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Re: Heads up! :: About Time someone woke up...
Posted By: Suicide20 <suicide20@planetquake.com>	Date: 6/7/00 11:06 a.m.
In Response To: Heads up! (Jenkz) All I have to say is its about time someone woke up over there. Personally This game was going to be nothing more than a really pretty action game if it was limited to 3rd person view. I'm sure I wouldn't even buy the thing actually. Becuase my time would be spent playing Tribes 2. Speaking of Tribes... If your vision of having a 3rd person game is so strong, then all I ask is that I have the option, ala Tribes to switch back and forth between the view modes. 3rd person was great when I was running with the flag, but usless when I was trying to fire my weapon or navigate hall ways... > Do you want me to be extra special and post you the whole > paragraph. > It was taken slightly out of context, but it was there, and it > was big.. > Heres the paragraph leading up to it: > "One fundamental change from the game's initial > announcement concerns its viewpoint. While originally it was > promised to be a third-person game, now a more hybrid approach > has been chosen. The exact ration of the two modes hasn't been > finalised - clearly, without using Delta Force's window > approach, it's impossible to use a sniper rifle in third-person, > while driving the bouncing jeeps without the peripheral vision > allowed by third-person makes things less enjoyable - but Jason > believes that the balance is moving increasinly towards the > first-person model" > There you have it.

Message Index

Perspective switch?	Louis Wu	6/6/00 12:40 p.m.
Misquote (hopefully) n/t	CyberBob =PN=	6/6/00 12:47 p.m.
I don't mind 3rd person	Jex	6/6/00 1:09 p.m.
Yay the first flame.	CyberBob =PN=	6/6/00 1:37 p.m.
JINX! (NT)	Mark Levin	6/6/00 1:41 p.m.
Eeek!	Harnden	6/6/00 1:42 p.m.
Mark? You want to reply first?	CyberBob =PN=	6/6/00 1:49 p.m.
Re: Mark? You want to reply first?	Mark Levin	6/6/00 3:35 p.m.
Re: Mark? You want to reply first?	Stellar Chaos	6/6/00 7:50 p.m.
Re: Mark? You want to reply first?	Mark Levin	6/6/00 10:34 p.m.
3rd person should be fine	bug	6/6/00 11:32 p.m.
Jedi Knight?	ApolokiA	6/7/00 4:30 a.m.
3rd person vs 1st person	Dave	6/7/00 6:15 p.m.
Halo != Tribes 2 (nt)	David Oosha	6/7/00 9:17 p.m.
Re: 3rd person should be fine	Hatchet	6/7/00 1:30 p.m.
I like having a gun sticking out of my arm	Stellar Chaos	6/6/00 7:48 p.m.
Re: Multi-perspective	Nemesis	6/6/00 1:51 p.m.
Re: Multi-perspective	Forensic	6/6/00 3:01 p.m.
Re: Multi-perspective	Nemesis	6/6/00 6:01 p.m.
Re: I don't mind 3rd person	Mark Levin	6/6/00 1:38 p.m.
Re: I don't mind 3rd person	ApolokiA	6/7/00 4:20 a.m.
Re: Halo is Doomed??? Please, no...	8Delicious	6/6/00 1:03 p.m.
Re: Halo is Doomed??? Please, no...	Funky J	6/6/00 2:42 p.m.
Re: Halo is Doomed??? Please, no...	Stellar Chaos	6/6/00 7:46 p.m.
Re: Perspective switch?	Johnny Rotten	6/6/00 1:13 p.m.
Re: Perspective switch?	Mark Levin	6/6/00 1:37 p.m.
Re: Perspective switch?	Forensic	6/6/00 3:16 p.m.
Re: Perspective switch?	Johnny Rotten	6/6/00 3:26 p.m.
Why not incorporate both?	Johnny Rotten	6/6/00 1:44 p.m.
