New games this week: Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

by Justin McElroy { May 26th 2008 at 10:30AM }

This was a close call this week, because the offerings are very ... how to put it politely? ... Porty. Which is to say, if you were interested in them, you've probably already played them. There's even Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition, which is a port onto the SAME SYSTEM! C'mon, feel the synergy!

But we decided to go with Enemy Territory: Quake Wars largely because it's on two platforms this week instead of one like Mass Effect PC, and we're all about pleasing the masses. Check out the full list after the jump.

Gallery: Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

Xbox 360:

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition

PS3:

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

Nintendo Wii:

Death Jr.: Root of Evil
Monkey King: The Legend Begins
Kawasaki Snowmobiles
Emergency Heroes

PSP:

World Championship Cards

Nintendo DS:

Super Dogdeball Brawlers
USA Today Crosswords Challenge

PC Games:

Mass Effect
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition
Stronghold: Crusader Extreme
Bus Driver
Dracula: Origin

Tags: enemy-territory-quak..., mass-effect, newgames

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Sircolby45 @ May 26th 2008 10:37AM

Bus Driver will own them all!!!

BananaBoat @ May 26th 2008 1:51PM

Is it sad that this is the first time I've ever heard of Quake Wars coming to the 360/PS3, but I absolutely knew what the game Bus Driver is? You'd think they'd have spent a little money marketing this thing...but then again, who that didn't play it on the PC, is still looking to play it on the 360/PS3? I played the demo, and it sent me directly to mehsville.

mezzanine @ May 26th 2008 2:32PM

Yeah, I played the demo and looked around and I was certain I took a wrong turn, because I was in Mehsville.

Bus Driver, on the other hand...

Benny @ May 26th 2008 10:38AM

This is Bus Driver's week. All aboard!

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ May 26th 2008 10:47AM

Oh fuck Bus Driver? Shit!!! That's GOTY right there.

Finally it's the Pc's time to shine.

gamerprophet @ May 26th 2008 11:16AM

Vegeta you forgot about the new PC encryption chips.

Jake11 @ May 26th 2008 10:48AM

should I also make a bad Bus Driver joke?

Mr.ESC @ May 26th 2008 10:49AM

Heresy! Get Him!

Mr.ESC @ May 26th 2008 10:48AM

Holy crap did anyone said Bus Driver?

Well since I'm sure you need a computer so powerful that it could run Crysis and 3D studio max without breaking a sweat to play Bus Driver I guess I'll go for Enemy Territory:Quake Wars.

Benny @ May 26th 2008 10:58AM

If the few reviews I've read are anything to go by, a Crysis-able PC struggles to run it at a steady framerate. Seriously.

Mr.ESC @ May 26th 2008 11:08AM

What are the required components to play Crysis then? I mean if I wanted to play Crysis (I might wait for the PS3 or Xbox 360 version) what would be the recommended specifications for my hypothetical new computer?

Hashbrown Hunter @ May 26th 2008 11:19AM

Recommended Specs:

MONEY...a lot of it.

GenBanks @ May 26th 2008 11:21AM

nvidia GTX 280, nothing less (at least at high res). Comes out next month.

Haggard @ May 26th 2008 11:40AM

Any system from a reputable gaming PC builder (read: chillblast, Cyberdirect or Computer Planet) at £400 or above should easily be able to do it.

BananaBoat @ May 26th 2008 1:47PM

A year or so before Crysis came out, I built a new rig with SLI'd 7900 GT's, 4gb of Ram, and a core 2 duo 6700, so that I could play Oblivion at 1080p/high. Since I had recently spent all that money, I figured that I'd be fine when Crysis came out....I was wrong. A constant 30fps (atleast) being my metric for when a game is playable, I could only get Crysis up to 1080p at Medium, and if I wanted to play "High" I had to lower the res below 720p (it just wouldn't work at 720p. Apparently going from Med to High is a bigger strain on your card than upping the res).

In other words, to play Bus Driver, you'll need a super computer from the future. To play Crysis, you will need one of the new 9900's or whatever the hell Nvidia's top card is right now. (I can't, in good conscience, suggest an ATI card).

Vcize @ May 26th 2008 2:37PM

I'm running Crysis on high on an 8800GT (4gb ram, q9450 processor). I'd imagine you could easily get away with one of the better dual core chips like an e8400 and it'd run just as well.

Haggard @ May 26th 2008 9:20PM

It's the graphics card more than anything. My x1950Pro is old hat, but it runs it on 1280x1024, medium, fairly fine.

