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Good day. Multiplayer games require multiple people to have a copy of a game. Now, this
may not be problematic for some, but for others, it very well may be. Let's say you are a gamer
that enjoys JRPG's, but you have friends that want to play an online first person shooter.
Now you're not just gonna go out and spend sixty or even thirty dollars on a game to
play with them. Why? Because it's expensive and you don't even really care about the first
person shooter genre in general.
Now, that is where this particular freeware game comes in. Here we have Open Arena, a
free online first person shooter that is essentially a complete and total clone of Quake 3: Arena,
what is quite possibly one of the greatest multiplayer games ever made. Essentially,
it is complex and difficult enough for the hardcore FPS gamer, but simple and intuitive
enough for the casual FPS gamer. Really, all you do in this game is shoot the other player
� you pick up weapons and powerups and things of that nature. But it is a game that does
require considerable skill in order to not die
Now, those familiar with Quake 3: Arena should know that this game is entirely identical
from the weapons to the powers ups � hell, even to the levels! Sure, some of the weapons
look a little bit different, and sure, some of the levels look a little less complex,
but this is Quake 3: Arena. Really, it's just amazing that this is free.
The server menu is fairly simple and intuitive and you can pretty much always find a game
with people in it. Now, even in the face of modern multiplayer first person shooters such
as Call of Duty and Halo, I feel this game still stands up, mainly because it is so bloody
simple. All you have is a gun; you have no killstreaks, you can't call in a bloody nuke.
You have to have a rocket, and that rocket has to hit somebody. It's not like Halo where
you can jump in a vehicle and run somebody over. No, you have to make sure that machine
gun bullet hits somebody. This game is a game of skill, and is very, very satisfying for
it. And so, this is Jon, wishing you good Unreal Tournament, good Unreal Tournament
2, or whatever makes you happy.