Shootmania : Warsow killer ? (plz read : shootmania = next esport big thing ?)

Fight !

How can you kill something that's already dead?

I'll fight!

1. It's just another fps
2. I has ingame level editior so more hipsters can make shitty maps.
3. Wsw needs a small gfx update to look better
4. Looks like some semi sauerbraten clone

Last and most important.
5. Theres no other game like warsow.

S**t we need to stay strong!

i think shootmania is going to be like painkiller, alive for 1 year, then dropped by everyone except 7 players refusing to let it go, and eventually someone like gorey is going to try it out for a month or so, raping the 7 players and then realize that warsow is le way to go.

I just scroll'd down official website and what did I see?

Ubisoft sign - this game gonna fail pretty quick.
(updated 2012-04-10 17:04:54)

thx for feedback mates.

Some more info. Developer is Nadeo, founder of Trackmania. They got a solid experience as regards esport (both online and big rl events wise), community management, user generated content, etc.

The only reason why I could imagine it to turn into a failure is about community management, specially ingame. Average level of frustration, and opportunities of frustration, are for sure bigger in a shooter game than in a race against the clock game =)

The gameplay doesn't seem to have any depth at all, saw some video of strenx playing it, widely open boring maps, and only 1 weapon?

by nadeo

seen enough

read an interview with the lead developer somewhere where he said that to use rail in this game, you have to stand on some platform, and only there you can use it, how retarded is that ? will not work well for esports.

I had several talks with Nadeo's founder. The main concept behind Shootmania is to provide an highly customizable platform so community will build its own game.
So here too, I think Nadeo is very innovative.

Is this "Shootmania" going to be Free-to-Play game?

doesn't look very interesting

The main concept behind Shootmania is to provide an highly customizable platform so community will build its own game.

I think this sentence is a candidate for winning bullshit bingo =)

yeah well depends what it means.if its similar than in warsow, that it means maps/gametypes maybe then its ok and umm I dont see why that nadeo's mapping system wouldnt work.Trackmania has many insanely good maps and if theres as much variation in shootmanias mappingtool assets I think this game wont fail because of its maps atleast.

Layouts in warsow/quakelike games are very simple actually so I disagree with overkill about the fact that maps will be boring.

Style/theme looks boring;scifi+french countryside :|

I agree with kimza that gameplay look boring tho and dont have any depth in it.Dont look very fast,even call of duty is faster than this.

slowi wrote:
i think shootmania is going to be like painkiller, alive for 1 year, then dropped by everyone except 7 players refusing to let it go, and eventually someone like gorey is going to try it out for a month or so, raping the 7 players and then realize that warsow is le way to go.

Dafuq are you talking about??? Painkiller was alive for 2004/2005 and even in 2006 it was still pretty active. By now the community is about 16-32 players but still cups are played from time to time. GoReY got his ass beaten when he played Painkiller during the Christmas Cup. Else than that, I don't think that Shootmania can reach the level of Painkiller, it's just too slow and looks boring.

The gameplay in the default setup looks kinda slow. But I guess the game speed is adjustable, as well as the weapon stats. Everybody can start a game with their own rules. The most popular rule sets will survive. Looks very democratic to me.

I don't think the top players will choose SM for competitive playing, but I think it's got the potential to become popular among casual players.

For a fps.. nothing beats warsow.. atleast in my mind :)

Well a free FPS, why not?
If someone prefers it - fine!
I doubt it'll be better than wsw, as i love the competitious part ot wsw, but that giving other stuff a chance keeps up the competition and pressure to develope good games.

Am i gonna try it?

No Way!
:DD

Pikku wrote:
Well a free FPS, why not?
If someone prefers it - fine!

AFAIK its not free, with something like $19,99€ price tag on it.

Still it's not a problem, since a "retail" mostly is better than a "free2play" or completely free one.

Btw: id Soft/Bethesda want to rerelease Quake 4 this year for something like 20 USD.

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