A couple of hours ago, I was messing around in the MCC, plodding around some of the maps from CE, which I had been too young to play at the time of its release. I stumbled into one of the PC maps, and had a chance encounter with the Fuel Rod Gun and original Flamethrower.
And damn, those things were cool. Even with 14-year old graphics. I wish I had been around to play them in their prime. The FRG had a lovely arcing mortar shot, like a mini-wraith cannon, and the battery worked well with it. The Flamethrower’s fuel tank reload and first-person mode made it work a lot better than the H3 iteration as well.
Anyway, my question to you, my fellow Waypointers, is would you like spiritual successors to these two weapons in H5? Some sort of mortar weapon, or a flamethrower? I’d really want to see the Flamethrower combined with some map interactivity. Setting a trail of oil on fire, or shooting a gas tank and igniting it, something along those lines.
Why yes, yes I would
Personally I definitely would. I loved the mortar-like behavior of the fuel rod gun. Made it distinct from the rocket launcher and you could fire volleys all the way over to the other base in blood gulch. Also the flamethrower was pretty cool, to boot.
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> Personally I definitely would. I loved the mortar-like behavior of the fuel rod gun. Made it distinct from the rocket launcher and you could fire volleys all the way over to the other base in blood gulch. Also the flamethrower was pretty cool, to boot.
Indeed. I got a very “Aliens” vibe from the Falmethrower. That little ammo readout probably.