What's your favourite computer game of all time

[sgt.pepper]

What's your favourite computer game of all time?

[MEGR]

Deus Ex without a doubt.

[sgt.pepper]

mine is rainbow 6 raven shield

[duck]

M.U.L.E

[radon]

Deus Ex

[American Patriot]

Secret of Monkey Island..

jk

America's Army or Far-Cry

[Zarathustra]

Zelda 64 : Ocarina Of Time woot woot woot

[Gringo]

hasn't this already been done before?

In any case, Operation Flashpoint and all those expanision pack and addons for it.

[DE_Six]

Deus Ex

The first one, the sequel sucks.

[Sierra]

Duke Nukem 3D or Counter Strike

[G1]

OFP, Jagged Alliance 2, Fallout 2...

[Vance]

Half-Life, OFP, Americas Army, and Roller Coaster Tycoon woot

[ChuckThunder]

AA & Vietcong (including Fist Alpha).

[WestCoastG's]

Vice City for sure.

[Tranceaddict]

World of Warcraft, which I have been Beta testing.
Desert Combat

[b.scheller]

http://www.polskaludowa.com/codzienne/jpg/gra_zajac.jpg

My first ever electronic game...and my favourite one at that...

http://www.zock.com/8-Bit/CPC464-1.JPG

http://computermuseum.50megs.com/images/collection/schneider464.jpg

My first computer, a Schneider CPC 464 and yes ladies and gents that is a tape deck... rofl

[American Patriot]

Fave oldschool: Leisure Suit Larry series :lol:

[StarvingStudent47]

Warcraft III w/ Frozen Throne expansion.

Close runner-up: Final Fantasy III for the Super Nintendo.

[Ratamacue]

Half-Life
Knights of the Old Republic
Other stuff, can't think right now.

[Tranceaddict]

I've never been a huge RPG fan. but recently with World of Warcraft, it changed my mind. FF11 pales in comparison.

[Hullebullen]

Last Ninja 2, Lost Patrol, Paperboy...

[el borracho]

Call of Duty baby, hell yeah! I've wasted days at a time playing online. I think that my wife may cite that in the divorce papers (she's not really divorcing me, but she has threatened it because of that game!).

[Fintin]

mine sweeper

[PCarola]

Medal of Honor Breakthrough, yes I know it's old but I can't get enough of the on-line play.

[Seoulstriker]

Deus Ex

It was the first game to have an incredible story, dynamic actionable story segments, great gameplay, extremely innovative style (RPG/FPS/Adventure).

[=NaZcA=]

MAFIA woot
Americas's Army I've been playing it since March 2003 and its still cool..

[Smintjes]

Half Life!!!!

[=NaZcA=]

Double post.

[Aussie E]

Just got City of Heros a month ago and can't stop playing.
=NaZcA= with that avatar you can double post anytime! ;)

[MEGR]

Deus Ex 2. Any good? I heard one negative.

[sgt.pepper]

Half Life!!!!half-life has not been relesed yet.

[Seoulstriker]

Deus Ex 2. Any good? I heard one negative.

Definitely don't get Deus Ex 2 if you absolutely loved the original. I absolutely loved the original and I tried out the DX2 demo, and I felt nauseated after that. I highly recommend Doom 3, though. It's coming out in 2 weeks. woot

[MVSpartan117]

Half Life!!!!half-life has not been relesed yet.


:lol:

Half-life 2 hasn't been released

the first half life has been out for like 5 years.

One on my favorite all time games is The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
It never gets old! :D

[ShotOver]

Operation Flashpoint Resistance, with all the trimmings :P

[Seoulstriker]

Half-life 2 hasn't been released

:lol:

[sgt.pepper]

Half-life 2 hasn't been released oh s...t i've meant half-life 2

[Operation Ivy]

o well almost every mod u play for the next couple years will be off of HL2 woot

[Jack Mehoff]

BF:1942

[Seoulstriker]

o well almost every mod u play for the next couple years will be off of HL2 woot

Don't you mean Doom 3? woot

[rob]

well i think when the sales report finally comes in half life will be ahead of doom

but my favs are ffVII<all the others from then on sucked ass. OFP and fallout 2)tactics was cool but a completely different type of game so..)

[gilgoul]

Some really ****ty looking, tour based strategy game called "SEMPER FI". form Ubi soft interactive magic (the same that made M1A1 Abrams, and went out in 1998
The scenario editor is no the best, the AI sometimes pretty dumb, but the game offer something missing to my taste to a lot of games, some real suspense and real movement planing.
And the units are not those fancy laser tank but good old humvees and LVTP7

[flickme]

Microsoft Flight Sim 2004

2nd Place, Morrowind 3 The Elder Scrolls

[digrar]

Pong.

[Ratamacue]

o well almost every mod u play for the next couple years will be off of HL2 woot
Don't you mean Doom 3? woot
Doom 3's graphics engine is too advanced for most mod teams to really take advantage of, not to mention that it hasn't been built from the ground-up to be easily modded.

[Seoulstriker]

Doom 3's graphics engine is too advanced for most mod teams to really take advantage of, not to mention that it hasn't been built from the ground-up to be easily modded.

On the contrary! Doom 3 was built from the ground up to be modded. Perhaps you would like to know that they are no longer using QuakeC or any compiling language and using only text documents for the data! The only unalterable/unviewable part of the game is the Doom 3 .exe. Everything else can be easily viewed and modified.

Actually, more modifiable than HL2. :)


(And the engine is not too advanced. It can run on any graphics card from the Geforce 2 to the Geforce 6800. Carmack is the god of graphics engines. He created Doom and Quake. He knows what he is doing. ;) )



EDIT: Any you might be forgetting why the original HL was so modifiable. Perhaps it was due to it being based on the Quake 1 engine? :P

[MVSpartan117]

Morrowind 3 The Elder Scrolls

Actaully its the other way around

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind p-)

[Kampfbaer]

Baldurs Gate2 and the whole SteelPanther Series :D

[Operation Ivy]

Doom 3's graphics engine is too advanced for most mod teams to really take advantage of, not to mention that it hasn't been built from the ground-up to be easily modded.

