Comments on: RPS Asks: Online FPS?

By: Ghiest

Ghiest — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:21:24 +0000

Still playing cod4 and Tf2 at the moment, but I still have q3/enemyterritory installed if my old clan need some backup (they still play them religiously).

By: Ezhar

Ezhar — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:03:14 +0000

Currently taking a break from Team Fortress 2 due to Warhammer, but that’s usually where I go to fulfil my needs of murdering other people. And of course the venerable classic, Quake 3 Arena. Possibly I could also get back into UT2003 or whatever the revamp of that is again.

By: KindredPhantom

KindredPhantom — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:46:55 +0000

I always go back to Dystopia and for each new class update Team Fortress 2. The pickup site doesn’t look that bad, if it added other games such as mods or indie games for pickup games it would be a lot better.

By: Culprit

Culprit — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:30:48 +0000

I started off with Quake on 28.8 modem way back in the day. Moved on to hldm and tfc on 56k when those came out. DSL was so sweet at first with TFC and CS betas.

I’m a big follower of Mods. NaturalSelection is the greatest. I’m still pulling for EmpiresMod to have a revival because it’s basically the game I dreamed of when I first played C&C and TFC.

Currently I play TF2 mostly. It is just so great! L4D will be the next awesomeness I’m hoping. CSS and DOD:S are in my steam account, but they just aren’t that appealing anymore. I played some BF42 and DC for a while on a friend’s cd key, but those games just weren’t ever focused enough. Seems like Crysis and later BFs have a similar problem of sandboxy MP with “optional” objectives for most players.

I’ve purchased Savage 2 but haven’t played it much. Red Orchestra is appealing about once a month. I keep thinking about getting ET:QW (it’s cheap now), and ArmA looks interesting (I enjoyed some LANing with OPF). InstantAction was a fun distraction for a few hours.

I’m kinda disappointed MP innovation on the PC has been so directed at MMOs with limited action gameplay. I’m really hoping something comes along to innovate the online action game like FC2 looks to be innovating in the SP action game.

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By: mb

mb — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:35:51 +0000

This mod on their server has for me been the best online multiplayer experience of the last 2 years. Re. pickup.gg, might be useful for the intial period with a new game, but like a lot of seasoned gamers I tend to stick with the same servers or teammates to play with.

By: Bullwinkle

Bullwinkle — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:28:02 +0000

I played TF2 for a few weeks when it first came out, since I got as part of the Orange Box. (I never would have bought it on its own.) I had a lot of fun with it for a while, then got bored and never went back. I’m not crazy about the unlockable content, but I may return to it in the future.

In general, I do not play any games multiplayer, FPS or not, and have no interest in doing so. The last game I played online before TF2 was Diablo 2, for about 4 hours total. Before that, it was Quake, over ten years ago.

I’ve not played any FPS mods since the original Doom. Steam just made a few HL2 mods available for free, though, so I might try them out sometime.

By: Hélder Pinto

Hélder Pinto — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:58:21 +0000

I play Quake Live Beta on a daily basis! :D

By: pepper

pepper — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:23:52 +0000

I’m still playing BF2, played it since day one, but not as much as i did back then, my clan moved on to other games, being Word of Warcraft, and COD4, which kinda ripped it apart. So nowadays i play alone.

I also have been playing age of chivalry since it appeared on steam, and im quite good at it, i can easily swing my way to the top of the lists, and its nice to be among the best in a game ^_^ . Besides that, it’s just fun swinging a sword beheading pesky archers!

By: windlab

windlab — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:48:43 +0000

True Combat: Elite

The only decent tactical FPS

By: Stick

Stick — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:45:37 +0000

I replaced EVE Online with Team Fortress 2 as my main timesink. This means, I have zero sympathy for anyone complaining about “long respawn times”.

Reinstalled HL2:DM a while back, played a couple of hours. Enjoyed it, but quickly went back to TF2. No contest.

Looking forward to Left 4 Dead, suspect I will give BF: Heroes a whirl.

By: IIshin

IIshin — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:07:18 +0000

I play TF2. It’s a game that is simple to get into and learn, yet strikingly complex and strategic if you really get into it. I also find the game alot more social than any MMORPG game I’ve ever played, but it’s probably because there’s a huge emphasis on TEAM.

By: Plopsworth

Plopsworth — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 06:33:08 +0000

Steam games: Team Fortress 2, assorted HL2 mods (Fistful of Frags, Zombie Panic), Red Orchestra: Ostfront (for my forays into ironsights, trajectory-arc, ammunition selection (HEAT or AP, hmmm?), overheating barrel shootyness). The occasional BF: Heroes round too, though that’s technically a third-person game.

My previous poisons of choice have been Tribes 1 & 2, the Battlefield series (my current router doesn’t like BF2′s port requirements), and Lucasart’s classics, Jedi Knight and Outlaws.

Red Orchestra deserves praise for one thing that I’ve seen few other FPSs do: When you reload mid-magazine, you don’t lose the round you’ve still got chambered. In addition, you don’t need to charge the weapon, you’re ready to fire right away once you’ve swapped the magazine. Strangely, all of the Call of Duty games have a shorter reload animation for mid-magazine reloads (i.e. you don’t have to tug the charging handle) but you lose the one chambered round anyhow!

Err, and how do I find my servers? In-game browser. Lowest ping, sufficient amount of players on a public non-passworded server. Or whichever server my friends are on. Go!