> When Doom originally came out I once spent 12 hours 7pm - 7am, finishing all
> the levels with a friend over the office LAN, and intercom. After all, we
> were on the same side.
>
> That was the beginning of my LAN playing. It was so much fun that since then,
> with the relatively few games I've bought, my dollar is probably exclusively
> spent on network capable s/w. Teaming up, and in this case going after the
> baddies, is the ultimate experience on computer gaming.
Two-player co-op was/is one of my favorite ways to play Quake2 as
well. But it tends to be overlooked in first person shooters because
everybody wants deathmatch.
> After a quick evaluation I decided to d/l the demo and check it out. It was a
> lot of fun! Great graphics and, not too weak of a story. I'd love to see a
> map of the labyrinth you go through! Hehe. It's pretty easy to loose your
> heading as you descend into this Mars base.
IMO the audio really defines the atmosphere, at least in the first
section - partly because everything's so dark, and partly because the
sound effects team really did a great job.
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