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| 3 FEB 2003 at 9:49pm |
STooGE4444, EastCoastDoom...Schattenjger
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Status : Online | I haven't played it yet...but my friend will probably get it and then I can say. Is it coming out in UK in 4 days too?
~rbeeler SVT &&Name's STooGE$$$$ Valpurgius TNT; it's not PLURAL&&[img]http://www.riseaboverecords.com/sleep/image/sleepfront.gif[/img]&&151.Generally speaking Sludge Doomsters are Angry, Gothic doomsters are sad, funeral doomsters are barely breathing, death doomsters are dirty, drunk and dribbling, Stoner Doomsters don't care, drone doomsters are out of it and traditional Doomsters are permanently pissed off, mainly with other doomsters
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| 4 FEB 2003 at 7:23am |
| Deleted User | 3 days now!
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| 4 FEB 2003 at 10:40pm |
STooGE4444, EastCoastDoom...Schattenjger
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Status : Online | What are you looking forward to about UII?
Don't want to bust your banana monkeyb but the reviews I saw said it was about average. Except for the graphics.
See this is what I think...99% of firstperson shooters these days are going to be average. Then there are those that have really awesome points of interest like the graphics or the AI or inventory system or something. And Unreal II has the graphics. That is probably the only reason I would buy it.
~rbeeler SVT &&Name's STooGE$$$$ Valpurgius TNT; it's not PLURAL&&[img]http://www.riseaboverecords.com/sleep/image/sleepfront.gif[/img]&&151.Generally speaking Sludge Doomsters are Angry, Gothic doomsters are sad, funeral doomsters are barely breathing, death doomsters are dirty, drunk and dribbling, Stoner Doomsters don't care, drone doomsters are out of it and traditional Doomsters are permanently pissed off, mainly with other doomsters
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| 4 FEB 2003 at 10:45pm |
| Deleted User | Stooge - hit the nail on the head, pal! You see? I could be accused of being completely shallow... and I am!
No, but really, the reviews have been underwhelming but I really need a solid shooter at the moment.
I wrote a thread "buying ag's for the sake of it" and at the moment, for me, it's either this or Aquanox; Revelation, which looks pretty good all things considered! So it's FPS' for the sake of it!
Really, my honest reason is that occasionally during work I really need a story based blaster to get rid of some excess stress. The last one was NOLF2, which was pretty good if a little standard. Nothing tops MOH though, IMHO!
I'll probably give this a run , sell it on Ebay and pick up the Revelation afterwards!
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| 4 FEB 2003 at 11:01pm |
STooGE4444, EastCoastDoom...Schattenjger
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Status : Online | Sounds good....I am waiting for Splinter Cell and Indy...but the thing that I've noticed is that I haven't played a game in almost two weeks...school is just taking over... but I am going to play pool again on Thursday...
~rbeeler SVT &&Name's STooGE$$$$ Valpurgius TNT; it's not PLURAL&&[img]http://www.riseaboverecords.com/sleep/image/sleepfront.gif[/img]&&151.Generally speaking Sludge Doomsters are Angry, Gothic doomsters are sad, funeral doomsters are barely breathing, death doomsters are dirty, drunk and dribbling, Stoner Doomsters don't care, drone doomsters are out of it and traditional Doomsters are permanently pissed off, mainly with other doomsters
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| 4 FEB 2003 at 11:05pm |
| Deleted User | Splinter Cell is pretty ace, have to say the Demo's great! But I think they're keeping us waiting too long here! Isn't it wierd how all these bigger titles seem to appear in the Spring for the PC and die out over the course of the year?
BTW - Don't know if you're a tech-head, but does $245 (£156) for an TI4400 128MB DDR Ram card with 3D glasses seem a good price to you? Or would you spend extra and get a TI4600 at $275 (£175)?
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| 4 FEB 2003 at 11:43pm |
STooGE4444, EastCoastDoom...Schattenjger
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Status : Online | I haven't been reading too much up on graphics cards lately, but how much will you actually use the glasses? And are they good? I haven't been reading up because I don't have any money to buy new stuff anyway...
~rbeeler SVT &&Name's STooGE$$$$ Valpurgius TNT; it's not PLURAL&&[img]http://www.riseaboverecords.com/sleep/image/sleepfront.gif[/img]&&151.Generally speaking Sludge Doomsters are Angry, Gothic doomsters are sad, funeral doomsters are barely breathing, death doomsters are dirty, drunk and dribbling, Stoner Doomsters don't care, drone doomsters are out of it and traditional Doomsters are permanently pissed off, mainly with other doomsters
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| 5 FEB 2003 at 12:15am |
GayleSchattenjger
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Status : Online | Well, I have it and am playing it. My opinion so far.
Hell of a shooter and graphics are out of this world.
This is not a spoiler but when you do get it, tell me if you save the guy at the generator, I tried five times and will explain after why I failed.
The Skaarj are in it. So far there nothing that would link the play to the first game except what I am collecting along the way I think. I miss the natives of Na Pali and maybe they will show up in a future mission.
Am I having a great time playing it? You bet and not sorry I got the game.
After I clear out an area, I just stop and look at everything, amazing!
Well, am now going back to play some more of it. Am on mission 5 or 6 now.
If you do get it you might want to save it for a while or make a 'backup' copy before you get rid of it in case of an addon. Of course, that depends if you like the game.
I think Splinter Cell and Indy are due to be released the same day or very close to each other.
Oh, the game is running fine, no technical bugs in the game so far.
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| 5 FEB 2003 at 2:40am |
GayleSchattenjger
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Status : Online | Oh, be sure to play it with the lights out and the volume up and be sure to go through the credits at the beginning at least one time. You guys who know about these things will be in awe of the display and appreciate the graphics more than I can because I know nothing of the tech side of it but it is quite a show.
