AHA! That makes all the difference.
“Unreal Gold” is just “Unreal” except with the expansion pack added on. The AI isn’t nearly as good, the enemies aren’t nearly as tough… but the storyline, the sheer MASS of the game is very intriguing. The Nali, the “Sky Demons”…
“Unreal” isn’t nearly up to par when compared to other games of the day, but when compared to other games that came out around the same time - like Quake 2 - it’s a great game.
FYI:
On a suggestion from Doubleclick I posted a thread in MPSIMS asking people interested in SDMB online gaming to speakup and be counted for a potential online free-for-all someday.
If you’re interested head on over so I can start to get a feel for who would like to game online and start organizing something.
With GeForce 3 nearly here as well as Tribes 2 and someday Halo and DOOM 3 online gaming is starting to look pretty amazing!
O.K. then. I’ll kiss that forty bucks good-bye.
What do you recommend?
What type pf games do you like CNote?
If you want a good single player FPS then I suggest Deus Ex. Graphics aren’t stellar but the game and story are a lot of fun. Half-Life is also a classic.
For multiplayer mayhem where you generally rock & roll (i.e. deathmatch) then either Quake 3 or Unreal Tournament are the way to go. These are all about multiplayer (playing online) though so don’t expect much in the way of a single player experience.
For multiplayer team based play I suggest Tribes or the soon to be released Tribes 2 (comes out next week I think). Multiplayer only but this time you work for a ‘side’ (i.e. red team or blue team). Obviously I haven’t tried Tribes 2 yet but Tribes was (is) a blast and I’m hard-pressed to imagine how Tribes 2 could in any way be worse.
Baldur’s Gate or Planescape Torment for single player role playing. These are both LONG games heavy on the story but they are very very good if you like that type of game (Baldurs Gate can be played multiplayer).
Freespace 2 for a great space sim.
NHL 2001 for a great sports game.
Homeworld: Cataclysm for an excellent realtime strategy game.
Diablo 2 just cuz its Diablo…
(blah blah blah…could go on for awhile…if you want more ask)
I recommend that you first smack yourself in the head for spending $40 on “Unreal Gold” (I bought it for $10 several months ago).
Second, I would recommend Quake 3 above Unreal Tournament, but that’s only because I was RAISED on Quake. It was my nourishment when I was an infant. I eat, sleep, breath, shower, and masturbate Quake. But Unreal Tournament has more customization and just “more stuff” to do in the game.
Badtz asked:
“What rifle is that?”
The Barrett M82A1.
American long range sniping rifle manufactured in .50 caliber (12.7 x 99-mm), normally used against light armor targets–ranges is up to 2,000 yards.
The closer, the more oomph.
Ok, I don’t know about TWO FEET of concrete–but it can easily smash through armor plate and utterly take out an unhappy recipient.
Well, about 40 posts back, there was a mention about TF, TFC, Q3F and UF. Let me just say that these are all basically the same game but they are also completlely different. If my history is right, here’s the real deal.
Team Fortress was originally a mod for Quake 1. It was pretty crappy but revolutionary in gameplay and concept. When Quake 2 came out, so did a Team Fortress mod of better than average quality. When Half-Life came out, the makers of the Team Fortress mod for Quake 2 helped to make TFC. (This is where the history is spotty, I know TF mod makers helped w/ TFC but they might have made Half-Life too, not sure) Anyway, TFC was a huge success. Probably because Half-Life was a huge success and TFC was a free and pretty much mandatory patch if you wanted to play online. This, and probably a number of other reasons, is why almost every modifiable FPS out there now has a Team Fortress mod in the works. Q3F is just Team Fortress in the Quake 3 engine with a few enhancements and such. Same deal with Unreal Fortress. There’s also a Deus Ex Fortress and maybe a few more I don’t recall now. So the classes, the weapons, some of the maps, they all come from the same place.
For more info, you can go there and stay up to date on all things TF related.
Anything like HL. Incredible graphics, solid story line, interactive and challenging enemies, and some serious violence.
I like First Person Shooters over Role players. I like single player over multiplayer (I’ve tried Quake something-or-other over T1 lines with fast processors and still didn’t see the appeal.) and I like a good challenge.
I was once into Quake. It blew me away when I first played it. I then moved to HL. I was blown away with HL much like I was with Quake. I felt like I was moving upwards and onwards with each new game. Then it felt fun and exciting. Each level was incredible and new.
Today, it seems stale and old. Been there done that. Bring me the advancements that made Quake, HL, and the others groundbreaking. Quite giving, or selling me, pre-packaged inferior clones.
