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PC gamers have been shooting each other up in id Software's Enemy Territory: Quake Wars for quite a while now, but the time has finally come when console owners can partake in the team-based multiplayer fragfest as well.

That's right, the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of Quake Wars are out now in the U.S., and will be released on May 30 in Europe and Australia.

I've never been a huge team player, so when I tried the PC beta for Quake Wars a while back, my team got destroyed more often than not. Even though I never took the time to learn how to play as the different classes correctly, I still sort of dug the game.

Anyone here picking up Quake Wars this week?


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mix at 05/27/2008 18:40
Might have to look into this for the PS3....might
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hood_954 at 05/27/2008 18:54
too much similarity to unreal on ps3 for sony fans to notice i reckon. nice addition to the 360 though
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HawtPawkitHero at 05/27/2008 19:07
@hood
lol fanboy.
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nukka jdav at 05/27/2008 19:09
Can't say it looks very pretty, but hey, it might be fun. Maybe I'll gamefly it.
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EternalDarkWing at 05/27/2008 19:10
There's already a post saying which games are coming out this week. /Buster a.k.a. Lost Planet fanboy
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Vitamin Awesome at 05/27/2008 19:10
It's a great game for anyone familiar with the Wolfenstein Enemy Territory game that was released for free a few years back. I dig it very much so. I've had it for the PC for awhile, and while I haven't played it all too much, it still makes for an enjoyable game, especially anyone that's (still) big on the Quake series.
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Buster at 05/27/2008 19:11
yea, what achievement whore said
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Narishma at 05/27/2008 19:23
hood: It doesn't really look or play anything like UT...

Anyway I've been playing this since it was released on PC. And chievement whores will like it if it's anything like the PC version.

http://stats.enemyterritory.com/profile/Narishma
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DarkTravesty at 05/27/2008 19:30
maybe for 360.
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redgopher at 05/27/2008 19:40
I really, really hated the demo I tried out last year.. I dunno, maybe when they release a demo for 360 I'll try again.
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naib at 05/27/2008 19:51
I was gonna get the Mac version but I got burned by Civ4. damn you Assphyr!.

It's tempting.

I'd like to hear more from folks that played the PC version.

I loved RtCW online but didn't really like ET(despite the price point). The flow of RtCW was just way more fun. Especially with one life. But I digress.. often.

Is it[ET:QW] fun? And would it be fun with a pad? When I think quake I think finesse but I don't get that impression from this iteration... Does it matter I wonder?
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brainderailment at 05/27/2008 20:00
I don't think I'll even try it.
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norm9 at 05/27/2008 20:10
I hear that it is highly entertaining and a rewarding team based shooter. In fact, the most rewarding team based shooter yet.

On the reals, there are way too many futuristic shooting games that are out as is, with most of them being fun enough to not warrant having to look for an alternative futuristic shooting game.
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Rainbowblack at 05/27/2008 20:13
somebody in this thread clearly does not clearly understand what a fanboy is but like to needlessly throw it around in an attempt to seem cooler than someone else

Hoods comment was on the money
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Qraze at 05/27/2008 20:55
don't think i'll get this one.
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Qraze at 05/27/2008 20:56
don't think i'll get this one.
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Crunshii at 05/27/2008 20:56
PSN demo plz, I need good convincing after playing Haze after eating the hype.
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KaL YoshiKa at 05/27/2008 21:03
Having owned the PC version since day one..if you like team games (more teambased then anything released as of this point) you'll love this.

Though I'm not sure how the server system works for the 360/PS3 you might just be better off with the PC release..
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McClain at 05/27/2008 21:18
If I had money to spend on whatever I would probably get it. unfortunately I'm going to have to scrape the barrel to get metal gear. So until a large some of money falls into my lap no.
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McClain at 05/27/2008 21:20
sum*
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Sasquatch at 05/27/2008 22:24
i have ~40 hrs on the PC version and this is one of the funnest games i have ever played. It's the best online shooter i have played simply cause it actually feels like you can get some where instead of just being a lemming going to slaughter. All the diffrent classes are well balanced and very useful in their own rights.

Soldier - standard Gunner wide range of weapons and explosives

Feild ops- Deploy//call in artilery, ammo packs -support guy

Engineer- Deploy turrets (anti-air/personal/vehicle), mines (actually very usefull) repair vehicles

Covert ops - Sniper Hack turrets// objectives deploy radar can't disguise as fallen enemy

Medic - health packs, revive fallen, strog can crate spawn points on fallen GDF

The best part is that you gain experience from kills and class actions (EX: medic healing people, Eng mines killing some one, picking up field ops's ammo packs) and it unlocks upgrades until the campaign ends ( 3 maps).

PC owners have been working the kinks out of the game since last fall and it has become a very good game, the main complaint i have ever seen on it is graphics are alittle dated (doom 3 eng) but there are still quite good. All in All not everyone will like this game. If you like everyone for them selves you probaly won't like this as you have to have certain classes to acive certain goals, But if you like working together and sometimes playing support roles as well as Mr. Hero Give it a try I would recomend if you are remotly interested Rent it it played the demo once and bought it right away.
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mistic at 05/28/2008 00:30
I've got it on PC and I love it!
if you get onto a good server ( aka where people actually know what they are doing... ) its an enoursmously active and great game... compared to that battlefield was just boring :p
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Cube at 05/28/2008 02:21
Don't care I got the real PC game would not touch ports of Pc shooters on consoles with a 50 foot pole.

Why would I want to play it on console with bad gamepad controls and everything else scaled back like online and graphics?

moving on back to the PC game that I have been playing for months.
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necrozen at 05/28/2008 08:28
ill try a demo if one pops up on ps3, but im not really familiar with this type of game
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Noah at 05/28/2008 11:11
Maybe it's because I haven't played any Quake title in years, but those sci-fi weapons looked pretty weak.
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teknohed at 05/28/2008 12:50
anyone know if there is split screen co op on Xbox360?
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