Periodic plea to Splash Damage (or whoever holds the rights) to re-release Enemy Territory, gameplay and maps unchanged, with a modern renderer and high-resolution models and textures. Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeease?
Oh man, that brings back memories. ET was a great game, one of the first multiplayer games that I've "really" played so there's a heavy dose of nostalgia attached to it.
I was particularly fond of the 'trick jumping' maps. Spend hundreds of hours just on those.
Same here :) It was my first online game, and I sunk a massive amount of time on it. It ruined FPSs for me. Haven't enjoyed another FPS, online or not, nearly as much since, with the possible exception of Heroes & Generals which I've been playing a bit recently, and has a similar vibe to it.
I used to play the standard maps, mostly. So elegantly designed, so beautifully balanced. Just loved playing an engineer.
Yeah - modern FPS games don't do it for me either, mostly the "realism" bothers me. Especially in the map design or the physics. Plus the million choices you need to make. If you play any of the new CoDs you have to choose between a million perks, weapons, add-ons to those weapons. Same for BattleField.
I've enjoyed the 2016 rendition of DOOM though, also the multiplayer with silly game-modes like "football" / freeze tag. I'd have liked an "instagib"-style game mode though, that was my favourite in JK2
ET: Legacy still get updated, it may not have super high resolution, but it just recently got a new renderer. Still campatible with the last official release, though the ingame server browser have not worked the best for me compared to finding server through verious online sites.
I have massive respect for what these selfless volunteers are doing, but progress has been slow. I wonder whether it would make sense to do a crowdfunding campaign to hire an actual gamedev studio to port the gameplay to a modern engine, and/or an art house to recreate all assets from scratch to modern standards?
