[Multiplatform] Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (Beta 2)

Those of you with a FilePlanet Premium subscription are lucky enough try the Enemy Territory Quake Wars Beta (2). I just started playing last night, and I must say I am impressed.

The game plays alot like Battlefield, in which you spawn as different classes at various spawn points, using a Commo Rose to communicate. It also plays a bit like Unreal Tournament's Assault mode; One team attacks while the other team defends, and each side has a set of missions they must accomplish. Finally, the game has elements of an RTS. Characters can build structures on their own soil. I'm not too sure of the complexities as I've only played for a couple hours so far.

As this is a private beta, only one map is available (valley). It is very well constructed, and the visuals are outstanding. Gameplay so far seems to hold its own, as the fact that people have been playing one map repeatedly for months goes to show.

Has anyone else been playing this? Solis was thinking of starting a GFF clan, and I think it could be fun. (I don't think the game supports VOIP, atleast not in the beta).

Website

FilePlanet Download (Subscribers only)

Video

YouTube Video

High-quality 1280x1024 Screenshots

General

Construction/Deployment

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Kaelin

How does the game run overall in terms of performance? Also, do you have what you would consider an older, newer, or middle of the road setup?

I haven't ran fraps or anything, so I don't know what my framerate is. However, I don't notice it to drop low, so It's probably around 50 average.
When alot of action is on the screen at one time (~10 infantry, some huge vehicles, and insane carnage), I can notice it become a little less responsive (still completely playable though). However, seeing as this is a beta, I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt; it could be network troubles. A few of the servers right now have noticeable lag.

My setup is top of the line, but not bleeding edge.
EVGA 680I Motherboard
EVGA 8800GTS (640MB)
Intel Core2Duo E6600 (@stock 2.4gHz)
2GB 6400 RAM

Originally Posted by RacinReaver

Does the building your own structures kinda work like how it was with the aliens in Natural Selection for Half Life?

I've never played Half Life ;_; (I have played HL2 though). I'll take some screenshots of the deployment for you.
EDIT: See post #1 for the new screenshots.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Solis

Mostly it just appears you can place specific buildings in pre-defined locations

That's weird, I've been able to put things wherever I want (as long as it's in my territory, and not on a tree or something).

Originally Posted by Solis

The construction seems to be limited from what I've seen, although I haven't tried engineer class much.

Originally Posted by Solis

You also get upgrades as you gain experience from getting kills and accomplishing objectives, which allows you to do things like sprint faster, call in vehicle drops or airstrikes, lock-on with the rocket launcher faster, etc.

I'm hoping that's the answer to the problem; As you gain experience, you get new building abilities. Also, the retail game might have more complexity (I don't know if the beta is slimmed down or not (I realize it has only one map)).

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I've also never played Tribes, so I can't answer that for you ;_;

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I guess a mod can rename this thread to "Enemy Territory: Quake Wars" since the game is out, and possibly merge it with the other thread.

Also, I propose we start a Gamingforce Clan. Any ideas for a possible prefix? [GF] ?

I was speaking idiomatically.