On the contrary! Doom 3 was built from the ground up to be modded. Perhaps you would like to know that they are no longer using QuakeC or any compiling language and using only text documents for the data! The only unalterable/unviewable part of the game is the Doom 3 .exe. Everything else can be easily viewed and modified.

Actually, more modifiable than HL2. :)


(And the engine is not too advanced. It can run on any graphics card from the Geforce 2 to the Geforce 6800. Carmack is the god of graphics engines. He created Doom and Quake. He knows what he is doing. ;) )



EDIT: Any you might be forgetting why the original HL was so modifiable. Perhaps it was due to it being based on the Quake 1 engine? :P

Lets see the list of HL2 mods is like the 100's i have found 3 doom3 mods still around :D

[MVSpartan117]

The biggest problem with Doom 3, at least to me, is the 4 person multiplayer.

I really wish It could support more playeres

Which could be a problem to the modding community

[Zarathustra]

The biggest problem with Doom 3, at least to me, is the 4 person multiplayer.

I really wish It could support more playeres

Which could be a problem to the modding community



Doom is a ****in stupid game, you don't need a brain to play it, just shooting everyone :roll: ...I don't like :cantbeli:

A good multiplayer game ? Goldeneye, even if it is a bit old ( N64 ), it's one of my favorite ! :)

[Seoulstriker]

The biggest problem with Doom 3, at least to me, is the 4 person multiplayer.

I really wish It could support more playeres

Which could be a problem to the modding community


Multiplayer is where Quake 4 is gonna be!

And I can assume that you were too small in 1993 to be playing Doom 1 multiplayer with 3 of your friends? :lol:

It can definitely support more players. ID has said this. ID is going for atmosphere and quality, unlike HL2 with uber-hyper-mega MULTIPLAYER WITH 128 players!!! hehehe


Did you know that most of the mod makers that were planning on using HL2 as a base have now switched to FarCry? I betcha didn't know that. :)

[Operation Ivy]

unlike HL2 with uber-hyper-mega MULTIPLAYER WITH 128 players!!! hehehe


thats for lan buddy, it can hold 128 players now ;)

[MVSpartan117]

ACtaully I did know that ;)

but they're only switch becuase they don't know when HL2 is beign released

Quake 4 isnt even being developed by Id!

It's being developed by Raven Games, and their past games havent been anything great...

[Seoulstriker]

Doom will be able to do that also. But who would even want to do that?

If people want multiplayer, they will go to a multiplayer game such as UT2004. The CS-kiddies don't really care about HL and will just move where CS moves.

Now if you want some incredibly good and intimate multiplayer, move to doom 3. Who cares about the number of players anymore? Has anyone even tried playing 26-32 player UT? Not exactly the greatest experience. The smaller the number of players, the more fun you get for what you put in. Think Pandora Tomorrow multiplayer.

[Seoulstriker]

ACtaully I did know that ;)

but they're only switch becuase they don't know when HL2 is beign released

Quake 4 isnt even being developed by Id!

It's being developed by Raven Games, and their past games havent been anything great...

The Quake 4 engine is the Doom 3 engine, which was developed by Id. ;)


Do you know when HL2 is going to be released? Try spring 2005... I'm not joking. Who wants to wait that long for old technology to even begin making mods. HL2 is dead, man. :P FarCry and Doom 3 are here.

[Operation Ivy]

Now if you want some incredibly good and intimate multiplayer, move to doom 3

we now agree :D

[Operation Ivy]

Do you know when HL2 is going to be released? Try spring 2005... I'm not joking. Who wants to wait that long for old technology to even begin making mods. HL2 is dead, man. FarCry and Doom 3 are here.

Ok now we dont agree, HL2 will come out at the end of the summer. You dont need to have the best engne to be the best game,i have played HL2 and loved it. Look at HL1 and all those mods not the greatest graphics but everyone still plays them
and farcry sucked hated that game
Doom3 does look cool though :D

[MVSpartan117]

you think hl2 has bad graphics?! :cantbeli:

[Jack Mehoff]

I need to upgrade my computer next summer just to accommodate all the new games coming out.

[Seoulstriker]

Ok now we dont agree, HL2 will come out at the end of the summer. You dont need to have the best engne to be the best game,i have played HL2 and loved it. Look at HL1 and all those mods not the greatest graphics but everyone still plays them
and farcry sucked hated that game
Doom3 does look cool though :D

Yeah, I hate FarCry too. The voice acting in that game is absolutely horrible. I'm sure people will enjoy the story, etc of HL2, I'm not disputing that. But why plan and wait on developing mods when you have essentially the same engine and player base available?

Summer 2004? Hehehehe. Maybe for the finishing touches to the graphics engine. In terms of content creation? Not even close. You remember those movies they showed at E3, etc (buggy, docks, etc)? That was about where they were in terms of content. Valve totally misunderestimated how long it would take to actually make the story, voices, environments, and characters. Gabe admitted this year that they weren't even close to coming to a release in 2003. How much could have possibly changed in 6 months?

Keep in mind that Doom 3 has been in development for 4.5 years. The content was being created since the very beginning. It was very easy for Carmack to make the engine (he's a genius after all), but the largest component of the development was content. 20+ hours of incredible gameplay took 4 years of creation.

Remember how busy Valve was in making the tech demos/physics engine/graphics engine?


Don't you remember the HL2 "beta"? If you hadn't realized it yet, what you played was everything Valve had been working on. Not too much, eh?

[Seoulstriker]

you think hl2 has bad graphics?! :cantbeli:

http://www.planethalflife.com/half-life2/screenshots/hl2_086.jpg
http://www.planethalflife.com/half-life2/screenshots/hl2_093.jpg
http://www.planethalflife.com/half-life2/screenshots/hl2_080.jpg
http://www.planethalflife.com/half-life2/screenshots/hl2_054.jpg
http://www.planethalflife.com/half-life2/screenshots/01n.jpg

Are those honestly the best graphics you've ever seen?

