Nexuiz -- UT99/Quake3 successor?

[WhipperSnapper]

Nexiuz

After reading a thread here about free FPS games, I've just learned about a new open source, GPU arena shooter-type FPS game called Nexuiz. I've investigated it some and it looks very interesting.

This may be worth investigating for those of you who enjoyed Quake 3, Unreal Tournament (1999), and even UT 2004. It's built on a modified Quake 3 engine. I watched the video at their website and it doesn't look bad. It strikes me as a game that's (1) designed for the PC, (2) focused on the quality of the game play and the fragging, and (3) amenable to modding and custom content.

Could this be what we've all been waiting for? I have no idea, but I'm intrigued. Apparently it's been around since mid-2005 but it's still receiving updates (most recent one was in May 2009) and has a small, active community.

I'm very interested in this because I think that an open-source type of project is really people's best bet for a UT99/Quake 3 successor (as opposed to a new release from a gaming company infected with Consolitus), which is why I find this so interesting.

Thoughts? You can find the video here:

http://www.alientrap.org/nexuiz/

There's also a Wikipedia entry:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexuiz

They have an IRC channel at irc.Quakenet.org #nexuiz.

 

[Udgnim]

I think the genre is dead.

buzz about Quake Live died soon after beta was released

kind of like what happened to UT 3

 

[Dark4ng3l]

Yeah for some reason the market can support 5 or 6 different multiplayer military shooter type games but the good old deathmatch/CTF shooter from 10 years ago are pretty much dead.

 

[WhipperSnapper]

Remember, part of the problem is that there hasn't been a good or worthwhile arena type shooter since UT99 and Quake 3. You can't declare the genre is dead simply because a consolized abomination like UT3 failed.

 

[coloumb]

bunny hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop /lame

Interesting..but I think this mod is about 4 years too late. People's interests have changed - they want something more than just bunny hopping around a small enclosed arena firing rockets at each other all day.

 

[soccerballtux]

Originally posted by: Dark4ng3l
Yeah for some reason the market can support 5 or 6 different multiplayer military shooter type games but the good old deathmatch/CTF shooter from 10 years ago are pretty much dead.

If they would do it right for once then the droves of UT99 and Half Life players would upgrade.
UT3 had everything going for it graphically and gameplay wise but they didn't bother fixing bugs and making the UI work on a PC. It's a consolized PC game, something PC gamers won't put up with (removes entire purpose of running on PC).

 

[skace]

Originally posted by: coloumb
bunny hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop /lame

Interesting..but I think this mod is about 4 years too late. People's interests have changed - they want something more than just bunny hopping around a small enclosed arena firing rockets at each other all day.

Jealous because you can't do it?

 

[Silicon Spear]

Originally posted by: WhipperSnapper

Remember, part of the problem is that there hasn't been a good or worthwhile arena type shooter since UT99 and Quake 3. You can't declare the genre is dead simply because a consolized abomination like UT3 failed.

What about UT2004? It did better than UT3, as far as I know.

 

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally posted by: Silicon SpearWhat about UT2004? It did better than UT3, as far as I know.

UT 2004 was a good game because of Onslaught, but it wasn't nearly as successful as the Original UT99 and a great many UT99 players disliked it. UT99 CTF, the main game type of UT99, was far, far superior to UT 2004 CTF.

 

[mwmorph]

I posted this in 2004, but yeah I think the genre is dead. Except for some holdouts like Fatal1ty, players have moved on to a different style of game, a game with more open spaces, less based on reaction times.

When you think about it, Quake 2/3 DM was cool and Q5 or whatever may sell well, but it won't be like Nexuiz. Nexuiz looks great, but it's 100% old school in it's feel, and I think most of the gaming population expects more than that nowadays.

 

[imported_Alx]

Originally posted by: mwmorph
. Nexuiz looks great, but it's 100% old school in it's feel, and I think most of the gaming population expects more than that nowadays.

I see this sentiment all the time, but I would say that the gaming population expects a lot less nowadays. TF2 aside, these new enlightened shooters all devolve into team deathmatch with no teamwork, with functionally the same gun that is best aimed patiently at a doorway while crouching in a corner of a room. Perks and other RPG elements don't change that.

 

[evident]

Originally posted by: skace

Originally posted by: coloumb
bunny hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop hop /lame

Interesting..but I think this mod is about 4 years too late. People's interests have changed - they want something more than just bunny hopping around a small enclosed arena firing rockets at each other all day.

Jealous because you can't do it?

i was just going to reply w/ the same thing. most people dont like the genre because it's not easy to get into. FPS nowadays encourage you to do the lame tactics that you would get kicked off of servers in q2/q3/ut: grenade spamming, camping in a corner, etc.
hell, COD4 even starts you off with grenades and a perk that can get you more grenades to start with, lob them around and boom 5+ kills :roll:
unfortunately, this is the direction that FPS is going and probably will for the forseeable future.

Originally posted by: Alx
I see this sentiment all the time, but I would say that the gaming population expects a lot less nowadays. TF2 aside, these new enlightened shooters all devolve into team deathmatch with no teamwork, with functionally the same gun that is best aimed patiently at a doorway while crouching in a corner of a room. Perks and other RPG elements don't change that.

^^^^^