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+ everything

- bayonet
- rifleman class underpowered
- shitty launch on valves part (releasing server software only an hour before the game is released? or maybe i'm wrong); lag city

your thoughts?!
 
other than the lag, this game is amazing. of course, it was amazing before, but now it's SUPER DUPER AMAZING. Once the lag sorts itself out, I may never go outside again....
 
Rifleman is definetly underpowered.

I miss bayonets.

The lag is annoying, but I THINK its because no big servers are up yet. Just give it time.

Add HDR to your Pro list.
 
+
Graphics
Weapons
Secondary uses
Physics
Gameplay

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Laggy
Needs quite a lot of ram
released same day as cod2 demo

Which by the way is almost 700mb, i mean like...wtf. Im downloading a demo, not a friggen game here...
 
+ The sound is just... amazing, easily the best part of the game
+ HDR am rock total, it makes the game look absolutely lovely
+ Animations look very smooth and realistic
+ Nice looking maps, and much details (Valve's speciality ;))
+ Every weapon feels like a real weapon, especially the MG's

- Very laggy at the moment
- Movement is a little too fast imo
- Maps are pretty small, make perhaps some new maps with more open terrain
 
The lag is confusing me a little... The review copy ran absolutely fine. I imagine there'll be a server side patch for it quite quickly.
 
It might just be that I have 512mb Ram, but the performance lag here is a little much for my setup. Im getting 25 - 30 fps with:

Athlon XP 2500
512mb Ram
280GB HD
6800GT

Latest nvidias too...
 
lag? weird Im getting absolutly no lag here..and I have HDR on (looks amazing). DOD source was a success if you ask me.

pros
___

hdr
powered by Source (physics, graphics, ect..)
same good old dod gameplay
great sounds
great maps
great models/weapons

cons
_____

only 4 maps
can rarely get into a server since they fill up so quickly (hopefully thats gone by tomorrow)



Another good thing is theres not as much of a learning curve to DOD source as there was DOD classic. The noobs can just simply pick up a gun and start shooting, while the old school DOD'ers still have their favorite elements from classic dod (throwing back nades, same good old maps redone in source, the shovel, ect.)
 
When you guys talk about lag, how bad do you mean? Because I'm getting pings of 700-900 and I can't even move. My new dorm has DSL I hope I will at least get to the point that I can move.
 
Well, I just got done playing for a couple hours on a lag free server. My God, I could barely pull myself away.
 
Trooper said:
You also have a helluva rig to. :smoking:

But my DSL barely scrapes by at 900kbps on most nights.. If someone's going to lag, it's usually me.

GG Verizon.
 
whew.. after playing 3 hours tonight i can safely say the lag issue is gone for me, i had a freakin blast. this game is really something special.
 
gh0st said:
whew.. after playing 3 hours tonight i can safely say the lag issue is gone for me, i had a freakin blast. this game is really something special.

Yeah, the lag seems to have cleared up. I can't believe how good this game is.
 
Anyone else nottice how balanced the game is now that the Kar has the 5% nocked off its accuracy?!

GAWD my only problem with DOD was the Kar :)
 
Yes, I have noticed that difference. Now, I don't dominate with the Kar98k anymore... I merely "pwn" with it. :LOL:
 
Why do you guys keep saying that rifleman is underpowered?
I think it's great... hard hitting and accurate weapon + rifle grenades
 
Big Con: CS idiots. I got jumped all over by some idiots today for "camping," with a .30 cal. Last tiem I checked, wasn't that what the .30 cal was for? THey were pissed because they (Axis) were using the balcony above the second Axis flag to camp with an MG42, making it near impossible to cap the center. So I set up my .30 cal in the crack above the second Axis flag, and voila, instant pwnage. Then I get jumped all over. Morons.
 
Bet they'd kill their voice shouting "CAMPER!" in a war. I don't know what you guys mean by lag. I get 9-20 ping on the server list for servers in Finland and a little bigger in the neighbouring countries. I didn't look my ping while in game, I think it was around 15-40. No lag here. I think the riflegrenade is weird. Hand grenades might be better. After all, riflegrenades weren't as plenty as hand nades were. I also miss the buttsmack and bayonette, but that's what the assault class is for! Assaulting and smacking people in the head with your fist. Oh, the joy, when knocking a machinegunner dead with your mighty fist from behind!
 
+ everything

- HDR needs more optimizing
- Fix patch for over all source games (last patch fubared every thing)
- Hit detection, i think there might be a problem, although its to early to tell, ill have to turn the hit boxes on
- low fps rates on moderate computers (i have a 9800pro 128, 2.8 gig p4 w/HT, 1 gig of dual channel ram 400mhz, 80 gig 7200 rpm WD HD) i should be getting atleast 60 fps constantly 40 at the lowest but im getting like 20 - 40 constantly 50 when im staring at a Low Detailed wall.

Other wise this game is amazing, i do want the pistol back for the rifleman, pistols are pretty inacurate any way.
Broom handle - owns
 
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