With each passing moment HL2 looks more outdated. How about it looks worse than FarCry in the graphics department?

[Operation Ivy]

well i keep hearing the end of summer so :D



yea i played a copy of HL2 from my friend who got it from guy somewhere p-) and it was pretty good for having lots of bugs,but when its finished itwill be awsome woot

[Seoulstriker]

Hahahah. Yeah, I know. It'll be awesome. I'm eagerly anticipating Doom3, HL2, STALKER, and Vampire:Bloodlines. :D

[ChuckThunder]

Check out the new STALKER videos!

http://www.stalker-game.com/index_eng.html

[Seoulstriker]

Check out the new STALKER videos!

http://www.stalker-game.com/index_eng.html

They need to work on enemy AI and framerate control, but those videos look pretty cool.

[Ratamacue]

Seoul, Doom3 will be awesome, no doubt. But don't count in it being everything you expect it to be. If there's anything that game development has showed us in the past 10 years, it's that games rarely end up being released as they're touted to be. I'd love to know how you have all this insider info on how Valve is progressing with its development of HL2 as well. Or are you just naturally gifted to be able to magically know these things?

[Seoulstriker]

Seoul, Doom3 will be awesome, no doubt. But don't count in it being everything you expect it to be. If there's anything that game development has showed us in the past 10 years, it's that games rarely end up being released as they're touted to be. I'd love to know how you have all this insider info on how Valve is progressing with its development of HL2 as well. Or are you just naturally gifted to be able to magically know these things?


I read up on what Newell had to say about everything. I'm surprised you're not keeping up on this as well! Remember when Newell explained earlier this year for the reason for the delay? He said it had very little to do with the source code leak, but with the fact that "they weren't even close to finishing the content". I take that bit of knowledge and apply it to what was revealed in the actual leak of HL2 (there was so little in there in terms of content creation), and what Valve has been spending its time on for the past year. Remember the cycle of release dates that Valve has given to the public? 9/30/2003, then 10/2003, then 12/2003, then 3/2004, then 5-7/2004, then "summer 2004", then "fall 2004".

Couple that with no progress notes on the release date other than a vague "Fall 2004".

I don't claim to have magical powers of knowledge or whatever. I just piece together the details and then give a rough idea of where they are in development. It's a very rough idea, but that's the info I've come across. I'm saddened that it keeps on getting delayed, but I try to keep a realistic view on the whole issue.

Imagine waiting 4 years for Doom 3 to come out with no details whatsoever on the development. ;)

But yeah, I had pretty high expectations for the game ever since it was announced, and I still haven't played the game, but PC Gamer did a review on it and they rated it extremely highly.

[MVSpartan117]

I never said HL-2 had "the best" graphics, I was just saying the are in no way bad.

I'm really really really lookign forward to STALKER, I've been following it since it's announcement!

[Operation Ivy]

But yeah, I had pretty high expectations for the game ever since it was announced, and I still haven't played the game, but PC Gamer did a review on it and they rated it extremely highly

Farcry got a better rating :lol: :cantbeli:

[Herrmannek]

How many times I must to tell you that Fallout 1/2 was best game ever made?

[MVSpartan117]

But yeah, I had pretty high expectations for the game ever since it was announced, and I still haven't played the game, but PC Gamer did a review on it and they rated it extremely highly

Farcry got a better rating :lol: :cantbeli:

Far Cry was a very fun game in my opionion!

What didn't you like?

[Seoulstriker]

How many times I must to tell you that Fallout 1/2 was best game ever made?

one million and one times. ;)







Farcry got a better rating

FarCry was also the game that replaced HL2 in the minds of reviewers. :lol:
They confused DX9 effects with a good game.

[Herrmannek]

I have problem with far cry and I need to cheat :).. Valeriana rides humve on tree and is to stupid to get back on road... Give wheel to a women and you are fukked :)

[Operation Ivy]

FarCry was also the game that replaced HL2 in the minds of reviewers

and not for Doom3?

[Seoulstriker]

FarCry was also the game that replaced HL2 in the minds of reviewers

and not for Doom3?

Have you read the conclusions? The only thing detracting from the "Best game of all time" title is that some humor falls flat. That's it. Compare that with the crappy story, voice acting, hardware requirements of FarCry. They (I don't even know if you're talking about PC Gamer in this case) rated it highly because it was HL2 for them in terms of graphics. We'll see when everyone has a copy of Doom 3, though. ;)

[Operation Ivy]

FarCry was also the game that replaced HL2 in the minds of reviewers

and not for Doom3?

Have you read the conclusions? The only thing detracting from the "Best game of all time" title is that some humor falls flat. That's it. Compare that with the crappy story, voice acting, hardware requirements of FarCry. They (I don't even know if you're talking about PC Gamer in this case) rated it highly because it was HL2 for them in terms of graphics. We'll see when everyone has a copy of Doom 3, though. ;)

yea i read the review it sounds awsome, i think FarCry should have been rated in the 80's but i bet you more HL2 copies will be sold because of the mods and the fact it comes with CS Source and the fact that it will kick ass woot

[Seoulstriker]

yea i read the review it sounds awsome, i think FarCry should have been rated in the 80's but i bet you more HL2 copies will be sold because of the mods and the fact it comes with CS Source and the fact that it will kick ass woot

I agree, it will definitely sell more copies than FarCry. Probably by about a million copies. (Unless piracy is a problem.)

