Quake Wars: Public Beta Next Week

AmishSlayer said:
No, he knows that, but he cant adjust the zoom.

Mouse-wheel up and down does it for me.
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Fixed it. I had set mouse wheel up for next weapon, and mouse wheel down for previous weapon instead of the default backwards way, so it of course changed zoom in and out along with it, and because of that it was trying to zoom out when I was trying to zoom in.
 
It's somewhat like BF2 when you get on the Strike of Karkand map. The Americans start coming down the hill and soon enough the nades start flying over that fence. Then usually you meet a full barage of fire from support weapons in the alley way all while tanks and artillary is coming down. Also chat commands are going and the commander is constantly yelling about flag captures, etc. Very chaotic battles that are much like QW: ET. It was much slower and you could aim properly though. It's a beta still but I don't like it. It's officially a no-go with this one. *Left 4 Dead then is the game that will bring us together?
 
As it turns out, this is not quite my thing, I may be passing on this. Though I can't post true impressions until I get XP back on this machine, as it lags like hell on Vista with only 1gb of memory.
 
The first time I played I was pretty disappointed, it seemed way too Battlefield. But I just played for a while again and once I figured the objectives it's starting to feel like ET again. It doesn't have all the things I hate about BF2. The infantry play is more skill based because you need to strafe while aiming well instead of racing to go prone and spray the other guy with bullets. Vehicles aren't insurmountable to most classes which means less people camp the spawns because going on foot doesn't mean instant jet rape. Also, gameplay is focused and maps aren't needlessly huge, so there are no boring treks to get to the action.
 
there more than a few torrents of the beta on the internets ya know ..dl'ed my copy in less than 30 mins
 
Say, does anyone have a beta key they don't plan on using? I'd really like to give it a shot but I work tomorrow so I may not be able to reserve a key from tomorrow's batch, and tomorrow just so happens to be the final batch :-(
 
hool10 said:
Hard thing to say about this game. I just spent 1 hour and 30 minutes and it's almost like BF2. Well idk I think BF2 is more fun I guess. It's really frantic gameplay and you have to have super accurate aim which I hate. In BF2 it was much slower while is complete chaos. The battle mech I loved and kept racking up the kills. It's a fun game and idk if I'm going to buy it. *Also it gets really grainy when you zoom in like a scope. Impossible to snipe trying to kill the Flash with a grainy picture.
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I dare you to post this in the ETQW community forums.
 
Rico said:
Say, does anyone have a beta key they don't plan on using? I'd really like to give it a shot but I work tomorrow so I may not be able to reserve a key from tomorrow's batch, and tomorrow just so happens to be the final batch :-(
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If you can find the client I'll give you my account. PM me to talk.
 
I doubt I'll be buying this. I can't see what's that's taken them 4 years to make. The gameplay is the basic run 'n gun with people bunnyhopping all over the place. It's not really beginner friendly with all these icons beeping around the screen, and objectives that you don't really give a crap about.
 
StardogChampion said:
I doubt I'll be buying this. I can't see what's that's taken them 4 years to make. The gameplay is the basic run 'n gun with people bunnyhopping all over the place. It's not really beginner friendly with all these icons beeping around the screen, and objectives that you don't really give a crap about.
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Yeah, I agree, it's sad because if you suggest removing the bunny hopping or slowing it down in the QW forums you get called a BF n00b, lol but that is what the game really needs in my opinion.

No idea what took them 4 years though!
 
Mutley said:
Yeah, I agree, it's sad because if you suggest removing the bunny hopping or slowing it down in the QW forums you get called a BF n00b, lol but that is what the game really needs in my opinion.
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It's funny. Someone will mention slowing the game down, but not even mention the word Battlefield, then an ET vet will flame them and call them a BF noob... They're insecure about BF for some reason.
 
Because it's a superior tactical game, which features decent team work and didn't have VOIP removed.
 
Mutley said:
Yeah, I agree, it's sad because if you suggest removing the bunny hopping or slowing it down in the QW forums you get called a BF n00b, lol but that is what the game really needs in my opinion.

No idea what took them 4 years though!
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Yeah, this game, seemingly, should have been completed years ago. Oh well, I still have fun flying drone blowing them up.
 
Damn fun game.

Just played a round, it feels exactly like Wolf : ET :D

Battlefield players steer clear though, may be a bit too fast paced for ya'll.
 
xlucidx said:
Damn fun game.

Just played a round, it feels exactly like Wolf : ET :D

Battlefield players steer clear though, may be a bit too fast paced for ya'll.
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Speeds fine hit boxes and lag are the problem. Is it me or do the shotguns seemingly have no spray what so ever? A scatter rifle is designed to spray in tight quarters combat yet in this you can fire right next to someone and they'll be fine.
 
wow
just finished playing for about 45 mins
gotta say im really disappointed
sound effects are terrible, net code seems pretty unstable and most importantly, its not fun... graphics are ok but nearly as good as its lead us to believe
i know i know its just a beta but either its fun or its not and unfortunately this is not IMHO
 
Yeah, I'm a bit disappointed too.

Unlimited sprinting and jumping is so damn lame.

Plus, isn't there supposed to be aircraft in the beta?... Besides the Icarus I've seen nothing else that's flyable.
 
