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Open Source Shooter Nexuiz 2.5 Released

Posted by Soulskill on from the let's-blow-something-up dept.

Michael writes "A new version of Nexuiz, a GPL-licensed, first-person shooter, has been released. There are over 3,000 changes in Nexuiz 2.5, including new maps, new game-modes, enhanced graphics, new audio, and other major changes. Phoronix has posted a preview of this Nexuiz 2.5 release, with screenshots showing the impressive graphics and how it has raised the bar for open-source gaming. Details about the Nexuiz project are available at SourceForge."

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  1. First PS by Bromskloss · · Score: 5, Funny

    Many games claim to be the first person shooter. I don't know whom to believe.

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    1. Re:First PS by dns_server · · Score: 5, Funny

      I guess it's just a matter of perspective.

    2. Re:First PS by Blakey+Rat · · Score: 5, Funny

      That's ok, I can never tell the real time strategy games from all the fake ones out there, either.

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  2. What type of DRM do they use? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    What type of DRM do they use?
    Because EA has taught me that playing games without DRM is stealing and wrong ... very wrong.

    Unless this installs some horrible boot-sector-writing DRM to my computer, it isn't up to EA's commercial quality standards and I don't want it.

    1. Re:What type of DRM do they use? by MrNaz · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's not often that I feel it's appropriate to say this, but this is one of the rare occasions where it is:

      You want it? Go code it yourself!

      (Oh, and before you whoosh me, I know the OP was joking.)

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  3. Not Very Impressing by aaaaaaargh! · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Sorry, I know that some people think you shouldn't criticize any free open source software, but this is really not impressing. It's kind of weird that with all the freedom they had the developers of this game only came up with a generic Quake Arena clone. If that's typical for open source games, then No, thanks.

    1. Re:Not Very Impressing by physicsphairy · · Score: 5, Insightful

      First person shooters have never been and will probably never be a competitive aspect of opensource. The major reason is because they are extremely content-intensive, and the collaboration advantages open source has in creating code just don't apply to things that require sound and art studios.

      That out of the way, your complaint is totally invalid. While Nexuiz might not be an innovation to the genre, and might not smitten you with the highest res graphics, it still proves the concept of open source by taking something that already existed (the original Quake 1 source code) and continually improving it with user contributions. Hardcore gamers will definitely appreciate the never ending flow of UI and gameplay improvements. And if someone ever has a better idea, they can take Nexuiz and expand on it, whereas without that open source foundation, not only would they be delayed by years of extra work, they might not even start.

      And I'm sure if you go to the trouble of reading the changelogs, you will have a much greater appreciation for all the work that has gone into it than you do just as some guy who plays the latest console releases.

      Meanwhile, checkout TA: Spring for a RTS, and Wesnoth or Freeciv for turnbased strategy. If you aren't impressed, I suppose you aren't in to strategy games.

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    2. Re:Not Very Impressing by dave420 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      That sounds lovely and all - I appreciate the immense amount of work the developers put in, but they ended up with a game that looks 10 years out of date. So what you're saying is that FOSS FPS games are made by people with the best intentions and skill, but end up being terrible when compared to closed-source commercial games.

  4. FOSS gaming has a long way to go... by John+Betonschaar · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Kudos to the developers and for someone who likes this kind of games it's probably good fun to play, but seriously, you can't really call this 'impressive graphics' or 'raising the bar for OSS gaming', can you?

    It looks like they just took the Quake 2 engine with Quake 3 sound clips and recreated all the levels en textures.... badly...

    Worst of all: from the video it appears there is literally zero innovation in the gameplay, its just adhd shooting and running with the same futuristic weapons all over again.

    I can understand it's hard to create something that compares to a commercial game in terms of graphics and content, but you'd excpect some more creativity in the gameplay. There must be some guys with really crazy ideas they can try out.

  5. Just consider it a new aspect of gaming... by jopsen · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why don't we just consider it a new aspect of gaming... ?
    - May the best hacker win...

  6. Re:Cheating? by windsurfer619 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I actually find it a complement when I'm kicked for "cheating" when I'm actually not :)