I've gotten myself re addicted to TFC[views:60307][posts:239]__________________________________ [Dec 7,2009 9:34am - arktouros ""] I played TFC for a little while the other night. Something I never noticed back in the day because of slower framerates - the hit detection in this game really shows it's age. The character models skip around even at a solid 60 FPS. Um...lots of other things...old game is old. I forgot how wonky the multiplayer code was in this game. The QUAKE 3 Team Fortress mod was a hell of a lot better than this. The game's engine was much more suited for it. But anyway...I'm spoiled by TF2. |
| ________________________________ [Dec 7,2009 9:38am - reimroc ""] Q3F/ETF are dead. They were awesome but only lasted a year before the community imploded on itself. |
| __________________________________ [Dec 7,2009 9:44am - arktouros ""] awwwww... Good to see QuakeLive is doing well. In fact, it's fucking awesome. If you told me 10 years ago that I would be able to play Q3 in a browser, I would have punched you out |
| ______________________________ [Dec 7,2009 9:44am - aril ""] reimroc said:Q3F/ETF are dead. They were awesome but only lasted a year before the community imploded on itself. but yea, tfc is no different than halflife. what class were you? |
| ______________________________ [Dec 7,2009 9:48am - aril ""] It's very fast paced.. Not sure what you mean by skip around. Comparing it to newer fps games, yea, but it's over 10 years old. I still think hl1's gameplay is great. Tfc is like an arcade game. |
| ___________________________________ [Dec 7,2009 10:04am - arktouros ""] I'm saying there's nothing wrong with HL1's hit detection but translated to multiplayer it's an entirely different code. TFC needed to allow for more players and since it's coded to be optimized for dialup modems it doesn't feel the same compared to newer shooters. I would shoot a rocket at the ground in front of someone and all of the sudden they would appear 2 meters past the rocket's target (I know when I make a terrible shot but that's not what's going on here haha). There's really nothing wrong with it, I'm just spoiled by the million newer shooters I've played since I last played TFC. i.e. in later versions of Counter-Strike the multiplayer coding was way more precise and the hit detection was perfect even on 200ms dialup. No way I'm speaking out against HL1. But I think Q3 was the first game to have flawless online play because the engine was coding perfection. |
| ___________________________________ [Dec 7,2009 10:07am - arktouros ""] i'm also only going by how i see the games...i have no idea how they're actually coded. |
| _______________________________ [Dec 7,2009 10:28am - aril ""] Really? It's not like that for me. With the rockets, that is. |
| _______________________________ [Dec 7,2009 10:29am - aril ""] Then again my computer has 2002 specs |
| ___________________________________ [Dec 7,2009 10:45am - arktouros ""] i think in general the guesswork and luck involved in old shooters, where i would spray and pray and/or hope that my grenade results in somebody turning to a pile of gibs, is taken out of the equation in newer shooters that allow for more precision and a fine-tuned approach. the grenades stuttering in the air for example. the physics just aren't there in older shooters. Q3 was the first to get physics right IMHO. I'm not trying to knock TFC though. how it's put together makes the game what it is and it was one of my first intros to hardcore online shooters. i'm just flat-out addicted to TF2 right now. |
| _______________________________ [Dec 7,2009 10:51am - aril ""] I'm so used to playing tfc that nothing really bothers me. literally have been playing it since it came out. Sniping in tfc is challenging but very fun |
| ________________________________ [Dec 7,2009 4:12pm - reimroc ""] I like playing the HL2 games but they're really easy for me because I'm used to playing the HL1 games. For some reason the HL1 games take waaaaay more skill to play than the HL2 games do. |
| ______________________________ [Dec 7,2009 4:14pm - aril ""] reimroc said:I like playing the HL2 games but they're really easy for me because I'm used to playing the HL1 games. For some reason the HL1 games take waaaaay more skill to play than the HL2 games do. backed harrrrrd |
| ________________________________ [Dec 7,2009 4:38pm - reimroc ""] I can't wait for counter-strike 2 to be released. Aril I know your PC suck but seriously for like $600 you can build a rig as good as mine is. |
| ______________________________ [Dec 7,2009 5:14pm - aril ""] Fuck modern pcs. |
| ______________________________ [Dec 7,2009 5:14pm - aril ""] Imma stick to IDE. |
| ________________________________ [Dec 7,2009 5:21pm - reimroc ""] lol dude seriously. i'll draft up a good wishlist on newegg for you. we need to get your PC upgraded. |
| ______________________________ [Dec 7,2009 5:33pm - aril ""] aril said:Imma stick to IDE. |
| ________________________________ [Dec 7,2009 5:39pm - reimroc ""] Dude you need to upgrade your PC. Give me a budget and I will build you one on newegg. Seriously, you need to upgrade so you can play some of the newer games with me like BF:Bad Company 2 |
| ______________________________ [Dec 7,2009 5:40pm - aril ""] aril said: aril said:Imma stick to IDE. |
| ________________________________ [Dec 7,2009 5:45pm - reimroc ""] Aril, stop it. You need to get with the times and upgrade your PC. The good thing is I can build a PC for you that can scale with time. So really come the next time you upgrade you'll only need to upgrade the GPUs instead of the whole package. |
