i downloaded the new Nexuiz release a bit ago and was fairly pleased. the graphics are great, i think the game is much better looking than ut2004... Nexuiz supports bloom, HDR, gloss, real time this, real time that, blah blah blah. i can only have a few of the lighting enhancements on a time to keep a 40-80 fps range(i turn shadows and other real time lighting effects off to save fps). i play on high detail settings with a few lighting effects on(like i said before).
the game plays great online or in bot match(although some of the maps dont have good bot support). the game types are "rune match"(- collect different power ups to become more.... powerful
), death match(-duh!), ctf(-meow...), team death(-umm...), domination(-ut rip off!), instagib(- i think thats in there).
i always find a bunch of servers with lots of people on, its a good time if your killing time or just plain sick of bland ut2004. the weapons are totally balanced..... i mean you can kill any one with any weapon no matter what weapon they have in possession. what depends on how you get the kill is how well you've mastered the weapon and if you can use its strengths against your foe's. also it matters how much health and armor you have, its good to whore what ever you can pick up. the weapons range from machine guns to laser pistols(of course theres a rocket launcher and many other weapons of mass destruction!).
the maps are flat out beautiful..... especially with HDR and Bloom lighting on *drools*. im trying to upload pics i took from this one map called "overdose:blue" that gives off this wonderful blue glow. it looks like a big ice cave or something.... man its awesome to look at. i cant find the screenshots i took tho(they were saved to some where on my comp but i cant find them
). well i'll post some pics if i can get the sn's to appear some how......
the models and character skins are great, they look really solid and add a great feel to the free game. the maps are great, the graphics are beyond amazing for a free game, the online play is always fun(as well as bot support play), and the new game types add a new feel to the deathmatch bound game.
Nexuiz 2.3: http://alientrap.org/nexuiz/index.php?module=downloads
map pack included in link above^
apple.com's summery: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/g ... exuiz.html
the pics below arent from the new release..... i cant find the pics i took so i used ones from their site.
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