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How is it overrated if that was the mechanism for those times? Like saying bayonets are overrated as a killing device because now we have machine guns to mow ppl down. This post was edited on 12/11 at 2:03 pm

You are kidding right? Never heard of LAN parties? Much better way of gaming. Everyone gets their own screen.

Goldeneye and CS were still both out around the same time. I used it as an example of how multiplayer shooters that were actually good did things because it was the most popular around that time.

Rainbow Six was out in 98. Even long before that, you had Doom death match, Quake, and several others that all did multiplayer way better that Goldeneye.

It was overrated but I guess I can see how it was fun for all the little kiddies at the time that were stuck playing on consoles because they couldn't understand or afford PC gaming. It was a nice shiny new thing to them. To the rest of us PC gamers, we had had better for years.

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Posted by LSU Coyote

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Posted on 12/11/16 at 7:35 pm to AshLSU

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You are kidding right? Never heard of LAN parties? Much better way of gaming. Everyone gets their own screen.

Goldeneye and CS were still both out around the same time. I used it as an example of how multiplayer shooters that were actually good did things because it was the most popular around that time.

Dude... you are trying way too hard.

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It was overrated but I guess I can see how it was fun for all the little kiddies at the time that were stuck playing on consoles because they couldn't understand or afford PC gaming. It was a nice shiny new thing to them. To the rest of us PC gamers, we had had better for years.

Sorry you are old, as I am but LAN parties aren't a thing for most here. I'm 30 and it didn't really start until HS in 2003.

Goldeneye and CS aren't in the same time frame but same era yes. 2yrs is a long time between launches. Not only this but the first release didn't catch fire until about 2001. That is a 4yr period brother.