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Article #985Re: Q3 weapons
From: Bish
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 00:00
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 00:00
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I heard all the weapons would have alternate gire modes as in half-life. But i'm pretty glad they're sticking to what works. Most of the weapons that appeared in half-life were pretty tame compared to those in q2. Apart from the machine guns of course which has the best weapon sound i've ever heard. In article <36D82DC3...@online.no>, Anders Steinlein <din...@online.no> writes >It will be an alternate firing option in Q3 after what I've heard... > >Cheers, >Anders Steinlein > >Mike Jones wrote: > >> I think it would be cool to have alternate firing options like in unreal. > >> Goliath wrote in message ... >> >Is anyone worried about the way that the weapons in Q3 (from what I've >> >heard) are going to be spookily similar to the weapons in Q1/Q2/Doom? >> >From what I've heard, there is going to be a rocket launcher, 2 sorts of >> >shotgun, a railgun, and a plasma gun (like in Doom). It's beginning to >> >sound like id are basically sticking to what they believe is a perfect >> >formula for the weapons (which are, of course, very important in a >> >deathmatch-orientated game), without bothering to innovate in any way. >> >This sucks, IMO. Half-life (eg) has weapons which are almost completely >> >different to those in the id games, because they all have features which >> >makes the weapons subtle, tactical and fun to use (anyone who's thrown >> >half a dozen snarks at some hapless camper and then sat back to watch >> >will know what I mean). id should really be aiming at expanding other >> >areas of the game rather than just the graphics and networking code. >> >-- >> >Goliath > -- Bish
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