Bye Wolfenstein, Welcome Quake Wars

So a game went a little under the radar for me, while I knew it was coming I didn't realize how close it was to release.  Enemy Territory, as far as I know, only has one release under that heading so far, with a new ET coming out very soon.  Return to Wolfenstein, which came out on the xbox and the PC, as far as I am concerned was the first FPS to do a class based system AND do it right.



Several years later they've gone back to the old forumla and built it up to what some would compare to the scale of battlefield games.  However, its not a battlefield game at all.  While I've personally only played 2-3 of the BF series, I never really enjoyed the vehicle based combat and felt that the vehicles generally dominated.  In Quake Wars, this is not true by far.  But let me review the additions to the game.



2 distinct races (strogg and human)

Vehicles, and plenty of them, only useable by specific race (land, air, and water)

Many deployable turrents, artillery weapons, and even a counter artillery weapon (and deployable radar)



From playing through the classes, it really feels like you are an addition to the team no matter what class you are and no matter what situation.  However, so far I enjoy the soldier class with the rocket launcher the most.  However, theres nothing like launching a hammer missile into the middle of a base, exploding everying, as a field officer.



Even between the two races, the classes are distinctly different with pros and cons for both.  For example, the strogg covert ops sniper weapon is a rail gun which charges after each shot.  Shooting before its fully charged will result in less damage.  And the human counterpart is more traditional sniper being able to plink out faster.  In addition to this difference, the strogg covert ops has a deployable "flying robot" (I forgot what they call it) which is basically a bomb that you control and fly around at the enemy.  Meanwhile, the humans get a remote bomb, similiar to the original wolfenstein version, however it can also be used as a camera.



This game is definitely worth checking out as the demo is easily downloaded and installed and isn't hindered by requiring a top end machine to play, which will ultimately win some fans over.  Also, I believe the demo can be downloaded from gameriot's servers directly.