The Last Stand

virindiclown · Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 9:43 pm Post subject: Quake 4...

I picked it up not that long ago, when it dropped to $30. Right when I started playing it, it was far more exciting than anything I got to in Doom III. After playing it once or twice, I dropped it for a while, but I have since played it a few more times in the last week or two. It kept getting better and better, but then, it suddenly ended. I was actually enjoying it, a game made after like 1999, but now I am disappointed.

And the "ending" clearly states that there is more to it, but there hasn't been an expansion or anything.

WTF?!?
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virindiclown · Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 1:34 pm Post subject:

Ok, so it seems that Enemy Territory: Quake Wars is basically going to be what I thought this game would have and easily could have been. Oh well, at least it's coming.

And here's something you probably won't believe. Last night, I was playing online, and this guy appeared out of nowhere right in front of me. I got him in my sights, and low and behold, the unmistakable title of "Chuck Norris" appeared. Before I even had time to comprehend what I was looking at, I simply exploded, and became nothing more than a splatter mark on the ground, for no apparent reason. For looking at him, he must have roundhoused me so fast I couldn't even see it. The part you really won't believe is that I found him later on, and killed him myself. I am far more powerful than I knew. Don't mess with me.
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Low Pan · Shi-Chueh Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 570

man, I installed Quake 4 but the damn thing wont run on my machine. System reqs requires a 2Ghz CPU.....maybe later I'll upgrade. Didn't have to pay for it anyway lol

virindiclown · Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 1:02 pm Post subject:

I can't imagine that the CPU would really factor in that much. It's more of a graphics card issue. I don't think my CPU is 2 gHz, and my video card is a 6600GT, but it played just fine on medium graphics on the net.
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Low Pan · Shi-Chueh Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 570

hmm, I have a 1Ghz CPU, an ATI 9800xt 128mb vid card, 512mb of PC133 SDRAM running on a XP OS. Can't get past the first splash screen. might be the amt of RAM I guess or that fact that it is not dual channel?

Jess · Core - Executor of Justice Joined: 07 Apr 2003 Posts: 4097

I think it will only run if your cpu supports sse(or it might be sse2), so if you have an older cpu that does not support these theres nothing that will make it work.
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virindiclown · Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:00 pm Post subject:

Yeah, there, I'd say you are in trouble. Even on the low quality setting, the graphics still look really good. It is a very resource-intensive game, which kind of sucks, but this is one case where the graphics really help the game, as the experience of being alone in a dark, nightmarish world is important to the gameplay.
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FBH · Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 4:26 am Post subject:

VC you slut why did you buy quake instead of cod2?!
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Low Pan · Shi-Chueh Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 570

ah, I'm SoL then, I have the last series of the PIII

virindiclown · Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 12:12 pm Post subject:

FBH · Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 1:02 pm Post subject:

yeah because quake 4 blows and cod2 is good hah
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WAZZUP FBH!

what is CoD? Charge on delivery

virindiclown · Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 1:31 pm Post subject:

Call of Duty.

The multiplayer is surely better. Quake 4 is fun, but it's too much fast paced run and gun insanity. And aside from the Dark Matter Gun, instead of the Quake 3 BFG, it's also literally no different from Quake 3, and several of the levels I have played on were actually from Quake 3.

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars is going to be badass, though. There are TONS of vehicles, some of them gigantic, which can all be operated by one or several people, HUGE levels, which can hold a very large amount of people, multiple classes to play as that have their own weapons and abilities, and the Strogg guys can stick dead humans with a needle and turn them into Stroggs.

Here are a bunch of videos:

http://media.pc.gamespy.com/media/748/748377/vids_1.html
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FBH · Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 6:12 pm Post subject:

whats up man, how are ya?
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stp2 · Core - Executor of Justice Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Posts: 394

Sounds like a blast. wish i could afford a real computer .
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