'K, you think you're so l337...

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Summo

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Despite having lurked around the General forum for a couple of months, the only online games I've actually played are Midtown Madness 2, Crimson Skies, Combat FS and a dabble in Operation Flashpoint (waiting for server support :()

Thought it was about time I really went out and bought one of the muhl-tip-lay-er farst-per-son, but shitting Christ! Which one?

Here's my impression of them so far. I've seen a few in action but have had limited playing time:

Counter Strike - The most 'tactical' of the FPS but doesn't go as far as OpFlash. Based on the dated Half-Life engine but undoubtedly has the largest following.
Team Fortress - As above, without the 'tactics' or the following.
Unreal Tournament - Very pretty. Very straightforwrd. TdC and Wazzerphuk's columns have whet me appetite and I quite fancy this one. Bought Unreal but didn't like it.
Quake III - Looks very similar to UT, even prettier and has groovy jumps and stuff. For some reason gets a slating nowadays
Voyager: Elite Force - Does anyone actually play this? Guys at work talk about it but it sounds like downtown Nerdsville and I'm happy in the suburbs. Prob shouldn't even be on this list, ffs.
Tribes 2 - I know nuttin.

I'm not really sure what I'm after. Fun, I guess. OpFlash catters for my thinking/shooting needs so I need something to cater for the discerning shooting/shooting gentleman.

You guys are the experts... what would you recommend?
 
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Louster

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Well, uh, I've tried all the ones on that list, apart from the Star Trek one, and UT seemed to have the most lasting appeal... seemed to be a nice, well-rounded game. Easy to get into and stuffs. I liked Tribes2 for a while, but playing on a modem sucks.

Uh. But I still stick to my previous comment.
 
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PR.

Guest
Ok, what about Half Life?

You get a single player
Optionally Opp Force, Blue Shift

HL DM
TFC / TF1.5
DMC
ActionHL
CounterStrike
Front Line force
Day of Defeat
and many other well developed mods

all for the cheap price of a two year old game that is more supported now than the day of its release


The only thing its missing is the pretty eye candy

So if its cheap you won't lose out on to much if ya don't like it

If ya hate DM theres other mods to try


Ah well its the game I go back to over and over (Over 2Gb HL Folder)
 
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bids

Guest
How about one of the Q3 mods ?

Urban Terror 2 is brill - all I play these days. Realism total conversion for Q3 - excellent gameplay, superb graphics, and a really good community too :)

Have a look at:

http://www.urbanterror.net
 
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throdgrain

Guest
quake 3 is bloody great game.counterstrike is a ..bloody popular game.
quake 2 is the BEST game.
/me ducks
 
T

Testin da Cable

Guest
UT
Tribes2
aiii
:D
all others suck donkeyballs
 
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Will

Guest
Get all of them - variety is good (just avoid elite force)
 
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Wij

Guest
Counter Strike - Fun but can be annoying if, like me, you have very little patience. Quite easily gets frustrating when the remaining member of the opposition just hides :(
Team Fortress Classic - Um, more tactical really, team based game where everybody gets a different type of player class, then plays CTF :) Too slow for my taste tho.
Unreal Tournament - UT CTF is a lovely game :) Not so keen on DM personally but the CTF is fast-paced AND tactical. High level play can be plagued by lame tricks like blasting your flag carrier across the whole map but what game hasn't had exploits discovered ? :/
Quake III - Not a patch on QW (IE Quake 1) but can be fun. DM games tend to descend into machine gun battles (this is a baaad thing in Q3 btw) but Rocket Arena 3 is quite fun. CTF doesn't seem to work imo without a grapple or transloc device :/
Voyager: Elite Force - um, lighting effects make it too hard to see anything so I didn't really bother with this game :)
Tribes 2 - I couldn't be arsed with this. Far too many keys :D

Hope dat helps :)
 
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old.Kez

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Originally posted by Wij
Tribes 2 - I couldn't be arsed with this. Far too many keys :D
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lol yes, same :/ I paid for it too. Ended up giving me key to someone else who could put up with the ludicrous keys, I never even bothered getting past tutorial two, it was ghastly.
 
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Summo

Guest
Hmmm... A very wide variety of opinions here (to be expected, I suppose).

I want eye candy (call me superficial) which seems to rule out Half-Life, although it is a bargain taking into account the many mods available.

I don't believe any of the 'realism' mods for Q3, HL or UT can compete with OpFlash so I'm not really looking at those. After good, dirty shootin'

I supose the only way forward is to somehow try a few and see which ones grab me.

Still leaning towards UT somehow...

Many thanks for your input, fellas. BarryB33rz(TM) are on me.
 
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Ch3tan

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Originally posted by SomeGuy



Unreal Tournament - Very pretty. Very straightforwrd. TdC and Wazzerphuk's columns have whet me appetite and I quite fancy this one. Bought Unreal but didn't like it.
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well if you didnt like Unreal you wont like Unreal Tournament. Same game different name. Que flames.

Try CS, try Quake 3. Elite force is basically q3 with a star trek theme. At least buy hlaf life even if u dont like Cs you'll like HL single player and other mods, the oepra, ahl or even shcok horror tfc.
 
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old.AndyZ

Guest
UT is nothing like Unreal (other than the engine)
 
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Wij

Guest
UT does play quite different to Unreal and has a better feel. Ignore Ch3tan :)

HalfLife is worth getting tho for the price and the number of mods.
 
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shabazz

Guest
get that disney atlantis game :)

Newbie fps thingy bobby ;)

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Embattle

Guest
When HL first came out the DM mode was utter crap. In fact most people played HL purely for the single player game since the DM mode was so bad and carried on playing Q2 :)
 
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DAN200

Guest
However, TFC came out and every1 went mad 4 it, followed by the incredible CS.
 
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