i found this open source game i found, seems like it’s based on quake 3 arena. i tried it and it’s actually pretty solid, i thought i could show it off here lmao

link if anyone’s interested: http://www.openarena.ws

  • @[email protected]
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    32 years ago

    I’m playing Cube2:Sauerbraten sometimes. It’s a fast paced FPS, runs on a potato, and most of the time there’s someone online, and if not there’s always the bots on Venice

    • Ms. FalconOP
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      22 years ago

      it’s a pretty nice fork, hopefully it gets more people though which would be nice. i also love how since it’s a fork of quake 3 arena, it has that nice old school feel to it

      • @[email protected]
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        22 years ago

        People are not that much into FPS nowadays… or so I’ve gathered. Plus it’s a really fast reaction game, people aren’t used to that. You have to be really really fast.

        Maybe I’m wrong, IDK, I haven’t played it in a while, or the original QIII Arena, but back in the day, finding players online for it was a problem as well. It was just too fast for most people.

        • Ms. FalconOP
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          22 years ago

          oh yeah that’s true… not many people i’ve seen today really play fps games much anymore, though meanwhile i’m over here playing half life deathmatch or cs 1.6/cs source servers (those games still have alive servers somehow), honestly i kinda wonder if fps games will be as popular as it was back then

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            22 years ago

            I doubt it, but we’ll see.

            People are into stories now, some FPS games have good stories, but not all. It’s mostly RPG nowadays that takes a huge slice of the cake. Plus a lot of play on their phones, and you can’t really play FPS games on a phone, a mouse and a keyboard is absolutely necessary for that.

            • Ms. FalconOP
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              22 years ago

              yeaaah fps games on mobile feels… sucky, playing such a genre with a touch screen feels wrong in many ways. a mouse and keyboard just feels like the right way to play an fps game

              • @[email protected]
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                22 years ago

                IDK where things stand regarding VR and FPS games… maybe it’ll gap the bridge, make them popular again.

  • GreyBeard
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    52 years ago

    If you like OpenArena, check out Xonotic. Its a similarly fast paced open source shooter.

    • Ms. FalconOP
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      12 years ago

      i’ve only just now discovered it and i’m actually loving it

  • @[email protected]
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    72 years ago

    I enjoy warfork, also a fork of quake.

    streamlines a lot of the movement mechanics, makes the game very fast.

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    32 years ago

    I Loved those kind of shooter back in the day on lan partys. But nowadays everyone only plays through internet and my ping is way to high for such fast games. 😢

    • Ms. FalconOP
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      32 years ago

      god i wish i could’ve experienced a lan party, shit looks amazing