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| 5 FEB 2003 at 7:51am |
| Deleted User | COOL! SOUND'S GREAT!
Well, soz stooge had to go to bed but thanks for answering the question! I gave up in the end, even though I got close, to buying them cos of monetary reasons! My old Radeon 8500 seems to keep packing in, which is why I'm considering an upgrade...
Gayle, whats yuor graphics card? (Radeon 9700 Pro or GeForce 4 TI5600, possibly - if it's as good as you say it is!)
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| 5 FEB 2003 at 12:33pm |
GayleSchattenjger
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Status : Online | My video card is a GF3 TI, I got it and about three weeks later GF4 came out but it seems fine.
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| 5 FEB 2003 at 12:37pm |
| Deleted User | Excellent!
What options are you running it on?
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| 5 FEB 2003 at 3:28pm |
STooGE4444, EastCoastDoom...Schattenjger
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Status : Online | what's wrong with your 8500? Mines still great...I can run with most settings high...
~rbeeler SVT &&Name's STooGE$$$$ Valpurgius TNT; it's not PLURAL&&[img]http://www.riseaboverecords.com/sleep/image/sleepfront.gif[/img]&&151.Generally speaking Sludge Doomsters are Angry, Gothic doomsters are sad, funeral doomsters are barely breathing, death doomsters are dirty, drunk and dribbling, Stoner Doomsters don't care, drone doomsters are out of it and traditional Doomsters are permanently pissed off, mainly with other doomsters
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| 5 FEB 2003 at 3:45pm |
GayleSchattenjger
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Status : Online | Okay, here is where I probably fail big time.
Do you mean the Game Options? If so, whatever was set up when installed. The only thing I usually change if the game does not automatically accept mine is the screen setting. Or I will change control setup.
It seems that if I use 1024x then the graphics are much better for me.
If you mean options like in something technical, ahhhhh, we are in trouble.
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| 5 FEB 2003 at 3:50pm |
STooGE4444, EastCoastDoom...Schattenjger
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Status : Online | Red gayle, don't panic don't panic....
I don't know why I wanted to say that but it felt like the right thing to do...
yes he means like detail settings, shadows settings, texture resolution and stuff...
~rbeeler SVT &&Name's STooGE$$$$ Valpurgius TNT; it's not PLURAL&&[img]http://www.riseaboverecords.com/sleep/image/sleepfront.gif[/img]&&151.Generally speaking Sludge Doomsters are Angry, Gothic doomsters are sad, funeral doomsters are barely breathing, death doomsters are dirty, drunk and dribbling, Stoner Doomsters don't care, drone doomsters are out of it and traditional Doomsters are permanently pissed off, mainly with other doomsters
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| 5 FEB 2003 at 4:03pm |
| Deleted User | I'm back after a trip to Ikea, so it looks like the new g-card is out of the question! Somewhere to sit vs g-card - sofa=winner!
Stooge - in answer to your question, my 8500's a first edition built-by-ATI bought from a dealer at ebay type-deal. It has minor hiccups that piss me off, and occasional driver problems.
As for Gayle - yeah, just wanted to know your detail settings in-game and stuff. But don't worry - you just sit there and play while I wait in anticipation for the post Friday morning!
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| 5 FEB 2003 at 5:31pm |
GayleSchattenjger
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Status : Online | Stooge, was not paniced but if we were to deviate from the general how to or what is your setup, I am so lost. You guys aren't, you rattle things off it is nothing and understand it all. I promise to watch more TechTV.
Anyway, left options as is except 1024x, played a bit with contrast, (was a tad dark), left blood and gore high, shadows, etc. as listed.
I know this is going to sound strange since I am left handed but I hate doing the WSDA thing on the keyboard and they must have know that (though you do get two preferences) and have directional arrows
set up plus the WSDA thing.
Love the flame thrower, hate the gernade launcher.
Okay, remember either one of you tell me what I did wrong at the generator in trying to save the worker.
It is one of those shooters that they deliberately designed the music to make the gaming tense. You love it and you hate.
I am playing on Normal. I can't imagine playing this on Hard which is probably what you will be doing.
Stooge, you are getting it too, right?
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| 5 FEB 2003 at 9:00pm |
STooGE4444, EastCoastDoom...Schattenjger
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Status : Online | Redgayle, I gotta save my money for Splinter Cell and Indy so that means I will only be playing my friends...and he just got it. I'll probably play this weekend...and I know you didn't panic; I was just joking dumbly...
My 8500 works okayl though...what kind of hiccups are you talking about?
~rbeeler SVT &&Name's STooGE$$$$ Valpurgius TNT; it's not PLURAL&&[img]http://www.riseaboverecords.com/sleep/image/sleepfront.gif[/img]&&151.Generally speaking Sludge Doomsters are Angry, Gothic doomsters are sad, funeral doomsters are barely breathing, death doomsters are dirty, drunk and dribbling, Stoner Doomsters don't care, drone doomsters are out of it and traditional Doomsters are permanently pissed off, mainly with other doomsters
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| 5 FEB 2003 at 9:44pm |
GayleSchattenjger
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Status : Online | You had ever right to think I would panic. I could throw out some key words not knowing what they mean but might impression someone as long as they didn't ask anything further.
To you and Monkeybone. I am enjoying the game, you may not but you have to take a chance on games or else you might miss a good one. Since you both like shooters, think safe that you will have fun.
I am messing around today at work since quiet and checked EB Site which says Splinter Cell will be out on 2/18 which is only the week after next, so not far off.
Indy and BlookRayne are at mid-March.
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