[Operation Ivy]

it will definitely sell more copies than FarCry

i ment HL2 will sell more then Doom3 ;) :D

[Seoulstriker]

it will definitely sell more copies than FarCry

i ment HL2 will sell more then Doom3 ;) :D

Hahahah. Are you old enough to remember the Doom 1 days very well? ;)

[Herrmannek]

it will definitely sell more copies than FarCry

i ment HL2 will sell more then Doom3 ;) :D

Hahahah. Are you old enough to remember the Doom 1 days very well? ;)

Doom 1 was **** , doom 2 2, quake even worse, games without entertaining story are boring as hell, esspecialy its harder and harder to make interesting ones those days... Duke3d was very good, also terminator futureshock was very unapreciated game. And don't forget about systemshock it was so scary that I afraid to play it back those days.....

[Seoulstriker]

Herrmannek, how could you call yourself a computer nerd??? :P Doom 1 was the way of the past, man. Everyone knew how to run DOS (Doom Operating System) and they upgraded their slow 386s to the mighty 486 to play Doom in all its glory. Those were the days, my friend.

:)

[Herrmannek]

Herrmannek, how could you call yourself a computer nerd??? :P Doom 1 was the way of the past, man. Everyone knew how to run DOS (Doom Operating System) and they upgraded their slow 386s to the mighty 486 to play Doom in all its glory. Those were the days, my friend.

:)

Doom hasn't anything revolutionary...Wolfenstein was more entertaining if you ask me... and only diference between those games was map engine with alowed level change and non square wals... And I wasn't game nerd as I ussualy played at friends home because I havent computer... My first comp was ~1995 pentium 75, still working at my church's comp room as writing machine.... I don't think any new computer will last that long :)

[Operation Ivy]

it will definitely sell more copies than FarCry

i ment HL2 will sell more then Doom3 ;) :D

Hahahah. Are you old enough to remember the Doom 1 days very well? ;)

old enough to remember HL1 ;)

[Seoulstriker]

old enough to remember HL1 ;)

You young whippersnappers. :P

Doom was the game for computer that everyone played 1993-1994. It is probably the most popular computer game of all time. It was the game that when people first started up, they said that it could not be possible to do this. They said it must have been a trick. The incredible graphics and gameplay of Doom were phenomenal and propelled the FPS to the market it is now. Doom is the reason why HL exists.

Oh yes, that Doom. :D :P

Hehehe. I was old enough to be a part of gaming history, along with millions of others. Perhaps that is why Doom 3 is probably the most anticipated game of all time. woot

But enough of that. I'm just waiting for any game to come out at this point. Everything else is sub-par. :( What ever happened to the days of HL and Deus Ex? :( The next two major titles for the PC are Doom 3 and HL2 (and STALKER)? Hopefully these games put new emphasis on computer gaming.

[Seoulstriker]

Perhaps this will help you to remember it: ( ;) )



In 1994, DOOM was awarded Game of the Year by both PC Gamer and Computer Gaming World. It also received the Award for Technical Excellence from PC Magazine, and the Best Action Adventure Game award by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. In the magazine's ten-year anniversary issue (April 2004), PC Gamer proclaimed DOOM the most influential game of all time.

The game sold a total of 1.5 million copies. While a large number, this was not extraordinary—for comparison, the contemporary graphical adventure game Myst sold a record-breaking 9 million. A better measure of DOOM's popularity is the distribution of the shareware version, which is estimated to have been downloaded and played by 15-20 million people. Notoriously, there are some reports that DOOM at a point was a serious threat to productivity and that networks were clogged by deathmatches and shareware downloads. The problems led some, including Intel and Carnegie Mellon University, to form policies specifically disallowing DOOM-playing during work hours.

hehehe. Those were the days.

[Ratamacue]

My father had me playing Wolf3D (and Spear of Destiny), Doom, and Doom2 when they were just out. I may have only been 4 or 5 or however old but was some of the most fun I'd ever had. What I'm afraid of is that Doom3 will have a very short single player or very little story development. I'm not saying that will be the case, but one of my concerns.

As for HL2, so what if the source leak wasn't the reason for the delay? That automatically means that it's going to be delayed yet farther? They're planning on going gold in August. Is that really so hard to believe? The original HL was delayed for a year before release. Anyway, I think you place far too much value on graphics. My primary attraction to HL2 is the moddability, the tried-and-tested gameplay, the AI that's sure to be impressive (the original game's Marine AI is rather impressive even by today's standards), and the story. If you've noticed, there's a rather emphasis on characters in the sequel, and the voice acting is superb from what we've seen so far.

But anyway, this summer and fall is going to probably be record-breaking for PC game sales. I got this list of upcoming games for the fall from another website:

September
Half-Life 2
Rome: Total War
Codename: Panzers
Conflict: Vietnam
Madden NFL 2005
Call of Duty: United Offensive
Sid Meier's Civilization 3
Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault
Star Wars: Battlefront
Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War
Full Spectrum Warrior (PC)

October and November
Tribes: Vengeance
Men of Valor
NBA Live 2005
Shadow Ops: Red Mercury
The Matrix Online
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Brothers in Arms
Pacific Fighters
Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed
Axis & Allies
Heroes of the Pacific
STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl
Ghost Recon 2
Sid Meier's Pirates
World of Warcraft
EverQuest II

[Seoulstriker]

Vampire: Bloodlines in November? Are you sure about that? The developers previously stated Q1/2005, but that was a while ago.


Doom3 is 20+ hours with lots of plot development.



Yes, it is hard to believe that they are going to go gold in august, but we will see what happens. I can't wait to see what Valve has been able to do with the sequel. I honestly couldn't get into HL, but have been waiting a while to see what they can pull off the second time around. :)

[Seraphim]

Im telling you Rogue Spear!!!

[Operation Ivy]

You know HL2 was only delayed once ;)

[Seoulstriker]

You know HL2 was only delayed once ;)

Suuuure. p-)





(On a side note: is it true that Valve included Alyx to please the mainstream user-base of HL (pre-pubescent males)?) :P :P :)

[Operation Ivy]

You know HL2 was only delayed once ;)

Suuuure. p-)





(On a side note: is it true that Valve included Alyx to please the mainstream user-base of HL (pre-pubescent males)?) :P :P :)

Prove that it wasnt delayed more then once ;)
and whats wrong with a nice looking female character :D

[Gordon]

Anyone around here played planetside.

