UT04 too
Still has a fair number of active servers and players
Twitch based FPS games
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Actually his point is very relevant.
Very few big budget games are released exclusively for PC now, and so they have to also be playable on consoles - thus if a game is made to be playable on a system which doesn't support twitch gaming... the game wont support twitch gaming.
What is irrelevant is whether as PC gamers we are happy with this being the case, it is the case.
^ sadly that's true. Why the overabundance of ironsights in fps these days? Because the affect they have of slowing down gameplay makes them particularly suited to playing with a pad. I've no problem with consoles fps - it's possible to be very accruate with practise - but you simply can't twitch aim. Remember when fps first started appearing on consoles, when games like Q3, RTCW and CS were translated to pad use (pc fps used to be ported to consoles!) - they were bloody awful because people couldn't aim precisely quick enough. Now fps are designed around joypads and pc fps as we know them going the way of the dodo.
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lol, Black Ops is still Q3 engine as well
Didn't know that... lol
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I've just set up an Urban Terror server if anyone is interested?
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18273001
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18273001
I also long for a modern game in the style of Quake.
I know there's Q3live, but back when that came out, although I enjoyed it, I just went back to Q2 which I played for something like 8 years solid.
TF2 half satisfied the itch for a couple of years due to the fast gameplay and the rocket launcher that sort of felt like the ones of old, but it became progressively less fun as they brought out the updates.
i hear Brink is being touted as a modern twitch-fps but I can't see it myself. Like every other FPS that comes out these days, the weapon choice seems to be 'Machine Gun A', 'Machine Gun B'. It's all hit-scan stuff so there's no leading with rockets or fun weapons like rail guns.
I keep thinking of going back to Q2, but there's simply not enough players around any more
I know there's Q3live, but back when that came out, although I enjoyed it, I just went back to Q2 which I played for something like 8 years solid.
TF2 half satisfied the itch for a couple of years due to the fast gameplay and the rocket launcher that sort of felt like the ones of old, but it became progressively less fun as they brought out the updates.
i hear Brink is being touted as a modern twitch-fps but I can't see it myself. Like every other FPS that comes out these days, the weapon choice seems to be 'Machine Gun A', 'Machine Gun B'. It's all hit-scan stuff so there's no leading with rockets or fun weapons like rail guns.
I keep thinking of going back to Q2, but there's simply not enough players around any more