Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Comments by Quintin Smith
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Trip SkyWay
23/04/07 @ 13:31
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Cool, really want to play this. ET was one of my all time favourites.
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BillGaitas
23/04/07 @ 13:40
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Commando, so many memorable quotes...
25th may ... what about the minimum requirements, have they been announced?
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Errol, yes, I think some stats system is implemented. I read about 8 previews (from this list here and I'm sure one of them mentioned clan stats were going to be implemented which gave you numbers on a plethora of stuff.
So it sounds promising. Not sure if this is the same as what you meant. |
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MM ... from my experience with ET. If it works OK for 3v3 it will work for 2v2 as well.
It'll only be a matter of time as well before the community starts spewing out lots of custom built maps. It's bound to include some geared at smaller play. I'm glad it's this playable with 8v8. I currently play with a group of people I've been playing with since RtCW and we've gone from over 30 in strength to about 8-10 actives, so although getting a big server filled up is not usually a problem, the quality of the game suffers with lots of pubbies on. I prefer an 8v8 with my skilled team mates on TS with me over an anonymous 32 people fragfest with no team work going on whatsoever. I'm quite excited about this now. Only one month!? Is this date official or just some guestimation by the EG editorial team? |
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peak_performance
23/04/07 @ 14:46
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From earlier interviews I remember SD stating that "no" maximum player limit would be enforced - servers would be able to set their own limits. They've also said that the maps are balanced for 16-24 players.
I wonder if EG has gotten it wrong, and gone for the maximum player limit for the 360 version, which is 16 players? |
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@El_Muerko "Quake Wars shows ID cant make an engine clever enough to handle 20+ players"
You do know Quakeworld supported 64 player servers almost 10 years ago? The issue is more about gameplay than engines. And yes the article is wrong - this game will support up to 24 players.
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StarchildHypocrethes
23/04/07 @ 15:44
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Hmmm.
I had been looking forward to this, but then I was informed that we had transported back in time to 1998 and so could only have 8 players to a team. That's rubbish. Edit: Ok, so someone says it's actually 32, but still after 64 player goodness on BF it's still a bit crap. Edit 2: Or maybe 24 according to someone else. Any other suggestions?
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richardiox
23/04/07 @ 15:59
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May 25th? Woohoo! Thought the pc versh was delayed along with the console versions. Great news, cant wait.
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peak_performance
23/04/07 @ 16:32
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@StarchildHypocrethes
Considering that malarky apparently works at Splash Damage he should know. 32 it is then. Furthermore, considering that 32 players is the normal BF2 server limit and that those 32 players will be fighting at one place all the time in ET:QW it should prove more than enough :) |
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This sounds fan-fooking-tastic. I predict a Quake Wars/Halo 3 conflict (on the Xbox side, obviously) with QW the likely "victor", as I think this is likely to keep people engaged for longer, with far less downtime - the man cannon (people-skeeter, as I refer to it) is unlikely to keep the action flowing, as well as QW's role/task system.
There's surely room for both, though. May 25 for QW is being really optimistic. |
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reality_cheque
23/04/07 @ 18:55
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Do we even have a vague idea of the 360 version release date? Can't afford to upgrade my PC this side of ever.
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Carrybagma
23/04/07 @ 20:33
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Surely having the three 'best games evah made' on the 360 is of huge significance? Perhaps it means the end of the world, or first contact, or the coming of the Messiah?
We three kings of Orient are; Bearing gifts we traverse afar, Gears of War, Halo and Quake Wars, Exclusively on XBOX 360. O star of wonder, star of light, Star with royal beauty bright, Bungie leading, Halo3 proceeding, Guide us to thy perfect light. |
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YourMessageHere
23/04/07 @ 20:54
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I'm really wary about this. For a start, ID seem to have been incapable of anything but nice engines since Quake II; Q3, RtCW, Doom3 and Q4 were pretty awful, although I'll admit I've not bothered with ET. Also, I don't see this being all that revolutionary, more a BF clone that focuses on smaller numbers, probably in order to allow console ports, and has a few amusing gimmicks. Granted, it could be great, but I'm far from hyped. So far as I can see this needs some phenomenal map design to be both small enough to be continually fun for 24 players and big enough to contain the variety and openness that will make vehicles good and useful.
BTW It says "For a game which maxes out at 12 players per team". This is not 16. Read better. |
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I'm not fussed. There were plenty of RtCW servers around with 64 players and it was just chaotic mayhem.
Same on ET. You get massive amounts of players in and it's just twitchy fragfest-o-rama. based on how they focus the fighting on the consecutive objectives some maps may get crowded with more than 12 or so a side. I'm happy with smaller numbers being able to provide you a good game. It's all a bit early to say though isn't it? Why not wait, buy the game, go online and then come back with an informed opinion rather than screaming murder now. |
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@ everyone criticising ID for this (implied criticism or direct)
You DO realise that this is being developed by Splash Damage, not ID right? I mean - we even have Malarkey from the team giving us information! But noooooo, we all have to go "8 players? That is teh non-r0x0r5!" and "ID?! Pfft! I can code better games in my sleep and I didn't even know how to bind circle-strafing to keys back in Quake!" Please guys, I know it's hard, but give the gerbils a little run on the old thinkin' wheel before committing your brain vomit to words. |
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