Elite Force 2 Demo Released

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  That's funny. The first action sequence reminded me of Daikatana. They're just like the frogs only mean... : Sylvanus
  • hmmm yeah, sure. Trolling? u bet. : buzzfunk

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• haha i did the same thing with the mining cart, i laughed really hard : silly
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  I "Indiana Jonesed" the mining cart too. I didn't realize it was being used as a battering RAM : Dynotaku
  • Same here. I just wanted to be cool. :| : badman
• I too hopped into the cart. I wouldn't do that in real life, but after so many single player games (like... : valiance
• Phew, I'm not the only one who jumped into the mining cart =P Only other time I died was when I jumped in... : EQMonTy

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  That's about as polished as you'll see that engine I assume. : Wolfanoz
  • This and Jedi Knight III : spaceyme

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• June 24th.. : badman

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  ^^IAWTP .. oh my .. this is suckage in my book. AI is horrible (ooo if I step one step to the left in... : Dread Pirate Roberts
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    dude, your colon just called ... it would like if you could loosen things up before the Atlantic pours in : WarhawK
    • Hoo-kay :/ So you are saying it is better to have sucky games put on shelves than spend time to make the : Dread Pirate Roberts

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• The first mission in the full game takes place on Voyager. Supposedly it reveals the events of the TV sh... : PenicillinX57

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  look to your right when you enter the room : MurrayTheSkull
  • thank you sir, ill give it a shot in a little bit beofre bed. :) : pimpium

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• My brother will love this game. :) : Optimus Prime
• hehe, I remember your review of the last one. After all these months of maturing, I agree. : the archvile
• George B get back to DNF :-) : computerBoy
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  I just hope I'll be buying yours someday. : xphil
  • hahahah nice hit! : Wolfanoz

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• totally. more games are doing that lately (starcraft ghost comes to mind) and it's a cool little diversio... : rudds
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  the manual lockpick in splinter cell takes a bit of time and can get you killed if you aren't deft with t... : Downforce
  • You just jam on WASD until one clicks and you keep pressing that button. : Grimp
• Definitely! I thought that was a neat idea - not exactly brain surgery, but an interesting distraction t... : Waverider

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• Demo preview here if you want a run down or hints. http://www.ritualistic.com/articles/030501_ef2_demo... : Wyeth
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  Graphics = great. Really cool looking 3D models of the Enterprise E and Voyager Sound fades every now an... : Optimus Prime
  • Thanks guys. =) : unmaker

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  Actually, there are 11 missions not counting the time spent on the Enterprise (which is also significant)... : senn
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    Also, forgot to mention, the demo only contains one level from each mission, not two complete missions. E... : senn
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      so is it like chapters then and each mission is like a book? : stgdz
      • More like, each mission is a chapter... the entire game is a book :) The missions are split into differen... : senn

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• *removes mirrors* : ashkie
• Got DX9? : Cygnus X-1
• Thats lame, rip the demos head off and shit down its throat. Sorry too much D3D late night. Thats weird... : smacknca
• Did you update to the newest DirectX and vid drivers? Some other peeps were having the same problem and u... : Wyeth
• I blame OSP 3.1d beta *wink* ;) : Optimus Prime
• I had the same problem. I have a Radeon 9700 Pro, WinXP, 2.4 Ghz Intel with latest DX9 installed and late... : fiveassedmonkey
• dx 9, latest ati 9700 drivers. no other problems with any other game. : ashkie
• Yeah, same problem here. Cranked all the settings, and when it gets to Loading Media, it craps out. Tried... : ydnar
• I have the same problem too. Radeon 9700 seems to be a commonality here. : Dynotaku
• I'm getting that as well with my ATI 9500 Pro. : TwiLyght
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  Set r_precompressed_textures 0 in your config or add "+set r_precompressed_textures 0" to the commandline... : ydnar
  • Was able to get higher settings with r_precompressed_textures set to 0, but system locked again when it t... : fiveassedmonkey
• You obviously warez'ed this demo. : indeego

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  What's so damn wrong with DX9? : [7]kami
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    a little bit of texture thrashing in SOF2. :/ My GF4 4400 works just fine with 8.1 and 30.32 drivers on ... : Optimus Prime
    • Prime is something wrong with you? DirectX has nothing to do with OpenGL. They use the DirectSound and s... : MarksmanX
• same glitch here, kinda funky, Enterprise E must have gotten a new paint job :) : Adrenaline
• It's Starfleet's new cloaking device. : TwiLyght
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  I saw some black textures when I enabled some of the lighting features. Went back to the standard light s... : Rauol Duke
  • Vertex lighting seems to screw things up. Try leaving it turned off. : badman
• You lose all the cool stuff by running in vertex light. Definately turn it off :) : Wyeth

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  Big Trek fan eh? : Matto357
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    Ritual fan actually =/...well more a fan of thier level designers. : Normality
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      Did Ritual make Elite Force 1 because the level design in that game sucked. : marine21
      • Raven Software created the first Elite Force : Cpt. Baseballbat

