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BattleMaster posted:Machine gun was super easy to compensate for, you just slowly move your mouse as you fire. I don't miss the recoil though, because I think it was completely unnecessary. I've just never liked recoil as a mechanic in any games other than milsims. The MG in particular is already inaccurate as poo poo so having recoil on top of THAT was just...  That said, I'm actually really digging Quake 2 for the first time in like 20 years! I echo the level design sentiments and will also add that the music kicks supreme amounts of rear end too.
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Baron von Eevl posted:I know we're getting into "theorycrafting an entirely new game" now but when one of the dying grunts sits up weakly and aims at me I kinda wanna be able to run past them and do a quick mighty boot, like kicking a football. poo poo, okay, cool. It's not just me that kept habitually hitting "Q" to penalty kick them.
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Baron von Eevl posted:I know we're getting into "theorycrafting an entirely new game" now but when one of the dying grunts sits up weakly and aims at me I kinda wanna be able to run past them and do a quick mighty boot, like kicking a football. In my previous post about grenades being slow I was going to mention that I wanted a melee hotkey too, to deal with charging enemies. Then I realized I was just asking for Halo instead of Quake 2
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Aug 11, 2023 17:25
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tbf Halo was right to add those things. It was one of the things the game did very well. Could you even add that stuff anyway? I haven't started it up since downloading it and it's been years since I played it. I'm pretty sure the grenades were a separate weapon
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Aug 11, 2023 17:50
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y'all talked all that poo poo about Quake 2 earlier this week
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Milo and POTUS posted:tbf Halo was right to add those things. It was one of the things the game did very well. Could you even add that stuff anyway? I haven't started it up since downloading it and it's been years since I played it. I'm pretty sure the grenades were a separate weapon You could make an alias that swaps to grenade and then fires, but then you'd have to swap away from it manually after (I think)
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Milo and POTUS posted:tbf Halo was right to add those things. It was one of the things the game did very well. Could you even add that stuff anyway? I haven't started it up since downloading it and it's been years since I played it. I'm pretty sure the grenades were a separate weapon You can map grenades to right click (or whatever) as like a quick draw, but they’re a separate weapon so you can’t just quick throw. (You could probably set that up with console commands if you really wanted) Q2 doesn’t have melee at all afaik so I think you’re out of luck there
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TheScott2K posted:y'all talked all that poo poo about Quake 2 earlier this week Tbh I played a few hours last night, and the new campaign felt pretty good but I came away with, this is in the end still quake 2 and I think the novelty is gonna wear off pretty quick for me
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Aug 11, 2023 18:09
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I never liked the quake/quake 2 shotguns. Always felt like they were shooting beanbags or something. Was missing the big noise and animation of dooms shotgun. More of a thud than a bang.
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Aug 11, 2023 18:12
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TheScott2K posted:y'all talked all that poo poo about Quake 2 earlier this week not me
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Aug 11, 2023 18:14
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Really? Q2's Super Shotgun is nice and loud. Was having a real good time exploding the flyers with it, as well sending enemies flying on death if not gibbing them. Q1's weaponset always felt a bit underwhelming to me besides the GL and RL. The Lighting gun is strong, but it's no BFG. Q2 might have my favorite renditions of the BFG on that note.
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Aug 11, 2023 18:18
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I've been playing through Q2 single player on Nightmare with no quicksaves and it's been pretty fun so far. Definitely more intense than my last playthrough, plus the new dynamic lighting stuff makes it just visually interesting enough to seem fresh. Still not a great game but it gives me something to kill time with. Some of the enemies are goddamn bullet sponges though.
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Oxyclean posted:Really? Q2's Super Shotgun is nice and loud. Was having a real good time exploding the flyers with it, as well sending enemies flying on death if not gibbing them. I'll agree about that, I like the giant green ball style as opposed to the q3 version, and prefer it shooting tracers out as it flies rather than it shooting out tracers after it impacts, or you shooting out tracers after it impacts.
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TheScott2K posted:y'all talked all that poo poo about Quake 2 earlier this week It's so funny lmao
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Rev. Melchisedech Howler posted:Yeah, I'd like a toggle to bring back the recoil. I'm so used to it that I find myself dragging my aim down still. It doesn't really even make any sense in having it in the first place, because Deathmatch/CTF already disabled the recoil. All we did is make the weapon consistent across everything. Rocket Pan fucked around with this message at 19:30 on Aug 11, 2023 |
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The Berserker slam thing is definitely a bit janky. I've had it affect me even though I was on the floor above, and also I've had it affect me while in the water.
