Jedi Outcast Multiplayer

Space Goat · 09-06-2003, 09:15 PM

If so, maybe we could have an AstroBar tournament or something similar.

And if anyone might want to find me playing online, I'm (<IF>)[JR]Space Goat.

Brikar · 09-06-2003, 09:41 PM

I love playing multiplayer on games like "Elite Force" and "Return to Castle Wolfenstein," so I was eagerly looking forward to "Jedi Outcast's" online fragging component.

Sadly, I hated it. The addition of Force powers sounds like a great idea, but like Communism, was terrible in its execution. Adding the Force to the game, coupled with the level design, created a variety of truly cheap ways to kill another player. Combining Force powers became the easy way to win any match, and anyone who couldn't do it quite as quick as you was too easy a target. I can't count the number of times I was picked up and choked until I was dropped off a ledge by some smug jackass who claimed it was simply because I wasn't good enough and that he was the Jedi Master. More like Jedi Bastard.

Needless to say, I put up with it for about a month before I said, "Fuck this" and went back to killing Nazis on the beach. "Jedi Outcast" is a great single-player game, but I couldn't stand the multiplayer component. I wasn't the only one, either, since after its release, the company started coming out with patches to prevent players from playing so cheap.

Space Goat · 09-06-2003, 09:48 PM

The multiplayer game is a lot different now from when JO first came out. Most of the servers are non-Force, except for jump, and they've implemented anti-laming rules whereby you can't kill anyone with saber down or chatbox up. Dueling is the order of the day throughout much of JO land.

I think you'll like JO much better today. A good server to try is the 24-player IF OC3. MOD is also a good server.

Brikar · 09-06-2003, 09:52 PM

Perhaps I'll give it another try, then. I just recently re-installed the game about a month ago and I've been working my way through the single-player again.

Bean · 10-04-2003, 03:29 PM

Bean · 10-04-2003, 03:32 PM

Briakar, you need to try Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. It's a free multiplayer wolfenstein. It was supposed to be part of a Wolf expansion but for wwhatever the reason they scrapped the project. They didn't want the multiplayer part to go to waste, so they released it for free. That's right FREE!

The ganeplay is better than alo of shooters I've PAID for, and is much better than the regular multiplay in Wolf. Go give it a try.

Brikar · 10-06-2003, 01:12 AM

I have that, actually, but I can't play it - they've shut down our ports so we can't play internet games. If someone else has it and starts a LAN game, I can play, but otherwise I'm stuck.

Space Goat · 10-06-2003, 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Brikar@Oct 5 2003, 08:12 PM
I have that, actually, but I can't play it - they've shut down our ports so we can't play internet games. If someone else has it and starts a LAN game, I can play, but otherwise I'm stuck.

Why the fuck are they doing that? Stupid bastards.

Bean · 10-06-2003, 09:14 PM

I take it you're at college or University Brikar?

Brikar · 10-08-2003, 02:31 AM

Yeah... THey've been closing ports so that we can't do file sharing and crap like that. They closed the gaming port at the end of last semester, and when we protested, they claimed that they shut it to "alleviate a bandwidth issue" which is a load of crap.

Why was it a load of crap? Because they shut it off AFTER everyone moved off campus. I stayed here over the summer to work. There were less than thirty of us here all summer, and they kept telling us they were having bandwidth issues. When I actually said, "That's a load of fucking bullshit," they told me to leave the office.

09-06-2003, 09:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
Space Goat "It's a faaaake!" Join Date: Jan 1970 Location: Washington, D.C. Posts: 432	If so, maybe we could have an AstroBar tournament or something similar. And if anyone might want to find me playing online, I'm (<IF>)[JR]Space Goat. __________________ "People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people." -V for Vendetta "Don't tell me what I can't do!" -John Locke, Lost Visit me on the web: Hypersyllogistic \| Flickr \| Twitter

