Thread:Vorknkx/@comment-1915529-20120523190003/@comment-3547390-20120710070454

Like I said, maybe I don't hate sprites (graphics don't make the game with polygonal models, why do sprites change it so much) but it is the only thing I can think of in common with Doom and Dark Forces that Unreal, Thief, and Quake all don't have.

It would be hard to do Heretic without Hexen (second game of the series, following plot would be pretty hard). It's not Quake, where each game has nothing to do with one another (besides 2 and 4).

Vork, you should play Unreal. If you like adventure titles it is extremely explorative. If you like action titles it can get really intense with fast paced action (it is the fastest of the UT series, which is said to be faster than most FPS). You don't just mindlessly shoot everything, you have some allied creatures. Your enemies start off hard (the first enemy you encounter will be extremely powerful compared to other games) then they get extremely challenging in AI (they have the same AI as the bots, so they can "think" almost and WILL strategically try to take you down. Unreal is a world of survival, it pretty much set the standard for outdoors locations (much better than anything in Q1 or Q2 I hear). Remember Doom 3? Unreal outdates it in graphics, but Unreal actually has more complicated gameplay (Doom 3 doesn't even have headshots!).

Also, Raadec, I will have to fight the final boss without the special item in the future due to some map pack I heard about (I plan on playing a ton of them in the near future, as soon as I finish the Fusion Map Pack and other official Unreal content).

I don't have any friends that are serious gamers. Every one of them is into the whole pop culture of COD and Battlefield 2. I tried converting people, but they get shocked that you aren't good at the game after a day. Then again I don't have a ton of people that are friends, but just acquaintances due to me "ostracizing" myself from the rest and playing old school games only. Just like Doom and Dark Forces, there is something about new school games that I hate (Well, Doom is a love/hate relationship). The difference is that I know the problem and I go into rants about it (gameplay beats graphics, as proven by them). Everybody I try to explain Unreal to and gets as far as trying it has a similar conversation.

Dialogue scene! -

"Unreal is a great game compared to the COD trash out nowadays"

"What's Unreal?"

"It's the game that made Unreal Tournament, you have heard of that probably"

"No." (I am baffled, Unreal Tournament was pretty popular I thought)

"Well, try it out on my computer"

"Okay" (I start up Vortex Rikers on easy)

"Where are the bad guys?"

"You have to go to them, plus it would be stupid without a gun"

"Where's my gun!?!"

"You woke up in a prison with the door destroyed. You now need to find a gun"

"Nah. I'm going to wait here until the enemies fight me, then I can steal their gun"

"They won't come unless you are in a botmatch or something"

"Put me in that"

"Okay." (puts in botmatch with easiest level bots)

"Oh my god! Help me! Help me! Come over here and help me!" (Somehow he just died 3-4 times in a row a minute after spawning and standing there).

"Fine. Let's do deathmatch, I'll go easy on you" (I let them get a few kills, but kill them a bunch as they sit around and don't stock up)

"You're cheating"

"No I'm not!"

"You are picking up those items that make you live after I shoot you one time. Then you shoot me and kill me in one shot."

"That's your fault. Pick up better weapons and items."

"I don't know where they are!"

"Want me to help?"

"No! I will have to learn the game on my own. Hey, is this a website that shows the secret areas of the maps?"

"It shows a few, but it doesn't show all of them."

"Why can't we just play Battlefield 2? Everybody spawns with a gun and we would all have a good time"

"I hate everything about those games, they take no skill. I played COD with you a while back and owned you. This was maps I didn't know, on a console I didn't know, with weapons I didn't know, all on a game that was driving me insane. The game is that easy."

"I'm part of a clan though. That makes me elite. Your game stinks."

The end... Also, thanks for accepting long posts the size of the bible. The previous section otherwise probably would be deemed too long.