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Websites and the scene....
Is GSN still striving to be the global McGamingSite? I see they`ve introduced annoying intermediary pages and foul over-the-top ads....lovely. How`s this scene`s standing and status within the overall gaming scene. Is GSN (and/or others) giving qmap.celephais.org.net the credit it deserves? Are we (you?) attracting mappers from other games? Is it still very Quake focused? Is there any interesting scandal/gossip within the scene or indeed without? Aside from nitin mentioning Xidia, have there been any other interesting non-Quake maps? Anyone from here making them? Ummmm....anything of interest really... "interesting non-Quake maps?"
Isn`t that a contradiction in terms? An oxymoron perhaps? ;) Although it is yet to be released, this looks/sounds promising, it`s a SP TC for UT2003. http://outofhell.bp6.com/ well there`s this promising looking mod for U2 : http://www.napaliheaven.com/
... seems like I'm the only one who hasn't said "HI SHAMB!" yet.
So... uhm... Hi Shambler? Nice to see you back! Yeah GSI is still trying to be uber-god-site-nazis, now with extra adverts :/
No. I live in a pit in the ground. Than lives in a house afaik. The 2k3 trick jumps are kewl for close up 1on1 fighting if you can do them well, otherwise, theyre just a way to get from place to place. And yeah, if you want good games, get a console. As for func_qmap, its a small backwater full of people who dont map :) Dunno if you left before or after this shambler, but you now need to PAY gsn to download from fileplanet without waiting in horrendous queues! Dont you just love it.
Exploration is a little weak. Other than a few dungeons that have a few multiple paths, its quite linear. Also, I kept looking for little side things of interest, searching the edges and stuff, but there werent that many secret areas.
Development is pretty big, but characters are pretty limited. Its basically attack magic, healing magic, archer, swordsmen. Nothing that interesting. You can combine skills, but that just makes your guy too weak to be decent in either one. Combat is where all the interesting gameplay is. Its hack and slash, hack and slash, hack and slash. I enjoyed it, and working with a diverse party in real time was quite fun. As I said earlier, it can get a little old because the levels are large, linear and overpopulated with enemies, but it is fun. I had hoped for a little more interesting character and story development, and would have appreciated a slightly quicker pace to the game, but the actual play was engaging and fun. The atmosphere was very well done (if only theyd used it for a great story!). So yeah, that should cover it. yeah! pr3ach on brother!
fuck them for not giving away stuff completely free. fuck them hard. fuck them sideways till monday. damn their hides. terrorists! the lot of them! long live Linus Torvalds, L1NUX RULZ! M$ SAWKZ! GAMESPY EATS BABIES! Information wants to be freeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! ha... yes... Im owner of #tf after bribing Bal with a stuffed animal. hows that for scandal?
btw... if you think its bad that metlslime coded the site to eat your posts, he also made it impossible for me to login! Those upcoming U2 and UT2 projects - don`t look especially good so far IMHO. But thanks for the links.
Gom & Killes - cheers. Wrath - go bathe in manjuice. Grindy - >>No. I live in a pit in the ground. Than lives in a house afaik.<< Hahaha - is the pit in Than`s garden? Daz - oh yeah I was around when their 1337 service started. But as a GSN whore myself I think I had better access or something... H-Hour - thanks for that information. I will have to look into it more and give the demo (if there is one) a try. I`ve been intrigued by the coop idea... Scampie - >>he also made it impossible for me to login!<< See it`s obviously deliberate! And finally, consoles... I note with interest the amount of games Paul was recommending for each console. About 3 each wasn`t it?? Not, IMHO, a lot. (BTW, didn`t you miss out Mechassault?? I thought that looked great). If I could do a purely personal list of recentish games for another gaming system... PC - UT, WOT, FAKK2, Battlezone2, Undying, Alice, RTCW, Mechcommander2, Mechwarrior4, AVP2, Deus Ex. (and that`s not counting some good stuff I`ve demoed - Giants, Sacrifice, Ground Control, nor any games from 2002/2003, nor any other game genres....hmmm) "PS2 : GTA3, GTA Vice City."
yes yes! go buy a ps2 to play games that are on pc!!!!! aides from that theres a fair of other good games that have been released 2002 that arent cited here, in other genres etc I bought that game after playing the demo. The vehicles and weapons effects and stuff looked awesome. Particularly the artillery and planes were really cool. But once you get artillery, the game gets extremely repetitive. It basically becomes: place your artillery within range, watch the missiles fly; move your artillery, watch the missiles fly. I played about 2 of these missions and got bored. There are 30 missions (of which I only played 15 because of a bug that prevented me from going further, which the company never did fix as of the last time I bothered playing the game). I just found no use of tactics in the game. I prefer games that give you a myriad of strategies to employ.
"PS2 : GTA3, GTA Vice City."
yes yes! go buy a ps2 to play games that are on pc!!!!! aides from that theres a fair of other good games that have been released 2002 that arent cited here, in other genres etc
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