The future of ET-Reloaded
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22 Jan 2014, 06:39
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So as we all know RTCW2 Multiplayer was a huge failure.
Why?
A: Simple, it had nothing to do with RTCW's Multiplayer, which is still played (1.0,1.4) and probably even more played than RTCW2 nowadays! Due to the gameplay, which was different, and the tendency to CoD's realism.
If my mind isn't slipping, CS:Source was developed as the successor of CS 1.6, and it wasn't a success also (correct me if i'm wrong), i'd even consider it as a failure also, since it also had the tendency to realism.
So the main point of my Journal is... CS:GO seems to be making a good success.
Steam developed CS:GO, which is CS 1.6 with today's graphics, same gameplay & same maps (as far as i know).
Why wouldn't they make the same for ET? :D
Do you think its worth to do some pressure or something on Steam to do the same on ET as with CS 1.6?
ET was just the most played online game at some point and still the most enjoyable, even for people who don't play it anymore... would be good for Steam, and for us, ET fans.
Just imagine, ET with today's graphics, same gameplay & same maps. Would probably go on the most played games once again.
You're oppinion?
Why?
A: Simple, it had nothing to do with RTCW's Multiplayer, which is still played (1.0,1.4) and probably even more played than RTCW2 nowadays! Due to the gameplay, which was different, and the tendency to CoD's realism.
If my mind isn't slipping, CS:Source was developed as the successor of CS 1.6, and it wasn't a success also (correct me if i'm wrong), i'd even consider it as a failure also, since it also had the tendency to realism.
So the main point of my Journal is... CS:GO seems to be making a good success.
Steam developed CS:GO, which is CS 1.6 with today's graphics, same gameplay & same maps (as far as i know).
Why wouldn't they make the same for ET? :D
Do you think its worth to do some pressure or something on Steam to do the same on ET as with CS 1.6?
ET was just the most played online game at some point and still the most enjoyable, even for people who don't play it anymore... would be good for Steam, and for us, ET fans.
Just imagine, ET with today's graphics, same gameplay & same maps. Would probably go on the most played games once again.
You're oppinion?
Here's an example of it's gameplay:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp4J_CLSCEU
did Snowstorm come up with this game?
"HEY I GOT AN IDEA LETS MIX COD AND RTCW TOGETHER AND I BET IT WILL BE AWESOME"
CSS Was a big commercial success just not in competitive.
IMO it's not because it was that much differance but just because pros don't like to change , they fear to lose skill if they do.
which is why splashdamage had that massive prized Brink tournament that ati_ and guys participated in, to try to "force" players to play it and grow to like it
even if you do put up steam on et and u somehow get over 10.000ppl to download and install it. it has not ben updated it has no "play now" button (for compettitive play) and 99% of the newcomers dont even know what irc is, let alone find a 3on3 / 6on6 or 2/5 more ppl to play with.
We need a new game with the new technologies implemented, and try to keep the movement / gameplay the same. A better texture pack wont attract new players.
There are some cool ideas, like make ET downloadable/playable from steam, there was some request also, but nothing happened.
Another cool idea is ET-live, but now browsers dropped support for OpenGL as far as I know, so no idea whats up with that project atm.
Now if CG makes some good ladders/cups, and if they can make a decent anticheat, then the game can survive, maybe some players will even come back to play (like me).
ps. I prefer rtcw, will not go as far as to say it's a better game though.
what would provide some more activity.
but why better graphics if most players play with a low graphics cfg? :o
It's not the graphic's itself i'd say, but the commercial effect of a NEW ET, with the same gameplay.
Actually on CS:GO the pro's also decrease the quality of graphics. But it's the "good" graphics, that attracts the newcommers, like on ET on the past. When most players started liking et with it's then "good graphics" (2003/2004), they started not caring for quality itself, but improve their gameplay ; -)
The thing is, productions went far with graphics in this time of 10 years, since ET was out and nowadays teenagers are tend to look only at fancy graphics otherwise they will call games ugly (good example u can see at CG forums, COD players commenting on ET fragmovies).
Second thing is, if u realize ET demands A LOT more aiming than any other FPS game at general, sometimes u have to shoot out entire clip in order to win duels, as well as in general ET compared to other FPS games require a lot more time investiment in order to even achive low+ level which lead to most of newcomers giving up after certain time.
Best thing for ET (dobut it would even be added to stream with all the patches being there, it was already though of that before, but was too complicated to make it as simple as download and play situation) is to get a good promotion and a decent anti cheat and then hopefully at least gaining some new and old players back at this game.
and even if it would, the game would never be as good as in the early 2003,2004,05,06 days...the old "meta" was soooo much fun, but as people got better they discovered more efficient strategys which kinda ruined the early days fun of ET in my oppinion...those early days on maps like fueldump,battery,oasis,radar...shit was EPIC...
Just my opinion tho,
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Obrigado for the info :D muahhhh