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Trinity[Admin]
23-11-2000, 13:13
I have been playing FLF for the last few days now and I thought I would just post a few reasons why I think you should get out there and download it this minute....

1. This game is the first in a while where I have actually felt like I was part of a team trying to acheive an objective. If you don't play as a team you soon end up losing the match, for once everyone was more interested in attacking/defending the objective than in seeing how many frags you can rack up. Kinda reminded me of what CS used to be like in the early betas.

2. The firefights you get into can be awesome, tracers flying everywhere people providing cover fire, and you desperately trying to find a bit of cover and advance.

3. If you are a HPB the lag on this feels a lots less than any of the other HL mods, really does make a difference. I don't really complain about lag in games, but I think that this is more HPB friendly.

4. If people who leap around to avoid getting shot annoy you (they do annoy me but it's only cos I can't hit em :P ) then this is the game for you, the stamina bar really does make a difernce to the up close battles.

5. The maps are good in that you can learn them quickly and will sonn be able to find your way about, plus they have some interesting variations, one set at night in the snow, one in a village etc. Plus the way they are designed mean you have to use completely different tactics for each map.

6. I agree it with Skunks review about the damage model, it does take a bit of getting used to, would be no fun if everytime you got near to the nme base you were taken out with a couple of shots, the damage model makes the game flow at a good pace.

7. Anyone else get a bit bored sometimes when you die in the first couple of seconds in CS due to someone making a lucky headshot and then you are forced to sit for ten minutes and wait cos your whole team are AWP monkees??? The fact that you respawn with a delay in this game does not detract from the overall experience rather it makes you want to get back to where you were just defending and try and help your team out even more, specially if the nme were near to a capture.

So there you go a few reasons to try FLF...takes getting used to but is a very enjoyable & refreshing game overall with some new ideas, it's not perfect and i'm sure that some people will not like it at all but at the end of the day it is just nice to have a break from CS now and then..:)

Trin
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Si_Se
23-11-2000, 13:56
Agreed - this really is a mod to watch - I downloaded it three days ago - and i've not touched CS since.

The teamplay is great - you can't go running off on your own - and there's no 1 man army set ups.

The maps are great - Lombarbi being a classic - makes italy look a bit dated . Also Job and village being really great to.

All in all - worth every second of the 40 meg download

Theres a small patch due out monday that should sort a few issues out - but It's an impressive first release. Kinda takes me back to the feelings i used to get when playing cs for the first time :)

Vigo
23-11-2000, 14:46
CS whats that? :laugh:

I have seen TEAMPLAY on PUBLIC SERVERS!!!

Something sorely missing from CS for a long time.

For a first release this mod is AWESOME.

We want more servers, but not openplay ones, hard to coordinate attacks if half the people on the server dont speak engilsh.

Si_Se
23-11-2000, 15:14
Lol

You should have been playing on some of the FLF servers I've been - talk about a euro task force !!

been there - done it :E

Trinity[Admin]
23-11-2000, 15:18
Teamplay???? On a public server??? Actually it's very true almost died of shock the other night, when everyone was playing as a team...most unheard of...;0

Cola

Bluedog
25-11-2000, 00:48
I have half of this sucker downloaded and should finish it tomorrow so see you on the servers then.

Oh and when is Lanarena gonna get this set up on there machines. It'll make a change from playing CS in six hour sessions. Anyone going to the all-nighter on 1stt December.

Holy
25-11-2000, 10:47
Yep totally agreed on the team play element:)

Holy...out

JenJen.Kitana
25-11-2000, 11:12
The only thing I didnt like was the lag, i usually get around 170 with isdn on the wp servers, still had a lot of fun though :)

GrimBlade2K
25-11-2000, 11:16
I was playing at about 11:00pm last night and the game was all but lagfree, and was absolutely amazing.

I just can't get enough of this awesome mod ;)

And this release one! Imagine what this will be like at release eight?

JenJen.Kitana
25-11-2000, 11:23
0wnage? :)

GrimBlade2K
25-11-2000, 12:51
Well, I didn't say that ;)

JenJen.Kitana
25-11-2000, 12:55
its as good as cs as it stands atm :)

Vigo
25-11-2000, 13:31
No it's better.

