Am i the only person bored with realistic games

[old.MeanMrMustard]

It has only just occured to me after 11 months of almost solid CS playing how bored i am with it. I used to love my realistic games, then i started playing games like UT and found i liked them but i still loved CS and things. I have just bought Q3 and TA and i now have a copied version of Tribes and i find myself enjoying myself a lot more than i do waiting 5 mins becase that speed cheater has just shot me 3 seconds after the match has started with a headshot script.

I love falling 20 meters and only loosing 2% of my health, not running around and being blown to smitherines by yet another AWM/P'er. I am thinking of deleteing Halflife and all the many mods i used to love to make space for Mechwarrior 4 when it comes out this weekend. (was going to get Delta force landwarrior but i don't think i will bother now).

The reason why CS type games are so popular is because they use a lot of stratagy. But the reason why Quake type games are popular is because they are fun. I think that the most sucessful games are the games that mix strong teamplay elements with amazeing fun. Tribes for example. I know someone who is on the BETA for tribes 2 and it is an awsome game (although it is stopped atm). I love to pick up a jet pack and fly to the enimy base. And in Quake3 and UT to look up to see 50 rockets flying over my head while i am running with the flag. It gets so much adrenelin pumping.

When/if i do uninstall HL thenthe one thing i will miss is the community. I like talking to ppl in my games and in UT the only thing that gets said is "GG" while i look at my score and wait for the next map to load.

Am i in the minority here or do others feel the same?

 

[Wij]

Get a bigger HD m8, they're pretty cheap. Never delete a game u might want to play again. 2 much hassle :/

Anyway, not a big realism fan me

 

[Embattle]

At the end of the day if you look at CS it isn't all that realistic, maybe one of the closest to being realistic.

 

[old.MeanMrMustard]

I would get a bigger HD but i am low on cash. The cheapest HD i can find is 5400rpm 10 gig for £80. (i have 4 gig atm) I know it is a mistake deleting games but i am going to have to sooner or later. (most likely saturday when i get back from the shops with MW4 that takes up 1 gig of HD space. I already have CS setup and HL patches burned to a CD so i might uninstall it and just keep my config files.

One more thing, I can't stand the way realistic shooters are so freaking unpretty. Have you ever played an IGI map with more than 2 colours? green and grey. I like a bit of colour.

 

[old.thadevil]

i agree !!

But i am buggered if i can work out this fps and i dont know how to better my jittery Q3 graphics !! LOL ARRRRRRGHHHH !!! i am so desperate to be good !!.....
Gav

 

[old.Quorthon]

Thadevil

go to the upset chaps q3 guide at

http://ucguides.savageuniverse.com/Quake3/AquaQuake3Guide.html

Which gives all sorts of framerate and visual tweaks to eek the most fps possible out of your system. They have a number of example configs depending on whether you want best image quality, best performance or various blends in between.


Q

 

[nothing]

let it go, man.

 

[old.Kurt_Angle]

Thats kinda true, iv'e been playing Firearms of late, for me it's great fun, amazing forward battles can be had with both supporting role team m8 medics, and mort men. But your right, a full on game of quake realy gets it going, anyone who's ever played a 20 player plus game on minos will tell you that

 

[old.MeanMrMustard]

I know what you mean.

And playing Tribes, disc jumping/skiing the long(feels like it) way back to you base with the flag in your hand seeing chaingun fire and spinfuser disks zooming past your head while trying to use the voice commands to call for back up. It is just TOP.

[Edited by MeanMrMustard on 02-02-01 at 22:13]

 

[bodhi]

I got bored of realistic games about 3 hours after i first play them. That is why I am now playing Doom 1 (for old times sake) Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, and Tekken Tag Tournament.

 

[Testin da Cable]

I for one have never played any of the 'realistic' games/mods.
Been thinking about 'em tho as there is now a linux port of the Delta Force title The review was quite positive and based on that, the screenshots and your banter I'll buy the thing to check it out.

Mind you, I consider to be 'realistic' any game where your opponants aren't aliens and your weapons are not hand-held atomic cannons so I expect to be in for a treat.

Actually, I was also considering getting the Mech IV port as the screenshots totally rocked, the review was great and I had the original mech' once [and liked it too =P]

-tdc

 

[old.MeanMrMustard]

Originally posted by testin_da_cable
I for one have never played any of the 'realistic' games/mods.
Been thinking about 'em tho as there is now a linux port of the Delta Force title The review was quite positive and based on that, the screenshots and your banter I'll buy the thing to check it out.

Mind you, I consider to be 'realistic' any game where your opponants aren't aliens and your weapons are not hand-held atomic cannons so I expect to be in for a treat.

