Haha yeah I actually did a few of these before, and they were awesome.
I remember really enjoying UT2k4, Command & Conquer Tiberium Wars, and a ridiculous number of Warcraft III mods (and DOTA lol).
A lot of my friends really liked CounterStrike 1.6 though and…I honestly wasn’t much of a fan hah. (It was the hitboxes and spread. AK bursts center mass? No dice. Get hit in the foot by a submachinegun? Ded. I know, skill issue prolly lol.)
I remember once we played a few games and then everyone just logged into their individual WoW accounts around the end of the night. Lame lol.
Logistically, I definitely don’t miss having to get the game(s) installed on everybody’s machines, and make sure everybody’s got the same patch version, and that kinda thing. Steam’s actually made that a ton easier! (Especially with things like 4 packs and sales.)
More recently we tried a LAN party, and Warsow saved the day since it was free on GOG. That was a TON of fun! Sad that’s a “dead game.”
In highschool the whole computer lab would be playing Battlefield Modern Combat, or Battlefield 2142, and that was REALLY fun with a full house.
(Getting to hear people shout “Alright WHO IS <username>?!?!?!” was great fun.)
SO MUCH. I got so hyped for a brief second there a while back, until I realized it was “2042” and they missed the “1”. Then I was like “Aw c’mon for real?”
The aesthetic was really cool, and Titans mode was awesome. Although I’d like if we could solve the problem where every server owner froze titans in place because they’d crash / slow down the server if people moved them! 😂
I even got that preorder version that gave you a flashdrive that looked like one of their dogtags. THAT was cool!
But we need a good smaller studio to basically create a spiritual successor. Definitely wouldn’t trust EA with this anymore! It’d have some rootkit-style windows-only anticheat and a storefront baked in.
It’s right up there on my unlikely wishlist along with “Sims 3 but allow more RAM and multithreading.” 😂
Actually know what tho? Titanfall 2 fills that 2142 niche somewhat closely. That game’s incredible. I’m glad we seem to still have that, at least.
They were usually just friend groups who took their entire computers over to someones house.
Think sleepover but you also bring a box of electronics
Haha yeah I actually did a few of these before, and they were awesome.
I remember really enjoying UT2k4, Command & Conquer Tiberium Wars, and a ridiculous number of Warcraft III mods (and DOTA lol).
A lot of my friends really liked CounterStrike 1.6 though and…I honestly wasn’t much of a fan hah. (It was the hitboxes and spread. AK bursts center mass? No dice. Get hit in the foot by a submachinegun? Ded. I know, skill issue prolly lol.)
I remember once we played a few games and then everyone just logged into their individual WoW accounts around the end of the night. Lame lol.
Logistically, I definitely don’t miss having to get the game(s) installed on everybody’s machines, and make sure everybody’s got the same patch version, and that kinda thing. Steam’s actually made that a ton easier! (Especially with things like 4 packs and sales.)
More recently we tried a LAN party, and Warsow saved the day since it was free on GOG. That was a TON of fun! Sad that’s a “dead game.”
In highschool the whole computer lab would be playing Battlefield Modern Combat, or Battlefield 2142, and that was REALLY fun with a full house. (Getting to hear people shout “Alright WHO IS
<username>?!?!?!” was great fun.)I would kill for a ressurected battlefield 2142. I know there is a community one out there but I wish it made a comeback as a remaster or something.
SO MUCH. I got so hyped for a brief second there a while back, until I realized it was “2042” and they missed the “1”. Then I was like “Aw c’mon for real?”
The aesthetic was really cool, and Titans mode was awesome. Although I’d like if we could solve the problem where every server owner froze titans in place because they’d crash / slow down the server if people moved them! 😂
I even got that preorder version that gave you a flashdrive that looked like one of their dogtags. THAT was cool!
But we need a good smaller studio to basically create a spiritual successor. Definitely wouldn’t trust EA with this anymore! It’d have some rootkit-style windows-only anticheat and a storefront baked in.
It’s right up there on my unlikely wishlist along with “Sims 3 but allow more RAM and multithreading.” 😂
Actually know what tho? Titanfall 2 fills that 2142 niche somewhat closely. That game’s incredible. I’m glad we seem to still have that, at least.