| ______________________________ [Dec 7,2009 5:50pm - aril ""] Trust me. My 600 bucks goes to more important things. All I use my home pc for is old games, porn and trolling. Perfectly happy being stuck in 2000 |
| ________________________________ [Dec 7,2009 5:53pm - reimroc ""] Don't you want to play some of the good newer games? You're PC can barely handle HL2. |
| ______________________________ [Dec 7,2009 6:00pm - aril ""] I'm probably getting a new one with tax returns. Im not a huge fan of new games but I'm sure I'll play a few. Seriously, my favorite games all came out between 1993-2001. Age of Wonders, Halflife, need for speed II, carmageddon, the neverhood, homeworld, among many others |
| ________________________________ [Dec 7,2009 6:00pm - Martins ""] Aril's just a crotchety old man/whiney bitch. |
| ________________________________ [Dec 7,2009 6:01pm - reimroc ""] aril said:I'm probably getting a new one with tax returns. Im not a huge fan of new games but I'm sure I'll play a few. Seriously, my favorite games all came out between 1993-2001. Age of Wonders, Halflife, need for speed II, carmageddon, the neverhood, homeworld, among many others There are a lot of good recent games. |
| ______________________________ [Dec 7,2009 6:02pm - aril ""] I'd rather be that than a whiney wannabe Richard simmons neo rpg person. |
| ________________________________ [Dec 7,2009 6:02pm - Martins ""] He doesn't know that because he hasn't played them and he's a video game elitist. |
| ______________________________ [Dec 7,2009 6:04pm - aril ""] I've played new games. But same thing goes with consoles. I'd rather be stuck in a room with weed, a bong, and NES rather than a room with naked women and xbox360. Maybe I've got issues |
| ________________________________ [Dec 7,2009 6:05pm - Martins ""] FUCK XBOX. PS3 NIGGA |
| ______________________________ [Dec 7,2009 6:07pm - aril ""] Tell you something. All these fools that think cod mw2 is the shit ain't know nothing. |
| ________________________________ [Dec 7,2009 6:08pm - Martins ""] I don't like FPSs so I will agree. |
| ______________________________ [Dec 7,2009 6:10pm - aril ""] Ever play old fps games? |
| ________________________________ [Dec 7,2009 6:12pm - Martins ""] I just don't like first person views in general haha. But I remember disliking my first go at 007 Goldeneye at my friend's house a loooong time ago. |
| ______________________________ [Dec 7,2009 6:14pm - aril ""] Go back further into fps history and you may discover the meaning of life. |
| ________________________________ [Dec 7,2009 6:15pm - reimroc ""] CoD4 was actually a good game. Its sequel MW2 blows donkey cocks. |
| ________________________________ [Dec 7,2009 6:18pm - reimroc ""] oh and aril you do know you can still play your older games on a new PC right? ^_^ |
| ______________________________ [Dec 7,2009 6:21pm - aril ""] It's not the same. It's like playing gameboy games in a gba. Fuck that, I whip out the classic gameboy sometimes. |
| ________________________________ [Dec 7,2009 6:24pm - reimroc ""] quit being afraid of change =P |
| ________________________________ [Dec 11,2009 12:02pm - ark ""] TF2 soldier and demoman updates this week! 7 new weapons, new maps and achievements. whichever class gets more kills against the other gets teh 4th weapon. i was playing last night - rocket and bomb spam everywhere. valve is kicking ass with all these updates. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 11,2009 12:04pm - arilliusbm ""] I miss the old map packs. When dustbowl was realeased, tfc went downhill. Do they have the well in tf2? |
| ________________________________ [Dec 11,2009 12:08pm - ark ""] yeah they have remakes of most of the classic maps. 2fort, well, dustbowl. there's some sick game modes like king of the hill, arena, payload, but my fav is payload race. |
| _____________________________________ [Dec 11,2009 12:11pm - arilliusbm ""] I'd only used the classic tfc skins. I tried the old skin changes but go sick of em |
| ___________________________________ [Dec 11,2009 2:13pm - arktouros ""] the ultimate weapon in this game though, is the mighty joint... [img] |
| ____________________________________ [Dec 11,2009 2:17pm - arilliusbm ""] Ultimate weapon in TFC= emp grenade. If there's a pyro around and you toss one, just about everyone around will die |
| ___________________________________ [Dec 11,2009 2:25pm - arktouros ""] i love the chaos that the flamethrower causes. sneak attacks brake up ranks like no other weapon and everyone panics. AND if you're playing with an archer sniper, you can light his arrows on fire! it's also needed to light up the mighty joint. |
| ____________________________________ [Mar 26,2010 8:56am - arilliusbm ""] bump for playing tonight/ this weekend. Blessed Offal is too scared to show up |
| _________________________________ [Mar 26,2010 8:58am - reimroc ""] since i lost my job a month ago ive been playing TFC/TF2 every single day |
| ____________________________________ [Mar 26,2010 9:02am - arilliusbm ""] whIch one you like better? so weird, I joined the gas chamber last week and they were playing a map my old clan mate made for scrimmages. Ah, the good ol days. 1999 was awesome. |
| _________________________________ [Mar 26,2010 9:05am - reimroc ""] TFC duh haven't i mention that before? when i made this thread it was the first time I had played TFC since oh, probably 2002. I used to skip school all the time just to play TFC and HLDM on WON back when my pentium III 600mhz with a voodoo3 was a decent computer. |