catbarf on 5/3/2008 at 22:46
WarRock is a load of crap unless you buy it. Otherwise you don't get shotguns, machine guns, or anything else you need to stand a chance in that game.
Mingan on 6/3/2008 at 00:40
Not true. Buying the game only allows you to have extra weapon slots. Yeah, there's some weapons that are unavailable, but it's only a few. The main problem of the game is that to get the in-game money needed to rent(yes, yes, rent) the better guns, you pretty much have to stop playing everything else. Also, the base classes(with basic weapons) are unbalanced; while the grunt can do fairly well with the basic rifle, the sniper is an exercise in pointlessness. You'd better be chucking handfuls of ammo up their face.
catbarf on 6/3/2008 at 11:28
Quote Posted by Mingan
Not true. Buying the game only allows you to have extra weapon slots. Yeah, there's some weapons that are unavailable, but it's only a few. The main problem of the game is that to get the in-game money needed to rent(yes, yes, rent) the better guns, you pretty much have to stop playing everything else. Also, the base classes(with basic weapons) are unbalanced; while the grunt can do fairly well with the basic rifle, the sniper is an exercise in pointlessness. You'd better be chucking handfuls of ammo up their face.
Okay, so it's a load of crap if you buy it :joke:
Mingan on 6/3/2008 at 17:06
Well, buying it allows you to more guns/slots, but then you have to play more to be able to afford the in-game cost of buying extra guns. A really strange model.
june gloom on 6/3/2008 at 18:05
That's how they getcha.
Give me Insurgency any day. You know, when it's not making my PC BSoD. only HL2 mod that does it.
doctorfrog on 21/3/2008 at 17:13
This is not a freeware game per se, but I just stumbled onto an online gaming mag that specializes in retro games. Many, most, or all are freeware. The format is of an online-distributed CD image, and before you groan overmuch, the size of the most recent issue is under 150MB.
Online CD image distribution sounds clumsy, but what you're really doing is downloading the whole magazine for offline browsing and playing. That's right, you can browse the mag, read the reviews, play the games without downloading anything extra. Even emulators and ROMs are supposedly included, perhaps even pre-configured, for play. Class act.
Only the most recent version of the mag is available with all the games included, so download now! Older issues are available in a 'lite' version, zipped up with all articles and art included, but without the games and emulators.
(
http://www.rgcd.co.uk/)
(Found while examining the new (
http://neurohack.com/transcendence/) Transcendence web site.)
sNeaksieGarrett on 21/3/2008 at 18:05
Sounds cool, but what kind of games are on it? can you list a few?
doctorfrog on 23/3/2008 at 05:24
Two clicks later...
(Keep in mind that a retro remake might not have the same name as the game it intends to copy.)
(
http://www.rgcd.co.uk/rgcd-online/04/):
- Contents
- Featured Game
Transcendence (PC)
- Retro Reviews
Betiled! (ZX Spectrum)
Crownland (Atari XE/XL)
Eckn (Atari XE/XL)
Electrek (Amiga)
Get It (Commodore +4)
Iwanaga (PC)
Jetboy (Atari XE/XL)
Jet Set Willy 2007 (Atari XE/XL)
Magical Drop (Amstrad CPC)
Mr. Mole (MSX)
Paradise/RGCD Christmas Double Pack (GBA)
Patrol Falcon (PC)
Pen-Pen Xmas Olympics (PC)
Quantum Gardening (ZX Spectrum)
Racked Off (C64)
Redrunner (C64)
Shoot 'Em (PC)
Sokoban (ZX Spectrum)
Star Sabre (Amstrad CPC)
Tongueman's Logic (PC Engine)
Varia (PC)
Wizball (PC)
Yoomp! (Atari XE/XL)
- Extras
Balloonacy Preview (Amstrad CPC)
Battleships Forever Preview (PC)
Christmas Cracker (ZX Spectrum)
Homebrew Retrospective (PC)
Honeyblaster Preview (PC)
Llamasoft: The Dromedary Years (Part Two) (Misc)
Mario Bros. 2007 (Atari XE/XL)
Midnight MU (PC/Mac)
Super Pumpkin Bros Preview (Amiga AGA)
T.M.R's 2600 Rant (Misc)
Weekend Gamer Audio eXtra (Misc)
- Emulators
AtariWin800 Plus 4.0 (PC)
Blue MSX 2.71 (PC)
Klive 1.1 (PC)
Magic Engine 1.00 (PC)
Visual Boy Advance 1.72 (PC)
WinAPE 2.0 Alpha 15 (PC)
WinUAE 1.4.4 (PC)
WinVice 1.22 (PC)
van HellSing on 23/3/2008 at 23:32
(
http://acidarenaweb.free.fr/) Acid Arena
Free FPS, basically a
very psychedelic version of Quake III (same engine, doesn't require the game).
