Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Comments by Rob Fahey
These are hostile waters.
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Was hoping for a nine, but the competition is rather fierce. I loved the betas, but now TF2 is preventing me from playing the QW-Demo :/ Grr.
Will be getting this anyway, at the very least it will be a way of thanking Splash Damage for years of unparalleled online fun with the original Enemy Territory. |
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Maximilian
28/09/07 @ 11:17
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Personal taste seems to be a big factor with this game. Personally, I think this is the best online shooter I've ever played since the Q1/Q2 days. Some others hate it. To each, their own I guess.
I also much prefer Strogg weapons to the GDF ones. |
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I haven't yet touched the full game, tho i intend to do so but from just playing the demo i can say this is quite an addicting game.
It's not without faults, like when you start this game it somewhat doesn't feel all that good untill you get the hang of it, once that hapens the game gets surpsingly fun. Being an old quake veteran, i find it bit weird that Rob missed the quakeish features this game has, most notable being that this game is realy fast phaced at it's best wich is something quite incommon with each quake game. ps. is it just me or does it seem that not many realy like playing medics? |
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Clive Dunn
28/09/07 @ 11:51
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Avon from Blakes 7 ftw as well.
We want Hostile Waters 2 now. /starts pointless internet petition. |
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I love playing the medic as the GDF especially thanks to the hilarious buggies - driving around, jumping off, reviving, jumping back on, driving to the next guy. Great stuff. As strogg I prefer playing constructor or.. whatever the class that uses artillery is called.
I agree with the guy who said you only really "click" with the game once you've been at it for a few hours. At first I was decidely "meh" but I stuck at it and now I love it. |
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It does, yeah, but I found that the objective marker got lost in the clutter of the HUD. I'm used to it now, but I spent a LOT of time running around like a headless chicken to begin with - and given that I've played loads of ET, BF1942, Tribes etc, I don't /think/ that's entirely down to me being shit.
Although that's probably a factor. I'm not denying that. |
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ViralNinja
28/09/07 @ 12:26
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"the game goes out of its way to let your enemies know the second you use your disguise ability, and will drop the disguise at the slightest provocation (and the most awkward moments)."
Well duh, looks like osmeone didn't realise that you can backstab people without losing your disguise. Top review though, it's good to see you talked a lot baout how it's like quake, but not once about how it's like Enemy Territory, douche |
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ViralNinja, do you kiss your mother with that mouth?*
Anyway, the comparisons with Quake are relatively restrained in the review - and I didn't want to compare it too heavily with ET because I'll wager that the majority of our readers have never actually played ET. I'd prefer to describe the new game from first principles and let it stand on its own merits. *(I bet you do. With tongues.)
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Fitzmogwai
28/09/07 @ 12:39
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And Glynis Barber. Hmmm... Anyway, how could there be a Hostile Waters 2 when the Anteus was
*** SPOILER! *** Destroyed at the end, and there aren't any more adaptive cruisers? /Signs petition anyway. |
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I played the demo for a few hours, and I can't say it grabbed me, despite not experiencing any of the broken gameplay people have complained about.
It seemed like a slick game with some nice ideas to me, so I can't disagree with the score here, it was just something that didn't click with me when I played it. |
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Ronan_Crawford
28/09/07 @ 12:54
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Really was tempted to buy this today. But not really played Quake. I had no knowledge on the background. So I think that I'll leave this for awhile.
Enjoy it. |
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asphaltcowboy
28/09/07 @ 13:03
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Mines been posted! Shame I don't have my PC here with me in Amsterdam :(
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insane_cobra
28/09/07 @ 13:47
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@Fitzmogwai
Well, Antaeus was in pretty much the same state at the start of the first game, wasn't it? Not that I would care much for a sequel. It was a good game and I finished it, but a number of drastic improvements would have to be made to get me interested again. |
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ViralNinja
28/09/07 @ 13:57
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Shinji, i'd love to respond properly to you but would mean dignifying your patronisation of your readership.
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Mentalist(air)
28/09/07 @ 14:27
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When I played the demo, it seemed to me to be just like battlefield 2, but not as good.
That's not a comparison that's made specifically, in the review. I was wondering how it stacked up directly. |
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CouldntResist
28/09/07 @ 15:12
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Eh...so it's basically battlefield. BF2 is already good enough for me. I think i'll buy Orange Box/Crysis instead.
Oh and the next UT.
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Maximilian
28/09/07 @ 16:08
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Hmmm. Shinji I wonder are you one and the same Shinji who played Q2 back in the quake.ie heyday....
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projectmayhem
28/09/07 @ 16:39
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i was hyped up for this until TF2 crossed my path. i want a fast-paced FPS to keep me satisfied, and Quake Wars would be a natural candidate, except it's not that fast paced at all. plus with UT3 looming, QW would probably be shelved pretty quickly.
i'll stick to TF2 and BF2142 when i need some of that "frontline warfare" stuff. |
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"Hmmm... Anyway, how could there be a Hostile Waters 2 when the Anteus was
*** SPOILER! *** Destroyed at the end, and there aren't any more adaptive cruisers?" There was another one on the seabed that wouldn't reactivate. It's mentioned in passing in the intro. Not that I'd want a sequel of the story. A remake though, that would be good. I loved that game.
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Kirly_Wombat
30/09/07 @ 13:58
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Looks like a cool game. I did see a review on tv where the guy walked through building turrets etc. Still wont make me run out and buy it though. The only Quake Ive liked was the first one for some reason, which is unusual for me as I usually like the latest and greatest of things.
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YourMessageHere
01/10/07 @ 07:37
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Thankyou for confirming a suspicion, Eurogamer. Yet another "73%, if you like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing you'll like!!!!" review, and I'm now fairly certain you've lost all credibility. There's no way this should get so positive a review, it's dull, generic, extremely confusing and plays like a naff BF2 mod. Spawning in waves!?!? Not seen that since...DoD, and every other team wargame since; scraping the barrel for good things to talk up, perhaps. Alongside totally screwing over EGTV, you really do seem to be buggering yourselves rather effectively in the last month or so.
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@YourMessageHere
Why not take the time to learn the game before dissing it. Yes its confusing for a newbie but all the information displayed on the screen has some use. Comparing it to a naff BF2 mod is taking the mickey a bit. The balance of the teams and the shared objectives make the game much deeper than BF2. |
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