Actually, I was also considering getting the Mech IV port as the screenshots totally rocked, the review was great and I had the original mech' once [and liked it too =P]

-tdc

Yeah mech IV has ace graphics, even on my low end comp i got high framerates, no jittering on ultra high detail. That was the demo, i am just about to go out to get me a new game . I can either have DF:LW or Mech4. I played DF2 again last night (to see if it still gave me the same thrill) and i realised that it is far from being realistic. Sure you get killed by 1 shot in the stomach but you can jump off a 10 meter high building and not have anything happen, I also like DF because online, a well hidden sniper is well thought of instead of being called a F****** pussy

BUT i LOVE the way on mech4 everything is so customizeable (for no choice of a better word) because the mechlab lets you build your own mech, and reduce engine power to decrease tonnage which can be used for a huge guass cannon, there are no mechs on the battle field that are the same, all have differences about them.


GOD DAMMNIT

 

[old.MeanMrMustard]

OMG, i just got DF:LW and it is f00king brill. I wouldn't class it as realistic because it is VERY fun. I played 1 mission then went straight in for multiplayer (main part of DF sereis Imo) It is just fantatic, like DF2 but with much better graphics and a lot less lag.

The sounds are top notch. It might just be my Soundblaster live card but hearing the AK's in vallys next to me was breath takeing. I like snipeing and running out 1 mile from an enimy capture point in CTF, you can hear the sounds all muffled down like you would imagine them to be if you were a long way away. Also if there is an explosion, you see it before you hear it, depending how far away you are. This little investment will keep me busy for a few months yet

 

[Testin da Cable]

cool
I'll get the port then. Sounds like they've put in some really thought out stuff.

-tdc

 

[old.roobus]

I heard that DF:LW was just a sniper snore fest.

 

[old.Z3r0Ki77]

Well if we're talking realistic, I used to play yahoo chess, played 500 games and got bored. so yes u can get bored, but I take an occasional interest in it ... i.e. when bored shitless, and I also play CS, and I am addicted or rather was addicted to it, but after a while everything gets boring.

 

[old.MeanMrMustard]

Originally posted by roobus
I heard that DF:LW was just a sniper snore fest.

It is and that is what i LOVE about it. You find a small hill behind the enemy base and pick off all the respawned ppl with a Silent PSG20, and you get respected. Especially if you last over a few mins with out them spotting you (hence the PSG20's subsonic ammo)

I have been playing over the internet quite a lot and not once have i heard someone say "F***ing sniper".

Infact the people who do rant about other people are talking to either heavy machine gunners, or people useing fixed grenade implacements-although very hard to aim, if you get it pointing in right direction so the grenades fall on a spawn point it can be rather interesting-You get special abilities and i use sniper-you can use sniper rifle if you arn't a sniper but the scope sways about a little-You can also crawl fast. It is such a balenced game. If you see someone in a village hut on top of a hill you just fire a rocket at it. It is just spoting snipers which is hard-although seeing a great big tracer comeing out of a window usually gives away their position.

 

[Wij]

Doesn't sound too good to me m8. Vive la difference etc...

 

[old.Z3r0Ki77]

It's sorta lame though shooting people when they have no chance to fight back, I've never played that mod, but if they can't hear u shoot and can't see you.
Also I prefer the challenge of many versus one close quarters, always fun.

 

[stu]

Originally posted by MeanMrMustard
I would get a bigger HD but i am low on cash. The cheapest HD i can find is 5400rpm 10 gig for £80. (i have 4 gig atm)

Where on earth are you shopping? £74 buys you a 20gb IBM UDMA100 drive.

 

[Wij]

Good point. Sell your relatives on the street and you'll soon have enuff for a HD

 

[*Kornholio*]

Originally posted by Wij
Good point. Sell your relatives on the street and you'll soon have enuff for a HD

Hmmm... not a bad idea... i might do the same and buy a pack of cigarettes with the profits

 

[old.MeanMrMustard]

I might think about upping my HD.

The spiral of never ending upgrades continues to dent my bank balance.

 

[Wij]

That's the idea. It's a big conspiracy

 

[Testin da Cable]

it is innit

 

[old.TUG]

Yep!

 

[Wij]

OK, we're agreed

 

[Testin da Cable]

aye
on the subject of drive space...shall I add another 60 gigs to my raid or should I get something else?

 

[Wij]

Save the money for Steak and Kidney pies m8. They're yummy

 

[old.MeanMrMustard]

Go down the pub and get slaughterd

Then buy another 60 gigs and be a skint man like me