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| glacial906 |
Posted - 04/09/2004 : 00:10:29
Okay, I know I'm a bit behind in this, but I have never EVER played an online game before.
First of all, does it cost much? I have a relatively new PC (Dell Dimension 4550, about a year old) with 512 MB RAM and 116 GB hard drive. I have a broadband internet connection. Does it cost extra, if you have a PC with a cable connection already? I figured it would with consoles (because, unless you have a OS set up on them already, theres' really no way that I know of to access the internet, etc.) Is it a matter of paying extra to your ISP or paying money to the company that hosts the game server that you play on?
Secondly, do I need any extra harware for a PC to play games online?
Can anyone recommend any good games to start out with?
I watched the Matrix Revolutions tonight, and as mediocre as the movie was they had extra scenes on the DVD on the Matrix online. It's supposed to be huge, to where you can pretty much do whatever you want, i.e. side with the machines, wander aimlessly around the city (which is supposedly massive) or try to meet up with characters from the movie (like Oracle) which is apparently really difficult. It sounds amazing. But, like I said I am a total newbie so I was wandering if those of you that already play online games could offer me advice.
One thing that really struck me about the reviews from the game was that they were constantly adding more and more onto the city, monthly, so if you kept on playing you could concievably never be able to explore the whole city.
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| glacial906 |
Posted - 04/09/2004 : 23:22:39
Thanks, Hordak. Er -- LBF.
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| Little Black Francis |
Posted - 04/09/2004 : 22:15:03
Hey Swimmer, I mean Glacial. Quake III best game on PC
Get an XBOX though, console wonderland. ONline beats the shit out of anything, voice is key. |
| glacial906 |
Posted - 04/09/2004 : 20:50:44
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Originally posted by El Barto
Yeah, it depends on what games you want to play. You just need server browsing software like GameSpy Arcade or All Seeing Eye. Matrix Online looks retarded...everyone and their brother is making a MMORPG (massively multiplayer online roleplaying game) and most of them turn out to be shit. RTCW is old school man; I couldn't stand online play anyway. Call of Duty is MUCH MUCH better. I just beat Far Cry single player, haven't tried it multiplayer, but am very curious to see how it is (cause the engine KICKS ASS).
As far as your system goes, how fast is the processor and what kind of video card do you have? A year old should be just dandy for said games. You might want to bump the RAM up to 1GB and perhaps get a new graphics card (depending on what you have).
 "Join the Cult of Brit / And let your oral hygiene go out the window."
2.53 GHz for the processing speed. I plan to get another 512 of memory when my tax return comes through, which'll put me at 1 GB. (Alot of that also stems from bogging down the computer with huge computer art projects for school and the like...Photoshop's layers eat up alot of memory, and when you have like, 20 or 30 layers you can really notice a difference in how fast your computer runs.)
Oh yeah, I have a Radeon 9000 video card.
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| TheCroutonFuton |
Posted - 04/09/2004 : 20:50:24
Hmm, okay, first of all: Get rid of that console-esque-controller for you computer. Yes, put it down. Believe me, you'll thank me later.
RTS: I think you need to get either a Warcraft game (Any of them, really, although I prefer 2.) or Starcraft. Great, great games. They are RTS games (Real-Time Strategy) and they are great fun to play. You have to mine for the resources to create your army (ie: Cut down trees to build buildings, mine gold for training troops or building vehicles, build farms for food, just tons of great stuff!), build the buildings in a strategic area so you don't get creamed by the enemy (Read: Custer's Last Stand aka Battle of Little Big Horn. Although, he rightfully deserved it..you know what I mean.), deploy different types of troops for different types of enemies (Use dragons to take out hand-to-hand fighting enemies.), oh jeeze...it's just great. Because it's not a point and click, run and gun, kindof game. It actually takes intelligence and skill. Probably the most productive type of game.
FPS: Everyone else has mentioned First Person Shooters, and rightly so. Why? There's no greater joy than sniping your best friend from several clicks away without them being aware of anything; or running them over with a jeep while they're firing rockets every which way (all missing you, of course.). You'll soon learn, however, that most of the FPS's out there do not require skill at all. You just run, point, click, kill, turn, run, click, kill, jump, run, click, kill, etc. Get a game that requires skill (Accuracy, tactics, etc.). Battlefield 1942 is a pretty good example of a game that requires atleast some skill to be good at. You'll notice that all of the people who suck get the big guns and go and camp in one spot, just clicking and killing; while the good player sneaks up behind and kills them with a knife or snipes them from a distance. Don't camp (Staying in one place, usually near a spawn point so they can mow people down in a VERY cheap way.). Please, oh, please don't camp. Nobody likes a camper. But almost every team improves with an engineer who repairs vehicles and takes out enemies with a mortar..or a sniper who gives supporting fire to the front line while taking out that ANNOYING camper all at the same time. I tend to enjoy games where you need teamwork to be good. It seems many people have Battlefiend 1942 here...perhaps we can all play together sometime and actually work as a team and take out everyone else. Sounds like fun to me, hehe. Who knows, maybe at some point in the future you'll be able to say that you took out Frank Black with a semi-automatic pistol from 50 meters away! (Oh how that would be cool if he played games like this...)
