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There's something about the pace of older FPSes that the new ones don't match. Plus, turns out realism isn't something I ever wanted in an FPS. I still fire U

There's something about the pace of older FPSes that the new ones don't match. Plus, turns out realism isn't something I ever wanted in an FPS. I still fire UT99 up and play a few bot matches once in a while. Now I can do it in my browser?

galleywest200 4y ago
Check out Prodeus on Steam or Xbox Gamepass if you are trying to scratch that itch with a modern take.
MushyRoom 4y ago
Self hosted communities. I can still play on ~5 CS 1.6 servers where the same people hang out since 20 years.
- serf 4y ago
  >Self hosted communities. if that were the only catch then people like myself and parent wouldn't return to these games simply to fight a bot match.
  - doubled112 4y ago
    Some of it is because I am terrible, to be honest. I have a hunch that most the people still hosting servers for games 20+ years later are very good at it. The noobs and casuals like myself moved on ages ago. Being blown to bits before the whole spawn animation plays repeatedly is amusing for a while, but the charm wears off fast. I don’t have the time to dedicate to get good. This was my Quake experience a couple years ago, at least.
thot_experiment 4y ago
It's crazy to me how unpopular arena FPS is these days. To me it's pure joy, bunnyhopping around a map in Q3 dueling rail vs rocket in the air. I've had fun moments in modern FPSs but nothing comes close to Q3 or UT2k4/UT99 except games like Reflex Arena which are basically Q3CPMA with a modern engine (amazingly well done engine too). It's not nostalgia goggles, I still get the same response every time I play.
hauxir 4y ago
check out https://openarena.live https://openarena.live
- personalityson 4y ago
  https://quakejs.com/ https://quakejs.com/
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kibwen 4y ago
There are loads of modern FPSes that match the pace of old, but only in the indie space, not AAA. I recommend Ultrakill (whose second act just released last month), which is very much worth taking a look if you reminisce for Serious Sam and the like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw63IVgYLDc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw63IVgYLDc
- thot_experiment 4y ago
  singleplayer fps, there's no arena fps with a particularly vibrant community, and if i'm wrong about that please please tell me which game i should be playing
  - hot_gril 4y ago
    Assaultcube
  - Shared404 4y ago
    Xonotic's got a decent number of servers online and active at any given moment.
  - waboremo 4y ago
    You are right that multiplayer arena FPS with a vibrant community is a rarity now. I think the most popular one is Splitgate (sitting at ~600 players ingame on steam right now)[1]. Xonotic seems to be semi popular too but not on Steam if that matters to you. Part of the problem is many of the modern FPS games have adapted arena FPS features (even Halo now is much faster than it used to be) making it difficult for people to go back to them unless they were deep fans of arena FPS games in the first place. Ultrakill is a great one for singleplayer though! [1] https://steamdb.info/graph/?tagid=5547 https://steamdb.info/graph/?tagid=5547
  - lgl 4y ago
    QuakeWorld (the "Internet" version of quake 1) is still very active. The source code was open-sourced by Carmack many years ago and the community has been evolving the clients ever since. Today the most popular one - ezquake [0] - features many improvements in performance, networking and teamplay features. Anybody can download a version of this client along with a mostly playable version of quake [1] (that includes only the first chapter of the original maps like the shareware version but many or most popular multiplayer maps. And if you have the original you just need to place the pak1.pak inside the id1 directory and have access to everything) There are many ongoing tournaments and QHLAN is about to be held in Sweden on November 17-20. You can find all about these in the quakeworld wiki [2] To find the servers and games you can use one of two websites [3][4] or the in-game browser. The quakeworld EU and US communities are found on Discord. [5][6] There is also an automated Twitch channel built by a community member that streams quakeworld 24/7 [7] [0] https://github.com/QW-Group/ezquake-source https://github.com/QW-Group/ezquake-source [1] https://www.nquake.com/ https://www.nquake.com/ [2] https://www.quakeworld.nu/wiki/Overview https://www.quakeworld.nu/wiki/Overview [3] https://badplace.eu/ https://badplace.eu/ [4] https://hub.quakeworld.nu/ https://hub.quakeworld.nu/ [5] http://discord.quake.world http://discord.quake.world (invite link for QuakeWorld EU Discord) [6] http://discord.usquake.world http://discord.usquake.world (invite link for QuakeWorld US Discord) [7] https://www.twitch.tv/QuakeWorld https://www.twitch.tv/QuakeWorld
orbit7 4y ago
Agree, nothing modern satisfies alike to the feel and pace of UT & Quake of that era
- anthk 4y ago
  Open Arena, Xonotic, Red Eclipse...

galleywest200 4y ago

Check out Prodeus on Steam or Xbox Gamepass if you are trying to scratch that itch with a modern take.

