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On Wed, 03 Mar 1999 23:38:18 GMT, hkm...@bigfoot.com (Håvard K. Moen)
wrote:

->On Wed, 03 Mar 1999 21:50:54 GMT, sta...@writeme.com (Lanuel L Staten)
->wrote:
->
->> A lot of competition out there in cold cold world of games co wars. Got to
->> keep interest up in the flocks. Teaser.
->
->Why? This may have hurt id since it was so unfinished. The test will
->'stirr things up' even more when it's released.

Excuse me dude, but Qtest was unfinished also. That did not stop ID from
plopping that down.


Lanuel L Staten <sta...@writeme.com> [ICQ# 6905934]
http://people.we.mediaone.net/staten

In article <36ddd366...@nntp.we.mediaone.net>, sta...@writeme.com 
says...
> On Wed, 03 Mar 1999 23:38:18 GMT, hkm...@bigfoot.com (H�vard K. Moen)
> wrote:
> 
> ->On Wed, 03 Mar 1999 21:50:54 GMT, sta...@writeme.com (Lanuel L Staten)
> ->wrote:
> ->
> ->> A lot of competition out there in cold cold world of games co wars. Got to
> ->> keep interest up in the flocks. Teaser.
> ->
> ->Why? This may have hurt id since it was so unfinished. The test will
> ->'stirr things up' even more when it's released.
> 
> Excuse me dude, but Qtest was unfinished also. That did not stop ID from
> plopping that down.

That was almost 3 years ago tho, a lot of things have changed in the 
meantime, especially expectations - and quite deservedly so considering 
the advancements in graphics peripherals. This 'leaked' Q3 thing is utter 
shite and for me only serves to demean the game, the initial visuals are 
cartoonish and the liquid textures are bland to say the least. Sure there 
are a few nice things in there like the mirror but there's nothing that 
really justifies the hype and tbh I think Q2 looks better. It doesn't 
even begin to encroach on Unreal territory for graphical splendour.

However, it *is* only a test version and wasn't meant to be seen so not 
many conclusions can be drawn from it. I'd estimate it's quite old as 
well (2 months at least ?) so personally I'll reserve my judgement for 
the final official release.

>the advancements in graphics peripherals. This 'leaked' Q3 thing is utter
>shite and for me only serves to demean the game, the initial visuals are
>cartoonish and the liquid textures are bland to say the least. Sure there


Eeh? You have a RIVA128 or a Voodoo1 or something? Man, the room
with the tongue is simply stunning. It looks very promising!

Han

In article <920513884.4861....@news.demon.nl>, 
spa...@dds.nl says...
> >the advancements in graphics peripherals. This 'leaked' Q3 thing is utter
> >shite and for me only serves to demean the game, the initial visuals are
> >cartoonish and the liquid textures are bland to say the least. Sure there
> 
> 
> Eeh? You have a RIVA128 or a Voodoo1 or something? Man, the room
> with the tongue is simply stunning. It looks very promising!


Nope, actually I have Voodoo2 in SLi and ran it in 1024x768 if you must 
know  :)

Sure, the pulsating tongue was nice (fnaar fnaar) but there was nothing 
else that particularly stood out. Take the liquid textures for instance, 
they were bland and un-inspiring compared to the liquid effects of 
Unreal. I assume this may be because it was an old version tho.

The cartoonish bit I refer to is the initial view when you start 
KM_PORTAL. The revolving picture *does* looks awesome when you get close 
to it (looks better than the actual tongue room itself). The HUD and 
accompanying text also seem extremely childish.

And before anyone say's it, I am not "an Unreal gamer defending his 
territory", I am a Quake 1/2 player and always have been. I know Q3A is 
going to be big, I just don't think (hope) that beta should be 
particularly used to judge the final game.

In article <36e36b38...@news.online.no>, hkm...@bigfoot.com says...
> On Thu, 4 Mar 1999 03:20:05 +0100, som...@somewhere.com (PropheT
> ]1ms[) wrote:
> 
> > QTest *did* have weapons with no skins ;)
> 
> Really? Strange I didn't notice. Ah well, the game was probably so
> great I ignored all the faults ;)


It's still available on FTP sites, might have to check that one...  :)

And why would id need to do that?  The only REAL competition they have is
Valve.  All
the other "developers" are releasing games which aren't even close to
finished (for
example(s) - Sin, Falcon4.0, Rainbow 6, Unreal (although the last was pretty
good)).
And then when you get the "patches" you have to download 30Meg just to get a
slight
improvement.  id don't need to keep interest.  They make great games.

They are the benchmark to which all other of the Action genre are measured.
If you're not interested in their games, you're not playing the genre.

(Mind you having to restart your game after every upgrade does tick me off a
little)

SS.

Lanuel L Staten wrote in message <36ddae34...@nntp.we.mediaone.net>...
>A lot of competition out there in cold cold world of games co wars. Got to
>keep interest up in the flocks. Teaser.
>
>Lanuel L Staten <sta...@writeme.com> [ICQ# 6905934]
>http://people.we.mediaone.net/staten

Overlord.UK wrote in message ...
>In article <36e36b38...@news.online.no>, hkm...@bigfoot.com says...
>> On Thu, 4 Mar 1999 03:20:05 +0100, som...@somewhere.com (PropheT
>> ]1ms[) wrote:
>>
>> > QTest *did* have weapons with no skins ;)
>>
>> Really? Strange I didn't notice. Ah well, the game was probably so
>> great I ignored all the faults ;)
>
>
>It's still available on FTP sites, might have to check that one...  :)


Hehe... yes, download it and check out the temporary pain sounds.
IMHO qtest had the scariest pain sounds.... made you want to turn the volume
down :-)

afaik, the nailgun looked like a machinegun and had a really crap model and
sound

On Wed, 03 Mar 1999 23:38:18 GMT, hkm...@bigfoot.com (Håvard K. Moen)
wrote:

->On Wed, 03 Mar 1999 21:50:54 GMT, sta...@writeme.com (Lanuel L Staten)
->wrote:
->
->> A lot of competition out there in cold cold world of games co wars. Got to
->> keep interest up in the flocks. Teaser.
->
->Why? This may have hurt id since it was so unfinished. The test will
->'stirr things up' even more when it's released.

Excuse me dude, but Qtest was unfinished also. That did not stop ID from
plopping that down.


Lanuel L Staten <sta...@writeme.com> [ICQ# 6905934]
http://people.we.mediaone.net/staten

Ms/Mr."Scott Southurst" <rg...@one.net.au> lightened all our hearts
with::

>And why would id need to do that?  The only REAL competition they have is
>Valve.  All
>the other "developers" are releasing games which aren't even close to
>finished (for
>example(s) - Sin, Falcon4.0, Rainbow 6, Unreal (although the last was pretty
>good)).
>And then when you get the "patches" you have to download 30Meg just to get a
>slight
>improvement.  id don't need to keep interest.  They make great games.


id makes good engines yes, games no..

Thye need to fire the old gfx/model guys.



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