Well, I’m glad to hear the blaster is returning. It was a very important weapon for the first 30 seconds of Quake 2, after which it became a flashlight. :)
I liked the atmosphere, story, etc. around Quake 2. If the game balance hadn’t so heavily favored balanced multiplayer (read: every weapon took the same amount of effort to kill most bad guys) it would have been a single-player game for the ages, especially with Sonic Mayhem’s soundtrack.
I suppose I can’t make any posts about Doom 3 again without triggering your whatever you are doing here. I guess I’ll have to take the risk, though in the future maybe you could give a warning about which games I’ll have to endure your special brand of tenacious and charming ridicule for the crime of arguing for instead of against.
P.S. I don’t know why you haven’t mentioned that I’m due for a post in the “Why Doom 3 Sucks” thread-- even though you’ve made several other scathing and insightful posts in it-- but you should have by now. If you really want to make me look like a total blithering idiot, you know. Just trying to help you make me look like an ass for posting about Doom 3. Let’s be honest; you need it. Here, I’ll suggest some copy for your post:
“I can’t believe Gallant hasn’t posted in this thread yet! John Carmack must be running out of money. But that’s impossible. They must be dissatisfied with his work and have let him go. Poor Gallant, reduced to defending Doom 3 on his own dime.”
Hey, you have to give these things time you know. Games/mods just don’t grow on trees. Your asking Valve to walk and chew gum at the same time. Once HL2 is done, they’ll start on TF. Well, after they make TFC:Source.