GaryM @ May 26th 2008 10:51AM

Quake Wars? That game everyone played on the PC a year ago?

Pass.

Hashbrown Hunter @ May 26th 2008 11:40AM

The multiplayer is keeping some of the people who played it on the PC a year ago coming back to it.

The MP is probably the most addicting part of it, but only if you're into a fast paced strategy-FPS.

Einhanderkiller @ May 26th 2008 12:23PM

A lot of people thought ET:QW was crap.

There's a reason why the population went from pretty large to a couple dozen.

goboColossus @ May 26th 2008 10:56AM

I want to go for Quake Wars, but alas I can only afford one this week, and I'm going to have to go with Colonies.

I'll probably regret it later on too, when I do finally pick up Quake Wars and everyone is so damn good at it already... Which is alright if a game is as accessible as Team Fortress 2, but from what I understand ET: Quake Wars is as complicated as it could possibly get.

All my friends will be on Colonies, so will I. Lost Planet may not have the brilliant objective class-based multiplayer that's all the rage, but it is a damn fun game online. Can't wait to dive back into some Fugitive and Post-Grab matches!

Hashbrown Hunter @ May 26th 2008 11:41AM

Actually I found ETQW very n00b-friendly. You might be surprised by how well the depth of the game is hidden.

gamerprophet @ May 26th 2008 11:19AM

I wonder how many bugs the critics found in the Sony version?

Hashbrown Hunter @ May 26th 2008 11:20AM

outdated jokes FTW

Benny @ May 26th 2008 7:01PM

I hear Factor 5 have actually produced a manual on how to properly make jokes about their game.

xFenixKnightx @ May 26th 2008 11:22AM

Is Quake Wars ET a MP only game or does it have a SP too? I'm gonna wait on the reviews and maybe rent it. Awesome box art btw.

Hashbrown Hunter @ May 26th 2008 11:34AM

It has single player, but the multiplayer is what really got me hooked on the game. It's a great game to play online but it's not for everyone so it's better if you rent it.

xFenixKnightx @ May 26th 2008 11:55AM

Cool, the PC version got good scores and around 8 scores in the 90's on metacritic. Still no cosole reviews though. I'm glad it has a SP because thats what I always go through first.

DangerMouse @ May 26th 2008 12:04PM

Don't be fooled, play the PC demo first if you can. I thought the game was awful. Huge letdown.

Sir Fidlious Wong (Justin T. McElroy Memorial Burn of the Day Award) @ May 26th 2008 12:14PM

If you have a PC that can run it, my Best Buy is selling Quake Wars LE versions for $20.

Joeshie @ May 26th 2008 12:16PM

I would recommend picking up the original game, Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory for the PC first. It's a free game and isn't very graphically intensive. Plus from what I heard, it is better than Quake Wars.

You can find the full game for free on

http://www.splashdamage.com/

xFenixKnightx @ May 26th 2008 12:30PM

Graphics are kinda meh IMO, well atleast from the HD vid I saw on GT. Maybe I'll Q it up on my Gameflizzle account.

Kevin @ May 26th 2008 4:34PM

The only single player I found when attempting to learn to play was vs bots.

Basically multiplayer only.

Donald @ May 26th 2008 11:25AM

Super Dodgeball Brawlers?

HAWT.

Mr.ESC @ May 26th 2008 11:38AM

Nein,this week is about Bus Driver.

Anni @ May 26th 2008 11:39AM

All right, guys, I need your opinions. Who has the best crossword puzzles: USA Today or New York Times?

My DS isn't big enough for the both of them!

Sir Fidlious Wong (Justin T. McElroy Memorial Burn of the Day Award) @ May 26th 2008 12:16PM

Crossword Puzzles? It's all about SuDoKu (sad fact, I bought both brain trainings for the sudoku and both are 100% complete).

BPM [MKWii: 2578 3585 8392] @ May 26th 2008 12:54PM

Nintendo's dumb for not releasing their own Sudoku game using the Brain Age engine. That's the best version of Sudoku on the DS, period.
Nice that they use it for Crosswords DS (or is it Crosswor DS?).

Even their own Sudoku Gridmaster (developed by Hudson) doesn't use the Brain Age engine.

bvhj @ May 26th 2008 11:52AM

Bus Driver has been out for a while, i've seen it in shops for at least 6 months and my friend has had the demo for over a year =/ Unless these are just American release dates or something, in which case when you make these posts you should write down the games which are coming out in each region or something :I

That said, Bus Simulator 2008 is so much better than Bus Driver... Only not really, they're both terrible, especially Bus Simulator.