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Evan wrote:http://www.silenthunteriii.com/ - not pacific, but newer than silent service.I'd actually really like to see a Pacific-theatre WWII submarine or even surface ship simulation, in the vein of the old but good Silent Service series.
mattsteg wrote:Evan wrote:http://www.silenthunteriii.com/ - not pacific, but newer than silent service.I'd actually really like to see a Pacific-theatre WWII submarine or even surface ship simulation, in the vein of the old but good Silent Service series.
Zenith, custom dictates that I ask what side you'd play on.
Zenith wrote:Bring on the Mexican-American War.
Crayon Shin Chan wrote:It seems silly that you'd abandon FPS games based on the crappiness of id tech demos as "games". There's innovation and entertainment to be found in the genre, just usually not from iD.I for one am really sick of FPS games. It all started when I was playing Doom 3.... the game that made me realize how stupid this all was.
But I kept on at it. I was playing Quake 4.... and suddenly the clouds cleared and all I saw was my little mouse pointer trying to track down that pesky little X button flying all around my desktop.
And then I knew that was all it was ever going to be. Clicking a moving object. Entirely killed the experience, and I blame D3 and Q4 for it.
Halo was fun, but it still can't stop me from turning my back on the genre.
Krogoth255 wrote:I do agree that gameplay is what really matters. That is why many we still return to good, old classics like Masters of Magic, Starcraft and so forth despite their "ancient" graphics. Their gameplay still pwns 90% of what is currently out there in the market.
derFunkenstein wrote:If it is, I can't find any relevant information.
I did find this, for those of you who want to work on Silent Hunter IV: http://www.fragland.net/news.php?id=12438
mattsteg wrote:Crayon Shin Chan wrote:It seems silly that you'd abandon FPS games based on the crappiness of id tech demos as "games". There's innovation and entertainment to be found in the genre, just usually not from iD.I for one am really sick of FPS games. It all started when I was playing Doom 3.... the game that made me realize how stupid this all was.
But I kept on at it. I was playing Quake 4.... and suddenly the clouds cleared and all I saw was my little mouse pointer trying to track down that pesky little X button flying all around my desktop.
And then I knew that was all it was ever going to be. Clicking a moving object. Entirely killed the experience, and I blame D3 and Q4 for it.
Halo was fun, but it still can't stop me from turning my back on the genre.
Madman wrote:All the games you list are part of a rather narrow segment of FPS games. Saying you're tired of all FPSes because a couple of debatably bad games in a narrow segment bore the crap out of you is taking things too far, IMO.mattsteg wrote:Crayon Shin Chan wrote:It seems silly that you'd abandon FPS games based on the crappiness of id tech demos as "games". There's innovation and entertainment to be found in the genre, just usually not from iD.I for one am really sick of FPS games. It all started when I was playing Doom 3.... the game that made me realize how stupid this all was.
But I kept on at it. I was playing Quake 4.... and suddenly the clouds cleared and all I saw was my little mouse pointer trying to track down that pesky little X button flying all around my desktop.
And then I knew that was all it was ever going to be. Clicking a moving object. Entirely killed the experience, and I blame D3 and Q4 for it.
Halo was fun, but it still can't stop me from turning my back on the genre.
I dont know, but Quake 4 was pretty decent, and seems that D3:ROE isn't as bad as D3 from rumors.
Of course UT beats the crap out of everything...
pete_roth wrote:Let's play that one where we steal land and rape Native Americans. Someone make that one.
Any ideas on a title? How about branding and marketing?
DreadCthulhu wrote:I suppose that hasn't been remade yet.pete_roth wrote:Let's play that one where we steal land and rape Native Americans. Someone make that one.
Any ideas on a title? How about branding and marketing?
How about "Custer's Revenge"?
DreadCthulhu wrote:The minor conflict game idea is neat.I do agree that WWII has been overdone in FPS games. Maybe the Korean war? Would be pretty similar though. Or how about a WWI game - you could hours of gameplay just trying to move 100 yards to the next trench.
Or heck, do a game about some of the minor wars that have happened in the last 100 years. The Falklands would make for a pretty neat air/water fighting sim, or maybe do a game with the tank battles the Soviets and the PRC had during their minor border war back in the '60's. Or maybe a game covering the Chinese invasion of Vietnam in '79.
Or for a really interesting one, do a game on the Soccer War Honduras & El Salvador fought back in the '60s.
Mirage wrote:Long live multiplayer FPS gaming.
I immersed myself in the UT2004 ONS clan scene: teams competing for ladder placement and e-Respect. In single player, when you screw up, you load up a saved game (sometimes 3 or 4 times, depending on difficulty). In a match, it's up to your team to recover, or lose the round. AI squads are nothing compared to a pre-game strategy session (held in Teamspeak) with your clanmates. When the ONS community lost players to BF2 and WoW, we created mixer tournaments, where participants underwent draft selection.
Why do I bring this up? For over a year, the only maps for competitive play were the 9 that came with UT2004. I wouldn't be surprised if I've spent more time on ONS-Torlan than anyone here has on the entire Eastern Front. It's not scenery, but competition, that motivates us to keep slogging onward. CS:S players know this all too well...
As for me, my team will represent the US against France Saturday.
mattsteg wrote:Evan wrote:http://www.silenthunteriii.com/ - not pacific, but newer than silent service.I'd actually really like to see a Pacific-theatre WWII submarine or even surface ship simulation, in the vein of the old but good Silent Service series.
mattsteg wrote:DreadCthulhu wrote:pete_roth wrote:Let's play that one where we steal land and rape Native Americans. Someone make that one.
Any ideas on a title? How about branding and marketing?
How about "Custer's Revenge"?
I suppose that hasn't been remade yet.
ClassicGaming.com wrote:Custer's Revenge remains one of the most controversial and bizarre games ever released. The object of the game is to guide a naked, horny, General Custer across the screen while avoiding incoming arrow fire. Waiting at the other side is a naked Indian maiden, and you earn points by… scoring. The slogan of the game was something like "When you score, you score!"