TOXIKK - return to old school FPS
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Dandai
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This is a good example of how nostalgia can often lead us astray. There's a reason old school FPS feels like playing in "1999," and it's not because people don't like playing fun game anymore.
Don't get me wrong, it's cool if this is your thing, but I wouldn't expect wide adoption from kids who were in diapers when Doom, Quake, and Unreal Tournament were king.
Don't get me wrong, it's cool if this is your thing, but I wouldn't expect wide adoption from kids who were in diapers when Doom, Quake, and Unreal Tournament were king.
Double jump stuff was never good imo. Not sure how that ever caught on. If this didnt have that, id be on it, but sadly it does.
Xexx
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I dont expect it to be widely accepted since the majority of the kids nowadays first FPS was either CoD or SOCOM. Both of which are good titles in their own right but gameplay on the former has deteriorated and the latter is no longer in existence. However so long as the gameplay is something akin to solid it will have its followers who cherish that style of gameplay. I may give it a whirl but i dont play many FPS on PC anymore outside of BF4.
Zaphid
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I'm nostalgic for the oldschool fps as the next guy, but arena shooters need critical mass of people to work, so that you get balanced matches, dedicated servers for good ping and hacker protection so that you don't get screwed by idiots. Then it still needs to somehow make money while not compromising the gameplay and you end up with a pretty loaded checklist to make it work and they are even more similar than MOBAs, so people can jump ship literally overnight, so you rarely end up with more than 1 leader. Q3 and UT 2004 were like the only 2 shooters that coexisted.
You also have to make it F2P or like 10$ otherwise you will never get critical mass.
You also have to make it F2P or like 10$ otherwise you will never get critical mass.
Seananigans
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This seems like it's almost there. But two things:
1) Vehicles? Really?
2) I almost want to write it off because of their stupid fucking names. Reakktor Studios, and Toxikk. Fuck's sake.
1) Vehicles? Really?
2) I almost want to write it off because of their stupid fucking names. Reakktor Studios, and Toxikk. Fuck's sake.
Chris
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Reminds me of Unreal Tournament 2004? which introduced vehicles, they were fucking good fun and really well balanced. The onslaught mode which used them was amazing.
I have no idea if the last 10 years of gaming has had anything like that as I haven't played an FPS since
I have no idea if the last 10 years of gaming has had anything like that as I haven't played an FPS since
Woefully Inept
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Double jump I don't mind so much but bunny hopping? That right there can die from HIV/AIDS, Ebola, Hep A-Z, cancer, and gonorrhea.
And I agree all the names involved are just absolutely stupid. Is the company created/run by 15 year olds?
And I agree all the names involved are just absolutely stupid. Is the company created/run by 15 year olds?
I don't know why UT3 didn't catch on as much as 2k4 as I really enjoyed it, but I've been eagerly awaiting something similar for a while. UT4 is probably a ways out, so I'll take this for now.
Hatorade
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Halo(sort of) but yeah UT 2004 was amazing.Reminds me of Unreal Tournament 2004? which introduced vehicles, they were fucking good fun and really well balanced. The onslaught mode which used them was amazing.
I have no idea if the last 10 years of gaming has had anything like that as I haven't played an FPS since
Dandain
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So this game can be downloaded on steam for free, I'm gonna at least check it out certainly. Quake runs deep in my blood.
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