written on Thursday, June 11, 2009
I played some Action Quake 2 a long time ago, over a 28.8kbps modem, so when I heard that a new version was out, I figured I'd take a look. (I skipped the Half-Life version entirely.) It's amazing how little has changed. Even the lag prediction still feels messed up. And the weirdest part is, I don't mind at all.
It's just simple, fast paced action. The main thing it adds to normal DeathMatch is the ability to dive. You press a button and go flying. The down side is that it takes a moment to get up, so if you don't kill your target while you're flying in, you're a sitting duck. But some people don't care, and that's fabulous. When you get four people in a loading dock all diving around and shooting like crazy, it's pretty awesome.
It's too bad so few people are playing it. I saw two populated servers. I had a lot of fun playing on them, but this time next week, it may not be possible to find a game. I wonder if The Specialists for the original Half-Life still has people playing.
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