Apart from the fact you need an uber computer / connection to appreciate it to it's fulllest (and you still may experience the odd bit of lag) it is one of the best multiplayer / squad based / "army" based games i've played. I'd compare it to operation flashpoint but simple set in the future (hence realism isn't such an issue but it's foking great fun).

If we're going back beyond these "young whippersnappers" .. any of you guys remember elite, etc .. back on the old BBC?

[MVSpartan117]

I played Planetside for a few months, it was pretty fun.

But it had some problems

[flickme]

I loved planetside. Just too expensive. But really fun.

[Gordon]

Yeh, is a little expensive as it's pay to play, about 10 bucks / month.

You can pick it up for about 20 bucks now though from amazon or so, the add-on is not really worth geting either, as far as i see it.

I haven't actually played it for a month or two but it is always in development and they have a good response to people's demand and stuff. It did/does have problems but over time (maybe now) they will be ironed out.

I'm planning on getting back into it in the next few days (when I have spare time) to check out what they've done since i last played .. hopefully got rid of some of the lag issues.

Other than those issues though, and a few weapon balancing issues between empires, the game is awesome. If you have a good comp. like many around seem to (ie. if you got something with a ATI9800, NVFX5900) .. and the other equicalent hardware this game should run sweet.

I run it on:

1.2GHz athlon
512MB GEIL 2.5CAS RAM
WD IDE HDD
GeForceFX5700Ultra

Comcast Broadband: up 400/s .. down 1500/s (ish)

thoguht i'd add that to let ya guys know what i got and it runs pretty good with me, another 512MB of RAM would do the trick.

[Ratamacue]

I was in the Planetside Beta and played the trial later on and was thoroughly unimpressed. The game got very repetitive to me, although there were a few times that there were some grand battles between all three sides at towers or bases. I prefer WW2OL though, alot more realistic and more satisfying once you get over the learning curve (although it can be rather boring at times).

[Operation Ivy]

planetside looked cool, but i dont pay to play online :P

[Crusader]

Simulations:
1. Falcon 4.0
2. Janes LongBow
3. Mechwarriors
4. FreeSpace 2

Non-Simulation:
1. Fallout 2
2. AAO

[Seoulstriker]

Prove that it wasnt delayed more then once ;)
and whats wrong with a nice looking female character :D

The release date got pushed back from 9/30/2003 to a vague 10/2003 to Christmas 2003, to early 2004, to March 2004, to Early summer 2004, to late summer 2004, to August 2004, to September 2004, to Fall 2004.


How many times is that? :P (I'm counting the times that Valve mentioned a target and moved the target back.)




Nothing is wrong with a nice looking female character, but when I travelled to all kinds of HL2 forums and they were talking about how much they wanted to "f*** Alyx", I was beginning to think it was a mistake. ;)

[Operation Ivy]

valve only delayed it once in sept, the media has made up the rest ;)

[Seoulstriker]

valve only delayed it once in sept, the media has made up the rest ;)

Nope, that's where you're wrong. Valve set the release date to September 30th, 2003. They only passed that once. They have been making target dates, and they have been missing those as many times as I listed above. The target dates came from Valve itself, not from the media. :P

[Operation Ivy]

valve only delayed it once in sept, the media has made up the rest ;)

Nope, that's where you're wrong. Valve set the release date to September 30th, 2003. They only passed that once. They have been making target dates, and they have been missing those as many times as I listed above. The target dates came from Valve itself, not from the media. :P

target date is different from release date,thats not making a promise like they did last sept :P

[Seoulstriker]

target date is different from release date,thats not making a promise like they did last sept :P

Yeah, yeah, I know. :) I'm just saying. :P

:hug: woot

[Ratamacue]

The people wanting to f*ck Alyx are just newly-pubescent 12 year olds who have little else on their mind. Hopefully she'll be a half-decent character though.

[Seoulstriker]

The people wanting to f*ck Alyx are just newly-pubescent 12 year olds who have little else on their mind. Hopefully she'll be a half-decent character though.

I hope so. The rampant "I WANT TO F*** ALYX" threads show that it is pretty popular in the HL community as a whole. Then again, isn't 80%+ of the HL community CS players? CS players who are 12 something years old and say "OMG AWP WHORE!!!"? ;)

[memphiz]

Math blaster

[Fintin]

pong

[Ratamacue]

The people wanting to f*ck Alyx are just newly-pubescent 12 year olds who have little else on their mind. Hopefully she'll be a half-decent character though.

I hope so. The rampant "I WANT TO F*** ALYX" threads show that it is pretty popular in the HL community as a whole. Then again, isn't 80%+ of the HL community CS players? CS players who are 12 something years old and say "OMG AWP WHORE!!!"? ;)
Well, about 90% of that 80% are people who probably didn't buy Half-Life but rather just bought Counter-Strike off the shelf. CS has gone down the pisser since it was commercialized. I haven't played it since it was still a Beta.

[ChuckThunder]

The people wanting to f*ck Alyx are just newly-pubescent 12 year olds who have little else on their mind. Hopefully she'll be a half-decent character though.

I hope so. The rampant "I WANT TO F*** ALYX" threads show that it is pretty popular in the HL community as a whole. Then again, isn't 80%+ of the HL community CS players? CS players who are 12 something years old and say "OMG AWP WHORE!!!"? ;)

Huh?!? Sorry don't keep up on HL2, is she CG? If so, thats sick.

Anyways, lets see a pic of this bitch.

[Ratamacue]

The people wanting to f*ck Alyx are just newly-pubescent 12 year olds who have little else on their mind. Hopefully she'll be a half-decent character though.

