Why do you play dirtybomb ?

(hawkeyeguy99) #21

Because the COD kidz got on my nerves lol

(Wolf_Darkrose) #22

damn straight… plus i dare any CoD boy to step into this game

(brennanfreak) #23

Reasons.

(neverplayseriou) #24

I don’t.

(Sithas) #25

Because sadly wolfenstein enemy territory is getting too old :frowning:

(Jaso) #26

i was playing ET since 2004 and for me there wasnt any other choice besides DB

(RyePanda) #27

I play for the salt I cause.

[spoiler]It’s delicious :smiley: [/spoiler]

(TR_Kama) #28

never really played ET that much, but i was an RTcW 1.0 / 1.4 player for many years, now DB takes all my time i cannot stand CoD eww they need to kill that franchise off NOW :smiley:

Dirty Bomb 4 Life

(watsyurdeal) #29

After playing Overwatch and coming to Dirty Bomb recently, the most simple answer I can give is, the gun play

The TTK is perfect, the shooting mechanics are almost exactly the way they should be, and I have very few criticisms about the weapon balance in general.

Personally, I feel like most of the game’s problems stem from the whole merc thing, we could have easily compressed the roles down into 4 classes instead. And the guns could be a little better with their effective range, and how players are rewarded for firing in bursts.

For example, firing in 2 shot bursts with the M4 should be really accurate and not impossible to do consistently, but currently that’s how it is.

And certain guns have really random recoil patterns that make them annoying to use at a distance.

But beyond that, this game is just fun to play.

I get a feeling it’s not going to be long before it inspires someone else to make a game like this, maybe something like Battlefield and Dirty Bomb having a baby.

(Amerika) #30

That was pretty much Battlefield: Bad Company 2’s Rush mode (objective based and mostly no vehicles). The gunplay wasn’t quite as good as DB’s but it was still pretty good. And it had quite a few of the class abilities that are in DB but setup in a manner similar to what you suggested above.

(TheStrangerous) #31

Battlefield would’ve been much more fun with DB mechanics… if only… OH WAIT!

Sadly, I never got a chance to play that game, my PC was a potato back then :’(

(BerylRdm) #32

I played ETQW beta, then I bought the game and played it for about 100 hours maybe. I changed back to Enemy Territory after that.

Anyway, I play Dirty Bomb because it’s gameplay is similar to Enemy Territory. I don’t like modern shooters. I like oldschool.

(rastablaster) #33

I’m waiting for the release of Urban Terror HD: https://youtu.be/RERjJ-LlGkI

Dirty bomb is something closest to the URT 4.X :).

(Reddeadcap) #34

I can hit something between 1-15 feet without the need to aim down sights, while aiming down sights actually works well at extreme ranges where the enemy is smaller than my crossairs so I use iron sights to see them better. (As it should be.)

Characters are funny, not on an extreme campy level of funny, but they’re funny none the less, in a subtle “I’ll just roll with it” or down right obviously unhinged way. Making it show that they’ve really seen some shit and are either jaded or enthusiastic about what they do.

The blend of futuristic and sterile black, white, yellow and classical English architecture is a really nice contrast, giving the game an interesting setting. For once someone doesn’t just use grays as a synonym for futuristic, which really makes the lightly colored foliage and architecture “pop” more.

Diversity, not in the commonly used way, but the health, movement speed and abilities that mercs use is pretty good, appearances also applies as how armored/buff or unarmored/frail a character is, there is a matching health and speed applied to them (in most cases, I’m looking at you Vasilli and Phantom…)

Finally Diversity, Not in an overly PC way that hammers it into your head, but in a way that seems more realistic in my opinion, There isn’t a token X among the characters but characters are far more than a racial stereotype.

The only one who could be said to fill a stereotype is Fragger being the all american soldier guy but even then he looks different, far from photogenic, he’s gruff, looks like he’s in his mid 30s, crude and for once burly and hairy, he’s got a mole and he’s far from a maverick or a soldier following orders.
Fragger sounds like a guy having the time of his life doing what he does best handing out bullets and pineapples, The only other who would fill that role is Skyhammer and he is also far from the usual, being Scottish, Bald and also, like the rest of the mercs, pretty crude.

Finally visuals of the mercs, they’re far from “too cartoony” in my opinion and not so hyperrealistic to cross into the uncanny valley, I think it’s just right, Like the Suspension of disbelief isn’t broke.
Many bring up Dirtybomb and Overwatch in comparison but to me It’s like comparing Gundam to Battletech/Mechwarrior, While we can all agree the idea of building giant robots to fight in wars is impractical and a big waste of money, in these universees Gundam robots are human like and move in elegant strides with little to no wear and tear, they show no damage, they don’t need maintenance and ignore the laws of physics. Battletech? These things move slow, stomping around and work like walking tanks, they’re slow and cumbersome, they’re some that are human like in nature but for the most part they’re practically designed with few going for that human like appearance, with the Atlas going for it just for the sake of psychological warfare.

(Amerika) #35

[quote=“rastablaster;197182”]I’m waiting for the release of Urban Terror HD: https://youtu.be/RERjJ-LlGkI

Dirty bomb is something closest to the URT 4.X :). [/quote]

I’ve constantly compared UrT to DB. Slightly different mechanics but similar gunplay and speed. I don’t like the newer versions of UrT though since changed how stamina works and put in a ton more restrictions. It’s not a bad game but it’s not the version of UrT I originally fell in love with.

(rastablaster) #36

[quote=“Amerika;197184”][quote=“rastablaster;197182”]I’m waiting for the release of Urban Terror HD: https://youtu.be/RERjJ-LlGkI

Dirty bomb is something closest to the URT 4.X :). [/quote]

I’ve constantly compared UrT to DB. Slightly different mechanics but similar gunplay and speed. I don’t like the newer versions of UrT though since changed how stamina works and put in a ton more restrictions. It’s not a bad game but it’s not the version of UrT I originally fell in love with.[/quote]

I’ve played Urt since 4.1 so I cannot say. Both UrT and DB are fast and fun to play. I suppose when HD finally comes out I’m gonna play both.

UrT and CS Go? Not sure here. I really tried to like the latter but it’s so sloooow. I still play UrT 4.2 but nowadays it’s difficult to find a populated bomb mode server.