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I downloaded ET-QW and managed to play some online last night. The SGS demo server maxes out on 24 people and it was full!
Great fun. It's similar to Battlefield, but it seems a bit less serious and more action packed - action is fast and intense with a full server. Feels like Quake movement although you can't bunny hop like a mad man.
It's the Stroggs v Humans, and the sides are fairly different and have different weapons/vehicles. The human guns sound like the guns in Doom, and the Strogg weapons are mostly plasma based (I was enjoying thier rail gun too).
Scoring seems to be done by experience points rather than the usual deaths/kills method for objectives based games, and the game has some kind of unlocks and medals system as well.
The maps look interesting, not as big as BF2 (yeah - faster load times!). One side is attack & the other side is defend. They're time based - so it doesn't matter if you die a crap load - just respawn on the next wave (every 20 secs) and off you go again. Some maps have Stroggs on defense, and other maps have Humans on defense. The objectives must be completed in order, and some objectives also need to be completed by different classes - so in the demo map, the first objective for Humans is to rebuild a bridge and a human engineer needs to complete that one. It's quick and easy to switch classes and weapons when you die :)
There are missions that depend on the objective, it's sort of like a mini-squad concept I think - you can join/switch to different missions and then you see an indicator on peeps who are on the same mission as you. I only figured this out after I disconnected though - so still need to test that theory and explore the missions some more :) I'm not sure about VOIP or anything like that.
Pretty fun game - give it a go. Get Stroggified!
With Quakewars and Halo3, I actually fear for UT3.
Quake 1 vs Uneal.
Quake 2 vs UT.
Quake3 vs UT2003/4.
Quakewars vs UT3.
We all know how these wars ended.
Actually it was Q2 vs Unreal; Q3 vs UT, and nothing challenged UT2003/4 ;P.
But anyway, Quake Wars seriously r0x.
Oh yeah, Q1 went unchallenged.
Q3 actually took quite a big chunk out of UT2003/4's competitive timeframe as well.
But with UT3 essentially sounding pretty much like BF/Quakewars in the Warfare aspect at least, I have to wonder.
No worries, we won't have to worry until 2008 :)
<A>FluX.v2.0
13 Sep 2007, 14:47
Well epic is still *trying* for a November release date.. but that is all looking pretty pear shaped.
So it probably will be 2008 some time.. :(
Also Quake wars rocks.. ! havent tried it online yet though.
wat the requirements?it uses the doom3 engine so are the requirements similar?:)
It requires quite a bit more power than D3 or even Q4, thanks to the huge outdoor areas, with loads of people running around, vehicles driving and flying everywhere and projectiles whizzing by at all angles.
It runs pretty shabbily on my machine (like 20-25 FPS max, normally chugging at less than 15-20 FPS), which admittedly is rather long in the tooth now (AMD 3400+ [2.2GHz], 256mb 6800, 1.5gb RAM), with normal/low graphics settings. :(
i got P4 3GHZ,1.5gig ram,geforce 6600 gt...will i be able to run it nicely?like should i buy it?
It runs pretty shabbily on my machine (like 20-25 FPS max, normally chugging at less than 15-20 FPS), which admittedly is rather long in the tooth now (AMD 3400+ [2.2GHz], 256mb 6800, 1.5gb RAM), with normal/low graphics settings. :(
Thats my rig :(
LordScallyWag
14 Sep 2007, 12:50
Ye i played this last night, saw a few ppl i recognized. Was quite a jol, still not 100's on what is potting with a few details, but all in all, good fun. UT just pisses me off atm.
As for the pc thing, I have a 3500+, gig ram kak gfx card, and it runs fine low settings. it even looks ok. It could be smoother, I have not checked the fps, but still all things considering I am pleased with how it runs.
cYan1D3
14 Sep 2007, 15:05
Yay it is out... As soon as I see it I am buying it. I need to know where can I play it online.
I converted from Q3 to UT04. If it seriously rox I am going to play that shitless... looks like UT04 is ending sooner then expected.
