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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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>> "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.
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You'd be surprised at the regs in those old ng's that still lurk, and watch 
;)  Just waiting for something to pounce on!  They read this one too.
FEAR is a 'sneaker'.... Q4 is a 'pounder'.  Both have their places in my 
gameplay.  But right now, Q4 is front n center.
Mcg.