nyone know any games that do well over 56k(or slightly slower speeds my phonelines tend to lag a bit)? Specicically action, Sims, FPSers or anything shoot-em-up.
So far Cube seems to do well if there's fewer then 8 people, and Mechwarrior 4 Mercenaries works well with up to 16 people in a server(a little lag with balistic type weapons, but still ok overall, even with a 500 ping the game runs well save for when there's a join lag).
Guild Wars runs well, my other hardware like ram, and CPU are the problems when it comes to that one(though it takes a looong time to DL a new area)
Unreal Tournament 2k4 seems to do well, in a good server where I get less then 300 ping I can use the sniper rifle well, the link cannon, shock rifle and the rockets even the default assault rifle with a litle compensation, but if my ping goes past 300 it's all effed up. Also lots of servers have huge custom maps that take forever to get into, but if I avoid those and stick to pubs I have a little fun.
I've tried Tribes Vengence, Tribes 2, and Counter Strike, all 3 lag a little to much, even with a 200-300 ping. When I pull the trigger there's about a 1 or 2 second delay, making aiming nearly impossible. It's awkward firing a spinfuser and having the disc launch 2 seconds later, and dying, then seeing the explosion that killed you. I can cap the flag well, but it's hard fighting back...
Of course RTS and PBEM and turn based games like Sid Meier's Alpha centauri, LoL, and SE4 work, but I NEED BLOOD
So anyone know any action, FPS or sim games that either have small packets, good net code or some other ping reducing mesures?
OT: Dialup Friendly games.
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