The servers arent full of tw@s, there is no cheating, and accusations of camper dont fly about.

In short FLF good, CS bad.

Kaitain
25-11-2000, 14:59
Why not Openplay? I've been a WPer for two years or so now

just cos I use a cable connection doesn't mean I should be penalised by not having servers to play on

anyway, about to have my first game so be ready :)

GrimBlade2K
25-11-2000, 16:46
It is openplay, isn't it?

I was playing on the servers last night using Freeserve...

Reality
25-11-2000, 16:53
they're all open :)

and grrr and anyone who wants em closed ;)

Slam
25-11-2000, 17:13
Wahey!!!

After reading that lot, I'm sold on it.
D/Ling as I type, so hopefully should be pouncing on a server later...

Cheers for the info :)

-TARBY-
25-11-2000, 18:48
Kaitain you old tart :)

It will bne sorted this week.

GrimBlade2K
25-11-2000, 19:04
Kaitain - apparently, the servers ARE OpenPlay, but only recognised as OpenPlay through Wireplay 3.

In other words, starting using Wireplay 3 :P

ZODiaC
25-11-2000, 21:27
Only just started playing da mod... looks kewl atm, perhaps a bit too dark maps, but hey thats nothing.. I would of liked to see more weapons overwise its great.

JOHNNY L
25-11-2000, 21:47
or get the WPHL master server, they show up on that too :)

another thing i think needs mentioning is the handgrenade :E

reminds of the ones from AHL, any mod that has hand grenades that have the power to wipe out a small village gets my vote :)

Molloy
25-11-2000, 22:04
But Johnny, surely TFC has the biggest grenades in the known universe?

and <cough> you're not keen are you?

ps. no offense to TFC peoples, and I'm not criticising TFC. Johnny L is: shoot him ;)

SUN GOD
25-11-2000, 22:08
Yeah the greandes are amazing its class wiping out 3 people in a bunker all at once, then rushing in...to get shot. :D

The Famas is great too and the silenced MP5, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang Take that! Noooooooooooo no ammo!

Ooooh Volcano is on :)

ZODiaC
25-11-2000, 22:12
/me shoots jonneh l

MrRed
27-11-2000, 17:05
Great mod. Really good fun stuff and I like the way it encourages teamplay.

What are your pings like comapred to CS? I'm on a 33.6 modem and in CS I usually get a ping of 180 on WP Direct. With Frontline Force its 250-300. Checked all my config settings to make sure they're the same. Anyone else notice a difference?

Si_Se
27-11-2000, 18:15
on cs i ping around the 60 mark

/me ducks freakin lpb jibes

but on flf i get 120

bah :(

RuneSky
27-11-2000, 18:27
flf is good, but's it's nothing exceptional or ground breaking, just good fun, not too much realism, well balanced ect.. just a nice refrehing breath of fresh air.

Wraith Ed
29-11-2000, 21:58
What about us poor bar stuards who cant play it cos it quits on us after 4 mins of play without any reason.

Its not just me too, this is happening to 2 of my m8s, we simply cant play at all, if we do the lag is appauling.

What are u gonna do about it for those of us who cant play?

Drizzt
29-11-2000, 23:36
the pings are crap on FLF for me too.
occasionally i am glad of the new netcode(when i have 300 ping mostly)

Driller Killer
04-12-2000, 21:18
mmmmmm great mod yes yes ya..........bullsh1t u will all be coming back to cs in a matter of minutes.

MetFish
04-12-2000, 21:35
I used to play tfc, I tried flf, I loved flf, I don't play tfc :)

maryb76
08-12-2000, 21:48
Well thanks to all you guys who like the mod so far. We are still tirelessly working on making it better (stomping out what bugs and cheats pop up, new gameplay modes, new maps, weapons, fun stuff, etc). Do pop by our forums sometime and say hello :)
http://flf.valve-sector.com/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi?action=intro&BypassCookie=true

[HLnC]Jay-Dee
08-12-2000, 22:44
hiiiiiiiiiiii
theres been a bug that can be solved by adding -game frontline to the wireplay software
i dunno if its their fault or yours but perhaps u can look into it :)

also the autoteam balance doesn't seem to work properly sometimes :(

De-Gen
08-12-2000, 23:09
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