games were seen as "fun" back in the 1.04 days for a few reasons.
Blink - VERY buggy but great fun, also Fades were the "tanks" of 1.04, you were firing at a fade or two basically CHARGING at your team, instead of firing at something jumping acrss a goddamn room 300 mph
The "rare" Onos - Not just a tank, a basically unstoppable force which indicated Marine End game for sure, onos werent panseys like the 2.0 -> On ones, they can TAKE A HIT. People loved playing as them, and people loved
fighting against them (mainly due to the no devour deal)
True Marine teamwork came to be whenever an onos was around, 7 Marines firing their hmgs and whatever else as they watch their teamtes get hammered instead of... eaten, then watching the Onos run away :blink:
Lerks had spike which was always great because it was one of the few goddamn far ranged alien attacks.
Babblers were available to gorges..nuff said there
So basically It was usually Marine clashing with Aliens head to head. And not having the Aliens weaken them as they move along to wherever the team is moving to (aka spore spamming, devour and running, fades blinking in, swiping then blinking out, etc) which I must say isnt *as* fun as seeing 1-2 fades (or an Onos) hording down the hallway at your team while you put many a bullets into them hoping for a Victory, or watching your teamates get totally slaughtered which was always fun to watch! and be a part of
The final word is "Hardcore battle ready, Heavily Armored Aliens clashing with Marine High tech is always more fun than Hit and run weak aliens who cry to Mommy when the Shotguns come