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  r_displayrefresh x vid_restart : Cygnus X-1
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    Ok, this is going to sound stupid. How do you bring down the console? ~ doesn't do it. Is there any ... : pyrogen
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      +developer 1 to the shortcut : Cygnus X-1
      • Thanks! : pyrogen

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• I think Raven has issues with writing map loading and gamesave/load code. : the archvile

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  Hah if you want short try the U2 demo, I'm still pissed off about that : silly
  • well it was an accurate representaion of the game in that respect : Snifter_42
• How long a demo do you want? I'm at the stage where the window blows out; it's pretty enjoyable so far..... : Waverider

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• ya krazy once those new games coem out, youll be one of the first to say, star trek what? quake3 huh? IO ... : VERTEBRAINS
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  I am still in shock how good the Quake III engine is with this game. The graphics are really pretty in th... : MarksmanX
  • Just another hour and a half at work, then I can play :( : krazy_yak
• How do you recognize a game that uses the quake 3 engine? By the amount of boxes & crates in every maps! ... : ic2dcom

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• So my friends all told me I had to check out Blowjob Betty, and I thought 'WTF?' Blowjob Betty? Who cares... : Matto357

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• try shooting the secondary fire gas cloud with the primary fire when enemies are near it :) : senn
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  You can use the Arc Gun's (a.k.a. 'pseudo-laser-gas-gun') primary fire to ignite the gas clouds. It's qui... : badman
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    Aha, so that's why it seemed so random. See? That's what I mean. Creative, but just odd. : Syixxs
    • It'd be in the manual, when it gets a store release. Would you prefer that every weapon be amazingly stra... : Watts
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  The Halo guns do a good job of appearing "futuristic" while still maintaining some realistic aspects. : EvilDolemite
  • Exactly. I hold the human weapons in Halo as a wonderful example. The weapons in Aliens were perfect in t... : Syixxs

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  it also doesn't recognize the thumb buttons on my Intellimouse to bind to jump/reload/whatever.... Eve... : Downforce
  • i hate it when games don't recgonize the intellimouse buttons. JKII won't let me bind anything to it. ... : hatelull
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  can anyone confirm this video setting? or was I low on coffee? : Downforce
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    Anisotropic filtering is a texture filtering extension, it'll make the textures in the distance a lot mor... : Adrenaline
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      no no, the TYPO (if that's what it is) I'm sorta starting to remember the filtering lingo, slowly but... : Downforce
      • Yea, it's mispelled in the game. It should say 'Anisotropic' not 'Ansitropic'. : TwiLyght

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• So... do you ever get tired of people thanking you? I hope not - thanks! : P-Squid
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  Thanks, man. : acheron
  • even mercury users will appreciate this right now :/ : tarddinosaur
• Great as usual, thanks man. : smacknca
• dude, that rocks. thanks. :) : Downforce
• tak skal du har from denmark : islandor
• Cheers bud : spunkeemonkee
• Danke, Ashkie. : Killrig
• muchos gracias : noknyc

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• this is true. damn fine engine. : Downforce
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  oh, it's still the q3 engine? : hatelull
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    fooled ya, eh? now you can't badmouth it! ;) : Downforce
    • i wasn't going to badmouth it. I like the q3 engine. : hatelull
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  Screenshots really look good for an ancient engine! It's like making a car with a steam engine go 80 mph!... : Aubrey Philipsz
  • Even to this day this engine is still good. I am amazed also :P : MarksmanX

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• To me it's Quake III DM with startrek guys :P : MarksmanX

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  aha, good point. but let's just wait till the full game comes on shelves. : xphil
  • Just what i was thinking : mtjt3
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  Exactly! That's probably the reason why I liked it with the close hallways and such. It feels like Alien... : MarksmanX
  • I agree, and it's a good thing to me. : batkiwi
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  and this is a bad thing? : diehlr
  • I don't think so. Actually, it's more like "finally, somebody copycat HL!" I mean in a good way. : xphil
  • not at all :) : tarddinosaur

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• And yes, I do realize about a third of my posts lately have been "WAAAH! I hate progress!" posts. Just... : Kryn

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• Space Crate action : scud
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  there wasn't much emotion shown in Star Trek anyway. Besides, Raven's face animation in SoF2 freaked me ... : the archvile
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    well when you're being thrown from a blast, you're not gonna have a blank look on your face, despite the : tomservo
    • http://members.cox.net/reftekari/khan.html : gmd
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      There should be a "Yell KAAAAAAAAAAAAAHN!" button. I agree though about the faces. It looks like you'... : Dynotaku
      • exactly on both accounts. :) : tomservo
• Emotion is illogical : Lawgiver
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  Yeah, it looks like they're having fun - dancing maybe. " 'scuse me while I get my 'splosion on" : P-Squid
  • HAHAHAHA :D especially the guy in the middle "LOOK AT MY OH FACE" : tomservo
• they have been stunned silent, its all too emotional : Rapid 99

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  well its not : usedillusion
  • Well, you're wrong. It is. I liked it. : Waverider
• I agree. I knew it was the Quake engine, but I was still surprised. : nakedsavage

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• very true, very funny... : teethmarks