Quetoo looks like Q2 and Q3 had an ugly deformed child. 

Ya, I started out using Darkplaces. What can I say, I've been playing Quake since I was 5, but System Shock since I was 4. Why not mix the two, so I thought. 

 

"I think if you manage expectations and think of it as a cheesy revamp of Q3A"

Those ARE my expectations. I.e. utterly bollox. 

Utterly bollox for a AAA release or as compared to a artfully reimagined Quake, certainly. But, quake 3 was kinda fun, if it's basically q3 remastered for free and not buggy like quake live, won't kick it outta bed yet. 

I think the levels look great to be honest and more interesting than the new Doom. I would like to see single player levels in that type of setting!

Regarding the new doom, I never got around to playing it. I was always skeptical about the health and ammo and armor regenerating mechanic it has. ANy good level designer here has played it and can confirm if it destroys all the challenge as I suspect? 

Challenge was good in some places, fun was good in many places, overall game was great.

Yeah some of the art in Quake Cuntpions looks cool, all that gothic shit. Completely wasted in a fast MP game though. 

Really good overall despite underwhelming first appearances. More of the same but I liked it a lot. Lots of small scale exploring and some nice details and styles in it, and the world had a fairly convincing feel as these things go (AI aside). I got used to the clunky interface and moronic hole-where-a-protagonist-should-have-been.

I would have liked to have more....in-depth exploration in the Swiss Alps and London areas, to balance out the vast amount of time you spent in relatively small Prague areas. Those two sections felt a bit detached but had a lot of promise (like the end scene of the Alps, wanted more of that!). Golem City did the non-Prague stuff best as it felt a pretty rich environment you saw lots of. 

Brace yourself for 7.5/10s! 

A break from Jan 2016 to March 2017 not playing a single video game is torture, although this thread probably doesn't miss my 7.5/10s.

I'm finally catching up on all the q1sps from the last 2+ years. Surprisingly, my gameplay skills don't completely suck after that break, I'm just as average as I always was, as I consistently screw up double-sg Shambler fights every friggin time. 

Played a couple of good games recently that were released for free to PSN folks. Luckily they're on Steam too.

Disc Jam -

Kind of like tennis mixed with Frisbee. Super addictive and it's got that easy to get into but hard to master vibe. 5/5

Letter Quest: Grims Journey Remastered -

Spent loads of hours playing this simple spelling game. It's got RPG elements and interesting gameplay mechanics. Definitely worth checking out! 4/5 

Disc Jam = Windjammers ?
Check it out, Neo Geo emulator needed, online games to be found. 

And it's just as fun :) 

Wassup next??

ME4?? Seen a lot of Cohh playing it, looks pretty cool, he acknowledges the animation issues, but the rest of it looks good - the exploration and planets especially. Not sure about lots of dialogue tho.

Styx2?? Looks very much more of the same, but some cooler designs. The first one was good but a bit dry, not sure how hyped I am.

Vikings Of Midgard?? More utterly generic ARPG stuff, but looks okay.

Hmmmmm mmmmmm.....what do you guysh think? 

Loved Styx even if they re-used levels to extend gameplay. Haven't seen anything of Styx 2 except for a few screenshots but if it's in any way improved itself over the original then definite purchase for me. 

LLELELEEL 

Strafe was delayed to the 9th May. It was going to come on March 26. It was a kickstarter project. Coincidence?
Not in my book 

 

didn't get it...

Played the early version of the game and it had some weird scale issue on the maps and I think some of the gameplay does need tweaking.

I'm more excited for Dusk and GibHard tbh at this point. 

 

no need to spread your hate here. 

https://youtu.be/5ypU9j4w3_w

This could be excellent. Fingers crossed. 

I guess you really want to mean it when you shoot? Or is there some kind of keyboard out there that lets you type # without a modifier key? 

God damnit it happened again. I was referring to #8967 which was linked.

I think people are waging a covert war to try and convince me that message deletion should be a thing... 

British and German keyboards do. The # key is where \ is on a US keyboard.