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Cream-of-Plenty posted:As a kid I struggled to understand DN3D's Freezethrower. It was the final weapon on the roster, which meant it was the ultimate weapon! Duke's BFG! But I could never decipher its secrets, and it haunted me.  even though it first shows up in E2L1 while the Freezethrower first shows up in E2L2, which is weirdly backwards from how you'd think they'd introduce them
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I think the whole thing is screwy because it's in the final weapon slot. It's shocking how much the devastator and shrinker break the game though lol. Then the RPG I feel. I adore the pipe bombs. It's shocking how much more useful they were than other games grenades would be for a while
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Mar 20, 2023 18:47
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Well, until the advent of the dedicated grenade button, having grenades you could delay detonation of until things lined up just right was probably the next best thing.
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Shadow Hog posted:Well, until the advent of the dedicated grenade button, having grenades you could delay detonation of until things lined up just right was probably the next best thing. makes me think of how awful and floaty HL1 grenades feel
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verbal enema posted:makes me think of how awful and floaty HL1 grenades feel god yes. And yet I always found myself running low
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Al Cu Ad Solte posted:Matt Berry as JC Denton is a funny thought though. simons, you really are the most devious bastard in nyew yahk citayyy
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I liked how Quake II hand grenades felt. Like they weren't super useful in the base game, but Weapons Factory went nuts with powerful special grenade types and they all felt really good to throw. If you think "no, you're wrong, there's no way the Quake II hand grenades feel good" compare Weapons Factory to Weapons Factory Arena which just feels like you have a low-velocity grenade launcher attached to your face because there was no throw animation, the grenade spawned oddly high, and they really didn't arc or bounce any different from the stock grenade launcher.
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Al Cu Ad Solte posted:I really like Lunar Apocalypse I wouldn't say I really like it, I think it is probably the weakest of the episodes (haven't played Alien World Order though. Hey Randy, when you gonna release that on GOG?), but thought it's largely ok. That said: Gaspy Conana posted:tbh I think it could've been a great episode with more-or-less the same exact maps but with the following changes: Absolutely. Make it feel a little more lived-in. I immediately think of the recreation section in System Shock 2.
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The overuse of the explosive drones, an enemy that already sucks poo poo, does get grating though. Dark Side is the best of the episode tho.
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Viscerafest finished. My recently played library overwhelmingly filled with games that are unfinished  Fun game though. Kinda neat mechanic stiffing you on ammo as it does but the guns felt pretty good and I wish you could use them more
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Milo and POTUS posted:Duke's still good if you can deal with age appropriate cringe. I know this was three pages back but Duke Carribbean is the end-all-be-all of Duke Cringetm but in a good way. I don't know how many takes it took to get "Your rear end is grass, and I've got the weed whacker!" without JSJ cracking up in the middle, but I'm so glad they got it. BattleMaster posted:I liked how Quake II hand grenades felt. Like they weren't super useful in the base game, but Weapons Factory went nuts with powerful special grenade types and they all felt really good to throw. Chaos Q2 had a bunch of cool grenade types as well, not that you'd ever use them over the huge variety of other weapons.
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Does Quake 2 have any "must try" singleplayer mods? Anything on the scale of something like Arcane Dimensions for Q1? Pretty much just looking for a reason to keep it installed, I haven't really dabbled in anything Q2 related in probably 20 years.
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Powerslave build has awful grenades, probably my biggest knock on the game other than the lack of variety Would love to just throw in the grenade launcher from shadow warrior instead
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BattleMaster posted:I liked how Quake II hand grenades felt. Like they weren't super useful in the base game, but Weapons Factory went nuts with powerful special grenade types and they all felt really good to throw. Offhand hotkey-based hand grenades are the best hand grenades. Having to switch to grenades and back is annoying. Making it use the same ammo as the grenade launcher is doubly annoying. Was there a Quake II gameplay mod that improved the single player core gameplay, weapons, and monsters to suck less? Not that it would do me any good, though, because I use a custom build of Q2DOS for Windows 95 (yes) with a software renderer that has Engoo's colored lighting, and the mods are C libraries tailored to a specific platform and engine build. My libraries aren't even DLL format, but some weird DOS knockoff of DLLs made by DJGPP using the extension .dxe. Woolie Wool fucked around with this message at 00:06 on Mar 21, 2023 |
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Nades need their own hotkey absolutely, but pipebombs using the same ammo is the RPG is just good design. See Also: Duke Nukem Manhattan Project
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Weedle posted:simons, you really are the most devious bastard in nyew yahk citayyy Mr Jackie Daytona, in the flesh. As dark and serious as his brother. Also https://twitter.com/FortunesRun/status/1637911115119177730
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Deakul posted:Does Quake 2 have any "must try" singleplayer mods? Anything on the scale of something like Arcane Dimensions for Q1? no
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Deakul posted:Does Quake 2 have any "must try" singleplayer mods? Anything on the scale of something like Arcane Dimensions for Q1?
