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Old March 25th, 2002, 06:46 AM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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Global Operations Public Beta - Recomended

Has anyone tried the Global Operations Public Beta? It is said to be the next Counterstrike. While this is not new and has been available for a couple of weeks now, so I figure some of you guys/ girls must have tried this out. Well I'm downloading now, I'll let you know what I think.




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Old March 27th, 2002, 01:48 AM     #2 (permalink)
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ok, I have been playing this a bit this afternoon and THIS GAME IS VERY COOL! - if you are a CounterStrike fan, you will love this game. Global Ops is pretty much CS, but with better graphics and sound + a whole lot of other cool extra stuff thrown in.
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Old March 27th, 2002, 10:59 AM     #3 (permalink)
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I went to their site.. but the page for their public beta was gone.. I see the game is out now.. so maybe that is y.. will look into picking a copy up 2day if EB has it
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Old March 27th, 2002, 07:36 PM     #4 (permalink)
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cool let us know about the full release
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I picked it up.. I have one gripe.. no way to brighten the game up.. and my monitor is very dark.. it makes playing the game very hard.. I'm going to need some way to brighten the game up in game.. b/c I tried brightening it up through the desktop but that didn't work..

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Old March 27th, 2002, 08:02 PM     #6 (permalink)
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My opinions of the game:

Great game. It has the themed characters of DoD, but the ability to buy different guns and pick up any weapon. Also the recon / medic aspect is great.

My big complaint. LAG LAG LAG. Hopefully this is just a beta/beta server problem as I have yet to find a decent setrver as far as lag goes. Graphics all seem really dull, nothing is polished.

For brightness I just turn my monitor up all the way Always works for me.

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Old March 27th, 2002, 08:38 PM     #7 (permalink)
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problem is.. my monitor is all the way up.. it has always been a very dark monitor.. and I've allways had to max out the brightness in most games I played.. or use the desktop controls to do it.. like for Wizardy 8.. no brightness controls in that one.. but lucky for me.. that setting it on the desktop was able to brighten the game.. or I would have stoped playing it long ago.. as I wouldn't have been able to see where I was going..
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I have a few games that need brightening, what I usually do is play them at night time. Not a very good solution though.
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Old March 29th, 2002, 03:28 PM     #9 (permalink)
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Barking Dog didn't put a brightness or gamma control on purpose. In CS you are forced to put the gamma on full for the darker areas on maps because everyone has their gamma at full. You can see everything a bit better, but it makes the graphics a bit ugly and the dark maps aren't really dark anymore.

I always have my brightness very high, so I don't have to adjust anything to play GO.

At the moment there are some performance issues with the game. To run a good 12 player server, you need a dedicated 1 GHz PC with a connection with at least 512 kilobit upload. The developers have been working on a patch that decreases the server requirements. It should then be possible to host 2 servers on one machine or to host a non dedicated server (hosting a server and playing the game at the same time). That patch will also fix about 20 bugs.

They're also working on a Linux server application, so that and the patch should make playing online much more enjoyable and there will be much more servers.


I have been playing Global Operations since the private beta test started a little over 4 months ago. At first it didn't really seem like a big step from Counter-Strike, but when you start to get good at the game you find out it's a whole lot different. The specialties, the different (more realistic) map design and the way the weapons handle make the game a very different experience.

People who just start playing Global Operations claim that they need 3 assault rifle clips to kill their opponent. I can kill 2 people with 1 SIG Pro clip. When you fire a gun in GO, your weapon kicks up. Just like in real life, you have to compensate by pulling the gun down. Hitting your target at longer distances becomes easier when you buy a scope and use single shot/3 round burst. I don't even use full auto if my gun has a 3 round burst mode. You can only use a scope when you stand still or walk. Your accuracy is way off when running (especially strafing), so try to avoid shooting while moving. If really want to shoot while moving, pistols, shotguns and sub machine guns are your best choice. Completely avoid full auto while running as it decreases your accuracy even further.

I don't know why I wrote that whole guide to shooting guns in GO, but knowledge is power. Here are my latest statistics: http://membres.lycos.fr/insaneoc/faststats/1.html
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well Barney not everyones monitors are the same.. and mine is very dark.. the screen is maxed out.. and in dark missions I can't see anythign.. ohh the outline between the sky, and the land.. and that's it.. literly.. no joking here.. no blowing it out of wack.. I can't see my gun.. or the path.. ppl.. nothing.. its a pitch dark area to me.. they should have put the gama in the game.. and left it to the person to use if they wanted it..

I'm sorry I can't play games that are that dark.. it hurts my eyes.. and I'm not playing in a bright room.. when I play.. I play with all lights off.. always have.. the game can't be fully like real life.. in real life.. u can sense movement when your eyes adjust to the dark.. u can feel things around you.. in a game this isn't possible.. I want gamma control.. and I wont play or support the game any further till they add it.. even in the first training mission to shoot on the range.. I coudln't see the pistol I was suppose to pick up.. it was so dark..

I believe the game will be good.. but again I can't play it till I can brighten the game up.. again.. not everyones set up is the same.. not everyones white point on their monitor is the same..
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