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

I think solomonk and micha have interesting points. Will be really interesting to see how it ends up.

Its a shame to see people hating already, whereas nearly nothing is known about the details.

*watched the strenx video, and whilst I assume that game play was neither complete or final, it had potential: seemed like there was a bit of speed and air etc.

Also lol@laughing at pk community, pot meet kettle...

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

Discuss

qukae4 is dead, 20$ price tag or not
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shootmania reminds me of insta with rockets, including the jump pad to gain speed.

thelawenforcer wrote:

Its a shame to see people hating already, whereas nearly nothing is known about the details.

toukkapoukka wrote:

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.

Oh... hms.
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WTFProoF wrote:
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.

Discuss

Its already 19,99 in steam along with q3's. q1 and q2 are half that.

It's a new rerelease on PC/Xbox 360 probably with some fixes, like no patches needed aso.

Warsow was killed by Quake Live. Everyone knows that.

I remember posting on ESR how dead wsw currently is. Checked the server browser about a week ago and it literally showed 0 servers with basewsw being played. 80% of players were in iCA and the rest playing bomb promod and that defrag spin off. Maybe I was unlucky there, but it is still sad to see not a single person likes to play with items.

That's the current state of every single fast paced FPS game besides QL though, which btw is a game that can be considered to be dead if you compare it with other genres. Some are in a better situation, such as UrT and the latest tribes, than others, for example Q4 with its 18 players at peak hours.
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Thought I'd point out that since promod will be basewsw apparently, you can count it as basewsw.

Okay, thanks to all for the feedback =)
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Is there any actual clear in-game footage? I only found stuff about the in-game map-editor..
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AvengeR wrote:
Checked the server browser about a week ago and it literally showed 0 servers with basewsw being played. 80% of players were in iCA and the rest playing bomb promod and that defrag spin off. Maybe I was unlucky there, but it is still sad to see not a single person likes to play with items.

thats not really true, you can find one or duel servers being populated at times, there are about 10-20(?) regular duel players and you can find someone for a duel, if you know where and when to look, i guess.

Don't think that game will kill Warsow.. it looks bit boring imo

http://www.maniaplanet.com/en/tournaments/shootmania-gamers-assembly2012-results/

Lol seems that lot of money has been thrown into it. Ubi is tryin' to reinvent quake.

Smells like hype.... (don't want to be rude)

WTF MATE

I don't quite like the graphics. Something about them looks... off.

It looks very boring tbh

only two weapons?

SolidFake wrote:
It looks very boring tbh

only two weapons?

indeed, vanilla mode seems very lacklustre, however, afaik, its hugely modable and that is infact one of the points of the game.

I doubt its as moddable as a certain other game.

perhaps not in the form of an sdk, but looking at nadeo's track record with trackmania and the content creation and modification tools they provided for that franchise, im confident that they can provide a platform that easy to use, powerful and standardised.

then again, i might be wrong..