56k modem and Online Play

[CT2TXtech]

Hey all,

My cousin has 56 k modem and wants to play online Madden. How will the 56k modem and online play be. WIll it suck or should get broadband?
THanks

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Suck and/or blow.

- M4H

 

[CT2TXtech]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Suck and/or blow.

- M4H

THanks i thought so, anyone else out there?

 

[pray4mojo]

Get the broadband.

 

[N8Magic]

Broadband will be required to have any sort of smoothness to the game.

 

[The Wildcard]

Modem play was decent during the times of quake 1.........haha then it went down hill...lol.

 

[fatbaby]

depends on which game you play

If its any mmorpg, battlefield 1942, ut2k3, or anything that uses the quake III engine, you will lag a$$.

But if its anything else, such as starcraft, half-life, diablo II, or yahoo games, it won't be that bad.

 

[ViperMagic]

Its not worth it!

 

[xcript]

Originally posted by: The_Wildcard
Modem play was decent during the times of quake 1.........haha then it went down hill...lol.

It was?

I always remember the lag being absolutely terrible irregardless of how decent your dialup connection was, how many other people were in the game, etc.

Constantly sliding off the side into the lava was always fun. :frown:

And there was always one damn LPB in every game who was either one of the minority at the time who had a broadband connection, or was running the server himself.

Sweet as hell on a LAN though.

Later.. :beer:

 

[cainsdive]

BAD lagg. I went to DSL because the sites I played on all complained about it, it was affecting the other players as well.:beer:

 

[TheCorm]

I played Red Alert and NFSIII over 56k modem, it was okay...but there was some lag in NFSIII.

If he wants to get some really serious gaming in then he needs broadband.

 

[Desslok]

Just do NOT get Satellite "broadband" a guy at work got it and was bragging about it up to the day he tried to play Evercrack on it. Lagged worse than 56k.