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Don Seer:
^ Raven is doing Quake 4 right now based on this engine :)


a lot of the enemies are based upon the old ones, they stuck to the original script

KING VerbalAssaulta:
i've been reading this game is a disappointment...appears to be just a looker that falls short on gameplay

Don Seer:
yeah people have been saying that about the gameplay.. i'm not far enough in yet really.

the originals weren't exactly riveting though.

its f*ckin scary in places.. and its gonna be tweaked to hell with cool maps, addons etc...

T-Dogg:

--- Quote from: KING VerbalAssaulta on August 13, 2004, 12:14:04 PM ---i've been reading this game is a disappointment...appears to be just a looker that falls short on gameplay

--- End quote ---

Well there isn't anything horribly wrong about the gameplay, just that it gets repetitive with the constant darkness and the sudden BOO! type of effects. I'm well over the midway point of the game as far as I understand. The scariness winds down eventually... (Except for this one type of enemy - they look like human babies, but they've got insect wings and metallic arms. They chuckle and do whatever sounds babies do... until they attack. I always hate it when I'm surrounded by darkness and then hear a chuckle of a baby... Cause I know those muthafuckas are coming again.)

Controls, weapons balance, powerup placement, enemies... that all works fine. And you aren't constantly searching for some missing keycard all over the level, the action & suspense is pretty much constant. So it's just the constant darkness and the flashlight/weapon switching that I'm not too happy about.

But if your machine can handle it, it is worth to just take a look at the engine in action. I play on medium settings (that's the second lowest setting out of the four) and it still looks hella good. Plus, it's something to play before Half-Life 2 comes out. ;D

Don Seer:

what kinda machine u got t-dogg?


i got a p4 3 gig HT with 1 gig of dual channelled PC3200... and a 256 meg 5950 ultra (with my vivo..)

i'm getting timedemo's of 40 fps at 1024x768 with 2xAF (down from the default of 8x) and high quality, with v sync on. (get around 45fps with vsync off..)

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