I hope so. The rampant "I WANT TO F*** ALYX" threads show that it is pretty popular in the HL community as a whole. Then again, isn't 80%+ of the HL community CS players? CS players who are 12 something years old and say "OMG AWP WHORE!!!"? ;)

Huh?!? Sorry don't keep up on HL2, is she CG? If so, thats sick.

Anyways, lets see a pic of this bitch.
http://www.halflife2.net/image_files/screenshots/13.jpg
http://www.halflife2.net/image_files/screenshots/14.jpg
http://www.halflife2.net/image_files/concept/concept_gordonalyx1.jpg

[ChuckThunder]

The people wanting to f*ck Alyx are just newly-pubescent 12 year olds who have little else on their mind. Hopefully she'll be a half-decent character though.

I hope so. The rampant "I WANT TO F*** ALYX" threads show that it is pretty popular in the HL community as a whole. Then again, isn't 80%+ of the HL community CS players? CS players who are 12 something years old and say "OMG AWP WHORE!!!"? ;)

Huh?!? Sorry don't keep up on HL2, is she CG? If so, thats sick.

Anyways, lets see a pic of this bitch.
http://www.halflife2.net/image_files/screenshots/13.jpg
http://www.halflife2.net/image_files/screenshots/14.jpg
http://www.halflife2.net/image_files/concept/concept_gordonalyx1.jpg

Hahaha! rofl

And people want to have *** with that?

[Seoulstriker]

Hahaha! rofl

And people want to have *** with that?


Hey, keep in mind that these kiddies are seeing their first attractive woman and actually get to interact with her on some level. It's sort of the Lara Croft effect, but more noticible as HL2 is geared towards a younger audience (12-18). And yes, it's pretty funny indeed.

[Ratamacue]

Hey, keep in mind that these kiddies are seeing their first attractive woman and actually get to interact with her on some level. It's sort of the Lara Croft effect, but more noticible as HL2 is geared towards a younger audience (12-18). And yes, it's pretty funny indeed.
How exactly is HL2 geared towards a younger audience?

[MVSpartan117]

Hey, keep in mind that these kiddies are seeing their first attractive woman and actually get to interact with her on some level. It's sort of the Lara Croft effect, but more noticible as HL2 is geared towards a younger audience (12-18). And yes, it's pretty funny indeed.
How exactly is HL2 geared towards a younger audience?

Yeah, same thing I was wondering...

[Supes]

Has anyone played Global Operations before? That game is the heat!

[Ratamacue]

For those interested in upcoming mods, check out this HL2 mod.

http://www.eternal-silence.net/index.php
(website seems to be a bit quirky; I can't open the news page)

Basically, it's a combination of infantry, spacecraft/fighter, and capital ship combat. The essential objective is to eliminate the enemy's capital ships in any way you wish. Destroy it, board it and capture it, however. In addition, each team has a Captain that controls resource spawning like fighters and giving waypoints to players (much like Natural Selection). There'a also a very good interview in the Misc. Downloads section if anybody's interested.

[Nawlins]

So predictable....

[nasredeenn]

http://www.polskaludowa.com/codzienne/jpg/gra_zajac.jpg ohh **** this brings up memories, huh? :)

http://www.hugemoviearchive.com/images/cream_pie_initiations_scene2_01.jpg and ofcourse thishttp://www.hugemoviearchive.com/images/cream_pie_initiations_scene2_01.jpg

[Seraphim]

http://www.polskaludowa.com/codzienne/jpg/gra_zajac.jpg ohh **** this brings up memories, huh? :)

http://www.hugemoviearchive.com/images/cream_pie_initiations_scene2_01.jpg and ofcourse thishttp://www.hugemoviearchive.com/images/cream_pie_initiations_scene2_01.jpg

Check forum rules.

[G1]

How many times I must to tell you that Fallout 1/2 was best game ever made?

Just once, because I agree.

[Seoulstriker]

Hey, keep in mind that these kiddies are seeing their first attractive woman and actually get to interact with her on some level. It's sort of the Lara Croft effect, but more noticible as HL2 is geared towards a younger audience (12-18). And yes, it's pretty funny indeed.
How exactly is HL2 geared towards a younger audience?

Yeah, same thing I was wondering...


The multiplayer component of HL2 is CS. :| 80-90% of people who play CS are in that age range. Valve knows this and that's why they made Alyx, a fairly attractive CG character and the subsequent touting of her to the public. No?

Did the original HL have an attractive female star for players to interact with?

[Caraway]

SU-27 Flanker 1.0 to 2.0 and Steel Panthers 1-2.

[Ratamacue]

The multiplayer component of HL2 is CS. :|
Say's who? CS: Source and DOD: Source are being released simeltaneously with HL2. The're not bundled with it.


80-90% of people who play CS are in that age range. Valve knows this and that's why they made Alyx, a fairly attractive CG character and the subsequent touting of her to the public. No?

Did the original HL have an attractive female star for players to interact with?
HL was a game made in 1998. At the time, action games weren't reliant on characters or character development. Just because the character is attractive, that means the game is meant for a younger audience? What a load of ****. Under that logic, all movies with hot actresses are targetted for that age range. If Valve were truly aiming for a 12-18 year old market, they'd be aiming for a Teen rating on the game rather than Mature.

[Seoulstriker]

The multiplayer component of HL2 is CS. :|
Say's who? CS: Source and DOD: Source are being released simeltaneously with HL2. The're not bundled with it.


80-90% of people who play CS are in that age range. Valve knows this and that's why they made Alyx, a fairly attractive CG character and the subsequent touting of her to the public. No?

Did the original HL have an attractive female star for players to interact with?
HL was a game made in 1998. At the time, action games weren't reliant on characters or character development. Just because the character is attractive, that means the game is meant for a younger audience? What a load of ****. Under that logic, all movies with hot actresses are targetted for that age range. If Valve were truly aiming for a 12-18 year old market, they'd be aiming for a Teen rating on the game rather than Mature.

Didn't Valve say that multiplayer is CS?