09-06-2003, 09:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
Brikar The Dude Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,606	I love playing multiplayer on games like "Elite Force" and "Return to Castle Wolfenstein," so I was eagerly looking forward to "Jedi Outcast's" online fragging component. Sadly, I hated it. The addition of Force powers sounds like a great idea, but like Communism, was terrible in its execution. Adding the Force to the game, coupled with the level design, created a variety of truly cheap ways to kill another player. Combining Force powers became the easy way to win any match, and anyone who couldn't do it quite as quick as you was too easy a target. I can't count the number of times I was picked up and choked until I was dropped off a ledge by some smug jackass who claimed it was simply because I wasn't good enough and that he was the Jedi Master. More like Jedi Bastard. Needless to say, I put up with it for about a month before I said, "Fuck this" and went back to killing Nazis on the beach. "Jedi Outcast" is a great single-player game, but I couldn't stand the multiplayer component. I wasn't the only one, either, since after its release, the company started coming out with patches to prevent players from playing so cheap. __________________ "A million monkeys typing until the end of time will produce the complete works of William Shakespeare. Ten thousand monkeys typing for ten thousand years will write a Hemingway. Ten monkeys typing over Columbus Day weekend will give you a Dan Brown." http://olympusmans.blogspot.com http://benforrealz.blogspot.com

09-06-2003, 09:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
Space Goat "It's a faaaake!" Join Date: Jan 1970 Location: Washington, D.C. Posts: 432	The multiplayer game is a lot different now from when JO first came out. Most of the servers are non-Force, except for jump, and they've implemented anti-laming rules whereby you can't kill anyone with saber down or chatbox up. Dueling is the order of the day throughout much of JO land. I think you'll like JO much better today. A good server to try is the 24-player IF OC3. MOD is also a good server. __________________ "People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people." -V for Vendetta "Don't tell me what I can't do!" -John Locke, Lost Visit me on the web: Hypersyllogistic \| Flickr \| Twitter

09-06-2003, 09:52 PM	#4 (permalink)
Brikar The Dude Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,606	Perhaps I'll give it another try, then. I just recently re-installed the game about a month ago and I've been working my way through the single-player again. __________________ "A million monkeys typing until the end of time will produce the complete works of William Shakespeare. Ten thousand monkeys typing for ten thousand years will write a Hemingway. Ten monkeys typing over Columbus Day weekend will give you a Dan Brown." http://olympusmans.blogspot.com http://benforrealz.blogspot.com

10-04-2003, 03:29 PM	#5 (permalink)
Bean The Awesome One Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: Canada eh! Posts: 5,055	oops __________________ "I haven't faced death. I've cheated death. I've tricked my way out of death and patted myself on the back for my ingenuity. I know nothing." --James T. Kirk

10-04-2003, 03:32 PM	#6 (permalink)
Bean The Awesome One Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: Canada eh! Posts: 5,055	Briakar, you need to try Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. It's a free multiplayer wolfenstein. It was supposed to be part of a Wolf expansion but for wwhatever the reason they scrapped the project. They didn't want the multiplayer part to go to waste, so they released it for free. That's right FREE! The ganeplay is better than alo of shooters I've PAID for, and is much better than the regular multiplay in Wolf. Go give it a try. __________________ "I haven't faced death. I've cheated death. I've tricked my way out of death and patted myself on the back for my ingenuity. I know nothing." --James T. Kirk

10-06-2003, 01:12 AM	#7 (permalink)
Brikar The Dude Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,606	I have that, actually, but I can't play it - they've shut down our ports so we can't play internet games. If someone else has it and starts a LAN game, I can play, but otherwise I'm stuck. __________________ "A million monkeys typing until the end of time will produce the complete works of William Shakespeare. Ten thousand monkeys typing for ten thousand years will write a Hemingway. Ten monkeys typing over Columbus Day weekend will give you a Dan Brown." http://olympusmans.blogspot.com http://benforrealz.blogspot.com

10-06-2003, 09:14 PM	#9 (permalink)
Bean The Awesome One Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: Canada eh! Posts: 5,055	I take it you're at college or University Brikar? __________________ "I haven't faced death. I've cheated death. I've tricked my way out of death and patted myself on the back for my ingenuity. I know nothing." --James T. Kirk

10-08-2003, 02:31 AM	#10 (permalink)
Brikar The Dude Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,606	Yeah... THey've been closing ports so that we can't do file sharing and crap like that. They closed the gaming port at the end of last semester, and when we protested, they claimed that they shut it to "alleviate a bandwidth issue" which is a load of crap. Why was it a load of crap? Because they shut it off AFTER everyone moved off campus. I stayed here over the summer to work. There were less than thirty of us here all summer, and they kept telling us they were having bandwidth issues. When I actually said, "That's a load of fucking bullshit," they told me to leave the office. __________________ "A million monkeys typing until the end of time will produce the complete works of William Shakespeare. Ten thousand monkeys typing for ten thousand years will write a Hemingway. Ten monkeys typing over Columbus Day weekend will give you a Dan Brown." http://olympusmans.blogspot.com http://benforrealz.blogspot.com

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