🚀 go-pugleaf

On Sun, 12 Oct 1997 11:51:02 -0600, Milez <p.h...@nospam.v-wave.com>
wrote:

>Quake 2 is a much prettier game than quake....but the doom lovers are
>really gonna hate this one

its not necessarily the looks, the engine, or anything like that which
we doom lovers hate. its the way they fail to flow together the way
doom's did. if you really want to know what we hate, read the essays
written by Clan Quake Sucks at http://www.xeo.net/~doomrulz/

>hexen2 needs a minimum of a p150 or 166 to get an acceptable fps and it
>is preferrred that you have a 3dfx card...( i have one and get 30fps @
>640x480 and it looks better than regular 640x480)

IMO, a p150 plus 3dfx for a measly 30 FPS is insane. i have a p100,
and havent tried hexen2 yet but if its anything like you say, i dont
think i'll be playing it anytime soon.

>quake2 is gonna be a new engine...and i suspect that a person may need a
>p200 for an acceptable game...it has much more colour and grfx
>improvements and that means slower fps

according to id, the base system that they're using is a P90. and i
think their idea of "base" is ~10 FPS. i dont think you'll need a p200
for an acceptable game...maybe a really smooth one.

>so to all out there who love quake...get ready for a another slamming
>when quake2 comes out..

i think Kevin Cloud was the one who said something about "we all felt
the need to go back to doom" in regards to id software. if quake2 does
succeed in capturing the flow of doom, then hardware requirements are,
at best, trivial.

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