Why would Valve not gear the game towards its target audience? The target audience is obviously 12-18. The Doom 3 target audience is 18-36. It's a matter of economics. ;)

I mean, haven't you heard Gabe Newell talk? He uses absolutely zero logic. He panders to ATi to sell more video cards. He lies to the public. 12-18 year olds don't understand what it means to trust someone. That's why he does it and gets away with it!

;) :P

[Fintin]

seoul...its gonna be ok...there are these things..called people...they exist out side of computers...see...take the foil off your windows...yep thats them walking around out there...go talk to them...about these things called sports...or cars...those are the things those people are sitting in and moving around in...or girls...those are the people who have what we call ****s...those lovely mounds of flesh on the front of them....

[Operation Ivy]

The Doom 3 target audience is 18-36. It's a matter of economics.


ok :roll:

[Ratamacue]

All I'm going to say is that multiplayer is NOT CS. As I said, HL: Source, CS: Source, and DOD: Source are being released simeltaneously with HL2, but CS and DOD do not make up HL2's core multiplayer. No doubt you'll be able to buy a bundle with all four, but once again, because you have such problems understanding things when people tell them to you: MULTIPLAYER IS NOT CS.

I'm done with you. I make a point and your response is to lay back and talk about how Newell is a lying thieving sonofabitch and how much cooler Doom 3 is.

[Seoulstriker]

All I'm going to say is that multiplayer is NOT CS. As I said, HL: Source, CS: Source, and DOD: Source are being released simeltaneously with HL2, but CS and DOD do not make up HL2's core multiplayer. No doubt you'll be able to buy a bundle with all four, but once again, because you have such problems understanding things when people tell them to you: MULTIPLAYER IS NOT CS.

I'm done with you. I make a point and your response is to lay back and talk about how Newell is a lying thieving sonofabitch and how much cooler Doom 3 is.


Ok. Explain to me what the multiplayer of HL2 will consist of. I haven't heard a single thing about HL2 multiplayer other than CS is the multiplayer component. Please give me some indication otherwise. I'm really just wondering.




And yes, the target demographic is indeed 18-36. The kiddies are too young to remember playing the original with their friends in LANs. 20 million people who played Doom were in high school and college at the time.

[Operation Ivy]

And yes, the target demographic is indeed 18-36. The kiddies are too young to remember playing the original with their friends in LANs. 20 million people who played Doom were in high school and college at the time

Ok prove that it was made for people 18-36

[Operation Ivy]

double

[Seoulstriker]

Ok prove that it was made for people 18-36

Prove it? That's kind of tough when I'm not running a consumer research company, but I can give you the reasoning why id is targetting that group:

1) The 20 million people who played the original Doom are in that target group
2) Doom 3 is a classic style game, something enjoyed by that target group and not people in the 12-18 group.
3) People in the 18-36 group enjoy intimate multiplayer (just like in the past classic games). That's why id made the multiplayer max of 4 players.
4) The gameplay is much more sophisticated than what you would expect from typical modern-day run and gun shooters.


I thought it was pretty obvious that that was the target group, which was especially evidenced by Rat's, Op Ivy's, and MvSpartan's reaction to Doom 3 as a whole.

;)

[MVSpartan117]

Ok prove that it was made for people 18-36

Prove it? That's kind of tough when I'm not running a consumer research company, but I can give you the reasoning why id is targetting that group:

1) The 20 million people who played the original Doom are in that target group
2) Doom 3 is a classic style game, something enjoyed by that target group and not people in the 12-18 group.
3) People in the 18-36 group enjoy intimate multiplayer (just like in the past classic games). That's why id made the multiplayer max of 4 players.
4) The gameplay is much more sophisticated than what you would expect from typical modern-day run and gun shooters.


I thought it was pretty obvious that that was the target group, which was especially evidenced by Rat's, Op Ivy's, and MvSpartan's reaction to Doom 3 as a whole.

;)

Make no mistake, I have nothing against Doom 3, I'm buying it the day it comes out, and I play small multiplayer all the time with lan parties between me and my freinds.

[Seoulstriker]

Make no mistake, I have nothing against Doom 3, I'm buying it the day it comes out, and I play small multiplayer all the time with lan parties between me and my freinds.

I guess you're just mature for your age. p-)

[Freibier]

3) People in the 18-36 group enjoy intimate multiplayer (just like in the past classic games). That's why id made the multiplayer max of 4 players.

Nonsense,
while I agree with most of your arguments about Doom3 ( and the HL 2 bashing :P ) it's only for 4 players because otherwise it would ****ing lag.
And just FYI, 50% of the Massively Multiplayer scene are 30+ , so much about enjoying "intimate multiplayer" - the 4 player limit is THE big drawback of Doom3 imho.

[Seoulstriker]

3) People in the 18-36 group enjoy intimate multiplayer (just like in the past classic games). That's why id made the multiplayer max of 4 players.

Nonsense,
while I agree with most of your arguments about Doom3 ( and the HL 2 bashing :P ) it's only for 4 players because otherwise it would f*** lag.
And just FYI, 50% of the Massively Multiplayer scene are 30+ , so much about enjoying "intimate multiplayer" - the 4 player limit is THE big drawback of Doom3 imho.


Hey, the limit is due to the incredible physics, ragdoll, and lighting. I'd be surprised if HL2 multiplayer can get past 8 players as well. ;)

Everquest? boooooo. p-)

[Freibier]

3) People in the 18-36 group enjoy intimate multiplayer (just like in the past classic games). That's why id made the multiplayer max of 4 players.

Nonsense,
while I agree with most of your arguments about Doom3 ( and the HL 2 bashing :P ) it's only for 4 players because otherwise it would f*** lag.
And just FYI, 50% of the Massively Multiplayer scene are 30+ , so much about enjoying "intimate multiplayer" - the 4 player limit is THE big drawback of Doom3 imho.


