OT: Dialup Friendly games.

[Hugh Manatee]

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?

[Combat Wombat]

Team Fortress Classic, for the original HL. I used to play that on 56k all the time and kicked some serious ***. I can't believe you are having problems with any HL mod since they all use the same netcode basically.

Alot of MMO games should work good since hey all have super-optmized netcode. You biggest problem would be downloading patches. I am currently playing Star Wars Galaxies, its pretty action packed.

[DarkAnt]

Instead of buying a new game...get broadband it you can. Its a whole new world.

[NullAshton]

Oddly enough, Mechwarriors, all of them, run great on a 56k. There's about 200 ping, but it doesn't hurt much of anything. I play it all the time over on a 56k connection when I'm forced to use one, without laggage.

[EaX]

I can decently play Battlezone II, C&C renegade on 56k modem. i tried battlefield but i got kick 'cause of my lag, lol. Oh i also played RA & RA 2 (with the expansion)
if you have any of the above i'm willing to play!

[Suicide Junkie]

Total Annihilation is probably kind to modems despite all the action.

[Ragnarok-X]

Both Warcraft 3 and Dawn of War work excellent as well with dialup

[EaX]

Oh and i've played starcraft on 56k modem too

/me start looking for those CDs

[Combat Wombat]

Oh good call on Renegade EaX, that was such an underrated game IMO, I still try to play when I can.