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Quake Wars demo released
Author: Tim SmalleyPublished: 11th September 2007
The Quake Wars demo is out - gogogo!!
The demo gives you a taste of the action in the Valley map - the same map that was used in the public beta. However, Splash Damage has said that since the multiplayer beta there has been further balance improvements made based on the feedback obtained from the beta.
Gamers will be able to play online with other players and with bots. The developer also revealed that it'd be possible to fill a multiplayer server with bots to make up the numbers, too.
The game's hardware requirements for the demo are pretty respectable too - you'll need a Pentium 4 2.8GHz (or equivalent), 512MB of RAM, a 128MB GeForce FX 5700 or Radeon 9700 graphics card, a DX9.0c compliant soundcard and either Windows XP or Windows Vista.
For Vista, the requirements are slightly higher - you'll need a Pentium 4 3.0GHz (or equivalent) and 768MB of RAM. Owners of ATI graphics cards will want to update to the latest ATI Catalyst drivers which are, of course, available from the ATI homepage.
There's a full list of download servers available on the official Enemy Territory: Quake Wars community site.
If you've already played the demo or were on the beta, share your thoughts with us in the forums.
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"Press a button to select from a list of single sentence objectives, with no real description as to what they are or how difficult they might be" And once you have a mission you then have to try and figure out via the UI what has changed, where you must go, and exactly what you have to do.
By the time you have figured out how to use the mission system, you largely don't need it anymore.
As it was described in the previews, it was a great idea where if you opted in, the game would automatically assign you objectives that were contextually sensitive to what class and where you were, and help you complete them. Sadly it never really lived up to that (I suspect due to constraints to finally get the game shipped out the door, and handle the console versions).
So as it stands it's a very deep team/objective based shooter that can prove to be extremely frustrating if you're team isn't working together optimally, as you will just get steamrolled over.
And they also decided to cut in-game VOIP support, which is very unfortunate as even a game like BF2 had that, and it is MUCH more needed by a game like ET:QW.
As it stands you start off the game feeling alone and not knowing really what to do. As you progress you move to "still feeling alone, but knowing what to do and wishing your teamates would also know what to do"
Aggies
Hopefully before the game is released at the end of the month :)
me wish i could Sue EA/Dice for dumping 80% of the user base when thay made 1.3v Server crash patch and did not fix it for 4-5 months (me thinks thay did that so more users whould Buy BF2142 when its realy an Full mod based of the BF2 1.4 patch then an game)
The vehicles are useless, they look and drive like cardboard boxes, you might as well have left them out entirely.
The maps are nice, they look lush and pretty but jesus the players blend right into them and you have no idea who the hell is shooting at you.
Its not good - this game is a letdown.
I partially agree. The vehicles seem uneffective except the ATVs to get from spawn to the frontline, and when you get near an enemy you are tagged with an arrow and immediately fired upon from great distances, which is unrealistic. I would like to be a little more sneaky but the game won't allow it. BF2142 was more fun than this for sure. The strogg weapons are really annoying, they don't seem to be hurting anyone when I shoot them. Same goes for the human weapons but the human ones are a bit more effective.
I couldn't even connect to the main server. It told me to check for updates at enemyterritory.com but the site says nothing. I am disappointed overall. Pretty game though.
BTW.
nVidia NZONE was getting 500kb/s for me on the download.
Imo, vehicle / man balance is perfect. Small scooters are very effective for movement, armed buggies definately good for movement means and or hoping into the turret for a quick kill. Tanks / mechs at first seemed very underpowered, but you just need to practice to get good in them. Ill be glad to see the end of the BF2142 walkers giving noobs a 20-0 K/D ratio, thats fine if you do that in the name of objectives, but BF2142 was just saturated will kill junkies who didn't care about the real game.
I couldnt disagree more! sorry!
Battlefield 2142 had its bugs but its game engine was excellent. As for noobs getting 20-0 ratio - thats complete utter nonsense!. Getting 20-0 is very difficult and if you have problems taking down a mech, then you should perhaps try your hand as an engineer more often because i find mechs quite easy to take down, its not hard at all if you hit them at their weak spots - it takes 2-3hits max on the bottom underplate of their armour.
Quake has everyone on crack and speed running like they are on fast-forward! the vehicles are useless, they die insanely easy i find and its so chaotic you dont know whats going on half the time. I would think its about learning the game more but the controls are so awkward and aiming is non-existant as everyone just fires at anything that moves like mad men and you die faaaar too easily and with almost no explanation because you have no idea who shot you and from where. Its all too loose the feel of the game, what the hell is going on, you never once feel like your there in the battle.
This game has all the things I hate about Counter-Strike. I still don't understand why people enjoy this playing style.
I agree teamwork is good, but this game is kind of run into a room, if its empty, run to the next, if its full, shoot at them out in the open until they're dead. Repeat. No ducking behind walls, no trickery, just who can shoot faster. Being quick is good, but is it realistic that you'll run into a room and just stand there shooting non-stop from one enemy to the next in the room? I think not. My cup of tea is just real-world tactics. That way I can use logic to figure out a new situation rather than abiding to a set of rules where I react specifically to specific event. Rarely can both methods exist in the same game.