First Impressions: Halo PC

[NiteFox]

Try a BFG and a gernade in Quake 3  ;)

Grenade/Rocket/BFG jumping ain't exactly new. But always fun :)

I remember once playing single player Quake II, on the level where you first get the Rocket Launcher (Mines, I believe) I came to the big flight of stairs surrounded by a massive U-shaped wall (Anyone who's played that map will recognise it instantly.) Knowing Mutants were about, I flipped on Quad and Invulnerability.

Mutants were abroad it turned out, and one got the drop on me at close range. Quad rocket at close range is certain death, but I was also temporarily invulnerable, so it mattered naught. I wait until I can count the critter's teeth before pulling the trigger.

When I woke up, I was in unfamiliar territory. All I could see is rock, so I turn around. To my surprise I found myself perched on the cliff the other side of the stairwell wall! I was quite literally on the cliffs in the direction I was facing, and the only way I could have arrived there would have been if something exploded behind me, or if I bounced off the wall behind which I know is impossible with the game physics. It couldn't have been due to the exploding barrels nearby (I had cleared them out prior to arriving there) and there was no other explanation. I still can't figure out how I clocked up another 13,000 air miles in an impossible direction, and I've yet to repeat it despite my attempts.

Sorry for hijacking a Halo thread with a tale of Q2, but remember kids: Rocket jumping is fun, but you may end up in Taiwan if you're unlucky.