more of a doom 2 / q1 gamer, then went onto delta force adn unreal tournament.

What happened to these style of games? Why did the COD's et al take over??

As someone else has mentioned - games are all about clean kill graphics, xp and buying ****.. Quake you needed skill to get to certain items and the tactics were more profound than anything else.
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Indeed. Newer games are more complex generally, but this has the adverse affect of skill being a smaller variable in the equation. Quake et al were easy to pick up, but incredibly difficult to master. The same can't be said of the modern FPS, where it's far more about learning the game/weapons etc and reaching your skill ceiling really quite quickly. I think Counterstrike was quite a nice middle-ground though in this respect :)

The other MAJOR factor was consoles. You cannot play a Quake-like game with a gamepad, so Quake-like games disappeared in favour of slower ones. :(
 
Stanith said:
Indeed. Newer games are more complex generally, but this has the adverse affect of skill being a smaller variable in the equation. Quake et al were easy to pick up, but incredibly difficult to master. The same can't be said of the modern FPS, where it's far more about learning the game/weapons etc and reaching your skill ceiling really quite quickly. I think Counterstrike was quite a nice middle-ground though in this respect :)

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Thats true regarding CS - i've not played much of that in donkeys - GO was ok but just new skins. I wonder if there will ever be a new HL3 and therefore a new cs?!

CS was where gaming tactics actually started to mean something to me and started to play with a headset - unreal etc were all just fun and never played them competitively.
 
gigeorge said:
Thats true regarding CS - i've not played much of that in donkeys - GO was ok but just new skins. I wonder if there will ever be a new HL3 and therefore a new cs?!

CS was where gaming tactics actually started to mean something to me and started to play with a headset - unreal etc were all just fun and never played them competitively.
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q3tdm\ctf loads of tactics the good teams were amazing to watch.
 
This is why I like Natural Selection 2.

No sign of an XP bar / unlocks / achievements just straight up gameplay.

Someone put a thread on the NS forums saying the game needed this to keep people interested, needless to say he got ripped to shreds.

Who plays a game for that crap? the gameplay should keep you hooked if you find it fun, the above make it a chore.
 
caz32 said:
This is why I like Natural Selection 2.

No sign of an XP bar / unlocks / achievements just straight up gameplay.

Someone put a thread on the NS forums saying the game needed this to keep people interested, needless to say he got ripped to shreds.

Who plays a game for that crap? the gameplay should keep you hooked if you find it fun, the above make it a chore.
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Sadly, quite a lot of people it would seem...
 
Idd, I have found though that most games that do feature weapon unlocking like bf3/cod etc they don't hold my attention for long cause it becomes more of a chore
 
Awesome game!

Loved dueling into the early hours on Wireplay / Barrysworld on dialup, then moving onto ISDN with my Asuscom adapter, giving glorious sub 50 pings :p


Sabotaj / {AL}][CeMaN
 
chaparral said:
Am feeling very old now :(

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Some of my favourite titles there from when I was a youngster - Warzone 2100, Battlezone and Total Annihilation were three of my best
 
Wizzfizz said:
Awesome game!

Loved dueling into the early hours on Wireplay / Barrysworld on dialup, then moving onto ISDN with my Asuscom adapter, giving glorious sub 50 pings :p


Sabotaj / {AL}][CeMaN
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I remember you :D
I also used to be on 28k > 56k > ISDN on wireplay
remember when wireplay was 0870 also :eek: - duke3d days

My aliases (that I remember):
<M>o[R]tal<S>
MR.S
mortals
*equilibrium
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I remember Equilibrium and Mr.S (was you in the clan Mistermen or?) :)

Such a long time ago! Must have racked up some hours playing that game!
 
Secret_Window said:
Deary me has it really been that long? I remember playing Quake 2 in middle school with my mates on our Dad's computers. Great times.:cool:
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I was 28 years old when I was playing Q2 (end of January 1998) :(

Quake 2 was released in December 1997..But didn't build my first gaming PC till a month later (jan 1998)
 
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