Public Beta before the end of the year?

(kamikazee) #41

It’s what the community doesn’t want… They can play Q3 with a higher framerate, and one shouldn’t forget that the Doom 3 engine caps at 60 FPS.

So what is Q4? A laggy slug compared to Q3. Shows once more that gameplay >>> eyecandy.

(Hakuryu) #42

I’m interested in seeing the new Duke if it ever comes out. I loved Duke 3d, and it was the first game I ever tried my hand at mapping for.

After playing Prey, which I thought was much better than Fear or any other shooter I’ve played for a long time, I think 3D Realms may actually have have a hit with Duke if it ever comes out. The Prey MP sucked, but what do you expect from deathmatch?

(amazinglarry) #43

@ Joe999

Well I play a lot of Quake 4, and I’m usually not the only one in the server :wink:

That said, it certainly doesn’t have anywhere near the people playing it as say… CS? Hah, absolutely not (According to Gamespy with HL and HL2 combined there’s over 142,000 people playing right now… and it’s 1pm on a weekday in the States - GET TO WORK!) But Quake 4 is still relatively fun. At least, I enjoy it.

(SenF|Doddsy) #44

Sorry, been away for a week and only just spotted your pic there Wils… Trying to work out where it is… The only thing I can think of is at the base of the hill at the end of the road from the Dreams bedstore? If it is then yeah, things have changed somewhat since then!!

(Obli) #45

Yeah, I enjoy Quake 4 too. I don’t see why its quite so unpopular. I guess the game alienates newbies and those with weak hardware specs.

(SCDS_reyalP) #46

It also doesn’t offer anything particularly new or innovative. My impression of Q4 isn’t that it is a bad game, but there is nothing about it that makes me think “OMG THIS IS AMAZING!”

(Hakuryu) #47

Same here. I haven’t enjoyed deathmatch since HL 1 (first game played online a bit). When I play deathmatch it’s like playing Quake 50 after all the other deathmatch games I’ve played… same basic thing no matter how good it looks, no new strategy except minor things.

To be fair, there have only been a handful of MP games that I have jumped into and then looked at the clock and been like ‘wow, its 3AM already’. Tribes and ET. UT 2004 Onslaught was pretty good too, but personally I dont like the weapons in that game at all.

(TX_RED_ANT) #48

Wow, that outdoor shot … feels like… Market Garden.

(Mavrik347) #49

Who said anything about a public beta anyway? :S

(DG) #50

Loki, iirc.

(Mavrik347) #51

No, I mean has any devs or anyone like that actually said there will even be a public beta?

(Brandon) #52

Locki is a dev?

(TheKaiser) #53

Loki is the head guy, more of a manager, but a dev in the sense that he’s managing the development of games.

(DG) #54

http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3152713&did=1
Locki = Paul Wedgewood :slight_smile:

er, Wedgwood innit?

edit: silly 1Up

(nUllSkillZ) #55

Loki is the boss :smiley:

Edit:

Ooops too slow.

Edit:

Just came to my mind:
In “Asterix and the Britains” (translation from the german title) the chief of the british village is named Thebigboss.

(Nail) #56

more info here:

(Mavrik347) #57

Oh Locki! lol, I thought you meant ‘looky’ lol, asin “looky IRC” (watch IRC)

(Slime) #58

Paul is cool. He got a hamster and guinea pigs. Animals + The man behind ET:QW= Better than Shigeru Miyamoto.

(bobjones) #59

his hamsters name is ‘tabby’…

(ayatollah) #60

AH BLASPHEMY. Shiggsy is God! Locki can be a prophet. You need to create more than one miracle (W:ET) to become a legend. Second one is hopefully around the corner!