I am at a loss of mp games to play Thread

After playing over 300 hours of Tribes: Ascend I have come to the conclusion that there are simply too many design decisions I disagree with and which keeps me from enjoying the game like I used to.
The thing is that T:A really rekindled my love for fast-paced shooters and I really don't see me going back to any modern military shooters, which I am so tired of I can't even stand watching others play. So, what games are there that can fill the void? I have tried Shootmania and I rather enjoyed it... It is just that it becomes kind of stale after a while.

Are there any multiplayer games you think I would like and-or any you would recommend me trying?
Help would be appreciated

Quake & Quake 2?

TheHappyFriar wrote: Quake & Quake 2?

It's been a long time since I played Quake. I suppose it would be fun to get into it again, but I was kinda thinking about trying something new...

It's kind of funny that I share your sentiments. I loved Tribes: Ascend when it came out, but later design changes and additions broke the core experience and the interaction between classes.

I haven't found an alternative, so I'm currently playing different types of games. I did try out Hawken, but it wasn't for me.

Edited by: ambershee

Dr.Freakman wrote:
It's been a long time since I played Quake. I suppose it would be fun to get into it again, but I was kinda thinking about trying something new...

I guess you should of make that statement before you asked for a game to play, eh?

Besides, who cares about the age of the game. That's like saying I won't play checkers because it's so oldddddddddddddddddd. Or poker. Or football. It's gotta be released yesterday man, or else it's no fun!

Here ya go: Tastyspleen.tv

Go enjoy some fun gaming. Enjoy some QPong, Or Chaos. Or Action. Or straight up, non sterilized, whiner friendly DM.

TheHappyFriar wrote:

Dr.Freakman wrote:
It's been a long time since I played Quake. I suppose it would be fun to get into it again, but I was kinda thinking about trying something new...

I guess you should of make that statement before you asked for a game to play, eh?

Besides, who cares about the age of the game. That's like saying I won't play checkers because it's so oldddddddddddddddddd. Or poker. Or football. It's gotta be released yesterday man, or else it's no fun!

Here ya go: Tastyspleen.tv

Go enjoy some fun gaming. Enjoy some QPong, Or Chaos. Or Action. Or straight up, non sterilized, whiner friendly DM.

No! Not because it is old! I play old games all the time. I just want a new experience, that's all

ambershee wrote: It's kind of funny that I share your sentiments. I loved Tribes: Ascend when it came out, but later design changes and additions broke the core experience and the interaction between classes.

I haven't found an alternative, so I'm currently playing different types of games. I did try out Hawken, but it wasn't for me.

Yeah, Hawken wasn't too interesting, unfortunately. But I might try Firefall again... Especially considering I haven't actually tried PvP yet.

You should give a list of games you don't want to play. If your profile age is correct though, there's thousands of hours of Doom/Quake/Quake2/Quake3/Half Life mods that you've never played.

Worth mentioning:
Aliens Doom (one of the best coop's ever)
TF (the original, not the amputated remakes for everything else)
Sliders
Air Quake
QPong (can be a real PITA to get it to work, but it's worth it)
Chaos (Q2 is the best imho, I've tried the others)
Holy Wars
Excessive (Q3A's version is superior to the ST:V EF one)
Generations Arena
HL1's DM. IT supports a lot of neat features not in most DM's today (like turrets & what not)

Other games:
UT (Assault only, the DM/CTF/etc. isn't that fun imho, but instagib is one of the best)
UT2k4's Onslaught (it's assault isn't that good compared to the first)
AvP (most likely you can't run the original but the 2nd and 3rd have excellent MP modes, best with less the 8 people. 3rd got ruined in MP by allowing servers with more then 10 people)
Digital Paint (free)
DNF (the MP is awesome, definitly one of the most fun and original I've played since Quake 1)
ETQW

Non-shooters:
Descent 1/2/3 (AWESOME! Just pick one of the three)
Freespace 1/2 (2x AWESOME)

There's other games I really enjoyed the MP of I'll try to remember later.

How picky are you?
Dominions 3 is old 2D style graphics. But if you like coming up with strategies for armies and empires, especially with mythological creatures, then you might want to look at the demo (the demo can be gotten from Illwinter.com and the game bought on Desura.com ). It has deep deep strategy options. More nations, more players in one game, and bigger maps than anyone ever wants to play. And even after years, no perfect-kill walk-thru or cheatcodes. People are still debating strategies.

gp1628 wrote: How picky are you?
Dominions 3 is old 2D style graphics. But if you like coming up with strategies for armies and empires, especially with mythological creatures, then you might want to look at the demo (the demo can be gotten from Illwinter.com and the game bought on Desura.com ). It has deep deep strategy options. More nations, more players in one game, and bigger maps than anyone ever wants to play. And even after years, no perfect-kill walk-thru or cheatcodes. People are still debating strategies.

Not so picky. I can proudly say that I have managed to play Dwarf Fortress
How have I not heard about this game before? I am usually all over stategy games. Thank you Although it is not as much a new strategy game I need (Fallen Enchantress is so good) as a new multiplayer FPS.

Edited by: powercramp

Mechwarrior: Living Legends

Ohhh... mechwarrior, forgot about that. MW2 was the best imho. After that (haven't played the LL mod) it wasn't as fun. MW2 was best lanning: several people in the same room playing "King of the Mountain" while all trying to convince the other plays the OTHER guy was the first one there & they should all gang up on him instead of you.