Message Edited by GX-WarSpite on 01-12-2004 10:46 AM
Right now the combo MG/Rocket launcher is way powerful. Imagine if you had the Quake 1 RL and Quake 2 chaingun in one. It's just disgusting. The stake gun was really hard to use, both Marcus and I preferred the shotgun to it.
I the original feel of quake, nothing has really recaptured it.
Being an avid hardcore PC Gamer from the "Doom" & 'Quake" era, I have a RETAIL collection of over 200 PC Games, I was sadly unable to say "No" to a copy of the "Painkiller Alpha Leak" I am glad however that I didn't. "Painkiller" is for sure going to be a game that I will purchase once it is released. Like so many games before it that have come out, some jerk swipped a copy of it & placed it onto the web, hense the Alpha Leak. I will admit however, that being able to "Pre-try" a game before it comes out is a major factor for weather or not i'll buy it once it's released. Such was the case with the "Doom3" leak, of which I also have. However, I am one of the RARE few that will go out & buy the full game once it's been "Officially" released. I strongly support the makers of PC Games. My $9,000.00 since 1997 alone in PC Games will attest to that. (Much to the horror of my wife) For those that are interested in the game "Painkiller" I will highly advise that you buy the game once it's released. I easily lost a good 2 - 3 hours playing & then re-playing the Leak once I first got it. There is just SOMETHING that is immensely satisfying to nailing a corpse to the wall with a Stake Gun that shoots veritable Logs. The Havok Physics are great as i'm sure everyone will attest to. "Rag Doll" is just so cool. Then there are gibs & any gamer worth his or her salt likes gibs, they just add to an already interesting game. I very much look forward to the release of games such as the likes of: "Half-Life 2", "Doom3", "Stalker", "PAINKILLER" & many more. Though i'll need to work the weekend shift for the next year to be able to pay for them. 
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BTW, excellent reviews & PREviews of games FiringSquad. Your's is the ONLY site I use.
-Log Launcher
Chapel,
Flame away!! 
Have YOU or anyone else thats going to read this, played the Alpha Leak? Unless any of you have, then I advise against jumping onto the bandwagon & calling "Painkiller" another "Clone" Reserve your judgement until AFTER you have played the full game. If you however have the Alpha Leak, & still don't like it. Then thats your perogative.
-Log Launcher
Message Edited by Log Launcher on 01-13-2004 08:22 AM
chapel wrote:
Ready for the flames :
Painkiller, another FPS with beefy guys and beefy guns. Sigh.... people really look forward to hyped up clones? really? ...blah
floss wrote:
on a sidenote: How fast does the stake gun take to reload and how fast does the stake fly? Like, does it fly as fast as a nail from a nailgun? Either way, if it does high damage at the cost of having to predict their movement it seems like a very interesting gun--almost like a honed grenade launcher type feel.
Stake gun reloads really slowly, and flies about as fast as the nailgun. It's more like a railgun without hitscan, than a spam weapon.
Besides that, there are those who love fast action. They don't want to hurry to the best camp spot, spamming grenades in order to keep the other team from getting there before them. They don't want to have 15 seconds to think what to do and giving their opponent 15 seconds. They want games that reward aggression and risk-taking, where the most dominant player isn't the one that hides best and aims decently.
