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  Tech Tree in Civ. Many RTS / TBS 's started to use similar tech trees after Civ 1. : personaljesus
  • Great call. I thought of this when I played it with my wizard hat on in Master of Magic. Man. I adore ... : geedeck
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  First game I remember with alt-fire modes was Perfect Dark, which was cool as shit. : cajuncook
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    You're shitting me. Shadow Warrior had alternate firing modes! The riot gun! : Rice-Rocketeer
    • ...the missile launcher! Heat-seeking missiles (AWESOME), and the nuke (DOUBLY as awesome!)!!! : Rice-Rocketeer
• The first time I saw Q2 on a Voodoo2 i was like O_o : tommysgun
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  Quake 2 was a disappointment in pretty much every way except the rail gun, but weapons like that had alre... : seven
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    I'll never forget Q2 multiplayer as being the most fun I've ever had playing online, but that might just ... : iawake
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      The speed was what disappointed me so. It was a step back from QW. I had to keep razor sharp to mainta... : seven
      • Wouldn't the fast twitchy game be the dumbed down one? Although the railgun probably undoes a lot of tha... : DinK
  • I don't love you anymore :( Quake2 offered some of the most entertaining MP ever, right behind Quake1. : nomaad
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    Perhaps you were dissappointed by it, but I'd hardly call Quake II a step backward. It was a different ga : Ajax
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      Indeed. Single player wise it had absolutely nothing in common with Quake.
      
      The whole Strogg universe was vastly different to the "quake" universe.
      
      When it comes to single player, Q2 had it all over QW. It was still pretty damned average, but the universe they had fleshed out was entirely different, and undoubtedly better.
      
      It was just, as with Quake 1, an entirely forgetable single player experience.

      Jul 17, 2004 12:51am PDT
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      Indeed. Single player wise it had absolutely nothing in common with Quake. The whole Strogg universe w... : seven
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        Which in turn explains Quake 3 Arena. : Ajax
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          Aye - I liked the idea of the strogg universe, the intro movie to quake 2 was amazing, the style of the m... : seven
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            You think Quake 3 is easy? : bargeld
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              Did you play much competitive QW? :) : seven
              • DM3 IS BURNED INTO MY FUCKING HEAD : zakk
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                Yeah. So I guess delayed weapon switching makes Q3 "easy". : bargeld
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                  Does that approach usually work for you in conversation? : seven
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                    I am sorry I have no idea what you're trying to say. I saw you slagging of the newer Quakes as "easy" and... : bargeld
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                      That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that they're more dumbed down, instead of being more refined, and ... : seven
                      • I completely agree with seven on this. Last time I played competetivly in an online game was with Quakewo... : Fredrik S
                      • I have to disagree a little there. Yes you ran faster in QW, but I don't think that equates to a higher ... : Toxy
          • You've probably tried it before, but http://www.promode.org/. Quake3 mod that brings in bunnyhopping, ins... : peanut-
  • uh okay. it's too fucking early, but whutevs. : eskimo spy
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  The first time playing Unreal w/ a Voodoo 2 card was pure bliss :) : hohoh0
  • this is how i got hooked on gaming. : deathmuppeter
  • Back when Duke switched engines. *sigh* : Cygnus X-1
  • yeah absolutely... tho' the first time I saw hardware accelerated 3d was pretty amazing too, even if it o... : DoubleAught()
  • definitely. I bought it and only played the first two or three rooms, then I turned it off and waited a w... : Fraxxxi
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  Watching the ending cutscene in Unreal 1 on pentium pro 200 / voodoo 1. : xphil
  • It still looks hawt. Not pantsblowing, because the insane resolutions give away the low polyness (I u... : SpaecKow
• IMO quake2 is the best game I've ever played with action quake 2 the best mod. I've had more fun shooting... : te[R]ror
• first mod i EVER played was navy seals for quake, with work done on it by none other than gooseman of CS ... : Morgin
• the very first game to force you to use wasd ---skynet , i hated it at first but grew to love it : eyegeegeewhy
• I still remember the exact location of my save point in Q2 when I went from software to Voodoo2. Incredi... : DinK
• realtime lens flare! : vassili_zaitsev
• COMANCHE -- VOXEL TECHNOLOGY : dodob