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"Quake 3, what a load of anal"

Quake 3, what's up with that?

I've tryed my hardest to like this game but I just can't find it in me, it's a great conversion don't get me wrong but what the heck is up with the controls?

They just suck, i've fiddled around with the sensitivity setting but it just sucks. The game's just crying out for an auto aiming system like Goldeneye, I can't see how ID could have over looked this. You just can't get the kind of pin point accuracy needed for Quake from an analog stick that you can from a keyboard and mouse combo. Half the time I just find myself firing wildly in hopes that maybe I can get a few shots on target.

Don't think i'm some PC games bum boy though, I love console 1st person shooters but this sucks most royally.
i'm stuck on the 3rd level of the Single player game and I really can't see myself getting any further unless I go out and buy a mouse and keyboard.

I'm just glad I only payed £5 for it....

On a happier note Tech Romancer rules everyone should own this game.

Gar-J wrote:
> Don't get Unreal Tournament for DC either. That's the crappest conversion I've
> ever seen.


I was quite disappointed with Unreal Tournament on DC!! The lack of online gaming ruined it without doubt!!

Oh that's ok then! I thought you were talking about UT! That really is a poor excuse for a conversion - the resolution's right out of an N64, the frame rate's from a Master System and they've even taken out all of the reflections!!

I'm not normally one to gripe so much about graphics - playability that counts in the end, but when Quake III was done so well and retained so much of what the PC looked like, the sloppy programming in UT stands out a mile.

Yes, maybe the playability is ok (although it wasn't to my taste either), but the graphics engine and the visuals any game displays is a better benchmark for programming effort/skill than any other.

Could we set up a thing where you bombard certain companies with emails telling them how annoyed we are at the sheer lack of effort when it comes to Sega consoles? I don't know what it is, but since the Saturn was first released most games companies have given Sega's consoles the back seat - the sh!tty end of the stick when it comes to code. I mean for crying out loud, the whole point of enabling the Dreamcast to run on Windows CE was to make it easier for games developers to get PC-style things out of it, not so that it could host low-quality shabby conversions.

No Quake 3 is as far as I can tell, I haven't played it that much cause I end up throwing the pad across the room for being so damn annoying.

You're saying DC UT is the same as PC version?!

I can tell the games good cause it's pretty much the same as the PC version and I enjoyed that, it's just the controls I can't get my head around. Having said that it's much better when you've got more than one apponent to kill, i've enjoyed Quake when i've set up all the options but on the single player when you have to face off against one apponent it's just feckin boring. Trying to shoot somoene at a distance with a rocket is about as much fun as sitting on a bag of nails, you're better off shooting the floor in front of them you're more likely to hit something.

Don't get Unreal Tournament for DC either. That's the crappest conversion I've ever seen. Quake III lost a LOT less during translation than UT did, and Quake has more complicated graphics!!

Gar-J wrote:
> The graphics on Outtrigger are good, and the effects are great. The sound though
> is crap - explosions are just some Japanese man going 'Wooosh!'

Yep i agree. But for a tenner i cant complain! lol :-)

The graphics on Outtrigger are good, and the effects are great. The sound though is crap - explosions are just some Japanese man going 'Wooosh!'

Tiltawhirl, dont ever think about buying OutTrigger. Its even worst! But 'tis still a good game for £10.

Get a mouse and a keyboard from SR, or second hand (and a lot cheaper) from cex.co.uk and you'll be eating your words. :o)