Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

Rating Teen Genre first-person-shooter Publisher Activision External Links Official Enemy Territory Website

Hi kids, time for another adventure in the world of computer game reviewing. This month we will be covering Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, which I tell you that I am more than happy to review because this game has been highly anticipated. I don’t know if I should get my hopes as high as they are at the moment because the last time I was this excited for something I hadn’t tried, I just received a Turbo Grafx 16 from my brother for my b-day. Needless to say, I no longer have a brother (well, at least they couldn’t tell if he were my brother or not considering I removed all of his teeth).

This game would be the quintessential clone of the 2003 hit Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. If you, in your existence, played RTCWET, you should be able to pick this game up and be right up there with the big dogs of this futuristic first person shooter. You have your two sides: the Global Defense Force, a.k.a. humans, and the Xenos oppressor, the Strogg. After signing up you can choose from one of 5 classes: engineer, covert ops, medic, field ops and soldier. Once you have completed this task you are ready to reach your primary goal for that map.

All of the maps on this game are generally huge, with around three objectives for each side. In case you are not used to this type of game, each objective needs a few things to be done by certain classes in order to proceed to the next objective. A good idea would be to listen to your teammates or read the screen and see what is required. I found myself looking at the team screen and choosing what they had the least of. If every one is a soldier, they will for sure need a medic around to heal and provide help when needed. You can also look at what the enemy is setting up. For instance, if there are a ton of turrets and other devices that the team keeps falling victim to, select field ops and call in multiple air strikes until the problem is solved.

There is a plethora of vehicles to choose from for either faction. Learn how to use these vehicles from the get go, unless you like not getting to the fight and being completely worthless to your team and to the monthly bill you pay each month to access the Internet. That being said, you can either play this game by yourself, or you can be like the rest of the bipedal freethinking world and play it online. One thing I did notice while playing online was that a lot of people were complaining about the graphics of the game. They wanted more realism. Come on! This is a game where Earthlings are fighting against ever-so-dangerous Alien invaders. The graphics are fine and should not be tampered with.

This is truly the first game I enjoyed the entire time while I was reviewing it. This is a severely squad based game. They need you and you really need them, so getting a headset might be a good idea for this game. Do I think it’s the best thing next to oxygen? No. But I do think you should get it, since t’s a fun game with a replay value ranking up there with a certain Shining Force 2.