If multiplayer isn't your thing: Half-Life, Deus-Ex, and Far Cry. Very fun single player games that you can play over and over again without getting too bored!
Games where you literally are God: First game like this to start off with: Black and White. You are a God and you have to perform miracles (good or bad, buahaha) to get people to believe in and worship you. You get a kickass little pet, too! They're so cool! And they aren't so little, buahahahaha! They can do the dirty (or good) deeds for you. It's hard to describe this game, but believe me, you've got to get it. Hell, you can get it basically anywhere videogames are sold for 10 dollars. You won't be dissapointed!
RPG: Role Playing Games are great. These are the games where you get to control exactly what your character becomes (with some guidelines, of course) while going through a great, fulfilling storyline. I love Baldur's Gate 1 and 2. Very, very fun. The Elder Scroll's: Morrowind is also a very great game, though it takes a lot of time to really get the most out of it. If you're into controlling just about everything then Neverwinter Nights is for you. ( http://pc.ign.com/articles/363/363038p1.html?fromint=1 <- very good review of it.) These are fun games to play. Very fun, haha.
That's all for now, I'll add more to the list later, haha, I'm going to go watch Clockwork Orange. |
| Cheeseman1000 |
Posted - 04/09/2004 : 14:43:25
I ended up getting confused as to what was an acronym and what was jsut capitals there Jim. Don't mess with my mind, its precious.
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| El Barto |
Posted - 04/09/2004 : 14:03:34
Yeah, it depends on what games you want to play. You just need server browsing software like GameSpy Arcade or All Seeing Eye. Matrix Online looks retarded...everyone and their brother is making a MMORPG (massively multiplayer online roleplaying game) and most of them turn out to be shit. RTCW is old school man; I couldn't stand online play anyway. Call of Duty is MUCH MUCH better. I just beat Far Cry single player, haven't tried it multiplayer, but am very curious to see how it is (cause the engine KICKS ASS).
As far as your system goes, how fast is the processor and what kind of video card do you have? A year old should be just dandy for said games. You might want to bump the RAM up to 1GB and perhaps get a new graphics card (depending on what you have).
"Join the Cult of Brit / And let your oral hygiene go out the window." |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 04/09/2004 : 04:49:43
Oh yeah good point. There are some complete arseholes playing online games (you can chat to each other as you play). Best thing to do is to shoot them to drain their health, but don't actually kill them. If you do it from afar then they have no idea who is shooting them. Hehe, always a good one for the really annoying people who play.
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| bishk99 |
Posted - 04/09/2004 : 04:44:00
Will it cost you any extra cash? Well, it depends what type of games you want to play.
Most PC games will allow you to play for free, all you need is a copy of the game to play. You might want to try:
Battlefield 1942
Battlefield Vietnam
Unreal Tournament 2004
Castle Wolfenstien (as Homers Pet Monkey suggests)
All of the above are pretty easy to get up and running.
There are some games however which do require you to pay a monthly fee to participate in. The majority of these fee based games are MMOs (massively multiplayer online games) which require you to pay around 10-15$ a month to play. That money goes toward keeping dedicated gaming servers runnning, which can support 1000s of players at the same time, and adding new game content. Matrix online isn't out yet, but when it is you will have to pay monthly to play it.
Some examples of fee paying games -
Everquest (Everquest 2 comming out later this year)
Planetside
Starwars Galaxies
Lineage 2 (currently free to play in beta test)
You might want to stick with the free games for a while if you've never played an online game before. If you think forum communities are bad wait til you start playing online games!!
-Bish
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 04/09/2004 : 04:13:10
Firstly it will cost you no extra cash.
Secondly it depends on what sort of games you like. First-person shooters are the most popular online games but there are others too.
If it's bloodshed you want (and why not when it's confined to your PC?) then I recommend Return To Castle Wolfenstein as a good starting point, especially the new Enemy Territory version. There are loads of others though, as I'm sure other people will recommend to you later (I am expecting a reply from Jim very soon).
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