Is there actually anything left to play?

[Nighty-]

I'm starting to feel that there's nothing enjoyable out there to play any more. Here's the way I see it:

CS: Ridden with cheaters, the guns are awful
Q2/RA2: Getting old; although I used to love it in it's prime
Q3/RA£: I despise the gameplay; bouncy everywhere, lightning gun is whored no end ... what happened to skillful rails and rockets? Nope, I'll just keep bouncing straight towards yuo with my LG
JKII: Yeah, it's ok ... the gun's aren't exactly great though and sabers lose their fun after a while.
SOF2: Haven't bought it yet, played the multiplayer demo and it seems ok, lacks fluidity though + guns feel funny
EQ: Been there, done that, seen pretty much everything and got bored. Everything's a timesink at the high end of the game, and I haven't got 12 hours a day to sit there camping for a fucking ssra key.

Is there anything out there that's still enjoyable to play and has a game ethic of "I'm playing for a bit of fun" rather than "I'm playing for the best score/time ratio"?

Help!

 

[-Ultimate]

Tribes2, but its not everyones cup of tea and takes a long time to get into. Pub games can often be frag fests but actual clan games are excellent, its all about tactics and organisation, running around fragging people just doesn't work. This has nothing to do with the fact the only game i play is T2 of course

 

[Moving Target]

I hardly play games now as they become so repetitive :/

 

[PR.]

GTA3 is still fun but I'm still stuck on the "Grand Theft Auto" & "Liberator" missions

 

[ShockingAlberto]

I occasionally play Q3(Q3F and OSP Instagib), however it does get repetitive

I'm thinking of going back to playing TFC - I made a descision to stop playing any HL in January, and i've stuck to it so far... However as the months have gone by, i've started missing TFC

Maybe if they fixed Q3F(read: Remake it without the crapness), or went back to 1h, i'd play that, but it's unplayable atm...


RTCW Is shit - All i want is a fucking coop mode, yet they just produce more boring maps

 

[Will]

Operation Flashpoint is the way to go.

 

[.cage]

RTCW clan games are excellent, in fact I only play clan scrims/league stuff.

Q3 / RA3 - Good fun, but I can see your point about lg whoreing :/

CS - dated, and well, shit.

tbh, I doubt online gaming will return to the 'golden era' of qw/q2. With Q3, people care more about reputations and 'being uber' than having fun, and CS, both the majority of the community and the game itself imo, are shit. Gotta hold out for Q4/Doom III i think.

 

[Daffeh]

come and join teh AQ2 community!!!1

 

[ShockingAlberto]

AQ2 is ok. I reinstalled Q2 the other day, so i guess i'll install that too...

 

[Munkey-]

op flash rox0rs. but no decent MP clients *sigh*

tribes 2 is the daddeh, but can get laggeh


*sighs* I remember the day i was in the transport aircraft and I jumped out...........

 

[theriven]

yup have to agree
when all your games turn into shit, get yourself a copy of tribes 2

 

[doh_boy]

ut 2003 is out @ the end of this very month and the promised demo should be surfacing soon!

 

[Xtro]

Speaking as an ex BW tribes 1 and 2 league admin and a former BW Tribes 2 Community Liasion...

I would rather squeeze Mystic G's wet soggy manbreasts than play Tribes 2 ever again

 

[Sar]

Originally posted by TheRiven
yup have to agree
when all your games turn into shit, get yourself a copy of tribes 2

And you'll realise how good your previously shit games actually are...

 

[Summo]

Originally posted by PR
GTA3 is still fun but I'm still stuck on the "Grand Theft Auto" & "Liberator" missions

That mission where you have to blow up the ship and use the sniper rifle to clear a patch for 8-Ball is so much easier using a mouse. Precision aiming is piss easy comapred to the PS2 controller.

Did it frst time round on PC, whereas it took me several repeated attempts on PS2.

Anyway...

Surely all games become stale the more you play them, and the more popular they get. JK2 was brilliant when it was new to everyone. Now peeps have discovered all the exploits and use them all the time.

 

[Yaka]

at to moment the best fps games co-op wise are Ghost Recon and Sum of All Fears loadsa fun me an Laup have been playing Sum Of All Fears fer the past week

 

[xenon2000]

Originally posted by Sar
And you'll realise how good your previously shit games actually are...

LOL

I play QuakeWorld. Older games tend to attract a more mature audience who seldom throw abuse around at you ingame. A series of 10 minute FFA's across various different maps is perfect for just 'a little bit of fun'.
Sure there aren't that many populated servers, but it's easy enough finding one with GS3D, ASE etc.

 

[xane]

WWII Online ?

 

[MYstIC G]

Originally posted by Xtro
Speaking as an ex BW tribes 1 and 2 league admin and a former BW Tribes 2 Community Liasion...

I would rather squeeze Mystic G's wet soggy manbreasts than play Tribes 2 ever again

gee..... thx..... (WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!)

 

[Xtro]

lol you know I lub j00 m8

 

[-Ultimate]

/me spots Mystic in #theladder

 

[old.Jas]

New CS clone multiplayer test (called New World Order)

http://www.ferrago.co.uk/story.asp?id=302

 

[MYstIC G]

Originally posted by Xtro
lol you know I lub j00 m8

wub j00 t00 </soppy>

Originally posted by Ultimate N00bie
/me spots Mystic in #theladder

i'm only looking for file links....... HONEST!!!!

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Can you unban me in #allnighter mystic? You didn't have anyone in the room when you clicked the link did you?

 

[Summo]

Originally posted by camazotz
WWII Online ?

I want to have a go at that and I was hoping there's be a free download of it with a week's free trial, or something. Doesn't seem to be, though.

 

[Yaka]

thought WWII online was buggy as fuck, and wot NWO like Jas?

 

[Skyler]

I've been saying this kinda thing for ages nighty

There havent been any "gems" released in some time, to take the crown away from CS/q3/ut. All seem to come and go very quickly, whichever of you hates CS will probably try and disagree but its just silly trying to.... CS is the most popular online fps, like it or not. I dont play it much and I am not enjoying as much as I used to, but I cant rate any fps above it in fun gameplay...

I cant see any new game beating CS atm, there will be new games that are "sucessful" but they wont come anywhere near the 70k (on average) players playing CS at any one time, compared to q3's 5k. I cant help but thinking the only game that will destroy CS will be CS2, infact I'm sure thats right

To many games have tried to copy CS' gameplay style and failed, Global Ops comes to mind. Its basically a clone of CS, with shite graphics and horrendous netcode/gameplay. The only thing that will do CS style gameplay better than CS will be CS2 imo.

I cant think of anything new to play really nighty, but if your up for it give TFC a go, its fantastic if you get into it, and thats coming from someone who used to avidly play qwtf

 

[Moving Target]

Originally posted by Yaka
at to moment the best fps games co-op wise are Ghost Recon

Apart from the ridiculous lag.

 

[throdgrain]

Originally posted by ItchyTrigaFinga
Operation Flashpoint is the way to go.

Ditto

And CS though, I think the guns are great, but thats just personal choice I guess. Try DoD too peeps, really is a good game, and much less lag since 2.1

 

[Nighty-]

Problem is .. I've always been a q2er at the heart. Gone are the days of madcap fragging, rockets everywhere, gibs, rails and chainguns.

Nowadays it's Team-based this, and WWII-based that, and futuristic-low-gravity-with-shit-guns that ... where's the fun gone?

I used to be able to sit and play q2 for hours on end. Now, I don't think anything can hold my attention for longer than 45mins. Apart from RA3 which I just play until I get pissed off at people using lightning at the start of rounds.