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imported_Grev Drasen
Oct 10th, 2002, 09:24:40 PM
In the coming weeks I'm supposedly getting a cable internet connection installed in my room, and I've been saving up around 500$ or so to upgrade my box a little to accompany it.

Some of you more experienced gamers, I haven't really been into much online gaming due to my dialup I was burdened with for about four years. I'm just wondering what you guys currently are into as far as online gaming goes, I'm for certain I'll be picking up SW: Galaxies when it's released but I need something now.

As in I'm going to eB tomorrow to pick something up.

Suggestions?
Marcus Telcontar
Oct 10th, 2002, 10:15:04 PM
Fresh air and sunlight. Best network game of all :p
Morgan Evanar
Oct 10th, 2002, 11:33:25 PM
As in I'm going to eB tomorrow to pick something up.

No buying hardware from EB. You'll pay up to 50% more than you will online.

www.newegg.com

But first, I really need your machine's current specs and how much experince you have.
Diego Van Derveld
Oct 11th, 2002, 12:19:12 AM
Two words:

Scorched Earth.

w00t!
Morgan Evanar
Oct 11th, 2002, 12:20:10 AM
Oooooh. A true classic.
Diego Van Derveld
Oct 11th, 2002, 12:23:48 AM
Find a bitch at the foot of a sloping hill. Hot Napalm. Lazy Boy. Shields Gone. Burn h0. Do not pass go. Do not collect 200 dollars!
Dark Lord Dyzm
Oct 11th, 2002, 01:54:16 AM
You must by Half-Life.
Yes, it is old, yes, it aint fun to play, but there are Mods galore for ya!

Counter-Strike
Day of Defeat
Firearms

are the 3 most played ones. With Counter-Strike being its own game. (Do not buy the packaged CS! Download it!!!) And Day of Defeat soon to follow.

You need Jedi Knight Outcast, Warcraft 3, and Star War's Galaxies when it does come out (Edit: Speed read yours, didn't catch the buying SWG until I reread after posting.) I also recomend buying Star War's Rebellion, if you can find it.
Do not buy Mechwarrior, they have all gone downhill after MechWarrior 2. (my opinion) if you can download MechWarrior 2 with the patches and mods which allow you to play on XP, do it! Then tell me where to find them. I still searching. Unreal and Quake can both be downloaded from the internet, but you might find a bad version. (like I did with Quake) Ok, to recap, here is what you need to buy.

Half-Life
Star Wars Galaxies (Not out yet till december... so sad.... Put a hold on it if you can!)
Jedi Knight Outcast
WarCraft 3

Those are all a gamer really needs. A Shooter, a RPG, a Shooter/Platform, and a RTS.

See our thread in the Expanded Universe For More SW Galaxy Fun and Info!!!
Severen Morkonis
Oct 11th, 2002, 04:03:29 AM
Also get: Medal Of Honor, Hitman 1 and 2 (best games i played in a long time), Never Winter Nights.
Oriadin
Oct 11th, 2002, 05:24:57 AM
Age of empires, unreal Tournament and Jedi Knight II are really the only things I play online, and they are all excellent.
Gurney Devries
Oct 11th, 2002, 06:11:15 AM
Mm... I think he was looking for Online games. At least, that's what the thread title led me to believe.

Give Unreal Tournament 2003 a shot.
Sene Unty
Oct 11th, 2002, 12:10:58 PM
Unreal Tournament is phat.....with a ph if anyone was wondering :D
Dark Lord Dyzm
Oct 11th, 2002, 05:09:55 PM
Not a Fat as in Fat? I mean, with all that armor, they sometimes do look fat
Jared Mriad
Oct 11th, 2002, 05:34:56 PM
Doom 3 is my next hit, but for online 1st person strat/shooter. I'd go with Counter-Strike.

if ya get it,
IP: cs.coav.com
Look for sky_griever (dat's me), Happy Plantings ^_^
Severen Morkonis
Oct 11th, 2002, 05:39:40 PM
Also if your going to play anything online i would recomend down loading Gamespy Arcade...bloody good game housing area.
Morgan Evanar
Oct 11th, 2002, 08:26:14 PM
Gamespy Arcade is crapatcular.

http://www.udpsoft.com/eye/ is much better.
Ryla Relvinian
Oct 11th, 2002, 08:55:42 PM
Uh..... Spear of Destiny??? :p
imported_Grev Drasen
Oct 11th, 2002, 08:59:49 PM
I ended up with Unreal Tournament.

My specs:
32gb HD
Pentium 4, 1.6ghz
256mb RAM
NVIDIA GeForce2 GTS

Running XP.
Gurney Devries
Oct 11th, 2002, 09:22:47 PM
A GeForce 2 GTS? Why? You could have picked up a GF3 Ti200 for under $100.

Did you get UT, or UT2K3? The latter may not run too well on that card.
imported_Grev Drasen
Oct 11th, 2002, 10:24:09 PM
UT.

Been playing it nonstop since I installed and it runs smoothly on the GF2.
Admiral Lebron
Oct 11th, 2002, 10:49:51 PM
My birthday is coming up, whats the best game to pick?
imported_Grev Drasen
Oct 11th, 2002, 11:03:40 PM
If you're looking for online games I'd go for UT2k3.

Sims Online is coming out sometime in the near future if you're into that.