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Theres no doubt that Quake 3 and Unreal Tournament are both high quality games, but is it really wise to bring them out on PS2 right now ?
Afterall, they are meant to be death match games and the PS2's lack of a modem right now really limits these titles. Fair enough they will be 4 player, but this is a big limitation when compared to versions on PC and Dreamcast. Surely it would have been better to bring these titles out when a modem is available so PS2 owners can enjoy the full experience of them.
I think it would be better for Sony to stick with FPS titles along the lines of Quake 2, etc that are more level based rather than fragging arenas. By all means add 4 player options into these, but I think its important that they have a strong 1 player to them.
Games like Quake 3 and UT should be kept back until PS2 is really ready for them. At the end of the day, if Sony do end up releasing a modem, they have used up 2 titles already that could have been a big hit to launch around the same time as a modem.
The Playstation had a lot of success out of Doom when it was released, so I think a level based Quake game (maybe one with extra levels for PS2 owners) would do well. Doesn't have to be Quake even, I just used this title as an example. It just seems that death match games based soley on fragging are wasted on PS2 right now without a modem available.
Afterall, they are meant to be death match games and the PS2's lack of a modem right now really limits these titles. Fair enough they will be 4 player, but this is a big limitation when compared to versions on PC and Dreamcast. Surely it would have been better to bring these titles out when a modem is available so PS2 owners can enjoy the full experience of them.
I think it would be better for Sony to stick with FPS titles along the lines of Quake 2, etc that are more level based rather than fragging arenas. By all means add 4 player options into these, but I think its important that they have a strong 1 player to them.
Games like Quake 3 and UT should be kept back until PS2 is really ready for them. At the end of the day, if Sony do end up releasing a modem, they have used up 2 titles already that could have been a big hit to launch around the same time as a modem.
The Playstation had a lot of success out of Doom when it was released, so I think a level based Quake game (maybe one with extra levels for PS2 owners) would do well. Doesn't have to be Quake even, I just used this title as an example. It just seems that death match games based soley on fragging are wasted on PS2 right now without a modem available.
Without a doubt!
Half-Life is a great game :-)
Half Life?
I would be quite interested in a new version of Doom :-) The guy you control in it is in Quake 3 and he looks pretty good :-) Improve the graphics and add a few more bad guys into it and you could have a really good update of Doom :-) Especially if you throw in a co-operative mode and maybe even Phobos and Crash from Quake 3 because they seem pretty much linked to the main Doom character.
Red Faction sounds good
Theres no doubt that Quake 3 and Unreal Tournament are both high quality games, but is it really wise to bring them out on PS2 right now ?
Afterall, they are meant to be death match games and the PS2's lack of a modem right now really limits these titles. Fair enough they will be 4 player, but this is a big limitation when compared to versions on PC and Dreamcast. Surely it would have been better to bring these titles out when a modem is available so PS2 owners can enjoy the full experience of them.
I think it would be better for Sony to stick with FPS titles along the lines of Quake 2, etc that are more level based rather than fragging arenas. By all means add 4 player options into these, but I think its important that they have a strong 1 player to them.
Games like Quake 3 and UT should be kept back until PS2 is really ready for them. At the end of the day, if Sony do end up releasing a modem, they have used up 2 titles already that could have been a big hit to launch around the same time as a modem.
The Playstation had a lot of success out of Doom when it was released, so I think a level based Quake game (maybe one with extra levels for PS2 owners) would do well. Doesn't have to be Quake even, I just used this title as an example. It just seems that death match games based soley on fragging are wasted on PS2 right now without a modem available.
Afterall, they are meant to be death match games and the PS2's lack of a modem right now really limits these titles. Fair enough they will be 4 player, but this is a big limitation when compared to versions on PC and Dreamcast. Surely it would have been better to bring these titles out when a modem is available so PS2 owners can enjoy the full experience of them.
I think it would be better for Sony to stick with FPS titles along the lines of Quake 2, etc that are more level based rather than fragging arenas. By all means add 4 player options into these, but I think its important that they have a strong 1 player to them.
Games like Quake 3 and UT should be kept back until PS2 is really ready for them. At the end of the day, if Sony do end up releasing a modem, they have used up 2 titles already that could have been a big hit to launch around the same time as a modem.
The Playstation had a lot of success out of Doom when it was released, so I think a level based Quake game (maybe one with extra levels for PS2 owners) would do well. Doesn't have to be Quake even, I just used this title as an example. It just seems that death match games based soley on fragging are wasted on PS2 right now without a modem available.