So I had almost given up on Quake Wars and getting into it until the other night. Thanks to 420, I jumped in a game that I saw him in just to game with a familiar face (it’s been a while…I am Wanderlust, right? heh). Anyway we didn’t talk a lot but the game felt much better… maybe it’s the latest patch that came down on launch? Not sure but the game felt comfortable for the first time since I played the beta. I gave it another run tonight and I’m actually starting to get kills, which until now has been probably a 1-5 (if that) ratio. I don’t know if they’ve added a bit more description to the game while playing but I also seemed to notice “training” prompts while playing. If they had them I may have just ignored them thinking I could pick up any game quickly.

I’m not (completely) stupid but I don’t have 30 or even 20 hours, in most cases, each week to become uber-efficient in one, let alone all of the games I want to play so this was going to be the first to suffer the “back on the shelf”. In general, the game seems to be a lot more technical (or complicated) than most other mission/campaign based FPS games that I’ve played while maintaining the pace of a high action shooter in the vein of Quake or UT. That’s deadly if you don’t have the time to learn the game and hone your skills daily. To say the least either something clicked this week or they improved the game for more casual gamers or both. Regardless I had fun, at times I was lost on what was going on but I was prompted such as returning a core cell (similar to CTF) to a base. I made it to 14m and got waxed but as soon as it was picked up by another and taken the last 14m, we won so I felt somewhat accomplished even tho I got nothing for it (in terms of score).

Anyway if you’re not sure about the game, as some that I’ve talked to has indicated, give it another try. Prices on the game seemed to have dropped a bit as well from non-Amazon sellers, check’em out…