Thats my rig :(
Lolies mine too :P
I've tried turning almost all settings down to Low now, and it's made quite an improvement. I haven't whipped out the FPS counter yet, but it feels like I'm probably averaging between 20 and 30 now. Not fantastic by any means, but definitely playable (although it now looks worse than the first ET).
[N]Haja
16 Sep 2007, 10:56
sorry for the noob question, but where can I download the demo locally? (if possible?)
thanks :)
[N]Haja
16 Sep 2007, 11:30
aah, got it from sgs :)
http://games.saix.net/
I've tried turning almost all settings down to Low now, and it's made quite an improvement. I haven't whipped out the FPS counter yet, but it feels like I'm probably averaging between 20 and 30 now. Not fantastic by any means, but definitely playable (although it now looks worse than the first ET).
Hmm - out of curiosity I went to check the video settings and they're all on high :eek:
How do you check your FPS in these quake engine things?
Now if I can just figure out if it's possible to change from the driver to gunners seat I'll be winning. And where the hell is the hooter key... Didn't these quake people ever play ONS damnit!
LordScallyWag
16 Sep 2007, 17:26
Now if I can just figure out if it's possible to change from the driver to gunners seat I'll be winning.
Default key is F i think, and I recall seeing a key for hooter as well.
All in the diff key settings tabs somewhere in player controls setup.
g5>@nn0n
11 Oct 2007, 10:05
Got it Yesterday , only played for 10 mins or so , but man, looks like it is going to take up alot of my time . Will give my 2 cents worth about it when I have put more gaming hours in...
*IonFluX*
11 Oct 2007, 10:49
More people love UT, UT Rulez and it always will. Quake is my arch enemy. I will never play Quake. ETQuake Wars is like BF2 so I would rather keep playing BF2.
UT Rulez
UT Rulez
UT Rulez........ WhooT
cYan1D3
11 Oct 2007, 12:16
I want that quake wars!!!
g5>@nn0n
11 Oct 2007, 12:51
Gonna be Quake Wars for me untill , I get to try out the UT3 onslaught.... THen I shall decide which will be the game that gets my support for the next few yrs...
Acid Burn
14 Oct 2007, 22:32
Hey guys not sure if you have this problem at all, I have bought Quake Wars Enemy Territory. I am running a X1950GT 512 card and cant get the bloody thing to load. I have downloaded all the drivers on planet earth and still nothing. Have you had this problem? Have you managed to fix it yet?
The game seriously rawks and I would love to play it online. I hope this was not a waste of money.
What I have done:
Researched the web sut.
Downloaded 7-7_xp32_dd_ccc_wdm_enu_49709.exe
downloaded 7-10_xp32_dd_53250.exe
Downloaded 7-10_xp32_dd_ccc_wdm_enu_53250.exe
Downloaded ETQWPatch1_1Setup.exe
The error I am getting is a OpenGL error which seems to not be loading. Any help here would be appreciated.
Cripple-X
14 Oct 2007, 23:26
I've said it at every LAN ... Quakewars is just BF/BF2142 in another engine. With all that money and brainpower, how about creating something that's original?
I can hear how the okes @ ID (or wherever) thought this one up. "People play BF ... hmm so how about we make another one, only it looks better."
BLEH! ;) :p
*IonFluX*
15 Oct 2007, 10:12
I've said it at every LAN ... Quakewars is just BF/BF2142 in another engine. With all that money and brainpower, how about creating something that's original?
I can hear how the okes @ ID (or wherever) thought this one up. "People play BF ... hmm so how about we make another one, only it looks better."
BLEH! ;) :p
Agreed 100% mate!!
Spectre
17 Oct 2007, 12:50
Quake wars is fun, no doubt...
I really enjoy it. Most ppl however view it as a "novelty" game, so i dont know how long it will last :/
Its a lot quicker that BF, more arcade like, which I find refreshing.
Definately wont be a competitor for UT, completely different game
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