- Atomsk A33
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Want to play Bungie games old and new? For Carnage Apply Within
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Posted by: THE SALTY CHIP
I've been itching to play Marathon with others, although I've only ever played Durandal. Is Infinity much different?
Depends on which version of Durandal you mean. Infinity feels a little different from the Xbox version simply because you control it with mouse and keyboard rather than a controller. Otherwise the two games play very similar. The story is a lot more confusing, but it is well worth the effort required to understand it.
Personally I like Infinity a lot more. It has more and (I feel) better maps. We've also got several 3rd party/ fan made maps to play too. Don't worry about downloading them though. As long as the host has them, everyone can play them.
Posted by: irishfreak
1am gmt right?
I think it would actually be 2 AM.
Posted by: Khirna
OT, Could we extend this to Durandal on the 360?
Not this time. If this event goes well, we may do another oldschool carnage, and I'd definitely consider Durandal on 360 for that. The Aleph One version is free, runs on just about any computer, and offers more and better maps than M2 on Xbox, so that's why I chose Infinity this time.
We do play Durandal from time to time in FCAW, so if you are looking for people to play it with, it's a good place to look.
Posted by: mister death
My laptop is terrible. I wish I could join in but I doubt this old thing could handel it.
It is worth trying to get it to run, more than likely you will be able to. You may want to turn off the high res textures, updated HUD, and Durandal on 360 style weapons and enemies, but unless you are using a laptop that runs windows 95, it should work. Sardonic is able to play it on a laptop from 2001. It isn't an ideal situation, but the game still runs. Don't give up before you try at least.
Speaking of all the updates to the Aleph One version, they are easy to turn on and off to suit your tastes/ graphical capabilities. Simply go into the "Preferences" menu then "Environment" menu then "Plugins" menu and turn on or off any of the updates you want. Personally, the only one I turn off is the HD Weapons update. I don't like how it looks and it is the only one that seems to effect the performance of the game for me.
You may also want to turn off Fog. (Preferences > Grapics > Rendering Options) It was put in because some of the 3rd party senerios use it, but the originals weren't designed to use it so it feels out of place.