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Deakul posted:Does Quake 2 have any "must try" singleplayer mods? Anything on the scale of something like Arcane Dimensions for Q1? Half Life
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Nice try but Half-Life is based on Quake (it technically uses a little bit from QuakeWorld and Quake II but the vast majority of id code that made it into it was from Quake)
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Dominic makes a Doom tweet thread. He mixes mods and commercial games, so let's put it here: https://twitter.com/DominicTarason/status/1637929502830370817
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Turin Turambar posted:Dominic makes a Doom tweet thread. He mixes mods and commercial games, so let's put it here: From the thread: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOkBoPQqObs&hd=1 Holy crap that looks nice. And also plays nice.
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Al Cu Ad Solte posted:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1761270/HalfLife_MMod/ This is unfortunately a very boring mod, it's not nearly as big an overhaul as HL2 MMod and mostly just makes grunt fights more annoying. For the former you might say HL1 is much closer to a perfect game than HL2 is, but still it's not great.
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I keep Quake 2 installed as to play DM on tastyspleen. This is pretty much the only reason yo have q2 installed. So that you may frag on The Edge. Duh.
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https://twitter.com/SeriousSamIAm/status/1638104832136314880 22 years of running backwards... The entire series is on heavy discount on both Steam and GOG, with the Steam release of the original First Encounter currently sitting at a mere 99c! GOG's prices seem slightly more expensive, weirdly.
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Al Cu Ad Solte posted:Mr Jackie Daytona, in the flesh. As dark and serious as his brother. This is so right up my alley, but I have to admit I'm irrationally bugged by the sprite billboarding I'm seeing in these trailers. Any time the player is above or below the enemies they look like paper. That was never part of the old-school look, only source ports! 
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The Kins posted:https://twitter.com/SeriousSamIAm/status/1638104832136314880 Great games. One of the most fun co-op experiences I've ever had.
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Name Change posted:This is unfortunately a very boring mod, it's not nearly as big an overhaul as HL2 MMod and mostly just makes grunt fights more annoying. For the former you might say HL1 is much closer to a perfect game than HL2 is, but still it's not great. *me, wisely* HL1 is great
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Sir Lemming posted:This is so right up my alley, but I have to admit I'm irrationally bugged by the sprite billboarding I'm seeing in these trailers. Any time the player is above or below the enemies they look like paper. That was never part of the old-school look, only source ports! This game looks extremely cool but it's got that thing where it makes me sick. It's so weird how some games do and others don't. Talk about dingy space bases though, everything is loving grimy e: poo poo double post
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Ign was a bit cringe here, but the game looks fine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23dPeZ5mjws https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khCjiowUsRY Turin Turambar fucked around with this message at 16:46 on Mar 21, 2023 |
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Looks awesome. Kinda love the aesthetic now that I've soured on Ultrakill.
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The Kins posted:Pretty sure QuakeUlf is the last remaining Quake 2 SP mapper, with everyone else having either gone back to Q1 or forward to HL1. Here's his biggest mapset: Sonic Mayhem. Awesome, thanks dude. Q2 is warming on me a little bit but I still think it has the most anemic FPS arsenal I've ever seen. I really miss the days of 3d modeled explosions though, they always looked so cool. And holy poo poo Boltgun looks rad as gently caress.
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that ign preview suggests boltgun is gonna have doom eternal-style "weapon vs. enemy" efficiency rock-paper-scissors stuff why do we need this why can't we just have guns that shoot good and you pick what works for the situation
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Arivia posted:that ign preview suggests boltgun is gonna have doom eternal-style "weapon vs. enemy" efficiency rock-paper-scissors stuff why do we need this why can't we just have guns that shoot good and you pick what works for the situation Probably because Doom Eternal was the perfect game. Anyway, I'm guessing from the video I'm guessing what it really means is that you'll end up wanting to use armor piercing weapons on armored enemies which makes sense, because it's Warhammer.
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Arivia posted:that ign preview suggests boltgun is gonna have doom eternal-style "weapon vs. enemy" efficiency rock-paper-scissors stuff
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