6 reasons to stop playing BF2 once Quake Wars is released

[Keith Maniac]

Re: 6 reasons to stop playing BF2 once Quake Wars is released

3. objective based online play that will ensure greater team play;

How do you know that when you haven't even played the game? Like in BF, it doesn't always mean that there's greater teamplay no matter what the features there are included. It depends on players, not the features and since ID games are normally targeted to average 15 year old lol-omg-americans, this doesn't sound very promising.

5. laser designated strikes;

= BF's artillery

6. kickass looking vehicles.

Yeah hey f*ck the gameplay and the fact that it'll be another platformjumping Quake, the vehicles look good!

[imported_madness]

Re: 6 reasons to stop playing BF2 once Quake Wars is released

How do you know that when you haven't even played the game? Like in BF, it doesn't always mean that there's greater teamplay no matter what the features there are included. It depends on players, not the features and since ID games are normally targeted to average 15 year old lol-omg-americans, this doesn't sound very promising.

If its anything like W:ET, then it's great for teamplay..Splash Damage is one of the best at making team oriented multiplayer games. Not that they have done many, but so far so good :P

Besides, BF2 is old news by the time QW gets out. Don't need any more reasons to prefer QW over BF2.
Unless you really hate the futuristic theme, which is a matter of taste. I'm not a real sci-fi fan either, but man..this is ET! by Splash Damage :O

[HowieMandel]

Re: 6 reasons to stop playing BF2 once Quake Wars is released

I cant wait to play that game. Enemy territory quake wars.

Gonna be sweet by all accounts.

Oh........and some maps smaller then BF2's.......how could that be a bad thing??

SOme bf2 maps, you hear crickets and wonder where the hell the people are.

Screw that.......FIGHT. I go online to FPS...and lets face it, 90% of DICE maps dont provide that. Which is why your smaller inner city maps are more popular then the bigger open maps. People want to log on, load up, and shoot.

[Rogue845]

Re: 6 reasons to stop playing BF2 once Quake Wars is released

[QUOTE=HowieMandel]
Oh........and some maps smaller then BF2's.......how could that be a bad thing??

SOme bf2 maps, you hear crickets and wonder where the hell the people are.
QUOTE]

I agree here. Maps like Karkand are popular because you don't have to run very far to get into the action.

Objective based play was a part of BF2, it just didn't work very well. The Commander is only there to get points, and people only join squads for a mobile spawn point.

And before I get flamed, I'm generalising, and you all know what I mean, don't take me too literally.

[Grafisk]

Re: 6 reasons to stop playing BF2 once Quake Wars is released

I reeaaaallly look forward to QW. That sniper in one of the screens in the first link, hell yeah! And the chopper, ZOMFG! what a beautiful cockpit ^^ But it's not here yet, so until then BF2 can rock on!

[BudeauxBoy]

Re: 6 reasons to stop playing BF2 once Quake Wars is released

Enemy Territory was a very fun game, for a WWII type multiplayer game.

A bloody good game.

[Talus]

Re: 6 reasons to stop playing BF2 once Quake Wars is released

It certainly looks like a good game, but it won't be a BF2 killer. The only thing that can be a BF2 killer is another modern combat online FPS (MCOFPS?).

I'll buy it like I did UT2K4 because I'm a fan of online shooters...UT2K4 was overall a better package: more maps, more modes, smoother online play, less bugs...but I played it about 4 times online.

ET:QW will be a game to 'experience' for sure...but it will only appeal to certain people...and not necessarily to all of us who play BF2.

I have a theory, and I'll probably get flamed for it...but most of the smacktards we see in BF2 are those players who would RATHER be playing Quake 3, CS, and UT2K4, but play BF2 because it is popular. Hopefully they'll migrate to ET:QW when it's released

[Red Ghost]

Re: 6 reasons to stop playing BF2 once Quake Wars is released

Did anyone actually see what the Q4/Doom3 Engine was like in the outside portions of Q4? I had a good laugh anyway.

I hold out little hope for this game. As crap as people may think BF2 is, at least they built the engine from scratch to be able to handle all the vehicles and larger maps. Bastardising the Q4 engine is not gonna work too well me thinks.

[imported_DigitalSPG]

Re: 6 reasons to stop playing BF2 once Quake Wars is released

My guess is all older online FPS games had posts like this saying "6 reasons not to play [insert online FPS] once Battlefield 2 comes out".

It is a sad traditional part of the online gaming community. I Used to play Team Fortress Classic in a big way and even back then forums were littered with people flaming Valve and Sierra. In fact I am sure half the trolls on here have just gone back and cut and pasted old TFC forum posts on TBF just changing the names.

Thankfully TBF seems to be well moderated to cut down on such crap.

[Thunder]

Re: 6 reasons to stop playing BF2 once Quake Wars is released

quake wars is set to run on the same spec as Doom3 (yes i know insane aint it)

they using a new techonology called megatexture (it sounds really impersive, see what google brings up)

screen shots show infantry armed with m249's (this game is set 50years in the future i belive)

oh and camouflage acually works, you can hide in grass and be difficult to see also you can cover your self with foliage!!!

all this info i got from the january edition of pczone(UK)

i think the articial can be read on the site www.pczone.uk

[Fiasc0]

Re: 6 reasons to stop playing BF2 once Quake Wars is released

weeee i´ll rock =D

[Mabes[31stMEU]]

Re: 6 reasons to stop playing BF2 once Quake Wars is released

oh and camouflage acually works, you can hide in grass and be difficult to see

yeah and battlefield 2 promised the same thing, that you could hide in the grass and not be seen from any distance... which is completely untrue.

the game does look sweet though, i'll defiantly pick it up, i was a big fan of ET when it first came out.

[Fox808]

Re: 6 reasons to stop playing BF2 once Quake Wars is released

We will see, but now im going to play BF2 .

[imported_Demon6]

Re: 6 reasons to stop playing BF2 once Quake Wars is released

2. Have you played Q4? Tell me if a computer that cant run BF2 can run it smoothly, because for the same setting BF2 runs better than Q4

This doesn't matter cause Quake Wars will use Doom3 engine and Splash Damage is programming it so it will have nothing to with how Quake 4 performance.

[maranello]

Re: 6 reasons to stop playing BF2 once Quake Wars is released

QW is not going to replace BF2, they are different games.

what will replace BF2 is this game->



This is "Armed Assault" which will be released around april-may 2006.
Its supposed to be the combination of AA and BF2. Developers say that the maps will cover 100 square kilometers (real world) or more with extreme detail. You guys know what 100 sq. km means? Considering the biggest map in BF2 is 4 sq km, you do the math (Hint: the smallest map in Armed Assault will be 25x more than the biggest map in BF2).

But will i quit playing BF2? No, of course not. Because BF2 is just a great game for people who were tired of counter strike because it became so easy and so pointless, but they are still not very serious as a person who plays America's Army and still wants to have fun.

But no, QW and BF2 are two different games, they won't replace each other. Armed Assault on the other hand will change the meaning of online FPS games.