MushyRoom 4y ago

Self hosted communities. I can still play on ~5 CS 1.6 servers where the same people hang out since 20 years.

serf 4y ago
>Self hosted communities. if that were the only catch then people like myself and parent wouldn't return to these games simply to fight a bot match.
- doubled112 4y ago
  Some of it is because I am terrible, to be honest. I have a hunch that most the people still hosting servers for games 20+ years later are very good at it. The noobs and casuals like myself moved on ages ago. Being blown to bits before the whole spawn animation plays repeatedly is amusing for a while, but the charm wears off fast. I don’t have the time to dedicate to get good. This was my Quake experience a couple years ago, at least.

thot_experiment 4y ago

It's crazy to me how unpopular arena FPS is these days. To me it's pure joy, bunnyhopping around a map in Q3 dueling rail vs rocket in the air. I've had fun moments in modern FPSs but nothing comes close to Q3 or UT2k4/UT99 except games like Reflex Arena which are basically Q3CPMA with a modern engine (amazingly well done engine too). It's not nostalgia goggles, I still get the same response every time I play.

hauxir 4y ago

check out https://openarena.live https://openarena.live

personalityson 4y ago
https://quakejs.com/ https://quakejs.com/

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kibwen 4y ago

There are loads of modern FPSes that match the pace of old, but only in the indie space, not AAA. I recommend Ultrakill (whose second act just released last month), which is very much worth taking a look if you reminisce for Serious Sam and the like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw63IVgYLDc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw63IVgYLDc

thot_experiment 4y ago
singleplayer fps, there's no arena fps with a particularly vibrant community, and if i'm wrong about that please please tell me which game i should be playing
- hot_gril 4y ago
  Assaultcube
- Shared404 4y ago
  Xonotic's got a decent number of servers online and active at any given moment.
- waboremo 4y ago
  You are right that multiplayer arena FPS with a vibrant community is a rarity now. I think the most popular one is Splitgate (sitting at ~600 players ingame on steam right now)[1]. Xonotic seems to be semi popular too but not on Steam if that matters to you. Part of the problem is many of the modern FPS games have adapted arena FPS features (even Halo now is much faster than it used to be) making it difficult for people to go back to them unless they were deep fans of arena FPS games in the first place. Ultrakill is a great one for singleplayer though! [1] https://steamdb.info/graph/?tagid=5547 https://steamdb.info/graph/?tagid=5547
- lgl 4y ago
  QuakeWorld (the "Internet" version of quake 1) is still very active. The source code was open-sourced by Carmack many years ago and the community has been evolving the clients ever since. Today the most popular one - ezquake [0] - features many improvements in performance, networking and teamplay features. Anybody can download a version of this client along with a mostly playable version of quake [1] (that includes only the first chapter of the original maps like the shareware version but many or most popular multiplayer maps. And if you have the original you just need to place the pak1.pak inside the id1 directory and have access to everything) There are many ongoing tournaments and QHLAN is about to be held in Sweden on November 17-20. You can find all about these in the quakeworld wiki [2] To find the servers and games you can use one of two websites [3][4] or the in-game browser. The quakeworld EU and US communities are found on Discord. [5][6] There is also an automated Twitch channel built by a community member that streams quakeworld 24/7 [7] [0] https://github.com/QW-Group/ezquake-source https://github.com/QW-Group/ezquake-source [1] https://www.nquake.com/ https://www.nquake.com/ [2] https://www.quakeworld.nu/wiki/Overview https://www.quakeworld.nu/wiki/Overview [3] https://badplace.eu/ https://badplace.eu/ [4] https://hub.quakeworld.nu/ https://hub.quakeworld.nu/ [5] http://discord.quake.world http://discord.quake.world (invite link for QuakeWorld EU Discord) [6] http://discord.usquake.world http://discord.usquake.world (invite link for QuakeWorld US Discord) [7] https://www.twitch.tv/QuakeWorld https://www.twitch.tv/QuakeWorld

orbit7 4y ago

Agree, nothing modern satisfies alike to the feel and pace of UT & Quake of that era

anthk 4y ago
Open Arena, Xonotic, Red Eclipse...