![]() ![]() You can extrapolate into the future to guess what Such major changes take place in such a short span of time. The improvements are grand, visible and positive. I am thoroughly pleased with the changes. Older hardware, you can turn off some of the effects. ![]() What more, even at the highest level, the game runs quite smoothly. The 2.5.1 adds theĬolor of life into the killing arena. Version 2.4 (left) and one from the latest release (right).Īs you can clearly see, the older release looked and felt more cartoonish, less realistic. The attention to detail is phenomenal. Just for comparison, here's an old screenshot from There's glow and blur and reflection in almost every detail, suffusing withĭepth of realism you do not expect from a free game a fraction of size of the typical modern monstrosity. Luckily, my Nvidia 9600M GS with 512MB RAM let me do that. Nexuiz starts modestly, with graphics detail set to normal level. The impression of how great it looks is not apparent the first time you try the While version 2.4.2 took only aboutĤ00MBs, the new release is almost 700MB, the extra 300MB juiced with lots of eye candy and new maps. Show my new rig plus test the game. Nexuiz has grown fat in the last year. Having just recently bought a new laptop with a powerful modern card and running an instance of Ubuntu specially dedicated for games on it, I though this was a great idea to Refined graphics effects, more realistic textures, shaders, and whatnot. The latest version 2.5.1 was released in May this year, bringing in a load of improvements, including much Well, I liked it so much that I featured it in my first article on Linux games, alongside Sauerbraten and OpenArena. Large-scale battles or pit against witty-tongued bots in a progressive singleplayer mode. It's a fast-paced game, where players combat online in Running on top of a heavily modified Quake engine. People who are not familiar with those games should still give Nexuiz a try, though, and enter the brutal world of tournament deathmatch.Nexuiz is a free, open-source First Person Shooter Quake and Unreal Tournament fans should love this. Nexuiz is a fun shooter with a variety of weapons. And what's best, most are automatic(so you just need to hold down the mouse). ![]() All of them have a secondary fire mode and each requires a different play style. There is a nice variety of guns, ranging from laser to machine gun, sniper to shotgun. Who needs music when there are guns? Some guns sound good, although a few others sound really bad. The soundtrack is a nice techno beat, although you won't actually be listening to it because of the gun sounds. This negatively affects the lifespan of the game, but single player is nice, and you can host your own servers, too. Unfortunately, there aren't very many servers, and the existing servers that are full of bots. The game is designed to be multiplayer and (thankfully) features an in-game server search, so it isn't hard to find a good server to play on. All of the game modes differ from each other, so you won't get bored easily. The game modes are: Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag and Domination, each with different varieties. The beginning is slow and boring, but if you stick with it you'll find it addictive. This may sound boring but it's actually a lot of fun and will have you hooked for a long time. Nexuiz has a gameplay which is similar to that of Quake 2. But you'll have got the hang of the controls after about five minutes and turned into a lean mean killing machine, killing everything in sight. The game starts off with an easy first match against some easy bots on an easy level, which may seem a little strange to you at first. Welcome to the world of campaign death-match, welcome to the world excitement, welcome to Nexuiz. Don't take me wrong, not having a story can be a good thing sometimes, and in this game it certainly is. ![]() "Take a gun and go shoot humans and/or aliens". ![]()
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