Re: Why not incorporate both?	Forrest of B.org	6/6/00 2:26 p.m.
Re: Why not incorporate both?	Forensic	6/6/00 3:19 p.m.
Re: Why not incorporate both?	Forrest of B.org	6/6/00 4:29 p.m.
Hidden and Dangerous..	Tycho [OSC]	6/6/00 5:29 p.m.
Re: My 2 cents	8Delicious	6/6/00 5:43 p.m.
Re: My 2 cents	ApolokiA	6/7/00 4:13 a.m.
Re: Perspective switch?	Ragnarok	6/6/00 3:24 p.m.
Heads up!	Jenkz	6/6/00 5:03 p.m.
Re: Thanx (vlt)	8Delicious	6/6/00 5:15 p.m.
Re: Heads up!	Johnny Rotten	6/6/00 5:17 p.m.
Re: Heads up!	Jenkz	6/6/00 5:20 p.m.
Re: Heads up!	Cosmicfool	6/7/00 8:09 p.m.
Re: Heads up!	capsule	6/7/00 10:35 p.m.
Re: Heads up!	Zaff	6/6/00 5:58 p.m.
Re: Heads up!	TheMaz	6/7/00 12:02 a.m.
Re: Heads up!	elriq	6/7/00 10:12 a.m.
Yeah, I don't get that…	David Oosha	6/7/00 12:29 p.m.
Re: Yeah, I don't get that…	elriq	6/7/00 3:58 p.m.
Re: Yeah, I don't get that…	ApolokiA	6/8/00 8:13 p.m.
What about the melee fighting?	Stellar Chaos	6/6/00 7:55 p.m.
Re: Heads up! :: About Time someone woke up...	Suicide20	6/7/00 11:06 a.m.
Re: Heads up! :: About Time someone woke up...	David Oosha	6/7/00 12:15 p.m.
What the hell are you talking about?	stan	6/7/00 10:44 p.m.
Re: What the hell are you talking about?	ApolokiA	6/8/00 12:09 a.m.
Here's my POV	ApolokiA	6/8/00 12:08 a.m.
Re: Heads up! FPS ONLY	Jay	6/7/00 11:33 a.m.
Re: Heads up! FPS ONLY	ApolokiA	6/8/00 8:09 p.m.
Re: Heads up! FPS ONLY	Stryker	6/8/00 8:47 p.m.
Re: Heads up! FPS ONLY	OrangeWarp	6/8/00 8:58 p.m.
Re: Heads up! FPS ONLY	Apoptosis	6/9/00 2:02 a.m.
Re: Heads up! FPS ONLY	$erial-ki!!A	6/9/00 7:48 a.m.
Re: Heads up! FPS ONLY	Apoptosis	6/9/00 12:47 p.m.
Re: Heads up! FPS ONLY	Jay	6/7/00 11:36 a.m.
Re: Heads up! FPS ONLY	David Oosha	6/7/00 11:58 a.m.
Re: Heads up!	Malice	6/7/00 2:46 p.m.
Re: Heads up!	Headhunter	6/7/00 9:57 p.m.
Re: Heads up!	bug	6/8/00 2:18 a.m.
Re: Heads up!	ApolokiA	6/8/00 4:02 a.m.
Re: Heads up!	Jenkz	6/8/00 5:56 p.m.
Re: Heads up!	Wilson Fung	6/7/00 10:32 p.m.
newest post for this time lol	Direwolf	6/7/00 4:55 p.m.
Re: Perspective switch?	EgonSpengler	6/7/00 5:33 p.m.
Re: Perspective switch?	ApolokiA	6/7/00 11:50 p.m.
I thought it was a FPS !	VeMpiRe	6/7/00 6:15 p.m.
Tribes is the worst of both worlds (nt)	David Oosha	6/8/00 11:08 a.m.
Re: Tribes is the worst of both worlds (nt)	$erial-ki!!A	6/9/00 12:43 p.m.