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"McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message 
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> "Shawk" <shawk@clara.co.uk.3guesses> wrote in message 
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>> "McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message 
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>>> Cool, thanks for that!
>>> McG.
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>> You bought the game McG?  What do you think?  Lot's of mixed views on 
>> this one so not sure whether I'll pick it up or not.
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> Yeah, I did buy it.  It definitely picks up where Q2 leaves off.  Seeing 
> some of the old Q2 in the stuff in Q4 brings on that little wash of 
> nostalgia...and excitement.   I was pleasantly surprised at just HOW well 
> it runs.  It looks good.  It carries a touch of noir in the same vein as 
> Q2 and I LIKE THAT.  Believe me, to see some of the symbols, my mind plays 
> the sounds from Q2 :)  The Stroggs use the same lingo as Q2 stroggs.  But, 
> they look a ton better.  I like it.  I chose next to highest difficulty 
> and the Stroggs are handing me my old butt at times for it!  LOL!
> The sheer realism in some of the objects in Far Cry still amazes me.  The 
> old Jap aircraft, the carrier, gas cylinders, bombs etc.  I haven't seen 
> anything in Q4 THAT convincing yet.  But iD didn't intend it that way. 
> Except in the characters.  The SP game is good, IMO.  It's Q2 the second 
> half with modern stuff.  That's good from my end.  Oh, the AI in this one 
> actually does things.  heh!  That raised my eyebrows a bit to see it 
> working :)
> Multiplayer.  Yeeehah!  It's nothing like Doom3, it's visuals and gameplay 
> make me think Q3 and UT2004 combined!!!  It's definitely got hope, and 
> it's very F.A.S.T. online too!
> SO, we need to start talking about it in alt.games.quake2 since it IS the 
> sequel to Q2?  NOBODY is talking about it there, ironically.   I see posts 
> here, a.g.h-l, a.g.q3 and a.g.q.
> McG.
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Thanks for that.  Asked why you liked it over FEAR above - forget that - you 
pretty much answered it here.  I guess A.G.Q2 died some time ago?  Not every 
group has the kind of regs you see in AGHL and here.  I see alt.games.doom 
is like a graveyard again.