Hey, the limit is due to the incredible physics, ragdoll, and lighting. I'd be surprised if HL2 multiplayer can get past 8 players as well. ;)

Everquest? boooooo. p-)
Well that's why I say it'll lag with more than 4 players :D I just thought you wanted to make everyone believe in the "intimate multiplayer" experience :P oh well, nervermind
Everquest is awful,
Dark Age of Camelot, Lineage II, heck even UO, SWG and Planetside - but I didnt say that ... - THAT's MM :D

[Operation Ivy]

sorry seoul ur hopless on this one

[Seoulstriker]

Oh, it's still going to be intimate. It's going to be crazy scary I can bet. That's what the engine is all about. But yeah, multiplayer has gotta be small.

Bring on quake 4!!! :D

[Ratamacue]

In a developer interview I read at Gamespot, one of the devs at ID was saying that the reason the multiplayer is for 4 people is simply because that's the optimal number before high latency and buggy physics comes into play. They said that an 8-player MP will probably be one of the first mods to come out for it, but beyond that would be pushing the limits of the engine.

Now HL2 has strong physics but it doesn't have the amount of texture and shader data that would need to be transferred between client and server like in Doom 3. THAT's why HL2 will be able to handle more multiplayer. In addition, as for what HL2 MP will be, Valve has been intentionally tight-lipped about it as a surprise. Rumors say that it could be Team Fortress 2. They've said in numerous interviews that CS is not the actual multiplayer portion but that CS, DOD, and HL1 will all be ported to the Source engine and released simeltaneously with HL2. Capisci?

[Operation Ivy]

In a developer interview I read at Gamespot, one of the devs at ID was saying that the reason the multiplayer is for 4 people is simply because that's the optimal number before high latency and buggy physics comes into play. They said that an 8-player MP will probably be one of the first mods to come out for it, but beyond that would be pushing the limits of the engine.

Now HL2 has strong physics but it doesn't have the amount of texture and shader data that would need to be transferred between client and server like in Doom 3. THAT's why HL2 will be able to handle more multiplayer. In addition, as for what HL2 MP will be, Valve has been intentionally tight-lipped about it as a surprise. Rumors say that it could be Team Fortress 2. They've said in numerous interviews that CS is not the actual multiplayer portion but that CS, DOD, and HL1 will all be ported to the Source engine and released simeltaneously with HL2. Capisci?

doesnt matter what u say Doom3 rules and HL2 is for little kids who know nothing :roll:

[Ratamacue]

Hey, I can't wait for Doom 3. It's gonna be a sick game. But I'm sick and tired of fanboyism.

[Operation Ivy]

Hey, I can't wait for Doom 3. It's gonna be a sick game. But I'm sick and tired of fanboyism.

agreed, but some ppl argh :D

[Fintin]

Hey, I can't wait for Doom 3. It's gonna be a sick game. But I'm sick and tired of fanboyism.

agreed, but some ppl argh :D

ill put a third to this..even though i dont play video games....i have a *****...it suits me for entertainment just fine

[Cactuar]

Anybody here anticipating S.T.A.L.K.E.R.? I think it's going to give Doom 3 and HL2 a run for their money.

[MVSpartan117]

Anybody here anticipating S.T.A.L.K.E.R.? I think it's going to give Doom 3 and HL2 a run for their money.

I think I may have already said this,

but, I 've been following it since it's announcement, I can't wait! :)

[Ratamacue]

Not sure I'll be buying STALKER just yet, but I definitely have my eye on it. The graphics engine is simply gorgeous for both indoor and outdoor environments. The only concern of mine is that from what I can tell, the single-player is really like quest-based where you get a mission to retrieve and artifact rather than having an actual story. I could be wrong about that though.

[Cactuar]

Sorry, haven't read through the whole topic.

The only release dates I've seen are Q3 2004. Hopefully they don't delay it (unless they have too).

Too...many...games..coming out later..this year..not enough money....sigh

[Fee Fi Fo Fum]

- aint read the whole topic -

FFVII,Metal gear solid and vice city

[MVSpartan117]

Not sure I'll be buying STALKER just yet, but I definitely have my eye on it. The graphics engine is simply gorgeous for both indoor and outdoor environments. The only concern of mine is that from what I can tell, the single-player is really like quest-based where you get a mission to retrieve and artifact rather than having an actual story. I could be wrong about that though.

There is a plot, I'm certain of it.

Just not sure how it unfolds. p-)

[Operation Ivy]

Hey, I can't wait for Doom 3. It's gonna be a sick game. But I'm sick and tired of fanboyism.

agreed, but some ppl argh :D

ill put a third to this..even though i dont play video games....i have a *****...it suits me for entertainment just fine

yea thats fun too :D

[Jackel]

Command and Conquer, KICK ASS!!!

[Chuck.]

sorry to start something "different"

can you guys say some good wargames !
first person shooter !
but good ones, like vietcong , operation flashpoint....

[MolliG]

M1 Tank Platoon II (PC, had I on the Amiga.)

"Load SABOT!"
"SABOT up!"
"Fire!"
"On the way!"

:D :D

[Seoulstriker]

In a developer interview I read at Gamespot, one of the devs at ID was saying that the reason the multiplayer is for 4 people is simply because that's the optimal number before high latency and buggy physics comes into play. They said that an 8-player MP will probably be one of the first mods to come out for it, but beyond that would be pushing the limits of the engine.

Now HL2 has strong physics but it doesn't have the amount of texture and shader data that would need to be transferred between client and server like in Doom 3. THAT's why HL2 will be able to handle more multiplayer. In addition, as for what HL2 MP will be, Valve has been intentionally tight-lipped about it as a surprise. Rumors say that it could be Team Fortress 2. They've said in numerous interviews that CS is not the actual multiplayer portion but that CS, DOD, and HL1 will all be ported to the Source engine and released simeltaneously with HL2. Capisci?

Yeah, I see now. TF2 would be really cool for multiplayer. I loved playing that online with Quake 3. :D

[snake]

Unreal



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