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GRAW 2 PC Multiplayer Beta Coming Soon

Submitted by Oculus on Wed, 04/04/2007 - 6:31pm.

The GRAW 2 PC multiplayer beta signups are supposed to be coming in early April sometime (This month). I'm not sure what regions are going to be allowed into the beta, but I would hope with such a large market in the US, some might get in. The announcement comes off of their UK website here: http://ghostrecon.uk.ubi.com/

GRAW 2 for the 360 has some of the best graphics I've seen in a game, the controls take some getting used to, but for the PC I suspect a predictable control scheme. The beta will showcase a new map 'CALAVERA' that is only available on the PC version of the game.

According to an IGN interview GRAW 2 PC has been developed separately from the 360 version, and as such will also have some features that would not have been possible on the 360.

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I must say I'm pretty upset...

Submitted by Master Kim on Wed, 04/04/2007 - 8:15pm.

Why wasn't GRAW2 released on both platforms at the same time?

Hopefully these new features that IGN talks about will have been worth the wait.

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I'll give it a try to

Submitted by rapture on Thu, 04/05/2007 - 7:43am.

I'll give it a try to benchmark my system. But, I don't plan on ever owning a game of GRAW again for any platform.

Oculus's picture

Do you

Submitted by Oculus on Thu, 04/05/2007 - 9:30am.

Do you have a reason, or just not enough time?

rapture's picture

I would rather play

Submitted by rapture on Thu, 04/05/2007 - 10:28am.

I would rather play fast-paced games where accuracy and quick decision making are key. Anything under the speed of HALO doesn't match my playing style. I didn't care much for the GRAW1. It was fun playing online with some THX'ers, though. Still, I have no interested in GRAW2.

Master Kim's picture

Shwat?

Submitted by Master Kim on Thu, 04/05/2007 - 1:26pm.

rapture wrote:
I would rather play fast-paced games where accuracy and quick decision making are key.
GRAW isn't? I mean, maybe it's not fast-paced, but I think accuracy and quick response are important factors in playing the game.

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I agree GRAW2 is on the

Submitted by Midnight on Fri, 04/06/2007 - 7:41am.

I agree GRAW2 is on the slower side of Halo. It's a little upsetting when you can see things happening but your character can't respond as fast you want him to execute. I've said before I don't like the mega-fast games like Quake and UT, but perhaps GRAW is a little slow.

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In GRAW, you can miss shots

Submitted by rapture on Fri, 04/06/2007 - 8:20am.

In GRAW, you can miss shots and the consequences will be a lot less sever than if you miss in HALO or other games.

I like playing on a team with tactics. But I don't like near real-world sims.

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Quake, Halo PC, Graw

Submitted by Oculus on Fri, 04/06/2007 - 10:30am.

Quake is insane, it makes me dizzy if I haven't played it in a while. I simply have not gotten to the level of speed that is required to hold your own in that game. That's why I enjoy the 1 shot twitch killing of Rails only games. It's less to keep track of.

I played Halo PC for the first time a couple days ago, liked it. Now that it's like 10 bucks or something, I think I'll buy it.

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O RLY?

Submitted by Master Kim on Fri, 04/06/2007 - 11:11am.

Oculus wrote:
Quake is insane, it makes me dizzy if I haven't played it in a while. I simply have not gotten to the level of speed that is required to hold your own in that game. That's why I enjoy the 1 shot twitch killing of Rails only games. It's less to keep track of.

I played Halo PC for the first time a couple days ago, liked it. Now that it's like 10 bucks or something, I think I'll buy it.

I agree, Quake, including Unreal Tournament, is extremely fast-paced. In a cool acid-trip kind of way.

By the way, I bought my copy of Halo for around twenty dollars. It's pretty cheap now. If you have Xfire, we should play it together if you decide to get it.

rapture wrote:
In GRAW, you can miss shots and the consequences will be a lot less sever than if you miss in HALO or other games.

I like playing on a team with tactics. But I don't like near real-world sims.

Okay, that's understandable. On a side note here, I would like to say that not all real-world sims end up compensating realistic gameplay for fun gameplay. Take America's Army for example. Not only is it a great tactical simulator that takes major emphasis on teamwork, it is free, too.

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