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Also not a fan of the slam attack, I'm not sure how I'm supposed to keep it from connecting once launched (other than killing it faster, I guess) What's the official pronunciation of "strogg"? The intro VO says "strohg" while the mission briefing VO says "strahg"
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TheScott2K posted:y'all talked all that poo poo about Quake 2 earlier this week You do know a LOT of goons post itt right, all with different opinions? Some fans of Q2, some not (me), some willing to give the remaster a chance (also me).
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TheScott2K posted:y'all talked all that poo poo about Quake 2 earlier this week  show us some quotes buddy
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TheScott2K posted:y'all talked all that poo poo about Quake 2 earlier this week I never stopped. I'll probably play the new Machine Games episode some time, and I never played/had the expansion packs (are they actually any good?) but I'm in no rush because the game doesn't thrill me the way the first one does.
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Quake 2 is bad, but the remaster looks like it's good quality. Not sure if I'll buy it.
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SCheeseman posted:Quake 2 is bad, but the remaster looks like it's good quality. Not sure if I'll buy it. Who needs the money more, you or the Quakers?
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Turin Turambar posted:Ok, so I'm at work. Just had a informal talk with my junior (24 years old I believe) coworker... we talked of games. I commented they did a remaster of Quake 2, so I played a bit yesterday. I remember when Quake first came out, searching for it would always result in various news stories about earthquakes in Asia. Anything related to Quake, like Planet Quake, was usually 6 items down the list.
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Aug 11, 2023 20:40
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Planet Quake is what they call a 10 on the richter scale
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What about Planet Quake 2?
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"planetquake" sounds like a budget 6dof shooter from the early 2000s
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Milo and POTUS posted:Planet Quake is what they call a 10 on the richter scale i think this was a scifi original movie
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So.... was I the only one who thought for multiple decades that the N64 Quake 2 campaign WAS the PC campaign with a few tweaks? Whoopsie.
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Narcissus1916 posted:So.... was I the only one who thought for multiple decades that the N64 Quake 2 campaign WAS the PC campaign with a few tweaks? There are a couple slices or sections of levels reused in the Q2 64 campaign, like that bit with the acid vat, but they are just a couple rooms in a larger level that's totally different. So if you've played PC Q2 you will have a couple "Oh I remember this, that was cool" moments as you play through the 64 campaign.
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Dramicus posted:What about Planet Quake 2? You’re on it right now.
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Turbo Overkill had like a 7~ gig update and now it's making me download another 6.5 gigs or so despite the fact I was playing it just fine an hour and a half ago. Why would they do it like this? idk poo poo about game development or publishing
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Milo and POTUS posted:Turbo Overkill had like a 7~ gig update and now it's making me download another 6.5 gigs or so despite the fact I was playing it just fine an hour and a half ago. Why would they do it like this? idk poo poo about game development or publishing They are probably making small bug fixes and release day patch stuff but the way the game is set up they have to send it as part of a 7 Gb monolith
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Just saw that not only is it on sale but they'll be raising the price, so picking it up now even if I don't have time to play it right away.
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Mordja posted:Just saw that not only is it on sale but they'll be raising the price, so picking it up now even if I don't have time to play it right away.
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Arivia posted:They are probably making small bug fixes and release day patch stuff but the way the game is set up they have to send it as part of a 7 Gb monolith Yeah delta patchers can only do so much with big monolithic compressed game assets. Sometimes you change a few bytes in the editor and that propagates out to causing tiny changes in a whole lot of places and you have to redownload the entire file
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I'm having a lot of fun playing through Quake 2 again, but especially since I've recently played through Quake 1 a couple times recently, I have to admit that Quake 2 just isn't as good as Quake 1. Quake 2 is good, Quake 1 is excellent.
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Milo and POTUS posted:Turbo Overkill had like a 7~ gig update and now it's making me download another 6.5 gigs or so despite the fact I was playing it just fine an hour and a half ago. Why would they do it like this? idk poo poo about game development or publishing I heard that the Switch downloads patches and has them alongside the game, but does Steam at least override data that's the same? So downloading a 6.5gb patch doesn't necessarily make your game install that much larger (once you remove temp files after everything is said and done)?
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the rumble on the super shotgun 🥰🥰🥰
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