Very true and a very good point considering MC Sandstorm came out in Sept 09, so I'd imagine we are well covered going forward with this one I'm relation to server support. And its worth noting they have a very strong pedigree. They did do NOVA 3 after all which I personally think was the strongest in the series in every way, such as graphics, storyline, variety and gameplay amongst others. Graphically one of the best games on iOS full stop. So they have an excellent track record already so it only bodes better for MC5.
Yea from what we've seen theyre great with single player. Multiplayer on the other hand suffered greatly with balance issues and overall stability. But we all learn through experience right? Plus the jump from NOVA 2 to NOVA 3 was huge, so no doubt they would've encountered some hiccups. Plus, if I remember correctly their new game engine was pretty new so that couldve caused some issues as well. I'm more of a gameplay>graphics guy I'm a really competitive gamer so I'm eager to see what they bring us multiplayer wise. And I'm sure whatever it is, it'll be awesome I mentiones this earlier, but any thoughts of a TA squad? I would vote for Rip to start it up/be the leader once the game launches
Yeah, I agree the multiplayer had those issues initially. They did get ironed out and I very much liked the map layouts but it was the hackers that killed it for me in the end. Which they are obviously committed to not allowing happen with this one. I do think if they apply some of the elements they had in N3 (and indicators are they will as the maps seem as though they will be complex and tactical), I think we will all be very happy. On the squad thing, jeez, load on a load of responsibility. I should say that FPS makes me ultra competitive. And I'm not sure if its the good kind of competitive, the amount of times I've abandoned, sacrificed and used as bait my team in any FPS (MC ones notably) does really bring out my ruthless streak. But to be fair they were poor team mates and deserved it for their weakness. I'd be up for it alright as I will be spending a lot of time with the game and for the long term and I am really hyper competitive on these things. I'd also imagine you'd actually be a decent team mate so I'd be up for it with you anyway. Reaching top 20 position worldwide leaderboard in MC4 disappointed me (I think I'm still in the top 0.02% worldwide on it or thereabouts) as it didn't equal my top 10 position in MC3. I know, it's an odd thing to be annoyed about but FPS games just bring out that ruthless competitive element. So actually we'd probably be a good team and if I had good team mates, I promise not to use ye as bait. We'll see what happens when it launches and set one up. I don't think we'll need a team leader though. We'll see how the squad thing is formatted at launch but I'd be happy enough to follow a decent team player as leader. I should say I have every intention of climbing high on the leaderboards (well top 20 anyway individually and top 5 for a team hopefully). Well, for as long as playtime allows. Damn it, I can already feel that hyper competitive obsession to win creeping in and it's not even out yet.
Oh man I hope the guns are balanced this time. I remember the charbtek just destroying everyone in its path and when the compakt came out! Those were though times. I know that Ryan said they were balanced but that just might be his opinion. We'll find out hopefully by July
I think we are gonna need a TA New Recruits team as well! Would love to be part of a TA crew as I loved playing MC4 (in fact i feel like breaking it out again tonight) but I am no way near good enough to get anywhere near top 20... On the other hand I would make a good sacrificial lamb!!
Not to worry, I'd imagine top 20 this time around for me is a pipe dream. I just had lots of spare time for a month or two last time around to get there the last time around. I'd imagine other things will get in the way this time though. We'll drag the team up high though just to see what the rewards turn out to be. I imagine it'll be quite beneficial. So that makes three. We'll need a few more so JBRUU and 2133, we'll need you two on board as well. LOLavi and Suicide_B0mb3r would round things off nicely if any of you guys are up for it. Guitarguy19 and Hoggy110 would be good additions too. And, of course, Johnny101, I'm sure you'll join us. Don't let me down. If we made a six man team out of that group, we'd be doing very well.
Im still wondering about the graphics running on A5 devices on the ipod touch 5g, ios 7 lags mc4, nova 3, asphalt 8 and gangstar vegas
I hope to get some time to play this solidly, although small things like work and children may get in the way Are there any details of how the teams will actually work?
Nothing that I'd call definitive as yet. But there will be time limited daily/weekly events for teams (and individuals) that will contribute to the unlock items and reward system. So at the least, it will help us unlock items quicker. Don't really know what the rewards will be exactly, maybe xp, attachments, unlocks or what have ya but with a team you'll earn them quicker, whatever they may be, if you take part in the TLE's which of course we will. Plus there will be in team text based chat function so would be able to coordinate tactics better in multiplayer. There will be more to it than that and I'm sure Ryan will let is know when he can but it would appear on the face of it that having a squad will be a definite advantage. I'm sure the methodology of forming one is just using gamecenter friends list and then just creating a squad in game and inviting those on your friends list to join. Pretty simple really.
No doubt I'll be a good addition to the squad I guess I am being cocky lol. But I've been playing these fps since late MC1 and I really really dug into MC2. I was in multiple clans in MC2 such as BW and SB. Really spent hours and hours and days hahah. Same with mc3. I lacked a little in MC4 but no doubt I'll be back in MC5. Haven't played MC4 in a couple of months, or any iOSFPS rlly, but I spent an insane amount of time in them back in the day so I doubt it'll be a problem jumping back in.
So how are you going to convince me up to iOS 7? To be honest, I'm actually considering swallowing my pride and upgrading to iOS 7 at some point...devs are going to be more used to developing for iOS 7, and more and more developer are making games iOS 7 exclusive...besides, I can easily pick up San Andreas on PC with the Steam sales I have MC4 on my Laptop, I should really reinstall that and play some more of that multiplayer
Of topic I guess, but why not upgrade? Do you just not like iOS 7? I think a lot of people will be breaking out Mc4 again... I loaded it on to my mini last night, but got engrossed watching Arrow.
I saw a number of comments saying that the performance of iOS 7 on A5 devices was worse than that on iOS 6 (for example, I was able to play through the entirety of GTA San Andreas on iOS 6, whilst other people with A5 devices on iOS 7 reported that the game kept on crashing for them), so I decided to stay on iOS 6 for performance sake I do hope that more people break out MC4 now hype for MC5 release is increasing...it did take me around 3-5 minutes to get into a game, compared to around a minute or less when I was playing the online multiplayer last year (also, less populated servers)
I'm in if you guys need another. I've been here a while and have played with a lot of you guys. Pm me if you need another head
Jeez man, I knew I'd forgotten other noteworthy players, sorry bout that. Of course you'd be in. I think the best thing to do is when it launches, I'll create a squad and post it's name on the release thread (someone else can come up with a good name in the meantime). Then just post ye're GC id and I'll add ye in. Once it's a full team, I'll post just to let others know and they can create other squads. @ hoggy, you would of had issues with 7.0 but 7.1 was really the proper edition of the iOS and it greatly reduced the front end memory issues that would have caused problems for you. You will still experience some slowdown to a certain degree but not enough to have an impact so the time would be now before iOS 8 closes the window of opportunity to upgrade for you.
The name has to be 'Arcadians' I am sure there was some army or something from Arcadia (a part of Greece) at some point in history... Or maybe it was in a film...