I'm not really TOO disappointed by the game, because hell, I'm still having tons of fun whenever I find a server with people who KNOW what they are doing, and not in the "OHHH HOW DO I DRIVE/SHOOT THIS?!" stage. I'm really starting to get everything down. My biggest gripe is the people complaining about one certain aspect of the game. "You have to have perfect aim to hit anything". Wtf is this supposed to mean? Do you want the game to be another counter-strike? Where you can just spray and have no problems hitting. I don't know about you guys, but for the most part, the aiming/moving/netcode seems better than alot of games like this that are out there right now. Sure it can use work, but we know what I'm about to say...It's a BETA. I'm sure most of this will be resolved when the game is released.

But from a first 24 hour playtime *I think it says I've hit just over 4 hours of playtime..* I like it. When they fix the vehicles, that will rock more. As of now it's..."Oh no..a tank..I better just..walk over here!" No real sense of urgency with them.
 
Shooting someone was far from satisfying when I played :(, I don't care if it's hard as long as it's fun.
 
xlucidx said:
Plus, isn't there supposed to be aircraft in the beta?... Besides the Icarus I've seen nothing else that's flyable.
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If you grab an icarus and fly up behind the strogg base they have there aircraft up there. Its a pain in the ass to fly though so you really dont see alot of people using it.
 
Adrik_Senturu said:
If you grab an icarus and fly up behind the strogg base they have there aircraft up there. Its a pain in the ass to fly though so you really dont see alot of people using it.
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Not to mention it's EXTREMELY fragile so it's not worth even trying.
 
The game sucks. The gfx are ugly even to a MP game, not to mention if you enable af\aa (don't remember which one) all the gfx are messed up.

The sound is terrible. Weapons sound bad and not satisfing at all. Same as for the gameplay. Not fun and with nothing special from what i saw.
Maybe i need another playthrought with a decent ping.

I won't say i'm disappointed cause i havn't been waiting for this, but i got to say that all the reviewers who wrote promising and positive hands-on impressions should get smacked on the head.
 
Of course, because obviously this is the final game and not just an early beta! :thumbs:

not to mention if you enable af\aa (don't remember which one) all the gfx are messed up.
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Then you need to find out if your drivers are updated and setup right, or if your video card is working properly. I have everything at max with 4x AA and 8x AF and there isn't anything "messed up" with the graphics.
 
I think the graphics are fine, not really what we saw in screenies but fine nonetheless.

I'll be buying this regardless, I'm sure all of my problems with it can easily be modded out.
 
Yeah. Even from the console, the game is moddable as hell! Just try opening the console(ctrl+alt+tilt) and type r_ then press tap. The r_ commands is essentially all declarations made by the graphics engine. The rest start with image_

Largely the same engine as Doom 3 means it's totally ****ing tweakable.
 
The gfx bug happenes to another people as well. My drivers are updated.
Why bring up the "beta" argument? are they going to change the entire game in a matter of months? The gameplay isn't good,satisfing or fun.
 
Sir Phoenixx said:
Of course, because obviously this is the final game and not just an early beta! :thumbs:
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At this stage, it's pretty much only tweaking.... They're not really going to mess with any of the core gameplay, which some people don't like (speec, pacing, sprinting, jumping, etc) as that would delay the game because it would cause a domino effect on other elements of the game.

So if you don't like the game now, chances are you won't like the final version. Only things they are working on now are bugs and balance.
 
Nemesis6 said:
Yeah. Even from the console, the game is moddable as hell! Just try opening the console(ctrl+alt+tilt) and type r_ then press tap. The r_ commands is essentially all declarations made by the graphics engine. The rest start with image_

Largely the same engine as Doom 3 means it's totally ****ing tweakable.
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Offtopic, but doesn't anyone else think back to the big "HL2 versus Doom?" discussions in 2003/2004 when reading this?
 
So is the beta keys giveaway over or not? It still says "ANNOUNCED" next to yesterday's date.
 
Yeah, ended yesterday.

It's been replaced with pimpage for that new very shitty Harry Potter game.
Why the hell are they pimping it so much?
 
xlucidx said:
Yeah, ended yesterday.

It's been replaced with pimpage for that new very shitty Harry Potter game.
Why the hell are they pimping it so much?
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Fileplanet staff are guaranteed a spot in heaven for every download of Harry Potter.
 
I don't like Quake Wars. I find it boring. Just not my type of game I guess. BF2 ftw.

I need to find my pre-order now, I forgot the account I pre-ordered it on >_<
 
I've never played BF2 so I can't compare it to that, but I find this to be fun, but not worth $50. Kinda confusing starting out and all the tips disappear so fast you can't finish reading them before they're gone, but I've managed to at least get the 'best technician' and 'best battlesense' awards. :p

Also, the vehicles, like most games with that damn gimic, seem just thrown in there for the hell of it... don't like them. Except the little jetpack thingies... those are actually cool and useful.
 
I have to admit, the game has the worst sound design I have ever heard in my life. The explosions are especially terrible, they just sound like someone saying "pew!". And the megatexture is pretty pointless, I didn't really notice that it wasn't tiled at all, all I noticed was that it was ugly. I hate the vehicles, too. They just feel stiff and crappy, like Doom 3's ragdolls. I think it's because the Doom 3 physics engine is just a piece of shit in general.
 
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