BTW- I’ll check out your suggestions…
If you’re looking for a game like that, I strongly suggest System Shock 2. The graphics are very, very good, though not on the level of Quake 3 or UT. The storyline is excellent, especially if you’ve played the original System Shock. Even if you haven’t, it’s still a good story. The basic plot is that you’re a soldier in the near future, assigned to an experimental spaceship that travels 65 million miles from Earth to Tau Ceti. The game begins with your awakening from cryostasis with no memory of what’s happened in the past few weeks. Not one minute before you’re in the game before it starts throwing you around like a roller coaster. And you don’t even meet your first enemy until about fifteen minutes into the game. The maps are so well-crafted that even the most hardened gamer will piss his or her pants not less than five times the first play through the game.
The combat system is fantastic, requiring conservation of ammunition, meaning you have to become a very good shot very quickly. It is an RPG, but a First Person RPG, with a very fluid engine (the same one used in Thief, I believe). There are at least ten different types of weapons, but combat isn’t the be-all and end-all of this game. It’s possible to finish the game using weapons only in serious emergencies and no other time.
As for violence, well, how many games are out there where you look through a window and see a zombie chasing down a screaming woman before blasting her head off with a shotgun? And that’s just at the beginning.
To end my little:D plug of this game, I should note that Looking Glass, the makers of System Shock, went out of business (which is a damn shame, they made some of the most innovative games), so it is hard to find, but you can buy it off an online store for $15, including shipping. Believe me, if you don’t like many of the recently released games, and your favorite is still Half Life, give System Shock 2 a try. You won’t be disappointed.
Oh, right. Here’s the best site on the web for System Shock 2: http://www.sshock2.com/ It’s not a terrific site, but it’s got more information than I provided.
I hate to admidt this, BayleDomon, but I already own System Shock 2. Why do I hate to admidt that? Because I only played it about five minutes before I uninstalled it. When I first looked at it, it looked complicated and confusing. I opted for the second game I bought that day- Half-Life.
Since then, System Shock has been gathering dust in my closet. Yeah, I know. But it needs to grab me fast to be interested in it and keep playing. Since you speak so highly of it, I’ll break it out again and see what it has to offer.
Thanks for the idea. I’ll check in later and tell you how it’s going.
It is complicated, yeah, especially for gamers who just want to blast away and not deal with RPG elements. I admit I’m more of an RPG fan than a shoot-em-up FPS, so what’s good for me may not be good for you. But if you take your time in the game and learn the system, you’ll be in for a treat.
Quick tip: At the start of the game, there is no real time limit, so don’t let the game push you around. 
I like RPGs, I like FPSs, and I like some combinations of the two (Deus Ex as a prime example), but I could not get into System Shock 2. I played all the way through the first one on my old 486SX though - the second game didn’t do anything for me.
Geez Cnote…you’re a tough one to please!
You want more depth than simple run and gun stuff but are put off by ‘complicated’ games such as System Shock 2. That leaves a pretty narrow gap fpr you to fall into.
Personally I like Deus Ex better than SS2 but SS2 is definitely a good game. Deus Ex is nearly (but not quite) as hard as SS2 to puzzle your way through. Perhaps because Deus Ex allows for a variety of approaches (sneaky smart guy or Rambo are both viable ways to approach the game).
Also, not yet mentioned is Thief 2. Thief is a First Person Sneaker. While you definitely fight you are a thief and not very good at it. Your character is much better at sniping people from a distance or jumping people from the shadows. That game can literally scare you sometimes…it has a very dark atmosphere. The pace is slow and methodical but it isn’t as hard to puzzle your way through as Deus Ex or SS2 is either.
In the end I suggest checking out the reviews of these games and others at a gaming site. I recommend Gamespot.com and Firingsquad. Firingsquad has better and more in-depth reviews and gamespot includes reader reviews (I don’t care what a paid reviewer says if all 20 people who reviewed the game said it sucked).
Wheel of time, incredible (the requirements are a joke) graphics, great storyline (ok I only did a little of it, but that was more than what I did of halflife, and from other people I’ve heard its good:)) personally I would just say, play multiplayer.
Of course I’ve had a cable modem for at least a year.
You should see me with women…
Anyrate, I appreciate the suggestions. I’ll look into it the next time I’m at the store. I suspect there’s something in there that I’ll like.
And before I go, just to give you an idea of how odd my tastes can sometimes be, the current game that has me obsessed (Yes, it’s beginning to piss me off) is that damn Roller Coaster Tycoon.
Stupid thing. I had no clue I’d get this involved in it.
** I included that to show you I’m not all blood and gore when it comes to games.
Oooh… Roller Coaster Tycoon… I love that game!!!
I just can’t wait for the RCT Deathmatch mode is released…
I want The Sims Deathmatch. Your neighbor irritating you when you try to take a shower, blow his freaking head off. Can’t pay the bills this month? Ambush the mail lady! Cops complaing about the noise? you get the idea.