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Whats a good online FPS for a shitty connection?
Posted: 2003-04-13 04:01pm
by Anarchist Bunny
I have Half-life counterstrike, and team fortress classic, but I can't download the updates(i let it dl over night and it fucks up some time around 50 mbs. So, I was wondering if there are any good online FPS with small or no patches needed to play online?
Posted: 2003-04-13 04:12pm
by Brother-Captain Gaius
The only shoot-em-up you'd be able to play with an analog modem is probably Soldat. Other than that, I'm afraid you're basically out of luck
Posted: 2003-04-13 04:16pm
by Alferd Packer
JediNeophyte wrote:The only shoot-em-up you'd be able to play with an analog modem is probably Soldat. Other than that, I'm afraid you're basically out of luck
Soldat. Absolutely. Less than a 9 meg download, and fun as hell.
Posted: 2003-04-13 04:58pm
by Cal Wright
If you still have Quake. Heh. Now those are some rockets.
Posted: 2003-04-13 05:16pm
by Exonerate
If you have Worms...
Posted: 2003-04-13 05:20pm
by Einhander Sn0m4n
Cal Wright wrote:If you still have Quake. Heh. Now those are some rockets.
Quake 1. The BEST Rockets in a game EVER!
Posted: 2003-04-13 05:26pm
by Anarchist Bunny
Is there anyplace to download Soldat?
Posted: 2003-04-13 05:33pm
by Cal Wright
Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:Cal Wright wrote:If you still have Quake. Heh. Now those are some rockets.
Quake 1. The BEST Rockets in a game EVER!
Oh shit yea, the rockets in Q3 suck. You can play pinball with your opponents, but that get's boring after about the 60th frag. Now Quake, you had one chance. heh. A well placed rocket was a sure frag.
Posted: 2003-04-13 05:50pm
by Brother-Captain Gaius
anarchistbunny wrote:Is there anyplace to download Soldat?
http://soldat.cyberion.pl
Posted: 2003-04-13 05:51pm
by Einhander Sn0m4n
Cal Wright wrote:Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:Cal Wright wrote:If you still have Quake. Heh. Now those are some rockets.
Quake 1. The BEST Rockets in a game EVER!
Oh shit yea, the rockets in Q3 suck. You can play pinball with your opponents, but that get's boring after about the 60th frag. Now Quake, you had one chance. heh. A well placed rocket was a sure frag.
Well that's why I love the Railgun on Q3. They got that weapon perfect... mmmmmm 3wave Instagib CTF....
Posted: 2003-04-13 08:10pm
by Anarchist Bunny
Posted: 2003-04-13 08:16pm
by Brother-Captain Gaius
Looks like their site is down. Try downloading it from here -
http://www.acid-play.com/game.php?name=Soldat
Posted: 2003-04-13 09:25pm
by weemadando
America's Army.
Hell, I can play it over dial-up from Tasmania and 0wnz0r fools.
Re: Whats a good online FPS for a shitty connection?
Posted: 2003-04-13 09:35pm
by Pu-239
anarchistbunny wrote:I have Half-life counterstrike, and team fortress classic, but I can't download the updates(i let it dl over night and it fucks up some time around 50 mbs. So, I was wondering if there are any good online FPS with small or no patches needed to play online?
There is Cube:
http://wouter.fov120.com/cube/
Posted: 2003-04-15 01:16pm
by aphexmonster
doom ][ !
Posted: 2003-04-15 01:44pm
by Lagmonster
Slow connection action players should try Soldat. It's fantastic. After that, dig up a copy of Serious Sam. It's fun to hell, and cheap too. Co-Op mode rules any other multiplayer mode, anyway.
Posted: 2003-04-15 01:48pm
by Coaan
Co-op is the greatest form of multiplayer and always will be...whether it's against the computer in a story like you would with a single (btw..what is with designers not giving that anymore?...the last I've seen it was with system shock 2! I want to tear around space with another freelancer on my wing thank you!)
it seems designers stopped caring what the public actually want long ago
Posted: 2003-04-15 02:02pm
by Lagmonster
Coaan wrote:Co-op is the greatest form of multiplayer and always will be...It seems designers stopped caring what the public actually want long ago
Except for Croteam and Serious Sam or Serious Sam: SE. Really. It's basically Doom, though, with hordes of pointless enemies, classic and uninspired weapons, and pointless level design geared mainly to giving you vast arenas to shoot things - and I mean a LOT of things - in.
Although I hear that Halo has Co-op. Anyone confirm this? I know it's coming to the PC soon and if it's half as good as I've heard AND has coop mode, I may pick it up.
Posted: 2003-04-15 02:08pm
by Ghost Rider
Lagmonster wrote:
Although I hear that Halo has Co-op. Anyone confirm this? I know it's coming to the PC soon and if it's half as good as I've heard AND has coop mode, I may pick it up.
Yeah the X-Box has two player co-op.
It made it pretty fun for my friend and me.
Posted: 2003-04-15 03:59pm
by Crazy_Vasey
I used to play Quake3 on a 56k and it wasn't too bad.
Posted: 2003-04-15 04:18pm
by Hamel
HalfLife and its mods work quite well on a 200+ ping connection
In fact, you don't need to lead your shots that much
Posted: 2003-04-15 04:50pm
by Crayz9000
The original Unreal Tournament works OK on a dialup, although you do tend to get laggy with a ping around 300. The only problem I can see you having is getting the latest update to version 436 (unless you recently purchased UT, that is).
UT2k3 has slightly better optimized network code, IIRC, but the graphics should be switched to OpenGL if you want it to run anywhere near smooth.